'Medium,' 'Kath & Kim' canceled as NBC makes room for new shows
FALL TV PREVIEW
NBC
What's new in prime time: Comedies "SNL Weekend Update Thursday" and "Community," dramas "Trauma" and "Parenthood," talk show "The Jay Leno Show."
What's gone: "ER," "Medium," "Knight Rider," "My
Name is Earl," "Life," "Kath & Kim," "My Own Worst Enemy," "Kings,"
"Lipstick Jungle," "Crusoe."
Also: "The Celebrity Apprentice," "30 Rock" and "Chuck" return at mid-season. "Friday Night Lights" returns next summer.
Making way for Jay Leno's 10-11 p.m. Monday-Friday
talk show, NBC did some house cleaning Tuesday, canceling "Medium" and
"Life." They join the other 10-11 dramas already dumped by the molting
Peacock Network: "ER," "Lipstick Jungle" and "My Own Worst Enemy." Comedies canceled by fourth-place NBC were Shaker Heights native Molly Shannon's "Kath & Kim" and "My Name is Earl."
NBC announced 11 new shows for the 2009-10 season on May 4. Five
are in the fall lineup. Those include a new series version of
"Parenthood" (8-9 Wednesday) with Cleveland native Monica Potter and
"Community" (9:30-10 Thursday), a college comedy produced and directed
by Cleveland's Russo brothers, Benedictine High School graduates Joe
and Anthony.
The cast for "Community" features East Cleveland native Yvette Nicole Brown, a University of Akron graduate.
The other new shows getting fall spots are the medical drama "Trauma," "SNL Weekend Update Thursday" and "The Jay Leno Show."
The NBC fall lineup:
SUNDAY: 7-8:20, "Football Night in America"; 8:20-11, "Sunday Night Football"
MONDAY: 8-9, "Heroes"; 9-10, "Trauma"; 10-11, "The Jay Leno Show"
TUESDAY: 8-10, "The Biggest Loser"; 10-11, "The Jay Leno Show"
WEDNESDAY: 8-9, "Parenthood"; 9-10, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"; 10-11, "The Jay Leno Show"
THURSDAY: 8-8:30, "SNL Weekend Update Thursday"; 8:30-9, "Parks and
Recreation"; 9-9:30, "The Office"; 9:30-10, "Community"; 10-11, "The
Jay Leno Show"
FRIDAY: 8-9, "Law & Order"; 9-10, "Southland"; 10-11, "The Jay Leno Show"
SATURDAY: 8-9, "Dateline NBC"; 9-10, "Trauma" (repeat); 10-11, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (repeat)
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2009/05/medium_kath_kim_canceled_as_nb.html
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