NBC Brings Back 2 Hour Comedy Block on Thursdays

Starting November 30:

8pm - Earl
8:30pm - The Office
9pm - Scrubs
9:30pm - 30 Rock

Vocalize...

Yeah, looks like they're willing to throw Scrubs to the Lions. Following The
Office with 30 Rock makes for a better flow, though. The two smartest shows
would compliment each other.

bklyntv...

well, in their defense, Scrubs has never really been a performer, AND
this is definately it's last season. Why showcase Scrubs when you can
nuture Office & Earl, 2 shows that perform better and have potential to
be bigger hits and run for years?

Obveeus...

Among the four shows, Earl and Scrubs are the two smartest ones. It is
annoying though that networks *always* seem to run the 'good' sitcoms in
non-adjacent timeslots if there is a comedy block. NBC has done it for
years on Thursday night with the weak shows always squeezed in between
strong shows.

BIgW...

does anyone else think that the hours should be reversed?

8pm ET - Scrubs
8:30 ET - 30 Rock
9pm ET - Earl
9:30 ET - The Office

seapig...

I think it should go Earl-30-Office-Scrubs. People have had time to
make up their minds about "The Office" and "Scrubs", but "30 Rock" is
still new enough that it could benefit from Earl's strong lead-in.

mchary...

I think putting Scrubs up against Grey's Anatomy is either genius
counterprogramming or a transparent attempt to get rid of Scrubs.

Default User...

If they wanted to get rid of Scrubs, they wouldn't have ordered it for
this season.

Twenty Good Years was the odd-show out and will be yanked altogether.

Story here:

Sean Walsh...

Well, I'm guessing 20 Good Years is now on Wednesdays (as it was last
night)

And didn't NBC make a big fuss last week about abandoning
sitcoms/scripted comedies from the 8-9pm hour?!

Rob Jensen...

That threat was clarified the next day to not being a hard-and-fast
rule.

-- Rob