New shows and renewals
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- February
- 13
NBC announced three series pickups for the fall: Chuck, Life and Heroes. That last one was not a shock to anyone, to be sure, but it’s definitely nice to see the news about Chuck. I haven’t watched Life, but it sure gets good play… It’s not clear if any more episodes of Chuck or Life will be filmed for the rest of this season, but Heroes definitely won’t be back until fall.
NBC also recently announced it had picked up the American series adaptation of the popular Australian comedy, Kath & Kim. The American version would star Molly Shannon as Kath, “a cheerful, forty-something divorcee,” and Selma Blair as Kim, “her self-absorbed daughter.”
Speaking of, NBC and CBS also announced when several other shows would come back.
First, NBC.
• Medium (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET)  Continues current run
• My Name Is Earl (Thursdays, 8-8:30 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 3 with one-hour episode
• 30 Rock (Thursdays, 8:30-9 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 10
• The Office (Thursdays, 9-9:30 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 10
• Scrubs (Thursdays, 9:30-10 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 10
• ER (Thursdays, 10-11 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 10
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Tuesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 15
• Law & Order (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET)  Resumes April 23
Then, CBS also had some announcements:
• How I Met Your Mother, returns March 17, 9 new episodes expected
• The Big Bang Theory, March 17, 9 new episodes
• Two and a Half Men, March 17, 9 new episodes
• CSI: Miami, March 24, 8 new episodes
• Cold Case, March 30, 5 new episodes
• Criminal Minds, April 2, 7 new episodes
• CSI: New York, April 2, 7 new episodes
• CSI, April 3, 6 new episodes
• Without a Trace, April 3, 6 new episodes
• Ghost Whisperer, April 4, 6 new episodes
• Numb3rs, April 4, 6 new episodes
• NCIS, April 8, 7 new episodes
• Moonlight, April 11, 4 new episodes
• Rules of Engagement, April 14, 6 new episodes
• Shark, TBA, 4 new episodes
CBS pointed out that The Unit, Cane and Shark are on hiatus to accommodate the midseason Big Brother, Jericho and Dexter runs. And Swingtown still hasn’t been scheduled, but will resume production.
Other new episode tidbits out there:
Check out TVGuide’s post-strike chart. And Ausiello had some good news for me: Reaper is expected to shoot 5 or 6 additional episodes to air in April or May. And Supernatural is definitely getting new episodes, too.
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on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 10:14 pm by Amy Vernon.
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You should really give Life a try, it is one of my favorite new shows, and I don’t even like cop shows.