NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday October 2, 2011 - Saturday October 8, 2011

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday October 2, 2011 - Saturday October 8, 2011
"THE SING-OFF"
"RADIO HITS & 60S CLASSICS: PT. I"
10/03/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Monday) : THE SIX REMAINING GROUPS FROM THE FIRST BRACKET OF PERFORMANCES SING FOR THE JUDGES’ VOTES – The six remaining groups from the first bracket of performances provide a double dose of a capella as they each take on a new hit as well as a memorable ‘60s tune and perform for the judges’ votes. One group will be eliminated. The group that remains standing at the end of the season receives the prize of $200,000 cash and a Sony Music recording contract. Nick Lachey hosts and Sara Bareilles, Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman serve as judges.

"THE PLAYBOY CLUB"
"A MATTER OF SIMPLE DUPLICITY"
10/03/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) : HIDDEN AGENDAS –Carol-Lynne (Laura Benanti) and Billy (David Krumholtz) decide to hire Doris (guest star Carrie Coon), a new bunny at the club, only to learn she has her own hidden agenda. Tension grows between Nick (Eddie Cibrian) and Carol-Lynne as he get into the political race and his potential campaign manager Sean (guest star Sean Maher, "Make It or Break It") sets him up with Frances Dunhill (guest star Cassidy Freeman, "Smallville"), a wealthy socialite to further his cause. Meanwhile, Maureen (Amber Heard) gets close to John Bianchi (guest star Troy Garity, "Barbershop") in order to keep herself safe, but learns nothing is ever easy when dealing with the mob. Also starring Jenna Dewan Tatum, Leah Renee, Naturi Naughton, Wes Ramsey and Jenifer Lewis.

"THE BIGGEST LOSER 12"
"EPISODE 3"
10/04/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Tuesday) : NFL STARS CLAY MATTHEWS, DREW BREES, TIM TEBOW, TONY GONZALEZ, SHAWNE MERRIMAN AND ERIC DICKERSON GUEST STAR -- It’s a NFL week at the ranch, and the competition to be the Biggest Loser of the week is fiercer than ever with the weigh-in winner getting an amazing prize – a VIP trip for two to the Super Bowl! Host Alison Sweeney reminds the contestants that if they want to be the best, they have to beat the best at a football throwing challenge in which they compete alongside Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez. One player really struggles emotionally this week, while another remains determined despite being partially sidelined with an injury. There’s a grueling, calorie-burning competition among the three teams led by trainers Bob Harper, Anna Kournikova and Dolvett Quince. And later, Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman and Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson help put the contestants through last chance workouts they’ll never forget before a tense weigh-in reveals which player gets the coveted Super Bowl tickets.

"PARENTHOOD"
""CLEAR SKIES FROM HERE ON OUT""
10/04/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : ZEEK GETS HIS FIRST REAL TASTE OF SHOW BUSINESS WHILE SARAH AND MARK GROW CLOSER - Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) lands his first commercial, prompting Camille (Bonnie Bedelia) to reflect on her own achievements. Sarah (Lauren Graham) and Mark (guest star Jason Ritter) take their friendship to a new level while Haddie (Sarah Ramos) and Alex (guest star Michael B. Jordan) grow apart. Meanwhile, Crosby (Dax Shepard) and Adam (Peter Krause) disagree over a minor parenting crisis, Drew's (Miles Heizer) first date with Amy (guest star Skyler Day) doesn't go as planned and Jabbar (Tyree Brown) and Max (Max Burkholder) hit a rough patch in their friendship.
Jamie French

"UP ALL NIGHT"
"WORKING LATE AND WORKING IT"
10/05/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Wednesday) : CHRIS AND REAGAN STRUGGLE TO BRING THE SEXINESS BACK INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP – WILL FORTE AND JORMA TACCONE GUEST STAR – Chris (Will Arnett) tries to get Reagan (Christina Applegate) to bring the sexy back into their relationship with some advice from his new friend Reed (guest star Will Forte, "Saturday Night Live"). Meanwhile, when Ava (Maya Rudolph) finds out her ex-boyfriend, B-Ro (guest star Jorma Taccone, "Saturday Night Live," The Lonely Island), is getting married, she blames Reagan for the advice she gave her that caused them to break up.

