NBC’s intriguing new series, Reverie – about a woman who is enlisted to save people from being stuck in virtual reality – will premiere on Wednesday, May 30 (10/9C). Full series description follows below.
Last summer’s top-rated scripted series, Marlon, will return on Thursday, June 14th with two new episodes (9/8C).
Continue reading NBC’S HIGH-CONCEPT DRAMA REVERIE PREMIERES IN MAY; MARLON RETURNS IN JUNE!
When Shades of Blue returns for its third season on Sunday, June 17th (10/9C), it will conclude the story of Jennifer Lopez’s Harlee Santos.
Continue reading Shades of Blue to End After Upcoming Third Season!
NBC has ordered an 18-episode third season of the Will & Grace continuation.
The network has also increased its for season two to 18 episodes.
NBC has renewed its hit game show The Wall – in which a possible $12 million is at stake – for an additional twenty episodes.
NBC’s Making It is a crafts-based competition series that brings together eight of the country’s most talented Makers to tackle a variety of handmade projects with the hopes of impressing series creators/hosts Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman as well as judges Simon Doonan, Creative Ambassador for Barneys New York, and Dayna Isom Johnson, Etsy trend expert.
Making It will premiere on July 31 (10/9C).
NBC has awarded fifty $10,000 R.I.S.E. America grants to high schools that had ‘an existing theatre program or a champion of theatre arts in their teaching staff in cases where a school’s theatre program was cut because of budget constraints.’
The program was inspired by the network’s upcoming drama, Rise.
A list for the winning schools follows.
Continue reading 50 High Schools Awarded NBC’s R.I.S.E. America Grants!
Kristin Chenoweth – she of powerful performances in shows ranging from Pushing Daisies to American gods – has signed on to play Lavinia Peck-Foster in season two of NBC’s Trial & Error.
Lavinia Peck-Foster is first lady of East Peck and a larger-than-life grand dame — at least in her own mind. She’s also accused of killing her husband and trying to dispose of him in a suitcase.
The premiere for the second season of “Trial & Error” will be announced at a later date.
Continue reading Award Winner Kristen Chenoweth Stars In Trial & Error Season Two!
NBC has announced that Brandon Victor Dixon – Tony Award-winning producer, Hamilton alum and Power co-star – will essay the role of Judas Iscariot in the network’s live Easter event, Jesus Crist Superstar Live In Concert!
Dixon joins a cast with Tony nominees Ben Daniels and Norm Lewis, Broadway Veteran Jason Tam, “M. Butterfly” Star Jin Ha and Swedish Rocker Erik Gronwall – who round out a cast headed by John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper.
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, will air Easter Sunday, April 1 from the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Continue reading Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert Finds Its Judas in Hamilton Alum!
NBC has ordered a second season of Midnight, Texas – its adaptation of the novels by Charlaine Harris (author of the novels that inspired True Blood).
In Midnight, Texas, being normal is strange and only outsiders fit in. It’s a mysterious safe haven for those who are different — a perfect place for anyone looking to hide from the outside world.
Continue reading NBC Renews Devilish Summer Series Midnight, Texas!
Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes and executive producer Graham Neame are bringing period drama The Gilded Age to NBC.
The Gilded Age in 1880s New York City was a period of immense social upheaval, of huge fortunes made and lost, and of palaces that spanned the length of Fifth Avenue.
The series, centered on Marian Brook – the wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, will begin in 2019.
Continue reading Downton Abbey Creator Brings The Gilded Age To NBC!
NBC is setting out to create strong family-friendly viewing on Sundays – beginning with the annual three-hour American Ninja Warrior: USA Vs. the World special on March 11th (7/6C).
Family viewing continues Sunday, March 18 with the second-season premiere of the hit alternative series “Little Big Shots,” hosted by Steve Harvey, and the debut of the Neil Patrick Harris-led gameshow “Genius Junior.” That will be followed by the second season premiere (by popular demand) of “Timeless,” whose 10-episode season will air each week at 10 p.m. Sundays.