TV by the Numbers is reporting (see below) that starting in January it will be scheduling three scripted programs (White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych) at the 10:00 hour, in an apparent belief that it can compete directly with NBC. I think USA and NBC are part of the same family. If so, this is either some kind of brutal "every man for himself" Darwinian philosophy at the company, or perhaps the glimmer of an exit strategy for NBC; if USA can show that some of these programs have promise at 10:00 against first run network programming, we may see a couple of them moved over to NBC at 10:00 by the February sweeps (I have been arguing for a while now that NBC should cut Leno back to three nights per week). Maybe Leno can do his other 2 nights a week on USA?
************** http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/27/oops-looks-like-white-collar-will-not-be-paired-with-burn-notice/34701 The latest info from USA Network paints an interesting schedule where USA Network apparently looks to compete with The Jay Leno Show with scripted programming as often as possible by having White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych all air at 10pm on different nights, with White Collar on Tuesdays (beginning January 19), Psych on Wednesdays (beginning January 27) and Burn Notice on Thursdays (beginning January 21). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
