A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

DWIGHT: THE SCHRUTE FARMS CHRONICLES: Office spinoff? I'm not quite convinced it's such a good idea, as removing more characters from the almost perfectly balanced ensemble could throw things out of whack. (Though if Rashida Jones is free, following her branch is certainly a tenable option.) Any suggestions for how to make the spinoff work? Also of note from NBC's early upfront schedule:

• Scrubs not on the schedule, likely moving to ABC.
• Chuck keeps its Monday leadoff slot.
• Thursday Night Live, a half hour of new SNL political comedy bits, airs at 9:30 for three weeks shortly before the November elections.
• Friday Night Lights returns, but not until "winter 2009."
• New shows include Crusoe (a modern revision of Robinson Crusoe), Knight Rider, Kath & Kim (Molly Shannon/Selma Blair sitcom), My Own Worst Enemy (which I assume is the Christian Slater series), Kings (modernized King David story/soap starring Ian McShane), and, apparently, yet another Paris Hilton reality show.

Edit: Here's NBC's press release--I was wrong--The Philanthropist is not Paris Hilton-based, but a drama about "the world's first vigilante philanthropist -- a renegade billionaire who uses his wealth, connections and power to help people in need." Also of interest--Monk and Nashville Star will jump from cable to NBC next summer, Donal Logue joins the cast of Life, and absolute confirmation that ER is done after this season.

In FNL news--structure is as follows: only 13 episodes, DirecTV Channel 101 gets them starting October 1, returning to NBC in February.