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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Ginger:
I think NBC should swap the time slots for ER and Law & Order SVU. The Tuesday 10pm slot on CBS seems to be cursed by the departure of Judging Amy and ABC's Boston Legal isn't a heavy hitter. SVU is a heavy hitter and could take on Without a Trace considerably better than ER or Lipstick Jungle or whatever CBS decides to air there.

I think next year they should air the final season of ER right away and then in March launch something this young male skewing comedy block would stick around for. Maybe superheroish or even a cop drama of some sort. If it fails, then I agree trying SVU may be the best option.

ER and SVU should definitely not swap timeslots. SVU is a strong player, but both shows would probably go even further down in the ratings if that were to happen.

I think NBC should take a chance and air a new drama in the fall on Thursday at 10pm and then ER could have a straight run from January to May, that way NBC could hype up the final season; especially with guest stars or returning faces, etc.

I think All Rise, Blue Blood, or Kings would be their best bets if they wanted to air a new drama at 10 (and they're all male-skewing dramas). If they want really young audiences, then they should go for Blue Blood, especially since its an ensemble cast about young detectives. But I do think that out of those three dramas, that for one of them to air on Thursday, they'd have to be critically acclaimed and/or have a great cast. Because any buzz could help.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
For the Week Ending March 23, 2008

Net	Day	Time	Length	Program                         Viewers*	Demo
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NBC	Wed	10:00	60 min	Law & Order                       10.490	3.0
NBC	Thu	8:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   10.260	2.6
NBC	Mon	9:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   10.080	2.9
NBC	Mon	10:00	60 min	Medium                            10.070	3.3
NBC	Thu	9:00	60 min	Celebrity Apprentice               8.830	3.2

NBC	Tue	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               8.290	2.8
NBC	Sun	10:30	60 min	Law & Order: SVU (R)               8.090	2.4
NBC	Tue	8:00	120 min	Biggest Loser 5                    7.890	3.2
NBC	Sun	9:30	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    7.720	1.9
NBC	Thu	10:00	60 min	Lipstick Jungle                    6.950	2.6

NBC	Wed	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                6.830	1.7
NBC	Fri	9:00	120 min	Dateline                           6.340	1.5
NBC	Sat	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.200	1.5
NBC	Sun	7:30	120 min	Dateline                           6.080	1.3
NBC	Wed	8:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                5.440	1.4

NBC	Sat	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               5.230	1.2
NBC	Fri	8:00	60 min	Amne$ia                            5.140	1.3
NBC	Sun	7:00	30 min	Golf Overrun                       4.570	1.0
NBC	Mon	8:00	60 min	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad     4.400	1.4
NBC	Sat	8:00	60 min	Celebrity Apprentice [R]           2.280	0.6

I can't believe NBC is doing better than in the Fall with such a line-up. It's going to be more and more difficult for scripted shows to get a place on NBC's schedule.

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Originally posted by CaseyM:
It's going to be more and more difficult for scripted shows to get a place on NBC's schedule.

That depends. A show would be a lock to get on the lineup if it had 'Law & Order' as part of its title. This marks the 4th week in a row that NBC has had 8 hours of Law & Order 'variety' in their ~22 hour lineup.
Week of March 23rd:
8 hours of L&O versions
4 hours of Dateline.
2 hours of DoND
2 hours of The Biggest Loser
2 hours of The Apprentice

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by CaseyM:
It's going to be more and more difficult for scripted shows to get a place on NBC's schedule.

That depends. A show would be a lock to get on the lineup if it had 'Law & Order' as part of its title. This marks the 4th week in a row that NBC has had 8 hours of Law & Order 'variety' in their ~22 hour lineup.
Week of March 23rd:
8 hours of L&O versions
4 hours of Dateline.
2 hours of DoND
2 hours of The Biggest Loser
2 hours of The Apprentice

After a fall where there was only two hours of Law & Order on the sked (Tuesday and Saturday), NBC is really running this series into the ground with over-scheduling in the spring.

Once again, I've completely lost interest in the Law & Order franchise.

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Originally posted by dumont:

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by CaseyM:
It's going to be more and more difficult for scripted shows to get a place on NBC's schedule.

That depends. A show would be a lock to get on the lineup if it had 'Law & Order' as part of its title. This marks the 4th week in a row that NBC has had 8 hours of Law & Order 'variety' in their ~22 hour lineup.
Week of March 23rd:
8 hours of L&O versions
4 hours of Dateline.
2 hours of DoND
2 hours of The Biggest Loser
2 hours of The Apprentice

After a fall where there was only two hours of Law & Order on the sked (Tuesday and Saturday), NBC is really running this series into the ground with over-scheduling in the spring.

Once again, I've completely lost interest in the Law & Order franchise.

You and me, Dumont but apparantely the majority of people aren't tired of watching multiple verions of L&O and multiple editions of DOND week in and week out. And the general public is more interested in watching DOND and The Apprentice then My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock and Scrubs. This will make NBC favor these programs instead of new and original scripted programming.

