NBC moves 'The New Normal' premiere up a day

Ryan Murphy sitcom will now debut Monday after 'The Voice'

By Alan SepinwallWednesday, Sep 5, 2012 1:30 PM

The cast of NBC's "The New Normal."

Credit: NBC

NBC has moved the debut of its new sitcom "The New Normal" up a day to give the show a launching pad out of the season premiere of "The Voice."

The pilot episode of "The New Normal" — created by Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, and starring Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha as a gay couple who employ a surrogate (Georgia King) to have their baby — was set to debut in the show's regular timeslot, Tuesday at 9:30 on September 11. Now it will air the night before, on Monday, September 10 at 10 p.m. after the return of "The Voice." A new episode will now air the following night in the regular timeslot.

This also means that "Grimm" wraps up its run in the Monday at 10 timeslot a week early, and will next be seen with new episodes on Friday, September 28.

Alan Sepinwall
Sr. Editor, What's Alan Watching

Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com

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Really? Really? NBC shouldn't be surprised when viewers can't find the network's new/returning series. 'Round and 'round she goes. Where she stops, no one knows. *sigh*
September 6, 2012 at 2:48AM EST Reply to Comment
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