Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Strike's Over! What's back when and how many?

Nw that the writers; strike is over, the biggest question is when will new episodes air -- and how many? TV Guide has updated the chart I linked to a few weeks ago, and renamed it the "Strike Recovery Chart" -- and it answers those questions pretty thoroughly, so check it out here.

Here's a few standouts --
  • Saturday Night Live is back on Feb. 23 -- and Tina Fey is hosting
  • Speaking of Fey, 5 or 6 new episodes of 30 Rock will start airing on April 10
  • NBC's other Thursday night comedies are also returning on April 10 -- 6 episodes of The Office and 4 remaining episodes of Scrubs (the fate of the final to-be-shot episodes of Scrubs is undetermined)
  • My Name is Earl returns a week earlier with 8-10 episodes, possibly including more hour- long eps. Ugh.
  • The Unit and Chuck are done for the season, but both should be back in the fall
  • But not Bionic Woman or Journeyman -- both are cancelled
  • 6 new episodes of CSI will begin on April 3
  • 4 pre-strike episodes of Smallville have not aired; 5 new ones will be shot to air in April and May
  • The air date for the final season of The Shield has yet to be announced

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