NBC Fall Schedule: Reba McEntire Kicks Off 2nd Comedy Block, Found and The Irrational on the Move
NBC on Friday became the second broadcast network (after CBS) to unveil its schedule for the Fall TV season. What shows are on the move, where did new ones land, and what’s on hold until midseason?
♦ The freshman hits Found and The Irrational are both moving to new nights for Season 2 — Thursday and Tuesday, respectively. “With [Law & Order: Organized Crime] moving to Peacock, that allows us to use SVU, which is obviously one of the strongest dramas on television, to lead into Found,” Jeff Bader, president of program planning strategy for NBCUniversal Entertainment, explained to TVLine, whereas The Irrational once again has The Voice as a lead-in, just on a different night.
♦ With Wendi McLendon-Covey’s St. Denis Medical and Reba McEntire’s Happy’s Place both ordered to series, NBC will have two comedy blocks this fall, airing Tuesday and Friday nights.
♦ Brilliant Minds (fka Dr. Wolf), the true life-inspired medical drama starring Zachary Quinto, has scored Monday’s plum aprés-The Voice slot.
♦ Neither Suits: L.A. nor Grosse Pointe Garden Society have been ordered to series yet, but they are both still in contention for midseason slots, at the very soonest.
NEW SHOWS IN CAPS, CLICK TITLE FOR DETAILS
MONDAY
8 pm The Voice
10 pm BRILLIANT MINDS (new drama)
TUESDAY
8 pm ST. DENIS MEDICAL (new comedy)
8:30 pm Night Court
9 pm The Voice
10 pm The Irrational
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Chicago Med
9 pm Chicago Fire
10 pm Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8 pm Law & Order
9 pm Law & Order: SVU
10 pm Found
Reminder: Law & Order: Organized Crime is moving to Peacock
FRIDAY
8 pm HAPPY’S PLACE (new comedy)
8:30 pm Lopez vs. Lopez
9 pm Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
7:30 pm Big Ten Saturday Night
SUNDAY
7 pm Football Night in America
8:20 pm NBC Sunday Night Football
THE AMERICAS (natural history series), Deal or No Deal Island, DESTINATION X (competition series), THE HUNTING PARTY (drama)
Extended Family, La Brea, Magnum P.I. and Quantum Leap
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