NBC, hoping to keep ratings momentum as it skates out of the upcoming Winter Olympics, is planning a flurry of changes to its third-ranked prime-time schedule starting late next month.
Donald Trump's "The Apprentice," which has lately faded on Thursdays, will move to 9 p.m. Mondays starting Feb. 27, the network announced Sunday. It will replace the drama "Las Vegas," which is headed to 9 p.m. Fridays, followed at 10 by "Conviction," a new drama about assistant district attorneys from "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf.
"Law & Order," an NBC mainstay for years, is moving up one hour to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, in the tough time slot dominated by ABC's "Lost." The 10 p.m. perch will go to "Heist," a burglary caper from "The Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman.
And with "The Office" wrapping its season at the end of March (star Steve Carell is shooting a new feature), NBC will put the new comedy "Teachers" into the 9:30 p.m. Thursday slot starting April 6. The network has no immediate plans to return "Joey" to the schedule.