Were it up to NBC, they’d air nothing but three-hour blocks of The Voice and Sunday Night Football every night all year ’round, with guest appearances from Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Robert Griffin III on Parks and Recreation, for credibility’s sake. Unfortunately for the Peacock, that’s impossible (believe me, they’ve tried; it’s tough finding an inexpensive cloning machine big enough for Cee Lo Green and all his birds), so they have to fill out the rest of their pesky, nobody-watches-anyway-so-why-not-throw-sh*t-at-the-wall schedule.
A short time ago, via Vulture, NBC announced their fall 2013 schedule, which looks very different than it did last year, including Parks and Recreation and Parenthood on Thursday nights at 8 and 10 p.m. (with newcomers Welcome to the Family, Victor Fresco’s Sean Saves the World, and the highly anticipated The Michael J. Fox Show between them), Revolution on Wednesdays, and J.J. Abrams’s Believe, About a Boy, and Gillian Anderson’s Crisis during midseason, after the Olympics. Some things remain the same, though: no Community.
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “THE BLACKLIST”– James Spader thriller
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “The Biggest Loser” (New Day and Time)
9-10 p.m. – “The Voice” (New time)
10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire” (New Day and Time)
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Revolution” (New Day and Time)
9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU”
10-11 p.m. – “IRONSIDE” (Blair Underwood is a cop in a wheelchair.)
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation” (New time)
8:30-9 p.m. – “WELCOME TO THE FAMILY” (White and Latino families blend.)
9-9:30 p.m. – “SEAN SAVES THE WORLD” (Sean Hayes as a divorced gay dad)
9:30-10 p.m. – “THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW” (Comedy based on the star’s life)
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood” (New Day and Time)
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “DRACULA” (New take on the bloodsucker.)
SATURDAY
Encore programming
SUNDAY
7:00-8:15 p.m. – “Football Night in America”
8:15-11:30 p.m. – “NBC Sunday Night Football”
NBC MIDSEASON 2013-14 SCHEDULE
(New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET)
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “THE BLACKLIST”
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “The Voice”
9-9:30 p.m. – “ABOUT A BOY” (Based on the Nick Hornby novel)
9:30-10 p.m. – “THE FAMILY GUIDE” (Family grows closer after divorce)
10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire”
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Revolution”
9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU”
10-11 p.m. – “IRONSIDE”
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
8:30-9 p.m. – “WELCOME TO THE FAMILY”
9-9:30 p.m. – “SEAN SAVES THE WORLD”
9:30-10 p.m. – “THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “CROSSBONES” (Pirate adventure.)
SATURDAY
8-10 p.m. – Encore and specials programming
10-11 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live” (Encore)
SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
8-9 p.m. – “AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS” (Nate Berkus home design reality show)
9-10 p.m. – “BELIEVE” (Girl with special powers.)
10-11 p.m. – “CRISIS”(Gillian Anderson and Dermot Mulroney in action thriller)
As for Hannibal, NBC says they won’t make a decision on the show for a “few weeks.”
