NBC was the first major network to announce its fall lineup today, the Associated Press reports.

Among the new shows are two about the television business – “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” starring ?Friends? alumni Matthew Perry and “30 Rock” created by SNL writer/performer Tina Fey and starring Alec Baldwin.

One can only hope that Perry has better luck in his post-?Friends? TV role than former co-star Matt Le Blanc’s whose ?Friends? spin-off, ?Joey,? was finally laid to rest and cancelled by the network.

The two shows will air at 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings, following ?My Name is Earl? and ?The Office,? and leading into ?ER,? which will hold on to its 10 p.m. Thursday slot.

However, it will split the slot with a new show about Irish Mobsters called ?The Black Donnellys.?

Other new shows include ?Friday Night Lights,? ?Kidnapped? and ?Heroes.?

Also new to the network is NFL football, which will be airing on Sunday nights. After the football season, Donald Trump’s reality show ?The Apprentice? will debut (this is the third time slot change for the show since its premiere).

Besides ?Joey,? other shows to bite the dust include Dick Wolf’s courtroom drama ?Conviction? and ?Surface.?

Surprisingly, the Peacock network renewed the comedy ?Scrubs? for a full season, although it did not announce when it would air – a fate the show received last fall as well. It is expected to replace a new show that fails. The Howie Mandell game show hit ?Deal or No Deal? was also on next season?s schedule.

The next network to announce its fall line up is CW – a merger of UPN and the WB.






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