For the Week Ending March 30, 2008

Net	Day	Time	Length	Program                         Viewers*	Demo
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NBC	Thu	9:00	120 min	Celebrity Apprentice              12.130	4.5
NBC	Thu	8:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   11.400	3.0
NBC	Fri	9:00	120 min	Dateline                          10.360	3.2
NBC	Mon	9:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   10.140	3.1
NBC	Mon	10:00	60 min	Medium                             8.910	3.0

NBC	Tue	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               8.550	2.6
NBC	Wed	10:00	60 min	Law & Order                        8.050	2.4
NBC	Tue	8:00	120 min	Biggest Loser 5                    7.840	3.1
NBC	Sun	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU (R)               7.010	2.0
NBC	Wed	8:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                6.800	1.6

NBC	Sun	8:00	60 min	Dateline                           6.730	1.7
NBC	Sat	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.710	1.7
NBC	Sun	9:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.210	1.5
NBC	Wed	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                6.130	1.6
NBC	Sat	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               5.660	1.3

NBC	Fri	8:00	60 min	Amne$ia                            4.870	1.3
NBC	Mon	8:00	60 min	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad     4.180	1.2
NBC	Sat	8:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                3.390	0.7
NBC	Sun	7:00	60 min	Countdown w/Olbermann              3.340	0.6

8 hours of L&O versions wasn't enough? This week they aired 9 hours of that template with 8 of the 9 being 'reruns'?
Meanwhile, their top show (2 hr finale of Apprentice) is now gone.

Thats a lot of Law & Order... but what do you expect them to do? If they were airing repeats of Chuck or Life or Heroes, then people would just complain when that they dont repeat as well as L&O. Its like people are almost forgetting that there was a strike and they were pretty much forced to do this.

I agree that without the WGA strike, NBC would have Chuck, Heroes, and Life to keep airing. Still, CBS had the strike too and I don't see 9 hours of CSI from them.

For the Week Ending April 6, 2008

Net	Day	Time	Length	Program                         Viewers*	Demo
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NBC	Mon	9:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   10.070	2.8
NBC	Mon	10:00	60 min	Medium                             9.650	3.1
NBC	Wed	8:00	60 min	Dead or No Deal                    9.350	2.0
NBC	Tue	8:00	120 min	Biggest Loser 5                    8.167	3.3
NBC	Thu	8:00	60 min	My Name is Earl                    7.530	3.2

NBC	Sun	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU (R)               7.120	1.9
NBC	Fri	9:00	120 min	Dateline                           6.820	1.8
NBC	Wed	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.480	1.9
NBC	Sat	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.010	1.5
NBC	Tue	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               5.770	2.1

NBC	Sun	8:00	60 min	Monk [R]                           5.740	1.5
NBC	Wed	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                5.120	1.3
NBC	Thu	9:00	30 min	The Office [R]                     5.090	2.5
NBC	Sun	7:00	60 min	Dateline                           4.890	1.4
NBC	Sat	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               4.790	1.2

NBC	Thu	9:30	30 min	The Office [R]                     4.580	2.3
NBC	Fri	8:00	60 min	Amne$ia                            4.520	1.3
NBC	Thu	10:00	30 min	The Office [R]                     4.340	2.2
NBC	Thu	10:30	30 min	The Office [R]                     4.300	2.3
NBC	Mon	8:00	60 min	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad     4.300	1.3

NBC	Sun	9:00	60 min	Psych                              3.980	1.3
NBC	Sat	8:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                3.850	0.8

BAD week.

6 hours of Law and Order.
Psych and Monk bombed badly.
12 programs in the 4 - 5 million range.
You know you're in problem when a 3.3 was the highest demo of the week.

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Originally posted by lopez:
BAD week.

6 hours of Law and Order.

7 hours...and the scary thing is that they are cutting back to *just* 7 hours. This past week does look to be their last in 'full strike effect mode', though. Maybe a return to firstrun programming can give them a boost?
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C Mon 9:00 60 min Deal or No Deal 10.070 2.8 NBC Mon 10:00 60 min Medium 9.650 3.1 NBC Wed 8:00 60 min Dead or No Deal 9.350 2.0 NBC Tue 8:00 120 min Biggest Loser 5 8.167 3.3 NBC Thu 8:00 60 min My Name is Earl 7.530 3.2 NBC Sun 10:00 60 min Law & Order: SVU (R) 7.120 1.9 NBC Fri 9:00 120 min Dateline

Pretty sad, when your only highest rated show is a reality show. Shows what direction NBC is willing to head.

For the Week Ending April 13, 2008

Net	Day	Time	Length	Program                         Viewers*	Demo
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NBC	Mon	10:00	60 min	Medium                            10.860	3.5
NBC	Mon	9:00	60 min	Deal or No Deal                   10.220	2.9
NBC	Wed	8:00	60 min	Dead or No Deal                    9.760	2.4
NBC	Thu	9:00	30 min	The Office                         9.330	4.9
NBC	Tue	8:00	120 min	Biggest Loser 5                    9.000	3.7

NBC	Tue	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               8.650	2.9
NBC	Thu	10:00	60 min	ER                                 7.520	3.1
NBC	Thu	8:00	30 min	My Name is Earl                    7.070	3.1
NBC	Thu	9:30	30 min	Scrubs                             6.580	3.4
NBC	Wed	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    6.130	1.8

NBC	Sun	7:00	60 min	Dateline                           5.920	1.3
NBC	Sat	10:00	60 min	Law & Order [R]                    5.860	1.5
NBC	Thu	8:30	30 min	30 Rock                            5.770	2.7
NBC	Fri	9:00	120 min	MISS USA                           5.660	1.7
NBC	Sun	10:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU (R)               5.510	1.5

NBC	Sun	8:00	60 min	Monk                               5.250	1.1
NBC	Wed	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                4.940	1.4
NBC	Sat	9:00	60 min	Law & Order: SVU [R]               4.800	1.3
NBC	Sat	8:00	60 min	Law & Order: CI [R]                4.420	1.1
NBC	Mon	8:00	60 min	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad     4.380	1.3

NBC	Sun	9:00	60 min	Psych                              4.240	1.2
NBC	Fri	8:00	60 min	Amne$ia                            3.940	1.0

Congrats to Medium for being the top show of the week.
NBC really needs to leave L&O:CI, Monk, and Psych on cable next year.