NBC Reveals New Fall Schedule, Makes Implicit Apology for The Jay Leno Show

THR has details on NBC's new fall schedule, and from the looks of things, it seems like Mary Poppins is helping NBC entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin program the network: There's a place for everything and everything in its place. "This new schedule brings NBC back to basics with its commitment to quality scripted programming, " said Gaspin, totally not all thinking about the Leno Debacle. Rather than be in the slow, trainwreck business, NBC is putting itself in the packaged, theme-night business, and they've moved around a couple of your favorite shows in the process.

Are you after fast-paced action-adventure? Then settle down with the Peacock on Monday nights. Wanting a fix of gritty crime dramas? Wednesday's your night. And Thursday night still is home to NBC's formidable block of comedies, including 30 Rock (now moved to 8:30) and The Office.

The slowly rising Parks and Recreation, however, has been bumped to a midseason replacement to make room for Outsourced, a single-camera workplace comedy set in India. Parks will warm the bench with other mid-season replacements The Cape, Friends With Benefits, Perfect Couples, Harry's Law and The Paul Reiser Show, thus filling that Paul Reiser-shaped hole in all of our lives.

The full NBC schedule:

MONDAY

8 P.M. CHUCK

9 P.M. THE EVENT

10 P.M CHASE

TUESDAY

8-10 P.M. BIGGEST LOSER

10 P.M. PARENTHOOD

WEDNESDAY

8 P.M. UNDERCOVERS

9 P.M. LAW & ORDER: SVU

10 P.M. LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES

THURSDAY

8 P.M. COMMUNITY

8:30 P.M. 30 ROCK

9 P.M. THE OFFICE

9:30 P.M. OUTSOURCED

10 P.M. LOVE BITES

FRIDAY

8 P.M. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE / SCHOOL PRIDE

9 P.M DATELINE

10 P.M. OUTLAW (AKA GARZA)

SUNDAY

7-8:15 P.M. -- FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA

8:150-11:30 P.M. -- NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

(BEGINNING MARCH)

7 P.M. DATELINE

9 P.M. MINUTE TO WIN IT

10 P.M. THE CELEBRITY