Studio 60-inspired NBC Sked Changes

With there being some talk about WB not wanting
Studio 60 on Thursday at 9, NBC might be looking
to shifting it elsewhere. Here's a redo of what I think
could work all around:

MON
8:00 Deal or No Deal
9:00 ER
10:00 Studio 60

9 pm looks like a safe spot for ER to move into,
protected by a strong DOND lead-in. This, in turn,
could hand over a decent amount of viewers to Studio
60, which should do pretty well opposite the limp-noodle
likes of What About Brian.

record hunter...

TUE
8:00 Heroes
9:00 Medium
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

The 8-10 pm block here will probably do not much
worse nor not that much better than the original
Friday Night Lights and Kidnapped placements, so
nothing is really won or lost here.

WED
8:00 Friday Night Lights
9:00 The Biggest Loser
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

Biggest Loser is the sacrifical 9 pm lamb and Friday
Night Lights might stand a better chance opposite
the new, but feeble-looking, Jericho and the tepid
Bones than against NCIS and FOX's new Standoff on
Tuesday. Either night, FNL will still face off Dancing
with the Stars, though, but so be it.

THU
8:00 Las Vegas
9:00 Deal or No Deal
10:00 Kidnapped

David Levy...

Deal or No Deal seems to perform well no matter
where it's placed so it can probably be used to
some good effect at 9. It won't steal the hour but
it counterprograms better and might actually
outperform Studio 60 in the drama-heavy slot. Las
Vegas is deemed as an appropriate pairing with
DOND in that gambling is a shared theme. And
needless to mention, Kidnapped gets a stronger
lead-in out of DOND than Friday Night Lights on
Tuesday, in addition to being slotted opposite two
other new shows, which can only increase its
chances of success, especially opposite ABC's
dubious Six Degrees. CBS's Shark would win the
hour almost by default, however.

FRI
8:00 20 Good Years
8:30 My Name Is Earl
9:00 30 Rock
9:30 The Office
10:00 Law & Order: CI

David Levy...

Both ABC and FOX look weak with their 8-10 pm
scheduling so NBC should take advantage of that
weakness by slotting all its sitcoms here. I'd lead
the new ones into the returning ones since the
former seem to be stronger in appeal than the
latter and can thus help Earl and Office better than
the other way around.

David Levy...

SAT
8:00 Dateline
9:00 Repeats

SUN
7-11 Football

Looks good to me. It's all yours, NBC. My bill will be in the mail
shortly.