It's embarrassing when you have to cancel a show after three episodes, like NBC just did with "The Chopping Block", but that's not even the worst part. What's really sad is that one of the shows that was beating the restaurant reality show was none other than NBC castoff "Scrubs".

While people are making a bigger deal that they should about the Leno move to 10pm (a decade ago, NBC was showing Dateline three nights a week because of crappy programming), NBC's lack of success in developing programs over the last two years has been stunning. Not only have they thrown out one stinker after another but they couldn't even maintain the quality ones like "Life" which has become almost unwatchable now.

To be fair, Ben Silverman took over a sinking ship that featured acclaimed shows that didn't really bring in great ratings but it's almost like NBC isn't even trying. "Howie Do It" is arguably the most successful show that NBC has launched in the last couple years. Hopefully, the Leno experiment can, at the very least, get NBC to restructure their schedule and maybe find a couple of mainstays to build around. I'm not sure if the current regime will be able to pull it off but all it takes is one or two great shows to turn it all around.