NBC announced its new Fall schedule today. Three hours of The Voice a week, right off the bat, with its Tuesday episode is scheduled for 8 pm. Unless FOX mixes things up, The Voice will compete against Glee.
Smash will once again be held until mid-season, which is bad news for fans who have a long wait ahead of them for the season 2 premiere.
Also, THR reports The Voice will air twice a year, with the spring cycle featuring a different cast of judges.
Fall format tweets will include:
…extending the auditions when the show tends to pull in some of its highest ratings; insinuating the popular revolving chairs into the battle rounds; and getting to the live episodes more quickly, according to Greenblatt. “Nobody likes to have a dip in the ratings,” he says. “And I think we’re going to be smart about how to change that.”
ETA: Bleh. Does somebody want to cover The Voice for me? I don’t think I can take it twice a year. Yay NBC running a ratings winner into the ground! Also, with two cycles, the winners are even less likely to break into the market.
Also, I was complaining about The Voice being programmed opposite Glee on Tuesdays. Deadline is reporting that Glee will be moved to Thursdays AFTER X Factor.
ETAA: The Sing Off has been cancelled. Sadz.
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “REVOLUTION”
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. –“The Voice”
9-9:30 p.m. – “GO ON”
9:30-10 p.m. – “THE NEW NORMAL”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”
WEDNESDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “ANIMAL PRACTICE”
8:30-9 p.m. – “GUYS WITH KIDS”
9-10 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
10-11 p.m. – “CHICAGO FIRE”
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “30 Rock”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Up All Night”
9-9:30 p.m. – “The Office”
9:30-10 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
10-11 p.m. – “Rock Center with Brian Williams”
FRIDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Whitney”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Community”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
SATURDAY
Encore programming
SUNDAY (Fall 2012)
7- 8:15 p.m. — “Football Night in America”
8:15-11:30 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football”
SUNDAY (Post-football/Winter 2013)
7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
8-9 p.m. – “Fashion Star”
9-10 p.m. – “The Celebrity Apprentice”
10-11 p.m. – “DO NO HARM”