"FREE AGENTS"
"REBRANDING"
10/05/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : THE HALE DAYTON TEAM WORKS ON REBRANDING FOR A BIG CLIENT AND ALEX (HANK AZARIA) IS CAUGHT UP IN THE WHRILWIND AS THE TEAM DECIDES IT’S ALSO TIME TO REBRAND ALEX – When longtime Hale Dayton client Fred Potter (Tom Virtue, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"), is caught in an extra-marital tryst, the team sets to work on damage control. As Stephen (Anthony Head) and Helen (Kathryn Hahn) mastermind the response for the client, Dan (Mo Mandel), Gregg (Al Madrigal) and Emma (Natasha Leggero) help Helen in a rebranding campaign of another sort, setting Alex up with a slick online profile and a cute new date.

"HARRY'S LAW"
"SINS OF THE FATHER"
10/05/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : ALFRED MOLINA ("LAW & ORDER: LA") AND JEAN SMART ("SAMANTHA WHO") GUEST STAR – HARRY CALLS ALL HANDS ON DECK AS THE TRIAL OF THE YEAR OFFICIALLY BEGINS – Adam (Nate Corddry) preps Eric’s (Alfred Molina) daughter for her pivotal testimony as Harry (Kathy Bates) worries about Cassie’s (Karen Olivo) impending cross-examination of a key state’s witness. Meanwhile, Ollie (Mark Valley) clashes with Harry over what’s in the best interest of their client while D.A. Roseanna Remmick (Jean Smart) goes to great lengths to get a guilty verdict. Christopher McDonald and Brittany Snow also star.
Nikki Lichterman

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"BLOOD BROTHERS"
10/05/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : AN INVESTIGATION INTO A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S PREGNANCY LEADS DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON (MARISKA HARGITAY) TO UNCOVER FAMILY SECRETS OF A PROMINENT POLITICIAN (GUEST STAR KYLE MACLACHLAN)
When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl refuses to identify her baby’s father, Benson (Hargitay) and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to several men in her life including Tripp Raines, the teenage son of high-profile political couple Andrew and Kathleen Raines (MacLachlan and guest star Paige Turco) and Arturo Rivera, the son of the Raines’ housekeeper (guest star Judy Reyes.) The detectives uncover much more than they bargained for when a Raines family secret is revealed and a family member goes missing.
Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak.)

"COMMUNITY"
"REMEDIAL CHAOS THEORY"
10/06/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) : TROY AND ABED HAVE A UNIQUE APARTMENT WARMING PARTY – When Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) decide to share an apartment, they host a party for the group, which takes on an altered reality as several scenarios play out. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gilllian Jacobs, Alison Brie and Yvette Nicole Brown also star.

"PARKS AND RECREATION"
"BORN & RAISED"
10/06/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Thursday) : LESLIE’S BOOK ABOUT PAWNEE IS RELEASED JUST IN TIME FOR HER CAMPAIGN—While promoting her new book about Pawnee, Leslie (Amy Poehler) falls prey to some "gotcha" journalism. Meanwhile, Ann (Rashida Jones) is determined to bond with Ron (Nick Offerman) and April (Aubrey Plaza). Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O’Heir, Retta and Rob Lowe also star.
Joanne Park

"THE OFFICE"
"LOTTO"
10/06/2011 (09:00PM - 09:30PM) (Thursday) : ALL THE WAREHOUSE WORKERS WIN THE LOTTERY—After the warehouse guys win the lotto and quit, everyone in the office dreams of what it would be like to win big. Andy (Ed Helms) and Darryl (Craig Robinson) search for new warehouse employees while Jim (John Krasinski), Erin (Ellie Kemper), Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Kevin (Brian Baumgartner) get a taste of warehouse life. Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Phyllis Smith, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Kate Flannery, Paul Lieberstein, Mindy Kaling and Creed Bratton also star.
Joanne Park

