candidate: Scheduling returning mid-season shows in timeslots where they were previously successful was a pattern for NBC during the strike : " Law & Order " returned to Wednesdays at 10 and " The Apprentice " was back on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. With the ratings improvement " Medium " demonstrated in its fourth season after returning to Mondays , it was one of the first series to be renewed in an early announcement in April 2008 from NBC regarding its 2008–09 season .