The TCA Winter 2012 tour has been going on the past few days and thought I'd update everyone with some of the news to come out of it

Today was NBC executive session where they talked about some of their new shows and current shows. I'll update with news I think you all will find interesting

Law & Order: SVU
Bob Greenblatt reaffirms that Mariska Hargitay isn't leaving SVU, may be getting a real love interest on the show.
Harry Connick Jr. will be on for four episodes of SVU.

Community
Greenblatt notes Community isn't canceled, said they should have been more clear about that in the midseason PR.
Greenblatt says he doesn't know if Community will lead off a night, but they have a tight schedule, depends on what fails.

30 Rock
If 30 Rock is renewed, Alec Baldwin will remain on the show.

Prime Suspect
At Showtime, he says Prime Suspect would have been picked up for a new season by the third episode.
Greenblatt affirms Prime Suspect is his biggest disappointment - liked creatively, audience just didn't respond.

Smash
"I think Smash is going to be very important to us," he says. Adding that it's not a make or break it situation.
Comcast customers will be able to watch the Smash pilot beginning January 16th on Xfinity. Details are still be worked out, may expand beyond that.

The Voice
Greenblatt says he would have been happy with a 3.0 or a high 2 rating for The Voice, that it blew up was a surprise.
Greenblatt reveals The Voice season will run 15 weeks.

Playboy Club
"I think Playboy Club was just a rejected concept," Greenblatt says about the show's failure.

Fear Factor
Greenblatt notes they have additional episodes of Fear Factor, potentially for the summer.

Fashion Star
Producers of Fashion Star say the show is already in the can, was filmed in July and August of the past year.
Ben Silverman says he can't think of a better time period for Fashion Star than after Biggest Loser.

Golden Globes
Greenblatt says he thinks HFPA unanimously voted to bring back Ricky Gervais for the Golden Globes, so no hesitation on choice.

Pilots for the 2012-2013 season
Greenblatt says they're putting out a release about their five pilots, with more pickups coming next week.

NBC as a whole
Greenblatt notes he's open to doing shorter seasons, some shows don't benefit from 22 episodes over 9 months.
re: Ryan Seacrest joining The Today Show: "It is premature."

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I'm glad Mariska isn't planning to leave and also happy for the love interest. I don't mind Harry either.

I want this show back. Now.

While I was away on vacation more things have come out from the TCA tour so I'll compile more here!

FOX
Fox is delaying a decision on the fate of House. Ditto Terra Nova and Fringe.

The network’s entertainment president, Kevin Reilly, told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s press tour that he and House creator David Shore “agreed mutually to put it off until after the first of the year. We haven’t had that meeting yet.” Reilly acknowledged that he’s been “avoiding” a firm decision because “it’s hard to imagine the network without House… It [is] going to be a close call.”

Should this be the last season of House, Reilly insisted that fans will get a satisfying ending. “It’s not going to be an unceremonious finish,” he assured.

Reilly all but ruled out the possibility of a spinoff. “That time has come and gone,” he said. “David never creatively found something that excited him.”

Regarding the status of fellow bubble show Terra Nova, Reilly said a decision will have to come down in the coming weeks. “We’ll decide very soon, because it does need to get back into production in the next month,” he said. “If [it doesn't come back], we made money on it [and] the audience enjoyed it.” Reilly acknowledged that the show “was hunting for itself creatively through the season.”

As far as Fringe is concerned, Reilly conceded, ”We lose a lot of money on the show. At that rating, on [Friday] night, its impossible to make money. We’re not in the business of losing money… [But] I’m not doing the soft cancel here. That’s another decision we will have to make.

“I do not want to drop the ball on the end and let the fans down,” he added. “Please don’t start the letter writing campaign now. I can’t take it. … We haven’t even sat down with the producers and the studio.”


Other highlights of Fox’s exec session:

* Allen Gregory is dead. Reilly confirmed the rookie animated series will not be returning for a second season.

* Reilly seemed to all but confirm that Steve Jones would not be back as host of X Factor in Season 2. After confirming that the show will undergo some changes during its hiatus, Reilly honed in on “the hosting gig,” adding, “It’s a much harder job than meets the eye. I think everybody now appreciates the value of Ryan Seacrest.”

ABC
ABC has scheduled freshman series Scandal and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, moving Shonda Rhimes' Private Practice to the post-Dancing With the Stars Wednesday slot.

Rhimes' Kerry Washington D.C.-set political fixer drama will premiere in the post-Grey's Anatomy slot, bowing Thursday, April 5 at 10 p.m.

To make room for the new Rhimes pairing, the prolific showrunner's Grey's Anatomy spinoff Private Practice will be tested to see how it fares without its longtime lead-in Tuesdays at 10 p.m., following Dancing With the Stars starting April 24. It will hold the slot through May 15.

Meanwhile, its Krysten Ritter, James Van Der Beek and Dreama Walker comedy Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 will launch in the plumb post-Modern Family slot on Wednesday, April 11 at 9:30 p.m., after Happy Endings completes its second season.

In addressing reporters Tuesday at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena, ABC Entertainment topper Paul Lee expressed confidence in both series in launching them behind the network's top drama and comedy series.

A return date, however, for the unscheduled Cougar Town, has not been determined.

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