NBC renews "Heroes," "Office," "Earl," "SVU," brings back "Identity"

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Full-Season Pickups Slated for NBC
By Ben Grossman

NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly announced full-season pickups
for next season for rookie hit Heroes, as well as veterans My Name is
Earl, The Office and Law & Order: SVU.

Reilly also announced the network will bring back seven episodes of
Identity, the Penn Jillette-hosted game show it stunted for a week in
December. He said the show will probably debut in March.

NBC also is working on five episodes of Thank God You're Here, an
improv comedy show hosted by David Alan Grier and featuring Dave Foley.

An Australian format, the show features comedians thrown into improve
situations. Reilly said the show is most likely slated for the spring.

Flying Dutchman...

I hope it's better than "Whose Line is It Anyway?".

David Levy...

If you disliked that show (either version), I find it difficult to
believe that you would enjoy any televised improvisational comedy.

David...

Well Dave Foley is an improvement on Drew Carey.

David Levy...

Absolutely, and so is David Alan Grier. But the U.S. version of
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?" was good despite Drew Carey's
participation.

Ian Galbraith...

Whose Line Is It Anyway was the inspiration for the show. It did
extremely well on Aust. TV.

Seerialmom...

One word to say about the renewals for next season: YEAH!
(well...except for LO/SVU...never saw it before).