NBC presents shows, strategy at upfront

April 02, 2008 Six weeks before the traditional broadcast upfront, NBC unveiled its scheduling plans through summer 2009 in a stripped-down "infront" presentation. The network's 65-week schedule includes a spinoff of "The Office," the final season of "ER" and the return of the low-rated critical darling "Friday Night Lights" through a deal with DirecTV. "It's a dream schedule," said NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman, who delivered the presentation at 30 Rock in New York solo as his cohort, Marc Graboff, was sidelined by the flu.

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