Yahoo is reporting that The Office and My Name is Earl are going to have 30 and 28 episodes next season. I'm not sure how set in stone that is, but the article suggest they are adding more episodes to combat the problem with viewership dropping off duringthe hiatus.

Futon Critic is saying 25 eps of Earl:

The network has ordered 30 half-hours of the hit series "The Office," including five hour-long episodes, and also has increased the season order for "My Name Is Earl" to 25 episodes.

They're doing something similar with Heroes:

NBC "bulks up" with 30 combined episodes of "Heroes" and "Heroes: Origins," an innovative new spin-off that each week will introduce a new character -- one of whom will be chosen by viewers through the "Heroes" website on NBC.com to become a cast regular the following season.

They're doing something similar with Heroes:

I... what?

I will take it to the Heroes thread.

Why are they moving The Office to 9 PM? Whhhhyyy? It's doing fine where it is!

FNL is SO not a 10 PM show, it's not even funny. That's a godawful time slot.

I don't even watch FNL, and I think that is an awful timeslot! I am sort of glad The Office is at 9 pm IF Ugly Betty stays in the 8 pm timeslot. Takes away a bit of my Thursday Night jam-up.

My consternation about the move is mostly because 9PM has Grey's Anatomy and CSI, which are two biggest shows on TV. The rating's bound to drop after the move. Plus, there's Supernatural in that time slot, which I'd like to continue watching if possible, but not if they pit it against The Office. Bah.

Wow, none of the new show titles is doing a thing to get my attention. Well, BIONIC WOMAN maybe, but for the wrong reasons. And yet another season of ER? Isn't it about time to put it on the ice floe and push it out to sea?

One of the new shows has Adam Baldwin - I think it might be CHUCK.

Journeyman is the timetravelling show.

Life has Damien Lewis.

man, i hate it when the networks start mucking with timeslots that have been working. Thursday night tv is already overwhelming, but if The Office moves and all my other 8 pm shows stay where they are, i'm going to be annoyed.

friday nights for FNL is an awful timeslot. especially with Las Vegas as its lead-in because that show has been on its way out for at least a season and a half. UGH! they better not be setting up FNL for a fall.

From the Futon Critic, NBC's new dramas:

"JOURNEYMAN"-- From Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Kevin Falls ("The West Wing") and Emmy Award-winning director-producer Alex Graves ("The West Wing"), "Journeyman" is a romantic mystery-drama about Dan Vasser (Kevin McKidd, "Rome"), a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man who inexplicably begins to travel through time and change people's lives. Along the way, he also must deal with the difficulties and strife at work and home brought on by his sudden disappearances. However, his freewheeling travels through the decades reunite him with his long-lost fiance Livia (Moon Bloodgood, "Day Break") -- which complicates his present-day life with wife Katie (Gretchen Egolf, "Martial Law") and their son. Reed Diamond ("Homicide: Life on the Street") and Charles Henry Wyson ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") also star. "Journeyman" is a production of 20th Century Fox Television. Falls is executive producer and writer; Graves is executive producer and director of the pilot.

"CHUCK" - From executive producer, Josh Schwartz ("The O.C.") and executive producer-director McG ("Charlie's Angels," "We Are Marshall") comes a one-hour, comedic spy thriller about Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") - a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. When Chuck opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now, the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at Buy More. Instead of fighting computer viruses, he must fight assassins and international terrorists. With the government's most precious secrets in Chuck's head, Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin, "My Bodyguard") of the NSA assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA's top agent (and Chuck's first date in years) Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strzechowski, "Gone"). They'll keep him safe by trading in his pocket protector for a bulletproof vest. Also starring are Joshua Gomez ("Without a Trace") as Chuck's best buddy Morgan and Sarah Lancaster ("What About Brian?") as Chuck's ever-supportive sister Ellie. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak wrote "Chuck," which is produced by College Hill Pictures and Wonderland Sound and Vision in association with Warner Bros. Television.

"BIONIC WOMAN" - Struggling as a bartender and surrogate mom to her teenage sister, Jaime Sommers (Michelle Ryan, "EastEnders") didn't think life could get much harder. But when a devastating car accident leaves her at death's door, Jaime's only hope for survival is a cutting-edge, top-secret technology that comes at a hefty price. With a whole new existence and a debt to re-pay, Jaime must figure out how to use her extraordinary abilities for good, while weighing the personal sacrifices she will have to make. Ultimately, it's Jaime's journey of self-discovery and inner strength that will help her embrace her new life as the Bionic Woman. Also starring are: Mae Whitman ("State of Grace") as Becca, Jaime's younger sister; Miguel Ferrer ("Crossing Jordan") as Jonas, the man who employs Jaime's boyfriend; Chris Bowers ("Rescue Me) as Will, Jaime's boyfriend, who performs the operation; Will Yun Lee ("Witchblade") as Jae, the specialized operations leader; and Molly Price ("Third Watch"), as Ruth, Jonas' second-in-command. "Bionic Woman" is produced by NBC Universal Television Studio and executive-produced by David Eick ("Battlestar Galactica"), Glen Morgan ("The X-Files"), Michael Dinner ("Kidnapped") -- who also directed the pilot -- and Jason Smilovic ("Lucky Number Slevin"). Laeta Kalogridis ("Birds of Prey") is also an executive producer on the pilot.

"LIFE" -- From Rand Ravich and Far Shariat, the executive producers of the feature film "The Astronaut's Wife," and David Semel, who directed the pilot of NBC's "Heroes," (continued...)