NBC 2014-15 schedule

NBC seems hellbent on shaking up its long-running Thursday night schedule which for the bulk of the past 30 or so years featured two hours of comedies. That, though, all ends this fall with two new comedies sandwiched between The Biggest Loser which will do the new comedies no favors and the final 13 episodes of Parenthood and in February comedies are planned to vanish all together from the night as The Blacklist takes over the middle hour of primetime. Tuesdays are still a launching pad for comedies as in previous years and Monday at 10 PM figures to be the go-to place for the most-promising drama on their schedule to launch. A whole slug of comedies are being held back for midseason and the inevitable replacements as fall series get canceled.

Comedies being held back for midseason/replacement are:

Mission Control
Mr. Robinson
One Big Happy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Parks and Recreation (final season)

NBC FALL 2014-2015 SCHEDULE
(New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET)
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. — “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. — “The Blacklist” / “STATE OF AFFAIRS” (beginning Nov. 17)
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. — “The Voice”
9-9:30 p.m. — “MARRY ME”
9:30-10 p.m. — “About a Boy”
10-11 p.m. — “Chicago Fire”
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. — “THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA”
9-10 p.m. — “Law & Order: SVU”
10-11 p.m. — “Chicago P.D.”
THURSDAY
8-9 p.m. — “The Biggest Loser”
9-9:30 p.m. — “BAD JUDGE” (“The Blacklist” beginning Feb. 5)
9:30-10 p.m. — “A TO Z”
10-11 p.m. — “Parenthood”/”Allegiance”
FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. — “Dateline NBC”
9-10 p.m. — “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. — “CONSTANTINE”
SATURDAY
8-11 p.m. — Encore programming
SUNDAY
7-8:20 p.m. — “Football Night in America”
8:20-11:30 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football”