NBC Reveals Fall Schedule- "SNL" will air Thursdays at 8, "30 Rock" Slightly Delayed

[BillBrasky]

NBC announced its 2009-2010 programming schedule today, and while we've known for a few weeks now about some of the new shows that have been picked up by the network, the finalized schedule gives us a little better idea of what to expect come fall. NBC’s Thursday comedy night will begin this fall with the only live comedy show between 8-10 p.m. on any network, “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” (8-8:30 p.m. ET), followed by "Parks and Recreation” (8:30-9 p.m. ET), "The Office” (9-9:30 p.m. ET) and the new comedy "Community”, starring Chevy Chase and Joel McHale (9:30-10 p.m. ET). After “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” completes its multi-week run, "Community” will move to 8 p.m. and "30 Rock” will debut at 9:30 p.m.

In other news, NBC has pulled the plug on "My Name is Earl". The show's sidekick, Ethan Suplee, confirmed the news via Twitter. "Just got the call that My Name Is Earl has been canceled," he wrote. "They sure did take their time with that decision -- or rather informing us of it." An Earl insider says execs at 20th Century Fox (the show's producer) are in discussions with Fox and ABC about picking up the four-year-old comedy. Although there was no formal announcement by NBC, the lack of any mention of freshman series "Kath and Kim" anywhere in their press release suggests that that series has been cancelled as well.

To read NBC's complete press release and view their official 2009 fall schedule, please visit the Pilot Season 2009 thread located here .

[BillBrasky]

I have to say, I'm pretty excited about this. Thursday nights have returned to greatness on NBC. "Earl" kind of always stuck out like a sore thumb on Thursdays, and "Kath and Kim" wasn't much better. "Community" looks like a funny, intelligently written show. A two hour block of "Community"-"Parks and Rec"-"The Office"-"30 Rock" seems like it's going to be great.

[isoS]

Agreed!

[yumitree]

i still wish they'd break up parks and rec and the office. it would have been nice if, after the snl thursday deal is done, parks and rec moved to 8 (hopefully now with a, regular, size-able audience) with community at 8:30.