Lights gets a new night
11/29/06 04:07 PM
By ED BARK
NBC's made-in-Austin Friday Night LIghts will move from Tuesdays to Wednesdays in January as part of a midseason shakeup of the Peacock's prime-time lineup.
And NBC will fill the vacancy left by Sunday Night Football with a foursome of Dateline NBC, the new reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want, a fifth edition of The Apprentice and Crossing Jordan.
Lights, struggling in the ratings as Tuesday's leadoff hitter, will get Wednesday nights started for NBC, beginning on Jan. 10. The season began with two new comedies, 30 Rock and Twenty Good Years, in that slot. The latter was quickly canceled, while 30 Rock has been on Thursdays at 8:30 central (9:30 eastern) since earlier this month.
Lights, the saga of a high school football team in fictional Dillon, Texas, has a full-season pickup from NBC, as does another slow-builder, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. NBC will keep Studio in place on Mondays at 9 central (10 eastern).
NBC's made-in-Austin Friday Night LIghts will move from Tuesdays to Wednesdays in January as part of a midseason shakeup of the Peacock's prime-time lineup.
And NBC will fill the vacancy left by Sunday Night Football with a foursome of Dateline NBC, the new reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want, a fifth edition of The Apprentice and Crossing Jordan.
Lights, struggling in the ratings as Tuesday's leadoff hitter, will get Wednesday nights started for NBC, beginning on Jan. 10. The season began with two new comedies, 30 Rock and Twenty Good Years, in that slot. The latter was quickly canceled, while 30 Rock has been on Thursdays at 8:30 central (9:30 eastern) since earlier this month.
Lights, the saga of a high school football team in fictional Dillon, Texas, has a full-season pickup from NBC, as does another slow-builder, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. NBC will keep Studio in place on Mondays at 9 central (10 eastern).
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