NBC Announces Schedule: New Wednesday Comedy Block, 'Smash' Saved for Midseason

10:45 AM PDT 5/15/2011 by Marisa Guthrie

“We’ve got a lot of work to do and we had to make some significant changes,” new entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt tells THR one day before the network’s upfront presentation.

NBC will bow six of its 12 new series this fall as new entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt attempts to rebuild the ratings-challenged network. If it’s a lot of new programming to throw at the audience, the pressure is on for the network to at least begin to climb out of its slump.