NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday November 13, 2011 - Saturday November 19, 2011

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday November 13, 2011 - Saturday November 19, 2011

"FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA"
"111311"
11/13/2011 (07:00PM - 08:15PM) (Sunday) :

"NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"
"(APX; MAY END EARLIER) - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS"
11/13/2011 (08:15PM - 11:30PM) (Sunday) :

"THE SING-OFF"
"TOP 5 GROUPS: THE RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE"
11/14/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Monday) : THE TOP FIVE GROUPS REFINE THEIR SWAGGER WITH A NIGHT OF R&B HITS – The top five groups open the show with a medley of "I Feel Good" by James Brown, "ABC" by The Jackson 5 and "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce. Later they each perform their favorite R&B hits in an attempt to woo the judges for their votes. 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.

"ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS"
"111411"
11/14/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

"THE BIGGEST LOSER 12"
"EPISODE 9"
11/15/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Tuesday) : APOLO OHNO GUEST STARS, AND THE SEVEN REMAINING PLAYERS COMPETE IN A PENTATHLON -- The competition heats up as host Alison Sweeney tells the remaining seven players that they will be competing in a pentathlon – and they can only rely on themselves because this week, the game goes to singles. Contestants will earn points in each of the five events, which will test everything from speed to strength to nutrition knowledge. The pentathlon winner gets the coveted prize of immunity, while the loser gets a weigh-in disadvantage. The players get a very special surprise when eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno arrives to lead the contestants through their final event, motivating them each step of the way. Also, one of the trainers reveals details about their difficult childhood to a contestant who is struggling with trust issues. And later, the weigh-in is followed by the most emotional elimination of the season so far.

"PARENTHOOD"
"SORE LOSER"
11/15/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : SYDNEY LEARNS A HARD LESSON ON WINNING AND LOSING; ADAM EXPERIENCES MARRIAGE DOUBTS; KRISTINA TRIES TO HELP MAX FIT IN AND DREW DISOBEYS SARAH -- During an intense game of Braverman charades, Joel (Sam Jaeger) and Julia (Erika Christensen) come to the realization they may have spoiled Sydney (Savannah Paige Rae). Meanwhile, Adam (Peter Krause) and Crosby (Dax Shepard) celebrate a new client at The Luncheonette and Adam experiences an awkward moment with Rachel (guest star Alexandra Daddario). Also, Kristina (Monica Potter) is concerned about Max’s (Max Burkholder) new friends at school, and Drew (Miles Heizer) reaps the consequences of disobeying Sarah’s (Lauren Graham) rules.
Also starring: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Mae Whitman, Sarah Ramos, Joy Bryant and Tyree Brown.

"UP ALL NIGHT"
"TBA"
11/16/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Wednesday) :

"UP ALL NIGHT"
"TBA"
11/16/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) :

"HARRY'S LAW"
"INSANITY"
11/16/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : OLIVER AND CASSIE DEFEND A COLLEGE CAMPUS SHOOTER WHO’S PLEADING INSANITY WHILE TOMMY REPRESENTS AN ORGANIC FARMER WHO PRODUCES HIS VEGETABLES IN A VERY BIZARRE WAY –Harry (Kathy Bates) must practice some conflict resolution when Oliver (Mark Valley) and Cassie (Karen Olivo) butt heads over an emotional case: defending a schizophrenic 17-year-old who shot and killed three college students on campus. Meanwhile, Tommy (Christopher McDonald) represents an owner and operator of two businesses: a "Green Mortuary" for eco-friendly burial, and an organic produce market. Unfortunately, his two businesses overlap resulting in his vegetables being fertilized with the decomposing bodies. Elsewhere, Chunhua (Irene Keng) returns to ask Adam (Nate Corddry) for help when her family’s dry cleaning business is seized through eminent domain in an effort to "develop" the neighborhood.
Nikki Lichterman

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"TBA"
11/16/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) :

"COMMUNITY"
"DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING: REDUX"
11/17/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) : DEAN PELTON DIRECTS EVERYONE IN A COMMERCIAL FOR GREENDALE AND THE POWER OF BEING BEHIND THE CAMERA GOES TO HIS HEAD – LUIS GUZMAN GUEST STARS – When the school board asks Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) to make a new commercial for the school, he enlists the study group to star in his production. As he gets swept away with the project, more of the student body is pulled into the fray, including Magnitude (Luke Youngblood), Fat Neil (Charley Koontz), Garrett (Erik Charles Nielsen), Leonard (Richard Erdman), Star-Burns (Dino Stamatopoulos) and even Greendale alum and genuine celebrity, Luis Guzman ("How to Make it in America"). Meanwhile, Abed (Danny Pudi) films all the activities for a documentary. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover also star.

