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NBC 2005 Fall Season

NBC Fall 2005 Grid
(all times Mountain Time Zone)

	6 PM	6:30 PM	7 PM	7:30 PM	8 PM	8:30 PM	9 PM	9:30 PM
SUN	"Dateline NBC"		"The West Wing"		"Law & Order: Criminal Intent"		"Crossing Jordan"
MON			"Surface"		"Las Vegas"		"Medium"
TUE			"The Biggest Loser 2"		"My Name is Earl"	"The Office"	"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
WED			"The E-Ring"		"The Apprentice: Martha Stewart"		"Law & Order"
THU			"Joey"	"Will & Grace"	"The Apprentice 4"		"E.R."
FRI			"Dateline NBC"		"Three Wishes" (cancelled)		"Inconceivable" (cancelled)
SAT			"NBC Saturday Night Movie"

New Show Descriptions

Dramas:
 

"The E-Ring" (Wednesdays at 8 PM)

Premise: Jerry Bruckheimer (all of the "C.S.I." shows, "Cold Case," "Without a Trace"), who knows a few things about procedural dramas, takes viewers inside the Pentagon.  From intelligence gathering to war room debate to special ops in the battlefield, the drama looks at the life-and-death decisions that can relate to a single soldier or to the fate of the entire world.
Stars: Dennis Hopper ("24," Easy Rider), Benjamin Bratt ("Law & Order"), Aunjanue Ellis (Ray), Joe Morton (The Brother from Another Planet), Robert Joy, Gabriel Olds, Kelsey Oldershaw ("E.R.")
Studio: Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Warner Bros. TV
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman ("The Amazing Race," "C.S.I.: NY"), David McKenna (S.W.A.T., Blow)

"Inconceivable" (Fridays at 9 PM)

Premise: Everything's coming up sperm samples and frozen embryos at the Family Options Fertility Clinic, where the patients are having troubles conceiving and the doctors and nurse and administrators are having problems of their own.
Stars: Jonathan Cake (Fallen), Ming-Na ("E.R."), Angie Harmon ("Law & Order"), Mary Catherine Garrison (How to Deal), David Norona, ("Mr. Sterling"), Hank Harris, Joelle Carter, Kevin Alejandro ("24"), guest star Alfre Woodard
Studio: Tollin-Robbins, Touchstone Television
Producers: Marco Pennette ("I'm with Her"), Oliver Goldstick ("American Dreams"), Joe Davola ("Smallville"), Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins ("Smallville," "One Tree Hill")

"Surface" (Mondays at 7 PM)

Premise: A new form of sea life is popping up all over the world, from the South Antarctic Sea to San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico.  The aquatic creatures look cute and innocent and kids love to play with them, but is something freakier afoot?  An assortment of scientists and fishermen begin an investigation to find out if things are really better under the sea.
Stars: Lake Bell ("Boston Legal"), Jay R. Ferguson ("Judging Amy"), Rade Serbedzija (Snatch), Carter Jenkins ("C.S.I.: NY"), Ian Anthony Dale (Mr. 3000)
Studio: NBC Universal Television Studio
Producers: Josh and Jonas Pate ("Dragnet")

Comedies:

"My Name Is Earl" (Tuesdays at 8 PM)

Premise: A bully and low-rent crook (Jason Lee) wins the lottery and decides to right the wrongs from his past.  He may not be the brightest bulb, but he's oddly effective.
Stars: Jason Lee (Chasing Amy), Jamie Pressly (Not Another Teen Movie), Ethan Suplee (Cold Mountain), Nadine Velazquez ("The Bold and the Beautiful")
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Producers: Greg Garcia ("Yes, Dear")

Reality:

"The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" (Wednesdays at 7 PM)

Premise: Imagine "The Apprentice."  Now imagine if instead of Donald Trump in the boardroom, you had Martha Stewart.  See, wasn't that easy?  A new group of possible apprentices perform tasks fitting ex-con Stewart's particular brand identity...media, home renovation, entertaining, design, merchandising, technology, and style...and, with the help of two trusted colleagues, the Domestic Diva will make eliminations on a weekly basis.
Stars: Martha Stewart
Studio: Mark Burnett Productions
Producers: Mark Burnett, Donald J. Trump, Jay Bienstock, Conrad Riggs, Kevin Harris

"Three Wishes" (Fridays at 7 PM)

Premise: Amy Grant leads a team of experts into small towns and makes a variety of wishes come true.  The Grammy winner helps perform miracles like reuniting families and saving jobs.
Stars: Amy Grant, Carter Oosterhouse ("Trading Spaces"), Eric Stromer ("Clean Sweep"), Amanda Miller ("Knock First")
Studio: Glassman Media, NBC Universal Television Studio
Producers: Andrew Glassman and Jason Raff ("Average Joe")

Midseason Shows:

"Four Kings" (Comedy)

Premise: When Ben's (Josh Cooke) grandmother passes away, he inherits her New York apartment and decides to invite his three best friends from childhood to move in with him.  These co-dependent heterosexual life-partners are on the cusp of adulthood, but they aren't ready to grow up just yet.
Stars: Josh Cooke ("Committed"), Seth Green ("Greg the Bunny"), Todd Grinnell, Shane McRae ("One Life to Live")
Studio: KoMut Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television
Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick ("Will & Grace"), Lester Lewis ("Happy Family")

"Thick and Thin" (Comedy)

Premise: Mary (Jessica Capshaw) used to be overweight, but now she's sassy and slim.  She sees herself differently, but her friends and overweight family still can't get beyond the way she used to be.  As the embarrassing situations mount, she remembers that losing weight was less about the other people in her life and more about becoming comfortable in her own skin.
Stars: Jessica Capshaw ("The Practice"), Sharon Gless ("Cagney and Lacey"), Amy Halloran, Martin Mull ("Roseanne"), Mel Rodriguez (Panic Room), Chris Parnell ("Saturday Night Live")
Studio: Broadway Video Television, NBC Universal Television Studio
Producers: Lorne Michaels ("Saturday Night Live"), JoAnn Alfano ("The Tracy Morgan Show")

Information gathered from Zap2it.com

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