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Wunderdouche Ben Silverman unveiled NBC's ambitious 65-week schedule to advertisers today in New York, covering this summer and all of next year with wall-to-wall Steve McPherson ass-kicking action. Included in the programming onslaught: a dreaded Office spin-off and four weeks of primetime Saturday Night Live, Variety reports.
The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-ization of The Office will begin with hourlong episodes of the U.S. original in September, followed by a very special post-Super Bowl airing and the premiere of the spin-off. The show will be joined in the fall by the currently titled SNL Thursday Night Live, which plans to steal some of that Daily Show Indecision '08 glow with four politically themed half-hour segments.
Four new series will debut in the fall: Christian Slater drama My Own Worst Enemy, comedy Kath & Kim, Knight Rider and Crusoe. Other new entries include dramas Merlin, The Philanthropist and Kings. Friday Night Lights will return in the winter (Tim Riggins, swoon), along with Life. And thank Marissa Cooper, Josh Schwartz will star competitive with sudden super-producer Rob Thomas with more Chuck.
- Full NBC schedule takes shape [Variety]
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Commenters, do you think that if we all pitched in we could pay Alan Ball to whip up some new shit for HBO but quick so as not to have to watch the Not Ready for Prime Time Players take their boring Saturday Night (Live) routine to Thursdays?
Wow.
Benjamin Silverman High School sucks this year.
Thursday Night Live? An Office spinoff?
Is it still April Fool's Day?
Christ.
Okay, so what the f is the Office spin off? It's my favorite show and I can't think of ANY scenario that would make me want to watch it, unless it was half an hour of John Krasinski staring into the screen and moaning my name (which would probably be really uncomfortable for everyone else).
I'm waiting for the Variety headline PEACOCK TOTALLY SUCKS COCK.
It's only 3 weeks of election coverage TNL. Just continue watching Jon Stewart instead.
I'm still stunned by the KNIGHT RIDER thing. Seriously Benjamin, did you forget about THE BIONIC WOMAN? Who expects this show to last past four episodes?
@Sweet Panda Love: Or the inevitable ABC BLOCKS 'COCK
@RocketRockit: I'd like to see a half hour of Dwight moaning Jim's name... and perhaps rubbing his own nipples. That would be fun. I'm picturing it right now... and you know, it works.
@StaringatScreen: "Cock Blockers" sounds like a new reality show hitting NBC sometime in the 2010 season.
@Sweet Panda Love: Anyone old enough to remember if they jumped on COCK ROCK in the 80's?
@Sweet Panda Love: In Canada, we have a show called "Keys to the VIP" where douches try to pick-up chicks on camera for the coveted key. I never watch it, but throw in some cock blockers and I think it could be comedy gold...
@OldTowneTavern: Okay, so we now have TWO acceptable formats for the spin off. I dig it.
@OldTowneTavern: Oh, that reminds me of my favorite 80's sitcom about the typical African American family, THE COCKBSY SHOW.
@Sleepyhead: Jeez. Since when did SNL decide it was politically relevant? I love Tina Fey, but I don't think that one sketch about how "bitch is the new black" suddenly puts the show on par with something like "The Daily Show", which offers insight and challenging satire and seven-minute interviews with people who actually know their shit.
Sorry. A little Lorne Michaels hate coming out right there.
@Omelas: And I say this as the rare 20-something who doesn't even hate SNL ... we're sitting here with a bottle of wine waiting for Christopher Walken right now. But I watch it for a good guest, or watch a particular sketch online that someone's recommended. Election coverage is not what makes SNL (dele:great) mildly entertaining.
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