NBC Fall Schedule Shuffle

two weeks ago on the podcast - episode #45 - we previewed nbc's fall lineup. well, it has just changed a little, with nbc announcing that Friday Night Lights will go to fridays at 9pm rather then 10pm and Las Vagas will move from 9pm to the 10pm slot.

also, the new show Chuck (which is the new nbc show i am most looking forward to) is moving from tuesday at 9pm to the monday at 8pm slot right before Heroes which is followed by another new show, Journeyman.

the move for Chucks now puts it up against: Prison Break on fox, How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory on cbs and Dancing With The Stars on abc.

- on tuesday at 9pm it was up against: The Unit on cbs, House on Fox and Dancing With The Stars results show on abc

hmmmmm? so what so we think of this move? obviously they are hoping that the lead-in to heroes will help them and attract a similar crowd. i don't know though. since the show looks to be a comedy/drama/spyish mix it is now going up against Prison Break which has the thrill/excitement genre down - and a great cliff hanger from last season. also, abc's Dancing With The Stars doesn't do it for me, but that show has been doing great ratings. and then you have the first half of cbs's comedy monday (at least its not going up against the high-rated Two And A A Half Men).

on tuesday night: sure House is big, but Chuck is a very different show from House so it would be counter-programming in a way. and also the results shows are always lower rated then the competition ones. however, they might also have felt that The Biggest Loser wasn't the right lead in for Chuck and that having it at 9pm wouldn't get enough people coming from other networks after their 8pm shows.

we shall see i guess, but like i said i think Chuck looks good. i am however a big Prison Break fan - thank god for tivo!!!!

Boston Legal Finale Delayed One Week

don't panic if on tuesday may 22nd at 10pm you turn on abc all excited about the season finale of the great Boston Legal only to see some second-rate celebrities dancing around on your screen. it will be okay. i promise. what you will be watching is the finale of Dancing With The Stars, but on tuesday may 29th (one week later) at 10pm you will get the Boston Legal season finale you were looking forward to.

if you were wondering why this was happening it is because abc has decided to add an additional episode of The Bachelor 'after the final rose' at 8pm on the 22nd which pushes the 2-hour Dancing With The Stars finale to 9pm-11pm taking over Boston Legal's spot.

no worries though, we just have to wait a week. and although i don't know anything about the episode, the show is so good i know it's gonna be great.

Dancing With The Stars is not all bad

i watch a lot of television (the purchase of my DVR is one of the best things i have ever done), but i have to say that i have watched maybe 10 minute in total of Dancing With The Stars in their first few seasons. it just never really interested me. however, here i am watching it right now and have been doing so for the last 45 minutes (i've been doing work and other stuff at the same time, but none the less i have been watching it).

all that to say i kind of enjoy it. however, the dancing is the part i enjoy the least. what makes it entertaining to watch is all the pre-dance footage they show of the couples practicing and relating to each other and talking about each other. that's where the producers know what they are doing. they want you to feel connected to these c and b listers, root for them, wonder which couples are fooling around with each other (maybe that's just me), etc...

so i'm not going to be DVRing it or anything, but i might flip it on again at some point in the future.

p.s. i do have to say that bruno is pretty annoying though

p.p.s. just in case you were wondering: don't worry, i record Prison Break and 24.

grade: C+