Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

NBC unveiled today a strong lineup of broad and diverse quality programming for the 2009-2010 television season announcing the pickups of six new series featuring four new dramas including "Trauma," "Parenthood," "Mercy" and the event series "Day One," as well as two new comedies including "Community" and "100 Questions." Four returning series pickups were also announced today including "Heroes," "Southland," "Parks and Recreation" and the addition of six new episodes of "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" skewering today's top stories in live half-hour primetime shows. The new and returning series will launch next season and the epic event series "Day One" is slated to premiere out of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. "The Jay Leno Show" will be broadcast Monday-Fridays, 10-11 p.m. ET beginning in the fall. Previously announced series pickups include ...

It's that time of the year again when the Fall TV Season is about to kick into high gear. And once again, the Director's Cut Blog will give you a sneak peak at what you'll be seeing this fall. From Power, Muse and Moonlighting Films comes an ambitious adaptation of Daniel Defoe's masterpiece, "Crusoe," a new primetime series for a 21st Century audience. Following the novel and its treasured tale of adventure, this high-action, fast-paced, thirteen-part series will combine for the first time the pace and energy of network television while remaining faithful to the author’s original classic story. The drama explores the perils and challenges facing the world's most famous castaway as Crusoe (Philip Winchester, "Flyboys," "Thunderbirds") and his native friend Friday (Tongayi Chirisa) struggle to survive on a desert island with little more than their wits. Overcoming marauding militias, hungry cannibals, wild cats, starvation and apocalypti...

To View NBC's Fall Preview: CLICK HERE --------- NBC has announced its fall premiere dates for its weeknight primetime lineup. WEEKNIGHT PRIMETIME Monday: 8p Chuck 9/24 9p Heroes 9/24 10p Journeyman 9/24 Tuesday: 8p The Biggest Loser 9/11 930p The Singing Bee 10/2 ***NEW DATE*** 10p Law & Order: SVU 9/25 Wednesday: 8p Deal or No Deal (Monday Debut 9/17, Wednesday debut 9/26) 9p Bionic Woman 9/26 10p Life 9/26 Thursday: 8p My Name Is Earl 9/27 830p 30 Rock 10/4 9p The Office 9/27 930p Scrubs 10/25 10p ER 9/27 Friday: 8p Deal or No Deal (new day) 9/28 9p Las Vegas 9/28 (then moves to 10p) 9p Friday Night Lights 10/5 WEEKEND PRIMETIME Saturday: 8p Dateline NBC 9p Drama Series (repeats) Sunday: (Fall 2007) 7p Football Night in America 8p NBC Sunday Night Football Sunday: (January 2008) 7p Datelline NBC 8p Law & Order 9p Medium 10p Lipstick Jungle