NBC is going all in on sports, with three nights of programming devoted to NFL football, NBA basketball and Big 10 college football this fall.
That leaves room for few entertainment programs. Five of seven dramas on the fall schedule are from producer Dick Wolf, from the “Law & Order” and “One Chicago” franchises. Comedies “St. Denis Medical” and “Happy’s Place” return in November to help launch newcomers.
The new comedies include “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” which stars Tracy Morgan as a disgraced former football player trying for image rehab. Tina Fey is among the producers of that series, which costars Daniel Radcliffe.
Jimmy Fallon also hosts a new competition reality series, “On Brand. ” The series sets up a marketing agency and tasks contestants with crafting campaigns, reminiscent of what Donald Trump did in “The Apprentice.”
Among the freshman series, only “St. Denis,” “Brilliant Minds,” and “The Hunting Party” are returning. NBC canceled six other new and longer-running shows, from “Lopez vs Lopez” to a “Night Court” revival, “Found,” “Grosse Pointe Garden Society,” “Suits LA” and “The Irrational.” NBA games will expand to a second night on Sundays after the NFL season concludes.
NBC’s fall schedule
(New shows in bold; new time slots in italics; all times ET/PT except live sports)
Monday: 8, “The Voice”; 10, “Brilliant Minds”
Tuesday: 8, NBA (October)
Wednesday: 8, “Chicago Med”; 9, “Chicago Fire”; 10, “Chicago P.D.”
Thursday: 8, “Law & Order”; 9, “Law & Order: SVU”; 10, “The Hunting Party”
Friday: 8, “On Brand with Jimmy Fallon”; 9, “Dateline NBC”
Saturday: 7, “Big Ten Saturday Night/Notre Dame Football”
Sunday: 7, Football Night in America; 8:20, “NFL Sunday Night Football”
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