I’ve learned that the orders for NBC’s 13 new scripted series for next season vary, from the standard 13 episodes to 8. The decision on the size of each order was made based primarily o…
This year NBC has to share its two hours of Radio City Music Hall time with the other networks of NBCUniversal, including E!, Bravo, USA, Syfy, Telemundo, etc. Let’s see how many times the ne…
The Celebrity Apprentice – now called The New Celebrity Apprentice and starring former politician Arnold Schwarzenegger instead of aspiring politician Donald Trump – is not on the fall schedule bec…
Once again NBC’s hottest new drama series has landed the Monday 10 PM slot behind The Voice. This time, it is Timeless, the new time-travel drama from Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan. It is taking the s…
NBC has canceled light crime drama procedural The Mysteries of Laura starring Debra Messing after two seasons. The Mysteries of Laura was one of few brights sports for NBC when it launched in fall …
NBC has just dropped trailers for some of the network’s new comedies and dramas as part of the 2016-2017 series orders. Here’s the first batch. Check back for more as they come in. Timeless –…
Four years ago, NBC previewed new comedies Go On and Animal Practice during the London summer Olympics games. This year, the network is taking its only returning comedy series, Superstore, which wi…
I'm positively surprised. I expected it to be good, not awesome! NBC is really investing into its comedies this year. So sad we have to wait for midseason to see this funny gem.
During Seth Meyers’ set wrapping up NBCUniversal’s Radio City Music Hall Upfront Week presentation, he noted, “Being in this room, there’s a real Academy Awards vibe, and I …
I watched the trailers and it's far better than I expected: I'm all in for Timeless and The Good Place, not so sure for This Is Us. As for the schedule, it's okay with me. (Thursdays' schedule looks odd, right ?) I hope it will make most of the shows work... Anyway, I'm still not getting better after The Mysteries Of Laura's cancellation.
+Michael Samuels Thursday's setup with an hour of comedy leading into Chicago Med then pushing into the Blacklist is interesting. This means NBC is putting its comedies up against CBS's heavy hitters.
That was quick. An hour after NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said that the network was hoping to resolve The Carmichael Show‘s renewal situation in “the next couple of days,” a resolution …
NBC NEW SHOW ALERT From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members fight off outside pressures from rowdy biker gangs, ever-suspicious cops and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form a strong and unlikely family.
Midnight, Texas Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. From Niels Arden Oplev, the visionary director of “Mr. Robot,” and based on the hit book series from author Charlaine Harris (“True Blood”), comes...
Critically acclaimed multi-camera sitcom has become something of an oxymoron, with no multi-camera shows winning the best comedy series Emmy in a decade, and only one, CBS’ The Big Bang Theor…
NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt today addressed the in-season stacking issue, which has dominated the networks’ negotiations with outside studios for new series pickups this season. NBC, along AB…
Red Reddington, meet Scottie Halsted. On the heels of the embedded pilot episode of The Blacklist spinoff airing on Thursday, NBC has picked up the project starring Famke Janssen to series. It will…
Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan’s time-travel extravaganza Timeless, which had emerged as one of the strongest drama pilots at NBC, has landed a series order at the network. It completes a sweep o…