NBC TV:: What's New This Season?

This week, all the major networks will be unveiling their schedules for next season. NBC is up first, and for the second year in a row they're launching a TON of new shows. Here's a quick summary of the 12 new shows:

• "Awake": Drama. Starring British actor Jason Isaacs ("Harry Potter" series) & Wilmer Valderrama ("That 70's Show")... Isaacs plays a police detective who finds himself in two realities after a car accident on the job. You'd know Isaacs as Draco Malfoy's dad in the "Harry Potter" movies.


• "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea": Comdey. Starring Laura Prepon ("That 70's Show")... The story is loosely based on Chelsea Handler's life. Prepon plays Chelsea, and Chelsea will have a recurring role as her own sister.


• "Bent": Sitcom. Starring Amanda Peete. It's about a recently divorced mom and her relationship with the contractor she hired to redo her kitchen.


• "BFFs": Comedy. The title, of course, stands for Best Friends Forever. It's about "a woman and her live-in boyfriend who wind up taking in her distraught and pushy best girlfriend after a divorce."


• "The Firm": Drama. It's based on the 1991 John Grisham novel, which was made into a Tom Cruise movie back in 1993. The series will take place 10 years after the movie left off.


• "Free Agents": Sitcom. Starring Hank Azaria ("The Simpsons") and Kathryn Hahn ("Crossing Jordan")... P.R. execs on "romantic rebounds." It's based on a British show of the same name.


• "Grimm": Drama... about cops who protect innocent people from the kinds of evil beasts that were described in Grimm's Fairy Tales.


• "The Playboy Club": Drama. Starring Amber Heard ("Pineapple Express") and Eddie Cibrian ("CSI: Miami")... about a Chicago Playboy club set in the 1960s. (--There's been talk that it might push the envelope, nudity-wise, for a show on a broadcast network.)


• "Prime Suspect": Crime Drama. Starring Maria Bello ... A remake of a British crime show that starred Helen Mirren. Bello you may know from "A History of Violence", "Coyote Ugly" and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor".


• "Smash": A "musical drama". Starring Debra Messing ("Will & Grace"), Katherine McPhee ("American Idol" loser), Anjelica Huston ("Medium", "Adams Family"). Some people are saying it's like "Glee" for adults.


• "Up All Night": Sitcom. Starring Christina Applegate ("Married, With Children"), Will Arnett ("30 Rock"), Maya Ruldolph ("SNL")... Applegate plays a working mother and Arnett is her stay-at-home husband. It also stars .


• "Whitney": A "relationship comedy". Based on the standup comedy of Whitney Cummings.

You can check out preview videos of all NBC's new shows HERE