NBC sets 'Community' return for March 15

'Community' will return March 15 on NBC.NBC has given a March 15 return date for "Community" and also announced premieres for "Bent," "Best Friends Forever" and "Betty White's Off Their Rockers." "Bent" will debut March 21 in the 9 p.m. Wednesday timeslot where it will go head to head with ABC comedy powerhouse "Modern Family." Show will air as a two-episode hourlong blocks the following two weeks. "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" will launch at 8 p.m. April 4. That will be immediately followed by the premiere of "Best Friends Forever." With "Community," which has been off the air since Dec. 8., coming back, NBC is resetting its Thursday lineup. As of March 15, "Community" will be followed by "30 Rock," "The Office" and "Up All Night." "Parks and Recreation" will return at 9:30 April 19 after "Up All Night" finishes its 24-episode run in the time period. In other show-shuffling news, "Rock Center With Brian Williams" will also move to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays starting March 7 for five weeks and then return to 9 o'clock on April 11. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" returns with original episodes at 10 p.m. April 11 leading to its season finale on May 23. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com