NBC's Summer/Fall 2012 Premieres (New Shows in CAPS)
Wednesday, August 8
"GO ON" (sneak peek following Olympic Games coverage)
"Go On" is a show starring Matthew Perry about a sportscaster who goes to rehab. I follow a few people on twitter who have seen the pilot for this, and the review was not good.
Sunday, August 12
"ANIMAL PRACTICE" (sneak peek following Olympic Games Closing Ceremonies)
This show's lead is Nancy Botwin's brother in law on "Weeds". Apparently he's a vet who loves animals but hates the owners. Just like the Chandler Bing project, reviews of the pilot have not been pleasant.
Monday, August 13
8-10 p.m. "STARS EARN STRIPES" (two-hour premiere)
10-11 p.m. "Grimm"
I don't know what the hell these are.
Wednesday, September 5
7:30-8:30 p.m. "NFL Kickoff Special 2012" (regular season)
8:30-11 p.m. "Sunday Night Football" (regular season)
COWBOYS
Sunday, September 9
7-8:15 p.m. "Football Night in America" (regular day and time)
8:15-11 p.m. "Sunday Night Football" (regular day and time)
Monday, September 10
8-10 p.m. "The Voice"
Tuesday, September 11
9-9:30 p.m. "GO ON" (time period premiere)
9:30-10 p.m. "THE NEW NORMAL"
10-11 p.m. "Parenthood"
Parenthood is a drama and while it's not great, from what I saw in it's first two seasons wasn't that awful. The New Normal is a new show featuring a gay couple. I'm hearing it tries to be like Modern Family, but it's just not very good at all.
Wednesday, September 12
10-10:30 p.m. "GUYS WITH KIDS" (sneak peek after penultimate "America’s Got Talent")
Not really sure what it is, but my sources say the pilot was incredibly NOT funny.
Friday, Sept 14
9-10pm - "Grimm" (time period premiere)
Monday, September 17
10-11 p.m. "REVOLUTION"
I may actually give this a chance only because it has Giancarlo Esposito (Gus from Breaking Bad). Early reviews say the pilot was now that revolutionary, but also insisted that it wasn't bad either.
Thursday, September 20
8:30-9 p.m. "Up All Night"
9-9:30 p.m. "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. "Parks and Recreation"
Okay, now we're getting to the wheelhouse. Season 2 of Up All Night is extremely important if you ask me. I thought about half the episodes ranked in the decent-good range, and I thought the other fifty percent was absolute crap. You could see the potential though. I'm interested to see if they try to create an arc or two, or if they stick to the same formula. I could see this thing dying off after Season 2 if it doesn't progress.
The Office is really interesting just because we're talking about a show with an undetermined future. More on this in the coming weeks.
Parks and Recreation gets a full order in Season 5 and will kick it off coming off a city council election win for Leslie Knope. I'll definitely have a Season 5 preview up sometime before September, but I will say this...I think Ron Swanson (who was fairly quiet in Season 4) will be HUGE in Season 5.
Wednesday, September 26
8-8:30 p.m. "ANIMAL PRACTICE" (time period premiere)
8:30-9 p.m. "GUYS WITH KIDS" (time period premiere)
9-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (two-hour premiere)
Thursday, October 4
8-8:30 p.m. "30 Rock"
Final Season.
Wednesday, October 10
10-11 p.m. "CHICAGO FIRE"
Friday, October 19
8-8:30 p.m. "Whitney"
8:30-9 p.m. "Community"
This is what Community has come to. It's been left to die on Friday nights. The ratings will be awful, but that doesn't really matter. If the show has marginal success in the first couple episodes, I could see it's 13 episode order getting extended (especially if the new comedies tank...which is likely). As for Whitney, i'll spend another fall trying to understand how in the hell it didn't get cancelled.
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Other TV stuff...My same source watched two episodes of Charlie Sheen's new FX show "Anger Management", which premieres at the end of the month, and he said it was like pulling off a band-aid. He claimed he had to "power through" the second episode he watched. I won't be surprised if it's as bad as he says, but I also won't be surprised if it has marginal success.
On a side note, I really like what FX is doing. While I don't really think Wilfred is that great, Louie is one of the best shows on television and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is ramping up for Season 8. I'm pretty sure i'll hate the Russell Brand project and Sheen's new show, but I like that FX is expanding to more original comedies.
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