Michael J. Fox News

Jack Gore as Graham Henry, left, and Michael J. Fox as Mike Henry in a scene from "The Michael J. Fox Show." Last week, the major broadcast television networks - CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and the CW - each picked a day to announce their fall schedules, ushering in a new world of possibility and promise that when cooler weather returns, we can sit in front ... (more)

Like most sentient Americans, NBC is a huge Michael J. Fox fan, and the network demonstrated as much last summer when it outmaneuvered its broadcast competition by way of a risky and unprecedented leap of faith.

Brace yourself. The 2013-14 TV season will usher in 50 new drama and comedy series, 24 of them this fall alone.

Anyone who came of age in the 1980s can instantly visualize one scene when hearing the name "Billy Vera and the Beaters": Michael J. Fox and future wife Tracy Pollan slow dancing to "At This Moment" on the TV sitcom Family Ties .

It's definitely not too early to get excited about fall TV! The upfront presentations , in which networks announce their new slate of shows, are happening right now.

Michael J Fox 's return to television could turn out to be something very special indeed.

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School officials, city leaders, students and the Davison Band/Symphony, participate in the ground breaking of Central Elementary School Mon., May 13.

Advertisers were given their first big glimpse of the fall TV schedule Monday as NBC launched the annual Upfront Week in Manhattan.

"The Michael J. Fox Show" is helping bring back the family comedy to NBC. The series stars Fox as Mike Henry, a news anchor with Parkinson's, who goes back to work thanks to some pushing from his family, particularly his wife Anne, played by Betsy Brandt.

Broadcast networks Fox and NBC are turning to proven favorites to lure new viewers next season, with Fox rebooting the defunct Kiefer Sutherland action series "24" and NBC bringing back Michael J. Fox in a comedy loosely based on his life.

U.S. actor Michael J. Fox arrives on the red carpet for the 46th 'Goldene Kamera' awards ceremony at the Ullstein Auditorium in Berlin, February 5, 2011.

Our good friend -- and former TVWeeker -- James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly writes , "NBC will continue to program a two-hour comedy block on Thursdays despite its struggles on the evening.

Michael J. Fox is coming back to a primetime TV starring role after a decade away from any major role, with the Back To The Future star down to star in The Michael J. Fox Show , about a former new anchor suffering from Parkinson's disease who returns to work.

Judging from NBC's new fall schedule, this is the drama the network is most excited about next season: Blacklist, which stars James Spader as an ex-government agent turned sinister criminal mastermind.

"Look who's making the news again. One of New York's most beloved news anchors, Mike Henry , put his career on hold to spend more time with his family and focus on his health after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Is this the face of Count Dracula? It is according to NBC, which announced Sunday that Jonathan Rhys Meyers will play the vampire in a drama series premiering this fall.

Michael J. Fox plays a news anchor who wants to get back to work on 'The Michael J. Fox Show' from NBC this fall.

Sunday afternoon, NBC released its new primetime schedule , and has decided to give a James Spader action thriller the coveted post- "The Voice" timeslot.

Christopher LLoyd, left, as Doc Brown and Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly watch as their plans go awry in the 1989 Universal City Studios film "Back To The Future Part II." BIG-MONEY TRIPLE FEATURES We might be talking in the billions here.