'Contender' to face 'Makeover'

‘Contender’ to face ‘Makeover’

By Scott Collins

Feb. 8, 2005 12 AM PT

NBC, facing a tough season in the ratings, is tinkering with its prime-time schedule.

“The Contender,” the long-awaited boxing reality show from Sylvester Stallone and producer Mark Burnett, will air at 8 p.m. Sundays starting March 13, the network announced Monday. It will square off against the ABC hit “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

To make way for “Contender,” the low-rated ‘60s drama “American Dreams” will move to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, opposite another popular ABC show, “Lost.”

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Scott Collins

Scott Collins is a former staff reporter for the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. He joined the staff in 2004 after previous stints at the Hollywood Reporter and Inside.com. Author of the book “Crazy Like a Fox: The Inside Story of How Fox News Beat CNN,” he is a frequent pop-culture expert on national TV, radio shows and industry panels. He left The Times in 2016.

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