NBC announces midseason premeires

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NBC has detailed its mid-season and post-Winter Olympics schedule as the new drama “Parenthood” debuts Monday, 3/1 (9-10 p.m. ET) while “The Marriage Ref,” a comedy panel series from Jerry Seinfeld about marriage, premieres on Sundays (8-9 p.m. ET) beginning 3/14. 
 
In addition, “The Celebrity Apprentice” returns in its third installment with an all-star lineup of celebrity candidates on Sunday, 3/14 (9-11 p.m. ET).  Likewise, the ninth edition of the “The Biggest Loser” kicks off on Tuesday, 1/5 (8-10 p.m. ET) with 11 family teams. 


Other January programming include “The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards” hosted by Ricky Gervais on Sunday, 1/17 (8-11 p.m. ET) and “The AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships” on Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24 (9-11 p.m. ET).
 
“Parenthood,” from Oscar winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer along with fellow executive producers Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights”) and David Nevins, is inspired by the box-office hit of the same name and features a star-studded cast.  The series assumes the Monday (9-10 p.m. ET) time slot beginning 3/1 following the season finale of “Heroes” on Monday, 2/8 and NBC Universal’s exclusive coverage of the Winter Olympics from February 12-28. 

“Chuck,” as previously announced, will return with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, 1/10 (9-11 p.m. ET) before moving to its regular day and time Monday, 1/11 (8-9 p.m. ET).
    
The new mid-season additions to NBC’s program schedule grid:

MONDAYS
8-9 p.m. — “Chuck” (begins January 11; two back-to-back season premiere episodes on January 10 from 9-11 p.m.) 9-10 p.m. — “Parenthood” (premieres March 1)
10-11 p.m. –”The Jay Leno Show”
 
TUESDAYS
8-10 p.m. – “The Biggest Loser” (new season premieres on January 5)
10-11 p.m. – “The Jay Leno Show”
 
WEDNESDAYS
8-9 p.m. – “Mercy”
9-10 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
10-11 p.m. – “The Jay Leno Show”
 
THURSDAYS
8-8:30 p.m. – “Community”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
9-9:30 p.m. – “The Office” 
9:30-10 p.m. – “30 Rock”
10-11 p.m. – “The Jay Leno Show”
 
FRIDAYS
8-9 p.m. — “Law & Order”
9-10 p.m. — “Dateline NBC”
10-11 p.m. – “The Jay Leno Show”
 
SATURDAYS
8-11 p.m. — Encore Dramas
 
SUNDAYS
7-9 p.m. — “Dateline NBC” (through March 7, then moves to 7-8 p.m. beginning March 14)
8-9 p.m. – “The Marriage Ref” (debuts March 14)
9-11 p.m. — “The Celebrity Apprentice” (premieres Sunday, March 14)

Other special programming includes (all times ET):
 
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
7-8 p.m. – “The 67th Annual Golden Globe Red-Carpet Show”
8-11 p.m. – “The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards”
 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
9-11 p.m. – “The AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships”
 
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
9-11 p.m. — “The AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships”