NBC makes plans for fall TV season


As part of an ongoing effort to improve ratings, NBC is looking toward the past to improve its future. The network - a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE) - has been in fourth place among the major networks for the past three years and suffered a well-publicized swing-and-a-miss with this season's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

On Monday, when NBC reveals its schedule for the 2007-2008 television season, we might see a familiar title, with a new version of The Bionic Woman possibly on the schedule. The original version aired for three seasons in the mid-70s as a spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man. It starred Lindsay Wagner as Jamie Sommers, the first female cyborg.

Other possible new offerings at the Peacock include Chuck, featuring a computer whiz who becomes a spy and Journeyman, a fantasy drama with time travel as its main premise. Shows already slated to return include 30 Rock, Heroes, The Office, and the ubiquitous Deal or No Deal.

Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
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