NBC lineup: No huge changes

"Friends" actor Matthew Perry has checked into rehab three times over the past 15 years. He sought help in 1997, 2001, and 2011 for alcohol abuse and an addiction to prescription pain medication. Credit: Getty Images
By the way, NBC announced its lineup earlier and no new changes to report. Here's the story in Monday's Newsday, but -sorry to be the bearer of bad news for fans, "Harry's Law" is gone, and so is "Awake," which I had high hopes for, and I suspect NBC did as well.
Of course, new comedies -- easier sell to viewers than dramas -- but consider that a cyclical part of the business. If they don't click, you'll be reading about dramas this time next year. ("Smash," as with last season -- arrives in the new year.)
Expect no huge changes for NBC's fall 2012 lineup, which you can read as:
Yes, new comedies were added, and a pair of dramas were dumped -- notably "Awake," a solid newcomer that not enough people watched, and "Harry's Law" with Kathy Bates. Otherwise, this lineup looks reasonably familiar:
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