The 2005 Prime Time TV Fall Lineups: NBC

This week the networks roll out their fall lineups. Now being in age of cable, DVD's, and the like. All the networks will have some kind of first run programming during the summer. Mostly reality shows. However you still roll out your best scripted and reality programming (or what you think will be) in the fall.

This year NBC took a nose dive to fourth place. Friends spinoff Joey has not gotten the ratings that its predecessor but NBC is willing to give Joey at least one more season

Today NBC rolls out their lineup: The biggest surprise this fall is moving The West Wing from Wednesdays at 8/9 PM to Sundays at 7/8 PM.

Also the Law & Order brand has its first failure with the demise of Trial by Jury which ran on Friday nights. The reality version of Law & Order does not count allthough that one did have a decent run.

The Office which based on a British Comedy of the same name and premise gets another shot and will run on Tuesdays.

The Biggest Loser will have another series in which fat people try to lose their weight in order to win loads of money or whatever. Also will air on Tuesdays.

Also the Martha Stewart version of The Apprentice shall still be made with tasks in her speciality areas (media, home renovation, entertaining, design, merchandising, technology and style), with the canadates wanting a chance to work for her. Like Trump's version Stewart will have two advivsors watching the canadates and Stewart giving one of them the "pink slip" every week. Will Stewart have own way of saying "Your Fired!" or will she use the old stand by. We will have to wait and see. Might be hard for me to to since its likely that Stewart will go up aganist Lost on ABC.

Christian music singer Amy Grant will get her shot of hosting a reality TV show as NBC tries to cash in on the postitive reality (The Extreme Makeover shows and Supernanny both on ABC) with the show "Three Wishes."

Jerry Bruckheimer's production outfit has a show called "The E-Ring" in which takes viewers inside the Pentagon and life and death desisions that those people face everyday.

NBC also has ordered a Sci-FI series called "Fathom" in which is about a new form of sea life. Are they friends or are they foes???

Scrubs and Fear Factor should return in midseason.

The fall grid and complete list of the NBC fall lineup.
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,802952501,00.html

NBC Execs Offer Postmortems for 'American Dreams,' 'Law & Order" Trial By Jury': Says people want family shows with their mouths but their actions say NO...ala "Desperate Housewives." L&O Trial by Jury??? Trying to get out of number four. More from Zap2it.com.
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271953541,00.html

Tomorrow: ABC & The WB will present their fall lineups

Wednesday: CBS

Thursday: FOX & UPN