"PARKS AND RECREATION"
"SMALLEST PARK "
11/17/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Thursday) : LESLIE BUILDS THE SMALLEST PARK IN INDIANA— Leslie (Amy Poehler) uses her new tourist attraction as a way to spend more time with Ben (Adam Scott). Meanwhile, Ron (Nick Offerman) and April (Aubrey Plaza) encourage Andy (Chris Pratt) to go to college, and Chris (Rob Lowe) tasks Tom (Aziz Ansari) and Jerry (Jim O’Heir) with revamping the Parks and Rec logo. Rashida Jones and Retta also star.
Joanne Park

"THE OFFICE"
"GETTYSBURG "
11/17/2011 (09:00PM - 09:30PM) (Thursday) : ANDY TAKES THE OFFICE ON AN INSPIRING FIELD TRIP TO GETTYSBURG— LINDSAY BROAD GUEST STARS-- Andy (Ed Helms) decides to motivate and inspire everyone by taking them on a field trip to Gettysburg. Some people in the office stay behind and Robert California (two-time Emmy Award winner James Spader) asks them to come up with Dunder Mifflin/Sabre’s next big idea. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Zach Woods, Leslie David Baker, Phyllis Smith, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner, Oscar Nunez, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Creed Bratton, Craig Robinson and Ellie Kemper also star.
Joanne Park

"WHITNEY"
"CLARENCE!"
11/17/2011 (09:30PM - 10:00PM) (Thursday) : LET’S ADOPT – COMEDIAN LISA LAMPANELLI GUEST-STARS –When Alex’s (Chris D’Elia) childhood dog passes away, Whitney (Whitney Cummings) suggests they adopt a dog together. However, the adoption process isn’t as easy as they’d hoped especially when dealing with pound owner Mrs. Janks (Lisa Lampanelli, "Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump"). Meanwhile, Roxanne (Rhea Seehorn) is interested in some financial advice and Lily (Zoe Lister-Jones), in an effort to bring them closer, suggests working with Neal (Maulik Pancholy), but things become increasingly awkward after a sexual mishap during their first meeting. Dan O’Brien also stars.

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"UNDERWATER"
11/17/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) : PARENTS OF A YOUNG GIRL ARE MURDERED IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL- Jane (Maria Bello) and Reg (Brían F. O'Byrne) are taken out of the city when parents of a young girl are found murdered in a hotel room. Jane has a hard time convincing the young girl to speak with her about the man that killed her parents. Meanwhile, Reg and Jane find themselves in harms way. Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo, Tim Griffin, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Damon Gupton also star.

"CHUCK"
"CHUCK VERSUS THE BUSINESS TRIP"
11/18/2011 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Friday) : CHUCK AND SARAH MUST UNCOVER AN ASSASSIN AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF A BUY MORE SALES CONVENTION—DAVID KOECHNER AND CATHERINE DENT GUEST STAR—Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) go undercover at a Buy More convention to hunt down an assassin whose mission is to take down the new Intersect. Meanwhile, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) must deal with the consequences of having the Intersect. At the Buy More, Jeff (Scott Krinsky) begins to show a very different side of himself. Adam Baldwin, Sarah Lancaster, Ryan McPartlin, Vik Sahay and Mark Christopher Lawrence also star.
Jamie French
Akiva Griffith

"GRIMM"
"THE THREE BAD WOLVES"
11/18/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Friday) : A SUSPICIOUS FIRE REVEALS A RIVALRY WITH CONNECTIONS TO MONROE –Nick (David Giuntoli) is called to a suspected arson case, which exposes a longstanding family feud that brings Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) face-to-face with characters from his troubled past. While Monroe wrestles with restraining his wild side, it’s up to Nick to keep everything from going up in flames. Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee also star.

"DATELINE NBC"
"TBA"
11/18/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Friday) :

"HARRY'S LAW"
"INSANITY"
11/19/2011 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) : OLIVER AND CASSIE DEFEND A COLLEGE CAMPUS SHOOTER WHO’S PLEADING INSANITY WHILE TOMMY REPRESENTS AN ORGANIC FARMER WHO PRODUCES HIS VEGETABLES IN A VERY BIZARRE WAY –Harry (Kathy Bates) must practice some conflict resolution when Oliver (Mark Valley) and Cassie (Karen Olivo) butt heads over an emotional case: defending a schizophrenic 17-year-old who shot and killed three college students on campus. Meanwhile, Tommy (Christopher McDonald) represents an owner and operator of two businesses: a "Green Mortuary" for eco-friendly burial, and an organic produce market. Unfortunately, his two businesses overlap resulting in his vegetables being fertilized with the decomposing bodies. Elsewhere, Chunhua (Irene Keng) returns to ask Adam (Nate Corddry) for help when her family’s dry cleaning business is seized through eminent domain in an effort to "develop" the neighborhood.
Nikki Lichterman

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"UNDERWATER"
11/19/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Saturday) : PARENTS OF A YOUNG GIRL ARE MURDERED IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL- Jane (Maria Bello) and Reg (Brían F. O'Byrne) are taken out of the city when parents of a young girl are found murdered in a hotel room. Jane has a hard time convincing the young girl to speak with her about the man that killed her parents. Meanwhile, Reg and Jane find themselves in harms way. Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo, Tim Griffin, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Damon Gupton also star.

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"TRUE BELIEVERS"
11/19/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Saturday) : A MUSIC STUDENT (GUEST STAR SOFIA VASSILIEVA) IS RAPED IN HER OWN APARTMENT, AND THE SEEMINGLY CLEAR CUT CASE BEGINS TO UNRAVEL WHEN THE SUSPECT HIRES A POWERFUL DEFENSE ATTORNEY (GUEST STAR ANDRE BRAUGHER)
A young music student (Vassilieva) is raped at gunpoint in her own apartment, but with her help, the SVU squad makes a quick arrest. Bureau Chief Mike Cutter (Linus Roache) takes over the case when he finds that opposing counsel is high-profile defense attorney Bayard Ellis (guest star Braugher). As Ellis works to undermine their police work and damage the victim’s credibility, the detectives take the stand to prove they have more than just a he-said, she-said case. Starring: Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Tamara Tunie (M.E. Melinda Warner.)
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