THE SKED: NBC Postpones Friday

Deadline reports that NBC has pushed the launch of its scripted Friday shows CHUCK and GRIMM by a week, from October 21 to October 28.  Supposedly this is to give the series the benefit of a 2-day Halloween marketing push to begin with the network airing holiday-themed episodes of its Thursday comedies on October 27, although both the Chuck and Grimm premieres have been in the can without Halloween content since before this idea came up.  (At least Grimm's genre fits in with a Halloween theme.)  One might wonder if NBC was happy with the solid (for a Friday) 2 rating Dateline gave them last Friday, and isn't in any hurry to move on to the untested Grimm and on-its-last-legs Chuck.  But we'll give them the benefit of the doubt...