‘Community' Returning to NBC March 15

‘Bent' bows March 21, ‘Best Friends Forever,' ‘Off Their Rockers' premiere April 4

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/21/2012 3:30:00 PM

Community will return to NBC's lineup on Thursday, March 15 as the first of a series of midseason adjustments that includes the premieres of new series Bent, Best Friends Forever and Betty White's off Their Rockers.

Bent, a romantic comedy starring Amanda Peet as a type-A lawyer and David Walton as her womanizing contractor, will premiere on Wednesday, March 21 at 9 p.m. with two back-to-back episodes and will continue in one-hour blocks through April 4. Current time period occupant Rock Center with Brian Williams will shift to 10 p.m. for five weeks starting March 7, then return to 9 p.m. when Law & Order: SVU returns on April 11.

Hidden camera series Off Their Rockers will bow on Wednesday, April 4 at 8 p.m. followed by new comedy Best Friends Forever, about a woman who moves in with her best friend and her live-in boyfriend, at 8:30 p.m. Current Wednesday comedies Whitney and Are You There, Chelsea? will have aired their season finales by then.

Community returns to its Thursday at 8 p.m. time period on March 15, shifting 30 Rock back to 8:30 p.m. As a result.,Parks and Recreation will be bumped from the lineup until Thursday, April 19 when it returns at 9:30 p.m. after Up All Night has completed its freshman run.