NBC Unveils Post-'Friends' Schedule

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NEW YORK With an emphasis on stability and a focus on a 52-week schedule, NBC will tackle life after Friends and Frasier with just five initial new series: dramas LAX, Hawaii and Medical Investigation, and sitcoms Father of the Pride and highly anticipated Friends’ spinoff Joey, which some observers are already referring to as the next AfterMASH.

NBC, which formally announced its new schedule today, will make changes on five nights of the week (Saturday and Sunday will remain unchanged), adding four hours of new programming and breaking up the perennial Tuesday 8-10 p.m.

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