It is that time of year, where all our of your favorite (non-summer) show’s are winding down for the season. Most of the major networks have announced their schedules for this fall. One of the biggest hits of the past season has been NBC’s The Blacklist. Now the network is planning to move the hit series to Thursday night, putting it up against the CBS’s NFL coverage. The Thursday night face-lift also means that the network has killed it’s comedy lineup. Community has been canceled while the renewed Parks and Rec is no where to be seen.
The Blacklist has proven to be one of 2013-2014’s best new shows. One of the show’s stars Megan Boone, recently spoke to TVLine about the show’s success:
“It’s a great show, so I think people are coming to NBC to watch The Blacklist. I think some are also there to watch The Voice, but I think that they actively want to see the Blacklist episode. Also, I think that our show started off really good and then progressively got better and better throughout the season. That’s the sign a show with longevity, that they find their footing in Season 1. We have our feet planted on the ground.”
However, NBC is about to shake things up for the series in it’s sophomore season. The Blacklist will return to it’s Monday night post Voice timeslot until November 17, where it will be moved to Thursday nights.
Where The Blacklist is strong enough to stand on its own and let other shows benefit from The Voice lead-in, the real question is if it will be able to take go head to head against CBS’ NFL lead in.
Moving The Blacklist to Thursday night is not the only (possibly dumb) change to Thursday night line up that NBC is making. The networking is all but abandoning, their comedy block. Two new series, Bad Judge and A to Z will follow The Biggest Loser beginning at 8:00 p.m. on. Parks and Recreation, which has been renewed, doesn’t currently have a spot in the fall line up.
Also absent from our Thursday night lives this year will be Community. The cult college comedy has been official canceled. The show’s creator, Dan Harmon addressed the cancellation on his podcast:
“I was on my way to LAX and somebody from Sony called me. The fans of that show have more reason to be upset than I do. I can try to make another show and also I got paid for every minute I cared about that show. The people that are most devastated are people who put unpaid labor into the show [aka fans]. They didn’t get compensated for it. They loved the show.”
What do you think of the Thursday night shake ups? Is NBC making a big mistake? Does it matter what night The Blacklist airs in the age of DVRs? Let us know your thoughts on the subject in the comments sections at the bottom of the page.
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