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Three more series are renewed for NBC's fall schedule
Gee, with all of the announcements NBC is making about its upcoming
fall schedule, I'm not too sure what they're going to talk about during the upfronts come May. I guess they'll play
charades with the press. Or perhaps their advanced notice is a subtle message to advertisers.
We first reported that NBC has renewed all three shows in the Law & Order franchise for next season. Now, three more dramas are joining the list: Medium, Las Vegas, and Crossing Jordan. What, no Joey? All three series drew about 11 million viewers per episode, with Las Vegas holding on to much of its audience during the show's move to Friday nights.
With the early renewals of My Name is Earl and The Office, this gives NBC eight solid returns for the 2006-07 season. Add to that pickups of new series The Black Donnellys and Kidnapped, a new cycle of The Apprentice (this time in Los Angeles), multiple nights of Deal or no Deal, and the new Sunday-night NFL package the network has a fairly crowded schedule. That's not including Aaron Sorkin's new drama Studio 60, which is a fairly certain lock, and Scrubs which, according to creator Bill Lawrence, is heading for a renewal.
With all of these returning shows, three new series, and a half-season of football there isn't much room for new development. However, that stability may be what NBC wants to show for the always important advertisers during the upfronts. Will know if it works when the first shows appear in September.
[via Zap2it]
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