NBC abandons 8 PM to the unwashed masses

Posted by Maggie October 23rd, 2006 at 10:57am In Game Shows Reality

We're a couple days late with this, but NBC has announced that it is giving up on 8 PM. To save money, they won't be scheduling scripted dramas or comedies in the 8 PM time slot — only game shows and reality shows.

This is sad to me, as it means fewer opportunities for great shows to get produced. (Not that all shows NBC produces are great. But you have to throw a lot of pies at the wall to get one that sticks. Or something.) And I doubt they're going to come up with any groundbreaking game shows or reality contests, especially as it's now the game-and-reality dumping ground, the hour that it's okay to ignore.

Poor NBC. All this talk of saving money and rising from the ashes. Buck up! You have my favorite new shows — Heroes, 30 Rock, Studio 60 — and returning champ (and Emmy-award-winner!) The Office. Things aren't so bad. No need to go cutting off your own limbs.