The hit show Nashville Star may have found a new home on NBC, but the entertainment value in this talent search contest is getting kicked up a notch for its sixth season. Former host Jewel has been bumped over to the judging table and filling her shoes is Mr. Achy Breaky Heart himself, Billy Ray Cyrus. Woo-eee!
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Thanks to a schedule full of America-centric titles, NBC is dubbing its off-season an "All-American Summer," Variety reports. The network is getting behind the return of American Gladiators and America's Got Talent as a patriotic buildup to the Olympics in August. Although the network is waving the red, white and blue, the Peacock's true colors this summer will be reality television. In addition to nonscripted shows on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the network is devoting an entire Monday-night block to reality shows, including the newly relocated Nashville Star.NBC does, however, have plans for a few scripted shows, including its recently announced horror anthology series Fear Itself. But if for some reason those shows don’t make it, NBC could just air a waving American flag for 22 minutes. — Adam BryantRelated:• NBC Hopes to Scare Up Ratings with Fear Itself
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Billy Ray Cyrus has been tapped to host the new season of Nashville Star, airing this summer.... TNT is airing "the best of Saving Grace" this Monday through Wednesday, from 10 to midnight/ET.... Reba McEntire will host the Academy of Country Music Awards for a 10th time, on May 18 on CBS.... Rossi Morreale (Foody Call...?) will host Can You Duet?, CMT's new music competition premiering April 14.
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USA Network's Nashville Star has been greenlit for a sixth season, but this time to air on NBC, during the summer, where it will be paired with the sophomore run of American Gladiators.... CBS in June will air AFI's 10 Top 10, a special counting down the top 10 films in (wait for it) 10 different genres.... To you poor ladies who thought you'd have hubby's attention for at least a few hours: Fox stations have picked up Fox Super Sunday, a new/sports hybrid to air the morning of Super Bowl Sunday.
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NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker said he doesn’t envision any changes to the NBC's 2007-08 fall schedule even though he's changed top entertainment executives at the network. NBC made it official late Tuesday that Ben Silverman, who brought The Office and Ugly Betty to American television, will become co-chairman of the network’s entertainment division and production studio. Marc Graboff, president of NBC Universal Television, West Coast, has also been elevated to co-chairman."The timing of the announcement has nothing to do with the fall schedule," said Zucker. "The reaction [to the lineup] has been incredibly strong.” He said he’d been trying to bring Silverman into the network for some time, and only recently learned that he was ready to make a move. Silverman will be in charge of creative decisions at the network and studio, while Graboff will handle the business side. The announcement means goodbye to Kevin Reilly, the NBC entertainment president ...
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