NBC finds its Voice for fall

UPFRONTS: NBC has unveiled its schedule for next season, with talent show The Voice moving into the fall season and Tuesday and Wednesdays getting overhauls.

NBC’s new comedies Go On, The New Normal, Animal Practice and Guys With Kids, while new dramas include Revolution from JJ Abrams and Chicago Fire from Dick Wolf.

In addition, new alternative series include Stars Earn Stripes, Howie Mandel’s White Elephant, Ready for Love and Surprise With Jenny McCarthy.

The Firm has been cancelled, as have reality formats Escape Routes, Fear Factor, The Sing-Off, Minute to Win It, The Marriage Ref, Who’s Still Standing?, It’s Worth What? and Who Do You Think You Are?

“We’ve taken a few first steps toward a turnaround over this past season and now we’re seeing a real opportunity to accelerate that process,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment.

“We’ve got a line-up of new shows that will really get people to sit up and take notice. And with the Olympics coming this summer and two nights of The Voice in the fall, we’ve also got the tools we need to give our shows the kind of launch they deserve.”

New shows lined up for mid-season include comedies Save Me, 1600 Penn and Next Caller and dramas Do No Harm, Infamous and Hannibal.

NBC fall 2012-13 schedule (new shows in caps)

Monday 

20.00-22.00 The Voice
22.00-23.00 REVOLUTION

Tuesday
20.00-21.00 The Voice

21.00-21.30 GO ON
21.30-22.00 THE NEW NORMAL

22.00-23.00 Parenthood

Wednesday
20.00-20.30 ANIMAL PRACTICE
20.30-21.00 GUYS WITH KIDS
21.00-22.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
22.00-23.00 CHICAGO FIRE

Thursday
20.00-20.30 30 Rock
20.30-21.00 Up All Night
21.00-21.30 The Office
21.30-22.00 Parks & Recreation
22.00-23.00 Rock Center with Brian Williams

Friday 

20.00-20.30 Whitney
20.30-21.00 Community
21.00-22.00 Grimm
22.00-23.00 Dateline NBC

Saturday
Encore programming

Sunday (Fall 2012) 

19.00-20.15 Football Night in America
20.15-23.30 NBC Sunday Night Football

Sunday (Winter 2013)
19.00-20.00 Dateline NBC
20.00-21.00 Fashion Star
21.00-22.00 The Celebrity Apprentice
22.00-23.00 DO NO HARM

NBC comedies

1600 Penn 20th Century Fox TV. Auspices: Jason Winer (EP, D-pilot), Jon Lovett (EP, W-pilot), Josh Gad (EP, W-pilot). Cast: Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman, Brittany Snow, Josh Gad. Logline: A single-camera comedy about a dysfunctional first family.

Animal Kingdom Universal TV, American Work. Auspices: Alessandro Tanaka (EP, W-pilot), Brian Gatewood (EP, W-pilot), Scot Armstrong (EP), Ravi Nandan (EP), Anthony and Joe Russo (D-pilot). Cast: Justin Kirk, Tyler Labine. Logline: An office comedy about a veterinarian who loves animals but usually hates their owners.

Guys With Kids (fka DILFS) Universal TV. Auspices: Charlie Grandy (EP, W-pilot), Jimmy Fallon (EP), Amy Ozols (EP), Scott Ellis (D-pilot). Cast: Jesse Bradford, Zach Cregger, Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Logline: Three 30-something guys enjoy parenting despite having not grown up themselves.

Go On Universal TV. Auspices: Scott Silveri (EP, W-pilot), Todd Holland (EP, D-pilot), Karey Burke (EP). Cast: Matthew Perry, Laura Benanti, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura. Logline: An irreverent yet charming sportscaster tries to move on from loss and finds support in group therapy sessions.

Next Caller Please Lionsgate TV. Auspices: Stephen Falk (EP, W-pilot), Marc Buckland (D-pilot). Cast: Collette Wolfe, Joy Osmanski, Dane Cook. Logline: A comedy revolving around a brash male DJ and his feminist co-host set at a satellite radio station.

The New Normal 20th Century Fox TV, Ryan Murphy Productions. Auspices: Ryan Murphy (EP, W-pilot, D-pilot), Ali Adler (EP, W-pilot), Dante Di Loreto (EP). Cast: Justin Bartha, Georgia King, Andrew Rannells, Ellen Barkin. Logline: A woman becomes a surrogate for two gay men as they start to build a family.

Save Me Sony Pictures TV, Original Film. Auspices: John Scott Shepherd (EP, W-pilot), Scott Winant (EP, D-pilot), Neal Moritz (EP), Vivian Cannon (EP). Cast: Anne Heche, Alexandra Breckenridge, Michael Landes, Heather Burns. Logline: A single-camera comedy about a woman who, after an accident, believes she is channeling God and starts performing miracles.

NBC dramas

Chicago Fire Universal TV, Wolf Films. Auspices: Derek Haas (EP, W-pilot), Michael Brandt (EP, W-pilot), Dick Wolf (EP), Danielle Gelber (EP), Peter Jankowski (EP), Jeffrey Nachmanoff (D-pilot). Cast: Eamonn Walker, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Jesse Spencer. Logline: Action drama about the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department’s Firehouse 55.

Do No Harm Universal TV. Auspices: David Schulner (EP, W-pilot), Peter Traugott (EP), Rachel Kaplan (EP), Michael Mayer (EP, D-pilot). Cast: Steven Pasquale, Alana de la Garza, Ruta Gedmintas, Mousa Kraish. Logline: A neurosurgeon battles with an alter-ego that threatens to send his life spiraling out of control.

Infamous Universal TV, BermanBraun. Auspices: Liz Heldens (EP, W-pilot), Gail Berman (EP), Lloyd Braun (EP), Gene Stein (EP). Cast: Victor Garber. Logline: A female detective goes undercover, posing as the daughter of a maid working for the wealthy family with whom she grew up, to solve the murder of an heiress.

Revolution Warner Bros TV, Bad Robot Productions. Auspices: Eric Kripke (EP, W-pilot), JJ Abrams (EP), Brian Burk (EP), Jon Favreau (D-pilot). Cast: Graham Rogers, Tracy Spiradakos, Anna Lise Phillips, Giancarlo Esposito. Logline: A group of people survive in a world where all forms of energy no longer exist.

Hannibal Gaumont International Television. Auspices: Bryan Fuller (EP, W-pilot), David Slade (EP, D-pilot), Katie O’Connel (EP), Martha De Laurentis (EP), Sara Colleton (EP), Jesse Alexander (EP). Cast: Hugh Dancy. Logline: One of the most fascinating literary characters comes to life on television for the first time: Dr Hannibal Lecter.