NBC announces something confusing (again)

This immediately makes me think of how anime is aired in Japan. Series are typically 13, 26, or 52 episodes long, and air once a week. When one series is over, another fills it's time slot, so there's no stretch from June to September where it's just a lot of reruns and crap series that nobody wants to watch. That sort of sounds like what NBC is going to do here.

Exactly, Bob. There's nothing groundbreaking here. Except maybe NBC is saying that there's nothing special about scripted programming anymore, and they intend their network to look like a 3rd-rate cable outfit 52 weeks a year now. My guess is that the tiny part of their schedule that is still scripted shows will still be on the air in the September to May period. The rest of the time will look no different than the majority of their schedule does now--reality and game shows.

This isn't that bad an idea, and no, i don't think that's already what they do. Actually, this sounds slightly possibly like what Fox does, but more like what the Beeb does, releasing shows at different times throughout the year, and maximizing time.

So a show would air, say, from March to July, instead of always having to have premiers in September and finales in May. I, for one, see the reasoning behind it, as more and more people shift from tv to internet, it enables NBC to have fresh content year round, and not merely "fill in" with random mid-season replacements. It could also mean that they may go to smaller seasons, with more shows, and if a show is a failure, then it has its full run for those that want to catch it and actually like it, or they just post the remaining eps on HD or Internet, and start a new show in its place.

Idk, but I don't think it'll be like what they have now...At least I hope it will be the way I just described. That would make me happy. lol

Maybe NBC will pull the same stunt as last year and announce their schedule before anyone else then completely shuffle everything around once they know the plans of everyone else.

Oh yeah, can't forget about their plan to not schedule scripted shows outside of the 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm block.

Good luck NBC, you sure have fallen far from your must see tv hayday...