NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday October 30, 2011 - Saturday November 5, 2011

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday October 30, 2011 - Saturday November 5, 2011
"FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA"
"103011"
10/30/2011 (07:00PM - 08:15PM) (Sunday) :

"NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"
"(APX; MAY END EARLIER) - DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES"
10/30/2011 (08:15PM - 11:30PM) (Sunday) :

"THE SING-OFF"
"TOP 7 GROUPS: SUPERSTAR MEDLEYS"
10/31/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Monday) : A SPOOK-TACULAR EPISODE OF ‘THE SING-OFF’ THIS HALLOWEEN – In this Halloween-themed episode, the stage is transformed into a cemetery and the seven remaining groups perform an opening medley of "This is Halloween," "Werewolves of London" and "Ghostbusters." The groups later battle it out by performing hits from some of music’s biggest stars. 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"
"TBA"
10/31/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) :

"THE BIGGEST LOSER 12"
"EPISODE 7"
11/01/2011 (08:00PM - 10:00PM) (Tuesday) : CONTESTANTS SWITCH TEAMS AND TRAINERS AFTER GAME-CHANGING CHALLENGE-- The competition shakes up this week when contestants change teams and trainers in a high-stakes, calorie-counting challenge that will determine who each player’s trainer will be for the rest of the season. After the teams are re-aligned, dramatic confrontations follow between some players and trainers as they all try to adjust to their new reality. Later, the new teams face their first challenge together – racing down a water slide on a hill to unscramble block letters that reveal the winning team’s prize. Trainers Bob Harper, Anna Kournikova and Dolvett Quince each take their teams off the ranch to spice up their last chance workouts, and later, an especially emotional elimination follows a weigh-in revealing noteworthy results from the trainer/team switch. Alison Sweeney hosts the series.

"PARENTHOOD"
""FORCED FAMILY FUN""
11/01/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : KRISTINA DEMANDS FAMILY TIME; JASMINE IS READY FOR A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP AND SARAH RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTS SETH--JASON RITTER AND JOHN CORBETT GUEST STAR--Sensing her family growing apart , Kristina (Monica Potter) demands a family night that doesn't go as she had expected. Crosby (Dax Shepard) fears Jasmine’s (Joy Byrant) new date will replace him as Jabbar’s (Tyree Brown) father. Julia (Erika Christensen) oversteps her boundaries with Zoe (Rosa Salazar) and Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) continues to have mixed emotions about Sarah’s (Lauren Graham) involvement with Seth (guest star John Corbett).
Also starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Krause, Mae Whitman, Savannah Paige Rae, Sarah Ramos and Max Burkholder.

"UP ALL NIGHT"
"PARENTS"
11/02/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Wednesday) :

"UP ALL NIGHT"
"TBA"
11/02/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) :

"HARRY'S LAW"
"THE REMATCH"
11/02/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : JEAN SMART ("SAMANTHA WHO") AND PAUL MCCRANE ("ER") GUEST STAR - A FORMER PROSECUTOR IS ACCUSED OF AIDING THE KIDNAPPING OF A GIRL AND HARRY MUST DEFEND HIM AGAINST HIS FORMER BOSS – Harry (Kathy Bates) and Adam (Nate Corddry) defend former prosecutor Josh "Puck" Peyton (Paul McCrane), who stands accused of aiding and abetting a kidnapper; Peyton successfully negotiated her safe return, but did so behind the back of the FBI. The case brings Harry into a fierce rematch with D.A. Roseanna Remmick (Jean Smart) who is back with a vengeance and determined to outdo Harry and put Puck in prison. Elsewhere, Tommy (Christopher McDonald) ropes Cassie (Karen Olivo) into an ethically questionable divorce proceeding involving his oldest clients. Mark Valley also stars.
Nikki Lichterman

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"TRUE BELIEVERS"
11/02/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : 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.)

"COMMUNITY"
"ADVANCED GAY"
11/03/2011 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Thursday) :

"PARKS AND RECREATION"
"END OF THE WORLD"
11/03/2011 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Thursday) : IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS THEY KNOW IT AND PAWNEE FEELS FINE—A local Pawnee group predicts that the end of the world is coming, causing Leslie (Amy Poehler) and others to contemplate their lives. Tom (Aziz Ansari) decides to throw the best party ever before he loses his office space, while April (Aubrey Plaza) helps Andy (Chris Pratt) complete his "bucket list" before the world ends. Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, Jim O’Heir, Retta and Rob Lowe also star.
Joanne Park

"THE OFFICE"
"TBA"
11/03/2011 (09:00PM - 09:30PM) (Thursday) :
Joanne Park

"WHITNEY"
"GETTING TO KNOW YOU"
11/03/2011 (09:30PM - 10:00PM) (Thursday) : QUALITY TIME TOGETHER –When Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D’Elia) go on a double date with Roxanne (Rhea Seehorn), Whitney is surprised to learn that Alex had a full life before he met her. In an effort to do more things together, they decide to play a friendly game of basketball, but things go awry and a sore loser emerges shocking the gang. Meanwhile, Lily (Zoe Lister-Jones) thinks that she will win Neal’s (Maulik Pancholy) mother over by embracing his Indian heritage, but she takes it to a whole other level. Dan O’Brien also stars.

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"TBA"
11/03/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) :

"CHUCK"
"CHUCK VERSUS THE BEARDED BANDIT"
11/04/2011 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Friday) : CHUCK ASSUMES THE ROLE OF MORGAN'S HANDLER, AS CARMICHAEL INDUSTRIES FACES NEW BUSINESS COMPETITION—CARRIE-ANNE MOSS ("THE MATRIX") GUEST STARS AS ‘GERTRUDE VERBANSKI’—JEFF FAHEY AND JUSTIN HARTLEY ALSO GUEST STAR—As the team takes on a missing persons case, Chuck (Zachary Levi) and company struggle to establish themselves as Carmichael Industries in the face of a rival security firm led by the tough and efficient Gertrude Verbanski (guest star Carrie-Anne Moss). Meanwhile, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) continues to adjust to the Intersect while Chuck adjusts to being his handler. Also, the Buy More finds an unlikely spokesperson to help drum up business. Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Ryan McPartlin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky and Mark Christopher Lawrence also star.
Jamie French
Akiva Griffith

"GRIMM"
"BEARS WILL BE BEARS"
11/04/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Friday) : A HOME INVASION REVEALS A FAMILY’S BARBARIC HISTORY – KATE BURTON ("GREY’S ANATOMY") GUEST STARS – A case of breaking and entering introduces Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) to a mysterious family whose cultural background blurs the line of right and wrong. Meanwhile, Nick tasks Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) with safeguarding Aunt Marie (guest star Kate Burton). Bitsie Tulloch, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee also star.

"DATELINE NBC"
"TBA"
11/04/2011 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Friday) :

"HARRY'S LAW"
"TBA"
11/05/2011 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) :
Nikki Lichterman

"PRIME SUSPECT"
"TBA"
11/05/2011 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Saturday) :

"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
"TRUE BELIEVERS"
11/05/2011 (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.)