Now What the Hell Is NBC Going to Air at 10pm?
Now that Jay Leno's woeful 10pm talk show experiment has been axed, NBC is faced with a serious vacuum of programming. They're desperate enough to consider an LA-set Law & Order, so what else might they be considering? Let's speculate!
Well, the Peacock has already ordered six new pilots for their fall slate from some of television's biggest names. Producers like David Shore (House), Hank Steinberg (Without a Trace), and Jerry Bruckheimer (everything on CBS). There's also a new J.J. Abrams show and a (gasp) legal drama from David E. Kelley called Kindreds. When in doubt, go with the old standards. Oof.
But what other new shows might NBC endeavor to cobble together from spare parts of other successful series? A poll of the Gawker editoriat birthed some wonderful suggestions:
- Chuck: Miami
- "Hospital show with firefighters too."
- "A Best Buy Employee becomes a super spy to save a man whose house is carted away by balloons. Up/Chuck."
- Law & Order: Biggest Loser Unit
- "Liz Lemon gets a job at a professional gift wrapper: 30 Rock, Paper, Scissors"
- Friends: The College Years
- A Different Office
- "Steve Carell takes a class given by West Wing's Jed Bartlett: Office Politics
- "Date Line NBC, a show wherein men stand in a line and women choose them, for dates."
- To Catch a Predator vs. Alien (Illegal immigrants hunt down pedophiles?)
- Hero Losers
- "Robot doctors: Wall-ER."
- "Who's the greatest hawk trainer? America's Got Talons."
- "A stringent and poetic look at African American politics and culture: Suzan-Lori Parks & Recreation."
- "Can Bing and David share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Find out in The Crosby Show."
Are you listening, NBC? Here, you should help them out too. What are some other possible quickly-made NBC slot-fillers?