NBC Announces New Premiere Date for quarterlife

BURBANK, January 28: NBC
has revealed plans for a Tuesday, February 26 premiere of the
MySpace-originated series quarterlife, which had been slated for an earlier rollout on Monday, February 18.

Following its premiere, quarterlife will begin airing in its regularly scheduled
Sunday 9 p.m. slot, beginning March 2. Consequently, the USA Network’s Monk and Psych, which were previously scheduled for their premieres on NBC on March
2 will now debut on Sunday, April 6 at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively.

Created by Marshall
Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the team behind My So-Called Life and Blood Diamond, quarterlife tells the stories of six creative people in their twenties, the
crucial years when so many of life’s important decisions are made.

Leading into the Tuesday
premiere of quarterlife will be
the NBC unscripted series The Biggest Loser.

"The Biggest Loser is one of the strongest shows on television right
now among young viewers, especially young women, and we see this as a perfect
opportunity to capture that audience with the highly anticipated broadcast
premiere of quarterlife,"
said Vince Manze, the president of NBC’s program planning, scheduling and
strategy at NBC Universal. "In addition, in its regular Sunday time period
we're providing a young-skewing original scripted alternative in an hour where
the competition will be mostly unscripted programming or encores."

—By Ned Berke