Tis the season for the network Upfront presentations, where the industry puts on a song and dance for advertisers about what is coming up for their Fall seasons and beyond. Thanks to that, we also get to see new trailers and announced projects (as well as what has beencancelled and renewed, and in the case ofTimeless, something cancelled and renewed within the same week).
As such, NBC has released their Fall schedule, which shows a few shakeups to its previous lineup. The biggest change is thatThis Is Usis moving to Thursdays to anchor the return ofWill and Grace, the second season ofGreat News(which was a bit of a surprise renewal), and the highly-anticipatedDick WolfproductionLaw and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.
New series (and terribly generically titled)The Bravewill get the coveted post-Voicespot on Monday nights. The series is “a fresh, heart-pounding journey into the complex world of America’s elite undercover military heroes.” Tuesday is a hodgepodge ofThe Voiceresults show, two comedies (SuperstoreandThe Good Place) and thenChicago Fire, while Wednesdays is basically Crime Night (The Blacklist,Law & Order: SVU,Chicago P.D.)
In addition toThe BraveandWill & Grace’s revival, NBC has also picked up a couple of new midseason comedies, includingA.P. BiofromLorne MichaelsandSeth Meyers, which starsGlenn Howerton(It’s Always Sunny) “as an Advanced Placement biology teacher who makes it perfectly clear he will not be teaching any biology and uses his students to his own benefit.” That series will be joined byChampions, fromThe Office’sCharlie GrandyandMindy Kaling, “about a charismatic gym owner with no ambition who suddenly finds out he has a teenage son.”
Perhaps most intriguing, though, is an unscripted series –The Awesome Show, from executive producersChris HardwickandMark Burnett, where “Silicon Valley’s Singularity University will showcase the groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that are shaping the future.“Amy PoehlerandNick Offermanare also EPs on an unscripted showThe Handmade Project(notThe Handmaid Project, thank God), which “celebrates the creativity and craftiness in all of us.”
Check out the full fall schedule below:
(New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET)
8-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — THE BRAVE
8-9 P.M. — The Voice
9-9:30 P.M. — Superstore
9:30-10 P.M. — The Good Place
10-11 P.M. — Chicago Fire
8-9 P.M. — The Blacklist
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.
8-8:30 P.M. — WILL & GRACE
8:30-9 P.M. — Great News
9-10 P.M. — This Is Us
10-11 P.M. — LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS
8-9 P.M. — Blindspot
9-10 P.M. — Taken
10-11 P.M — Dateline NBC
8-10 P.M. —Dateline Saturday Night Mystery
10-11 P.M. — Saturday Night Live (encores)
7-8:20 P.M. — Football Night in America
8:20-11 P.M. — NBC Sunday Night Football