"WHITNEY"
"SILENT TREATMENT"
10/06/2011 (09:30PM - 10:00PM) (Thursday) : YOU TALKING TO ME – After Whitney (Whitney Cummings) catches Alex (Chris D’Elia) checking out a hot girl she begs for him to admit to his wandering eye, but much to Mark's (Dan O'Brien) delight Alex won't fess up. Whitney decides that the best punishment for her boyfriend is the silent treatment. However, she soon realizes that Alex is enjoying his sentence and she begins to plot a new misery making tactic. Meanwhile, Roxanne (Rhea Seehorn), in hopes of making her ex-husband jealous, teams up with Lily (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Neal (Maulik Pancholy) to throw a fake party so that she can take sexy photos to post via social media.

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"GREAT GUY, YET: DEAD"
10/06/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) : JANE IS ON THE PROWL FOR A STOCKBROKER’S KILLER—When a good-looking stockbroker is killed mysteriously, Jane (Maria Bello) automatically suspects his wife. Meanwhile, Jane enlists the help of a hypnotist to fight her addiction to smoking. Elsewhere, Matt (Kenny Johnson) is furious when his ex-wife (guest star Lena Georgas) suggests Jane shouldn’t attend their son’s (guest star Max Page) birthday party. Aidan Quinn, Brían F. O’Byrne, Kirk Acevedo, Tim Griffin, Damon Gupton and Peter Gerety also star.

"DATELINE NBC"
"FR2103"
10/07/2011 (09:00PM - 11:00PM) (Friday) :

"HARRY'S LAW"
"SINS OF THE FATHER"
10/08/2011 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) : ALFRED MOLINA ("LAW & ORDER: LA") AND JEAN SMART ("SAMANTHA WHO") GUEST STAR – HARRY CALLS ALL HANDS ON DECK AS THE TRIAL OF THE YEAR OFFICIALLY BEGINS – Adam (Nate Corddry) preps Eric’s (Alfred Molina) daughter for her pivotal testimony as Harry (Kathy Bates) worries about Cassie’s (Karen Olivo) impending cross-examination of a key state’s witness. Meanwhile, Ollie (Mark Valley) clashes with Harry over what’s in the best interest of their client while D.A. Roseanna Remmick (Jean Smart) goes to great lengths to get a guilty verdict. Christopher McDonald and Brittany Snow also star.
Nikki Lichterman

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"GREAT GUY, YET: DEAD"
10/08/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Saturday) : JANE IS ON THE PROWL FOR A STOCKBROKER’S KILLER—When a good-looking stockbroker is killed mysteriously, Jane (Maria Bello) automatically suspects his wife. Meanwhile, Jane enlists the help of a hypnotist to fight her addiction to smoking. Elsewhere, Matt (Kenny Johnson) is furious when his ex-wife (guest star Lena Georgas) suggests Jane shouldn’t attend their son’s (guest star Max Page) birthday party. Aidan Quinn, Brían F. O’Byrne, Kirk Acevedo, Tim Griffin, Damon Gupton and Peter Gerety also star.

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"BLOOD BROTHERS"
10/08/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Saturday) : AN INVESTIGATION INTO A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S PREGNANCY LEADS DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON (MARISKA HARGITAY) TO UNCOVER FAMILY SECRETS OF A PROMINENT POLITICIAN (GUEST STAR KYLE MACLACHLAN)
When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl refuses to identify her baby’s father, Benson (Hargitay) and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to several men in her life including Tripp Raines, the teenage son of high-profile political couple Andrew and Kathleen Raines (MacLachlan and guest star Paige Turco) and Arturo Rivera, the son of the Raines’ housekeeper (guest star Judy Reyes.) The detectives uncover much more than they bargained for when a Raines family secret is revealed and a family member goes missing.
Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak.)
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