• NBC tweaks its summer schedule, moves 'Average Joe 4' debut up to June 21

  June 2, 2005
  NBC has announced that it has tweaked its previously announced summer programming lineup, changing the premiere schedule for six of its upcoming reality series, including Average Joe 4: The Joes Strike Back. Originally scheduled to debut on Tuesday, June 28, Average Joe 4 will now premiere a week earlier on Tuesday, June 21 at 8PM ET/PT.

• NBC's 'Average Joe 4' to debut June 28, but once again feature "joes" not "janes"

  May 1, 2005
  NBC has announced that nearly a year after it was first scheduled to air, the long-delayed fourth installment of its Average Joe reality will finally premiere on Tuesday, June 28 at 8PM ET/PT as part of the network's Summer 2005 reality programming.

• NBC announces casting calls for 'Average Joe's 'Average Jane' edition

  June 8, 2004
  NBC announced yesterday that it has begun casting for Average Jane, this fall's upcoming gender-twisted next installment of its popular Average Joe reality series.

• NBC moves this fall's fourth 'Average Joe' edition to Tuesdays at 8PM

  May 19, 2004
  As part of the introduction of its new prime-time schedule for the 2004-05 season on Monday, NBC announced that this fall's upcoming fourth installment of its Average Joe series will move from the program's previous Mondays at 10PM time period to Tuesdays at 8PM ET/PT.

• Adam Mesh picks Samantha Trenk over Rachel Goetz in 'Average Joe: Adam Returns'

  April 6, 2004
  So much for the idea that men would be less shallow than women on NBC's Average Joe.

• Average Joe: Adam Returns - Episode 3 summary

  April 3, 2004
  "The Claws Come Out," our episode summary for the third episode of NBC's Average Joe: Adam Returns, written by MTW1961, is now available.

• NBC planning 'Plain Jane' spinoff of 'Average Joe' for fall schedule

  April 2, 2004
  Still giddy over the success that its Average Joe reality show has had in improving the network's Monday nights at 10 PM ratings performance, NBC has announced that it is planning additional installments of the franchise, starting with a gender-reversed Plain Jane edition of the series which will premiere this fall.

• Average Joe: Adam Returns - Episode 2 summary

  March 26, 2004
  "To Twist or Not To Twist," our episode summary for the second episode of NBC's Average Joe: Adam Returns, written by buckeyegirl, is now available.

• Average Joe: Adam Returns - Episode 1 summary

  March 17, 2004
  "They shall come back, come back again..," our episode summary for the premiere episode of NBC's Average Joe: Adam Returns, written by Estee, is now available.

• 'Average Joe: Adam Returns' premiere outperforms 'Hawaii', draws 10.7 million viewers

  March 17, 2004
  Who would have thought that the idea of watching a husky big toothed everyman search for love would prove more appealing to viewers than watching a beautiful raven haired bikini model and Miss USA runner-up do the same?

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