NBC Announces Fall Premiere Dates; PLAYBOY CLUB Set for 9/19

NBC announced today the premieres of its new Fall 2011 primetime schedule, including the Laura Benanti led "The Playboy Club," whichbegins September 19. The fall schedule kicks off Tuesday, September 13 with new episodes of "Parenthood" -- following the final performance episode of "America's Got Talent." 

On Wednesday, September 14, the new comedies "Up All Night" (10-10:30 p.m. ET) and "Free Agents" (10:30-11 p.m. ET) will debut out of their respective time periods following the season finale of "America's Got Talent." Both series also will premiere in their regular time periods with their second original episodes on Wednesday, September 21 (8-8:30 p.m. ET and 8:30-9 p.m. ET, respectively).

The debuts also include the network's other highly anticipated new series -- "Prime Suspect," "Whitney" and "Grimm" -- that will continue through October 21 when NBC rolls out its Friday-night lineup that includes "Grimm" (9-10 p.m. ET).

In addition, the start of the regular season of "Sunday Night Football" will debut on Thursday, September 8 and resume on its regular night on Sunday, September 11 (8-11:30 p.m. ET). "Football Night in America" premieres during the regular season on Sunday, September 11 (7-8 p.m. ET).

Following are the premiere dates for NBC's Fall 2011 primetime schedule (all times ET; new shows are in upper case):

Thursday, September 8

8-8:30 p.m. "NFL Kickoff Special 2011" (regular season)

8:30-11 p.m. "Sunday Night Football" (regular season)

Sunday, September 11

7-8 p.m. "Football Night in America" (regular season)

8-11:30 p.m. "Sunday Night Football"

Tuesday, September 13

10-11 p.m. "Parenthood"

Wednesday, September 14

8-10 p.m. "America's Got Talent" (season finale)

10-10:30 p.m. "UP ALL NIGHT"

10:30-11 p.m. "FREE AGENTS"

Monday, September 19

8-10 p.m. "The Sing-Off"

10-11 p.m. "THE PLAYBOY CLUB"

Tuesday, September 20

8-10 p.m. "The Biggest Loser"

Wednesday, September 21

8-8:30 p.m. "UP ALL NIGHT" (regular time period debut with original episode)

8:30-9 p.m. "FREE AGENTS" (regular time period debut with original episode)

9-10 p.m. "Harry's Law"

10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Thursday, September 22

8-8:30 p.m. "Community

8:30-9 p.m. "Parks and Recreation"

9-9:30 p.m. "The Office"

9:30-10 p.m. "WHITNEY"

10-11 p.m. "PRIME SUSPECT"

Friday, September 23

9-11 p.m. "Dateline NBC"

Friday, October 21

8-9 p.m. "Chuck"

9-10 p.m. "GRIMM"

10-11 p.m. "Dateline NBC"

Saturday, September 24

8-9 p.m. "Harry's Law" (Repeat)

9-10 p.m. "Prime Suspect" (Repeat)

10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (Repeat)

 

 

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