The traditional first out of the box schedule from the leader in the money demo with only three new series, with a lot being held for mid-season. Here it is as listed by the Wrap, with new shows in all caps, all times ET:
MONDAY 8-10 p.m. — “The Voice” 10-11 p.m. — “BLUFF CITY LAW”--Jimmy Smits is back as a legal eagle in Memphis guiding his tempestuous daughter (Caitlin McGee) through their high-profile, ripped-from-the-headlines civil rights cases. In-house, with former NBC chief Bob Greenblatt's ex-partner David Janollari. TUESDAY 8-9 p.m. — “The Voice”--or maybe not, considering that on most of the weeks of the prelims for the current spring cycle, "Ellen's Game of Games" was airing in the time slot. 9-10 p.m. — “This Is Us”--Three-year renewal, don't frack it up, Fogelson. 10-11 p.m. — “New Amsterdam” WEDNESDAY 8-9 p.m. — “Chicago Med” 9-10 p.m. — “Chicago Fire” 10-11 p.m. — “Chicago P.D.” Dick Wolf Wednesday continues. THURSDAY 8-8:30 p.m. — “Superstore” 8:30-9 p.m. — “PERFECT HARMONY”--Bradley Whitford is a music professor at Princeton whose latest challenge is trying to make a small town church choir sound, well there's the title. A one-camera sitcom from 20th-Century Fox. 9-9:30 p.m. — “The Good Place” 9:30-10 p.m. — “SUNNYSIDE”--Kal Penn is a former NYC political powerhouse down on his luck who finds possible redemption in teaching a group of immigrants about American citizenship (Trump's gonna love this one). A little reminiscent of the Britcom "Mind Your Language" (Americanized as "What a Country!," starring, yes, Yakov Smirnoff), except that it probably won't be as blatant on the stereotypes as those series were. Penn co-created the one-camera in-house production, with Michael Schur involved. 10-11 p.m. — “Law & Order: SVU” FRIDAY 8-9 p.m. — “The Blacklist” 9-11 p.m. — “Dateline NBC” SATURDAY 8-10 p.m. — “Dateline Saturday Night Mystery” 10-11 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live” (encores) With first-run "SNL" live in all time zones. SUNDAY 7-8:20 p.m. — “Football Night in America” 8:20-11 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football” And a lot in the hamper for mid-season: DRAMAS: "COUNCIL OF DADS"--When a man discovers that he has a debilitating illness, he calls upon a group of male friends, including his AA sponsor and his doctor, to help him shoulder the burden of leading the family in the hopes that death won't be debilitating. Based on a 2010 non-fiction book by Bruce Feiler, Tom Everett Scott and Sarah Wayne Caillies are in the cast, in-house with Jerry Bruckheimer (!). 'LINCOLN"--Based on the "Bone Collector" novels and films, Russell Hornsby (who just lost a gig as "Proven Innocent" was cancelled) plays the title disabled detective solving cases with hot NYPD officer Arielle Kebbel. In-house with Sony and Israel's Keshet. "ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST"--San Francisco computer coder Zoey ("Suburgatory"'s Jane Levy) can hear everyone's innermost thoughts and desires through music, hence the title. Peter Gallagher, Mary Steenburgen and Tony winner Carmen Cusack are also in the cast, from Lionsgate and Universal Music Group (not affiliated with NBCU for years now), which means only certain artists will be on Zoey's extraordinary playlist. COMEDIES: 'INDEBTED"--The kids are grown up and Adam Pally and Abby Elliott are ready to begin a new life. But oh oh, here comes Pally's parents as embodied by Steven Weber and Fran Drescher to make sure wackiness is always ensuing. Of course it's a multi-cam. From Sony. "THE KENAN SHOW"--"SNL"'s MVP (and I think even Sikula will grudgingly agree) Kenan Thompson stars in a one-camera family comedy that has Chris Rock's involvement (and Lorne Michaels, although that is to be expected). Its mid-season placement allows Thompson to continue on "SNL" (and he's hosting the summer reality comp "Bring the Funny"). Of course it's in-house. "Blindspot" will also be mid-season in what has been already announced as its last season. In unscripted, Melissa McCarthy's replacing yo man Steve Harvey as host of "Little Big Shots" (brought on undoubtedly by NBCU syndication dropping Harvey's talk show for Kelly Clarkson's talk show), Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler's artsy-craftsy reality comp "Making It" will have a condensed holiday run and "The Wall" and "Hollywood Game Night" will be back this summer along with the established "AGT" and "American Ninja Warrior" and the new "Bring the Funny" and songwriter comp "Songland." Fox is coming. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e284835a-8634-44cc-86dd-61bf3cc3f7ea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.