There are a few things we know about Andy Richter's new NBC comedy Andy Barker, P.I.: Richter plays an accountant who accidentally becomes a private investigator, Conan O'Brien is one of the executive producers, and it will air on Thursday nights later this season. What we don't know, at least for sure, is what Thursday comedy it's going to replace. Even Richter didn't know as of ten days ago, as he told me and a group of reporters at NBC's press tour party.

"I don't know who we're gonna replace," he said. But he's not worried, because no matter who they replace, "we're just a place holder. Programming is so loosey-goosey now, and it's such an open, anything-goes kind of a game."