QUICK HITS: My NBC Midseason Schedule Suggestion

Here are my midseason thoughts for NBC!

NBC has had an interesting fall because a lot of their veterans (especially the Chicago shows) are holding up well, but their new class has arguably been the worst on any network. Sunnyside is cancelled, Bluff City Law has had production shut down after 10 episodes instead of 13 and Perfect Harmony is one of the lowest rated shows on the big four now that Sunnyside is gone.

Once again, I will state this a suggestion, not a prediction!

MONDAYS
8:00 (Jan) America's Got Talent: The Champions/(Mar) The Voice
10:00 (Jan) Council of Dads/(Apr) Manifest
It seems obvious that NBC is going to give Council of Dads the same treatment they had for Rise and The Village: a few weeks airing after This is Us and then taking the 9pm slot. But I think Council of Dads has more potential and that plan clearly doesn't work. If it is their most promising drama (which it very well could be), why not give it a better slot by letting it air after the winter run of America's Got Talent: The Champions. When it finishes its run (or if it doesn't work), Manifest is on the bench and can air into the summer.

TUESDAYS
8:00 (Jan) Ellen's Game of Games/(Mar) The Voice
9:00 (Jan) This is Us/(Apr) Lincoln
10:00 (Jan) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist/(Mar) New Amsterdam
I also think Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist has potential and would die on Sunday nights. I'd give it a shot airing after This is Us in January and put New Amsterdam on hiatus. When This is Us ends, I would give the slot to Lincoln, which doesn't sound as promising but would still be given a decent enough slot.

WEDNESDAYS
8:00 Chicago Med
9:00 Chicago Fire
10:00 Chicago PD
Chicago shows on Wednesdays are one of broadcast TV's few shining bright spots. No reason to change a thing.

THURSDAYS
(Jan)
8:00 Superstore
8:30 Perfect Harmony
9:00 The Good Place
9:30 Will & Grace
10:00 Law & Order: SVU

(Feb)
8:00 Superstore
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Indebted
10:00 Law & Order: SVU
I heard that Superstore only has 18 episodes this season. I certainly hope it ups it to 22 because it is NBC's only solid comedy. This is going to be a rough night no matter how things shake out so I don't think there's any great option here but putting two compatible single cams followed by two multi-cams seems like the best option in a sea of bad ones. Cutting the comedy block could be an option too but I don't love the idea of NBC only have one comedy hour.

FRIDAYS
8:00 The Blacklist
9:00 Blindspot
10:00 Dateline NBC
I would leave Fridays alone except to add Blindspot to the night at some point. Leaving Blindspot until summer wouldn't be terrible either.

SUNDAYS
(Jan) Various

(Mar)
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 Little Big Shots
9:00 The Titan Games
10:00 Good Girls
I think NBC should go with mostly unscripted on Sundays after the many weeks of preemptions in January and February. I don't think anything will work on Sundays at 10pm so sticking with last spring's Good Girls is ok.

SAVE FOR SUMMER: The Kenan Show, Who Do You Think You Are?, World of Dance

CANCEL: Bluff City Law, Sunnyside