And don't expect to see "Chuck," "My Name is Earl" or "Medium" there either.
The network just sent out its new season release - head to the jump for EVERYTHING - and you won't see those names anywhere on it.
But when NBC does unveil the whole shebang before advertisers in a few hours, I fully expect that they'll all (with the exception of officially-in-limbo "Earl") get mid-season orders. "L&O" has been a mid-season entry before - though the 19th launched in November - and the same with "Medium" and "Chuck." The trades have already announced that "M" and "Chuck" will be back. They've been notably silent on "L&O."
So...should you worry? Maybe: There's always the possibility I will have to retract in a little while though what could I possibly say about the demise of "L&O," a show that has been part of our lives nineteen years (and mine, twenty-one...another story.)
The problem for "L&O," and any hour at NBC this fall, is the simple fact that "The Jay Leno Show" will absorb fully one-third of the primetime weeknight lineup...More Jay means less of everything else. NBC can say they're adding shows like "Medium" mid-season, but where will the show go - particularly if everything else is working. That - of course - is the point: Everything else won't be working, which is why you have mid-season shows in your back pocket. Meanwhile, pickups as expected were announced for "Heroes," "Southland," "Parks and Recreation" and new eps of the "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" series...Previously picked up: "The Office," "30 Rock," "The Biggest Loser," "The Celebrity Apprentice," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Friday Night Lights,"