Old favorites, newcomers on NBC's lineup

When you've got a lot of holes to fill, you need a lot of dirt -- and NBC has just deployed the network equivalent of a backhoe to fill its many craters. There will be a total of 12 new dramas and sitcoms next fall and winter, but before we get to that crowd: What about Donald Trump?

NBC said "The Celebrity Apprentice" will be on next year's schedule, although Bob Greenblatt, president of NBC Entertainment and the division's newest backhoe operator, said: "I wouldn't say . . . [Trump's return to 'TCA'] is a certainty, but we're hoping he's back with us." In the event Trump does run for president, "the show will go on in his absence" with another boardroom tyrant. "The Voice," "30 Rock," and newcomers"Smash" -- the Debra Messing "Glee"-like series about a Broadway musical -- and Chelsea Handler's sitcom "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea," arrive in early 2012.

Now, night by night:

MONDAY: "The Sing-off," 8; "The Playboy Club," 10, legal crime drama surrounding '60s era Bunnies in Chicago.

TUESDAY: "The Biggest Loser," 8; "Parenthood," 10.

WEDNESDAY: "Up All Night," 8, with Will Arnett and Christina Applegate, as new and befuddled parents; "Free Agents," 8:30, workplace romantic comedy, about a P.R. exec in post-failed-marriage limbo, with Hank Azaria; "Harry's Law," 9; "Law & Order: SVU," 10.

THURSDAY: "Community," 8; "Parks and Recreation," 8:30; "The Office," 9; "Whitney," 9:30, an honest-to-goodness Thursday night laugh-tracked sitcom, with Whitney Cummings and Brian D'Elia; "Prime Suspect," 10, with Maria Bello as an NYPD detective in a new precinct amid "the boys' club."

FRIDAY: "Chuck," 8; "Grimm," 9, inspired by Grimm fairy tales, and their cautionary fable undertones. In this series, the so-called Grimms are trying to keep the world safe from supernatural creatures, while a homicide detective named Nick (David Guintoli) learns he's a Grimm too; "Dateline NBC," 10.

SATURDAY: Repeats.

SUNDAY: "Football Night in America," 7; football, 8:15.