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"BEST FRIENDS FOREVER"
"PILOT"
04/04/2012 (08:30PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday) : YOU GOT SERVED - SERIES PREMIERE - When Jessica (Jessica St. Clair, "Bridesmaids") is overnighted divorce papers, her best friend Lennon (Lennon Parham, "Accidentally on Purpose") convinces her to return home to Brooklyn and back into the apartment they used to share. The girls easily fall back into old habits -- none of which is good news for Lennon's live-in boyfriend, Joe (Luka Jones, Upright Citizens Brigade). Meanwhile Jessica adjusts to her new single life by reconnecting with old friends like Rav (Stephen Schneider, "Happy Endings"); however her new efforts meet the critique of the friends' precocious nine-year-old neighbor, Queenetta (Daija Owens).
SEASON(S): 1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
ADDITIONAL NOTES: confirmed as canceled on 5/11/12
DESCRIPTION: (from NBC's press release, February 2012) NBC announced the premieres of the new comedies "Bent" (March 21) and "Best Friends Forever" (April 4), as well as the comedic hidden-camera series "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (April 4) to its spring lineup. "Community" also will return to the Thursday schedule starting March 15. NBC's spring schedule features the highest percentage of original programs in the network's history with only 13 total hours of repeat programming from Sunday to Friday through mid-May. "Bent" will premiere on Wednesday, March 21 (9-9:30 p.m. ET) followed by a second episode (9:30-10 p.m. ET). The series will continue with original back-to-back one-hour blocks on Wednesday, March 28 and April 4 (9-9:30 p.m. ET and 9:30-10 p.m. ET both nights). Following the season finales of "Whitney" and "Are You There, Chelsea," "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" premieres on Wednesday, April 4 (8-8:30 p.m. ET) followed by "Best Friends Forever" which also debuts on Wednesday, April 4 (8:30-9 p.m. ET).
