David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. NBC gets busy, too
Fast on the heels of CBS, NBC officially announced what’s happening with its scripted series for the rest of the 2007-08 season. NBC didn’t offer any guesstimates as to how many new episodes would be produced.
Here’s what’s returning and when:
“My Name Is Earl:” Thursday, April 3 (with an hour-long episode)
“30 Rock:” Thursday, April 10
“The Office:” Thursday, April 10
“Scrubs:” Thursday, April 10 (that sigh of relief you just heard emanated from Riverside Drive in Valley Village, home of the former hospital where they shoot “Scrubs,” as the cast/crew/writers now can plan for their series finale episode)
“ER:” Thursday, April 10 (wording in the press release – “new episodes following the complete run of ‘Lipstick Jungle’” – suggest that show’s already toast)
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit:” Tuesday, April 15
“Law & Order:” Wednesday, April 23
Meanwhile, midseason series “Medium” will continue with original episodes; NBC didn’t mention that the show would produce any more, however.
Also: NBC announced it would bring back “Heroes,” “Chuck” and “Life” in the fall, promising, “All three series will have major re-launch campaigns next year.”
Not mentioned: “Friday Night Lights,” “Las Vegas,” “Bionic Woman” and “Journeyman.” Do the math. Only “Las Vegas” has a fighting chance of returning. The others are being fitted for toe tags.