NBC Upfront/General News and Discussion: 2022-23

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Thursday Ratings: Dolly Dominates With NBC's Mountain Magic Christmas

https://tvline.com/2022/12/02/tv-rat...inale-episode/

[icecream]

The Quantum Leap spin-off has been renewed for season 2. Hopefully that is a good sign for NBC scrapping the stupidity of removing the 10PM hour.

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Originally Posted by James28

NBC May Give Third Hour of Nightly Primetime Back to Its Local Affiliates; The Earliest This Could Take Place is Fall of 2023

https://deadline.com/2022/08/nbc-cou...es-1235101078/

I wonder if this will make CatsRule plotz...

NBC won't drop the 10 p.m. hour — at least for 2023-2024 season

A report last August about NBC considering dropping the 10 PM hour and giving it back to its affiliate stations rattled the creative community with the prospect of losing several hours of prime real estate for drama programming. NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell in October acknowledged the discussions, stressing that no final decisions have been made.

A decision has now been made, at least when it comes to the next 2023-24 broadcast season. I hear Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, relayed the message during recent agency presentations, stressing that the network will not be getting out of the 10 PM hour.

According to sources, the statement is true for the 2023-24 season while the company continues to evaluate its options. A potential 10 PM exit is considered a cost-cutting move amid declining linear viewing for entertainment programming, and Shell has indicated that NBCU intends to “reallocate resources” toward areas of the company that are growing. Asked in October if he expects other media giants to follow NBCU’s lead in possibly abdicating the 10 PM hour, Jordan Wertlieb, head of station owner Hearst Television, replied, “I expect they will and I hope they will.”

A potential NBC exit from the 10 PM hour would have a major impact on the network’s Dick Wolf procedural franchises which have built three-hour nightly lineups, One Chicago on Wednesday and Law & Order on Thursday. Both are doing well, including the 10 PM anchors.

In light of that success, it’s not surprising that NBC is on the hunt for more procedurals but I hear the network also is looking for new takes on the genre. I hear during the ongoing NBCU agency presentations, the executives played a trailer for the upcoming Found and touted the Nkechi Okoro Carroll drama as an example of the distinct, character-driven procedurals different from the Dick Wolf brand that NBC would be targeting.

I hear the network also is looking for successors to hit family drama This Is Us, which ended its run in May, and medical drama New Amsterdam, which is now in its final season.

On the comedy side, I hear NBC brass are happy with its new sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez, which recently received a full-season order, and bullish on the upcoming Mike O’Malley multi-camera comedy series starring Jon Cryer.

The network is in the market for more multi-cams and, while single-camera comedies do not make a lot of financial sense on broadcast, NBC is looking to maintain its comedy brand with The Office-like workplace comedies and is open to big swings in the arena in the vein of The Good Place. Coming up for the network are the returns of single-camera comedies American Auto and Grand Crew which both did solid business during their maiden seasons.

Across the rest of NBCU’s linear networks, I hear the company is on the lookout for more lower-cost co-productions for Syfy for as little as $500,000 an episode.

[icecream]

Night Court premiered with a 1.0 and 0.9 demo for its first two episodes, a massive hit by today's standards. (Usual top comedies Young Sheldon and Ghosts only get 0.6s.) Now the test will be to see how Night Court holds up in week two.

[icecream]

Enough with lousy mockumentaries! NBC finally has something decent comedy wise with the Night Court spin-off, what they need to do is get a good multi-camera sitcom to pair with it next season (I said good, not Lopez vs. Lopez level of awful). I hope St. Denis Medical does not get a series order.

[James28]

Based on the ratings it's been getting up to this point, I think the Night Court sequel series may be the greatest persuader for NBC to not drop the 10pm hour from their primetime schedule. I have admired Melissa Rauch ever since I started watching The Big Bang Theory regularly on CBS during its season six, and I'd hate to see a potential flagship like Night Court 2023 going to waste anytime soon (like, for example, suffering a second-season downfall).

[icecream]

No one wants to see NBC's American Auto crap, it got a tiny 0.2 out of Night Court's 0.5 last night.

[James28]

Lopez vs. Lopez will get a Tuesday tryout behind the Night Court sequel series starting April 25 as it (Lopez vs. Lopez) awaits a renew-or-cancel decision; Its last Friday airing will be its 19th episode on April 21. American Auto will wrap its second season on April 18, and Grand Crew will air the last two episodes of its second season on April 28.

https://tvline.com/2023/04/07/lopez-...-season-2-nbc/

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Hey did you all know there was a middle reunion on Lopez Vs Lopez, a few months back. Neil Flynn & Eden Sher portrayed Father and daughter. Although they didn’t portray Mike & Sue Heck.

It was great to see them on screen together again! I wished they portrayed Mike & Sue. Hopefully one day will have a HECK of the middle Christmas Reunion.

[James28]

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter and Love draws the highest viewership of the evening of April 26 (7.6 million viewers and a 0.4 18-49 demo rating).

(The best demo of that night belonged to CBS's Survivor, with an 0.7 and 5.2 million viewers.)

https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/s...rk-finals.html

[James28]

The Blacklist Will Move Black to Thursdays Next Week (June 1); Date Is Set for Its Two-Hour Series Finale (July 13).

https://deadline.com/2023/05/the-bla...bc-1235380438/

[James28]

NBC has cancelled both Grand Crew and Young Rock last Friday (June 9). Lopez vs. Lopez was already renewed for a second season on May 12, and the fate of American Auto remains up in the air.