What Shows Are You Watching – TV Schedule 2012-2013: NBC
By LanaRus
Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, made an announcement during the upfronts in New York regarding the new direction of the network, “We’ve taken a few first steps toward a turnaround over this past season and now we’re seeing a real opportunity to accelerate that process. We’ve got a lineup of new shows that will really get people to sit up and take notice. And with the Olympics coming this summer and two nights of The Voice in the fall, we’ve also got the tools we need to give our shows the kind of launch they deserve.”
The 2012-2013 Fall Schedule: NBC (New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET)
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “REVOLUTION”
One of NBC’s reality series The Voice is moving to a fall schedule after being on midseason schedule. Musical drama Smash will stay on the midseason schedule for its second season. Also on Monday schedule is a new drama series Revolution.
“Revolution” — 15 years ago electricity suddenly stopped working and everyone was thrust back into the dark ages. A young woman’s life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who had something to do with the blackout. This brutal encounter sets her and two unlikely companions off on a daring coming-of-age journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future. The show is brought to you by director Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”), J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) and Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”) and stars Billy Burke (“The Twilight Saga”), Tracy Spiridakos (“Being Human”), Anna Lise Phillips (“Terra Nova”), Zak Orth (“Romeo + Juliet“), Graham Rogers (“Memphis Beat”), J.D. Pardo (“A Cinderella Story”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), David Lyons (“The Cape”), Maria Howell (“The Blind Side”), Tim Guinee (“Iron Man”) and Andrea Roth (“Rescue Me”).
