NBC Announces Schedule; 'Smash' Saved for Mid-Season

NBC has announced its fall scheduling, hoping to build its ratings, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Playboy Club with Laura Benanti will air Monday's at 10 p.m.

NBC will save the musical drama "Smash," starring Debra Messing and Katharine McPhee for midseason where it will be paired with "The Voice" on Mondays.

"We've got a lot of work to do and we had to make some significant changes," Greenblatt told The Hollywood Reporter.

The network will begin a new night of comedy on Wednesdays with the Christina Applegate UP "Up All Night" in the 8 p.m. slot followed by the Hank Azaria "Free Agents."

"We're taking two of our best pilots with arguably our strongest leads and trying to establish a foothold there," said Greenblatt. "We have no illusions about how difficult that's going to be and how much we're going to have to commit to it and have patience with it. But we knew that if we didn't try it would never happen."

The second season of David E. Kelley's "Harry's Law" will air Wednesdays at 9 p.m., followed by "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" at 10 p.m.

The new comedy Whitney - based on the comedy of Whitney Cummings -- will get the slot after the "Office" on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.

30 Rock will be held for midseason due to Tina Fey's pregnancy and "Parks and Recreation" will take the 8:30 p.m. slot.

"Prime Suspect" with Maria Bello will get the 10 p.m. slot on Thursday nights.

Grimm -inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales - will air Fridays at 9 p.m. after "Chuck."

At this point, the network only announced two midseason premieres: "Smash" and "The Firm," which will air Sundays at 10 p.m. after "Sunday Night Football" ends.

Celebrity Apprentice will be back in midseason with or without Donald Trump. "It's such a strong franchise, not to minimize his presence in it because we love him," said Greenblatt. "But I really do think it's all about the casting of that show and the challenges and if he's not available to us, we're going to have someone really interesting sitting at the head of that boardroom."

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