Created by and starring comedian Greg Poehler, Welcome to Sweden tells the story of Bruce, a New York accountant who moves to Sweden to be with his girlfriend Emma (Josephine Bornebusch) and experiences a culture shock when he encounters her wild family and maneuvers his way through their community. It’s the third scripted renewal that NBC has made this season, though The Night Shift and Undateable were specifically developed for NBC and thought to be primed for in-season debuts before their delay into the summer. That type of momentum could very well extend into the fall and keep NBC at number one for a second consecutive season, as the other broadcast networks have had varyingly rough summers and thus don’t have the type of promotional muscle that NBC will have for its new series.

In addition to Poehler and Bornebusch, Welcome to Sweden stars Lena Olin (Alias) as Emma’s mother Viveka and Claes Mansson (Lorry) as Emma’s father Birger.

Welcome to Sweden airs Thursdays at 9:00 on NBC. Thus far, there’s no word about the fate of Welcome to Sweden lead-out Working the Engels, an imported Canadian sitcom about a widow stepping in to help run her late husband’s law firm.

Have you been watching Welcome to Sweden? Do you think that NBC will import other comedies to join Welcome to Sweden next summer? Will NBC’s summer momentum extend into the fall and keep them at number one for another season?

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Among the acquired content NBC is bringing onto its schedule is Taxi Brooklyn, a police procedural starring Chyler Leigh as a driven NYPD detective and Jacky Ido as a streetwise taxi driver; Welcome to Sweden, a half-hour comedy starring Greg Poehler as a man who moves with his wife to her home country of Sweden so that she can accept a job offer; and Working the Engels, a family comedy about a tight knit clan that must band together when their patriarch dies. Also new to NBC this summer is Food Fighters, a reality series hosted by Adam Richman that finds amateur cooks putting their signature dishes to the test against five professional chefs. A dinner party of judges decides whose dishes are the best and the more professional cooks an amateur cook knocks out, the more money they win.

You can get a look at NBC’s full summer lineup below.

What do you think about NBC’s summer schedule? Do you think summer 2013 entry Siberia will return to the network at some point? Which new scripted series are you most looking forward to?

Thursday, May 22nd
9:00 Last Comic Standing

Monday, May 26th
9:00 American Ninja Warrior

Tuesday, May 27th
8:00 America’s Got Talent
10:00 The Night Shift

Thursday, May 29th
9:00 Undateable (Back-to-back episodes weekly)

Friday, May 30th
10:00 Crossbones

Wednesday, June 25th
10:00 Taxi Brooklyn

Thursday, July 10th
9:00 Welcome to Sweden
9:30 Working the Engels

Tuesday, July 22nd
8:00 Food Fighters

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