NBC Mid-Season Schedule

This January, NBC makes some big changes to the schedule. Not much is happening on the drama front, other than the mini-series, "The Book of Daniel." The 2006 Winter Olympics will dominate the schedule for the month of February. In a surprising move, "Joey" is mysteriously absent from the schedule. Could this finally be the end of "Friends" for NBC?

The NBC Mid-Season Schedule is as Follows:

Mondays

• 8-9 p.m. "Surface"
• 9-10 p.m. "Las Vegas"
• 10-11 p.m. "Medium"

Tuesdays

• 8-9 p.m. "Fear Factor"
• 9-9:30 p.m. "Scrubs"
• 9:30-10 p.m. "Scrubs"
• 10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Wednesdays

• 8-9 p.m. "E-Ring"
• 9-10 p.m. "The Biggest Loser: Special Edition" (new title)
• 10-11 p.m. "Law & Order"

Thursdays

• 8-8:30 p.m. "Will & Grace"
• 8:30-9 p.m. "Four Kings"
• 9-9:30 p.m. "My Name Is Earl"
• 9:30-10 p.m. "The Office"
• 10-11 p.m. "ER"

Fridays

• 8-9 p.m. "Most Outrageous TV Moments"
• 9-10 p.m. "Dateline NBC"
• 10-11 p.m. "The Book of Daniel"**

Saturdays

• Movies and variable programming

Sundays

• 7-8 p.m. "Dateline NBC"
• 8-9 p.m. "The West Wing"
• 9-10 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
• 10-11 p.m. "Crossing Jordan"

**"The Book of Daniel" is a provocative, edgy and compelling new drama starring Emmy nominee Aidan Quinn ("An Early Frost") as Reverend Daniel Webster, an unconventional Episcopalian minister who not only believes in Jesus, he actually sees him and discusses life with him. Webster is challenged on many levels as he struggles to be a good husband, father and minister, while trying to control a nagging addiction to prescription painkillers, and an often rocky relationship with the church hierarchy, led by Bishop Beatrice Congreve (Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), and Roger Paxton, a senior warden of the parish and stalwart churchgoer (Dylan Baker, "Kinsey").

The reverend also has loving, but challenging relationships with his three children: Peter (Christian Campbell, "Trick"), his 23-year-old gay son; Grace (Alison Pill, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen"), his 16-year-old daughter who doesn't try to push her father's buttons but succeeds at it nonetheless; and Adam (Ivan Shaw, "All My Children"), his 16-year-old adopted Chinese son, a handsome and cocky high school jock. Keeping Webster grounded is his strong and loving wife Judith (Susanna Thompson, "Now and Again") -- who is fighting her own fondness for mid-day martinis -- as well as Jesus (Garret Dillahunt, "Deadwood"), whose frequent chats with Daniel remind him of his strengths and weaknesses.