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NBC announces ‘Community’ comeback: March 15 is the big day

Long overdue, the Peacock finally blinked its eyes and realized it had a decision to make. Fellow Human Beings, listen up: Community will return to NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup on March 15 at 8PM! The benched cult show from Dan Harmon ready to make its hotly anticipated comeback. The remaining twelve episodes from season three begin airing just three weeks from today! Now here’s what happens to the Thursday lineup with Community in the mix. It will return to its 8PM timeslot, bumping 30 Rock to 8:30PM, The Office to 9PM, and Up All Night to 9:30PM, taking Parks and Rec out of the equation for the time being. Parks will rest on the bench until April 19, the week after Up All Night ends its 24-episode first season run.

In addition to announcing the return of the wildly entertaining, ferociously smart and witty Community, NBC also let slip the premiere dates of three upcoming comedies BentBest Friends Forever and the unscripted program Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. Bent, starring Amanda Peet, David Walton, and Jeffrey Tambor, premieres Wednesday March 21 at 9PM. The network will air back-to-back episodes over the course of three weeks. When Whitney and Are You There, Chelsea wrap their seasons, BFF and Betty White’s reality series will start Wednesday April 4 and they will be paired at 8PM and 9PM, respectively.

NBC prez Bob Greenblatt on all this: “We are happy to have an unprecedented amount of original content on NBC this spring. Bent, Best Friends Forever and Betty White’s Off Their Rockers are welcome additions to the Wednesday schedule, and we know that the loyal fans of Community will be pleased with its return to its home on Thursdays at 8PM.”

[Via Deadline]

FOX announces spring schedule

On Friday FOX announced its spring schedule, locking in premiere dates for returning shows BonesBreaking In, Bob’s Burgers, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter and new ones Touch and Hotel Hell.

On Monday March 2 House will go on hiatus and Alcatraz will slip into the 8PM timeslot. The new Tim Kring/Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch will premiere in the 9PM slot that day. Alcatraz will finish out its 13-episode season order on March 26 and House will return the week after on April 2. The medical drama will play out the remainder of its season over an eight week period leading up to its series finale on May 21. On Tuesday February 21 Glee will air its winter finale and then go on an extended seven week hiatus, opening up space for the return of other FOX comedies. Starting March 6 FOX’s Tuesday night lineup will look like this: Raising Hope (8PM), I Hate My Teenage Daughter, New Girl, Breaking In. Glee will return April 10, paired with New Girl and Raising Hope. Elsewhere, on Thursday April 5 Bones premieres in the 9PM slot following American Idol; on Friday April 6 Gordon Ramsey’s new show Hotel Hell begins at 8PM attached to Fringe; and on Sunday March 11 Bob’s Burgers will be squeezed between The Simpsons and Family Guy at 8:30PM.

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