NBC Also Just Picked Up ‘Community’

COMMENTS (13)

• Very well deserved! Community is a fantastic show.

  Comment by fan — Friday October 23, 2009 @ 3:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Why the quotes around “Back 9″? Is the back 9 not real, Nikki? Are you quoting someone? Are you being ironic?

  Comment by Learn grammar — Friday October 23, 2009 @ 4:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Does “Back 9″ refer to the remaining 9 viewers this show has?

  Leno had a 1.2 demo the other night. Affiliates are scrambling for the exits.

  Comment by Jordan — Friday October 23, 2009 @ 6:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Show’s awesome. You can kill NBC for a lot of things, but Thursday night is off limits, Great two hours of television followed by a ridiculously bad one. People were saying that half hour comedies were dead for the last few years, now they are on the uptick, thanks in large part to the success of 30 Rock and The Office.

  Comment by Jamie C — Friday October 23, 2009 @ 7:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Are you kidding? Big Bang, HIMYM and Two and A Half are the reasons comedy is coming back. NBC comedies get all the press, CBS comedies get all the viewers.

    Comment by Anonymous — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 1:22am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Now that’s funny.

      Comment by Anonymous — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 10:40am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Yeah in the 49-nursing home demo. Leno would make a great addition to that network.

      Comment by Jamie C — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 10:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• Here’s what NBC’s schedule should be with Leno
  Mondays
  8 pm Biggest Loser
  9 pm Parenthood
  10 pm Dateline NBC
  Tuesdays
  8 pm Biggest Loser
  9 pm Dateline NBC
  10 pm Law & Order
  Wednesdays
  8 pm Mercy
  9 pm Parks and Recreation
  9:30 100 Questions
  10 pm Dateline NBC
  Thursdays
  8 pm Chuck
  9 pm The Office
  9:30 30 Rock
  10 pm Law & Order SVU
  Friday
  8- 11 pm The Weekend Show with Jay Leno
  Saturday
  8- 11 pm The Weekend Show with Jay Leno

  Comment by Mad Man — Friday October 23, 2009 @ 7:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You made me laugh. So you’re actually calling for giving Leno an additional hour per week, from 5 to 6. Yes, I think that’s NBC’s problem, not enough Leno. And i’m sure the NBC affiliates would love their late news to follow a 3-hour Leno marathon on the weekends. Even Zucker wouldn’t go for this. Assuming Leno has an ounce of pride left — and maybe we should not assume that – these last few weeks or months until cancellation will be his last series.

    That lound bang on the ABC lot was the door slamming on Leno when the reviews and ratings for the new show came in.

    I do like Mercy. And Parks and Rec isn’t bad.

    Comment by Trevor H. — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 3:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Mad Man, you’ve got the right idea on moving Leno to the weekend but I think the Thursday night 8-10 comedy lineup ought to stay sacrosanct. Community is good stuff and Parks and Recreation has been much improved. I’d keep Law and Order on Wednesday at 10PM instead of Dateline and put SVU on Tuesday. Then move maybe Chuck to 10PM on Thursdays. But moving Leno to the weekend would save a lot of face for NBC. It would still save a lot of money over a scripted show and it could actually compete with the stuff it would be going up again.

  Comment by Preston — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 7:55am PDT  Reply to this post

• good job, NBC. The best new show, short of Modern Family

  Comment by thj — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 8:46am PDT  Reply to this post

• Can they FINALLY please cancel Leno’s show once and for all and just admit NBC screwed up?

  Comment by Richard — Saturday October 24, 2009 @ 6:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Good news for Sony – they need it.

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday October 26, 2009 @ 10:25am PDT  Reply to this post