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NBC’s late night talk show line-up will arrive early for Peacock Premium subscribers: Beginning in July, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will steam at 8 p.m. ET, three and a half hours before the broadcast airtime, with Late Night with Seth Meyers then streaming at 9 p.m. ET. Both shows are taped before live…

NBC has greenlighted its second drama this cycle, handing a pilot order to La Brea, from writer David Appelbaum (The Enemy Within), Keshet Studios and Universal Television. Written by Appelbaum, in La Brea, when a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family in half, separating mother and son…

NBC has unveiled comedians Franqi French and Rene Vaca as the winners of its 16th annual StandUp NBC competition. This marks the first time in the program's 16-year history that two winners have been chosen in a single year. StandUp NBC is an annual search for comedians of diverse backgrounds and French and Vaca have…

Less than a week after the telecast of the 2020 Golden Globes hosted by Ricky Gervais in his fifth turn, NBC on Saturday announced that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return as hosts for the fourth time next January. In contrast,  a few days earlier, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke confirmed at TCA that the…

Earlier this morning, NBC revealed it had handed a straight-to-series order to Dwayne 'The Rock’ Johnson and Nahnatchka Khan for Young Rock, a single-camera comedy that tells the story of the wrestling star and actor's colorful early years. After a technological mishap at the Winter TCA press tour, Johnson recorded a…

After two straight-to series orders on the comedy side to Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Mayor half-hour starring Ted Danson and Dwayne Johnson and Nahnatchka Khan’s Young Rock, as well as a pilot order to Night School, NBC has given its first drama greenlight this cycle, handing a pilot pickup to Debris. The sci-fi…

NBC’s sophomore medical drama made a splash at TCA today with a three-year pickup. As the ensemble medical drama headlined by Ryan Eggold is assured to go to five seasons, would NBC try and turn it into a franchise with offshoots, like Chicago? “There is a potential for a spinoff,” NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul…

NBC's new drama Council of Dads has settled on a March launch date. The series will premiere on Tuesday, March 10 at 10 p.m, it was revealed Saturday before the network’s TCA panel. The timeslot sets up the series to air after similarly emotional drama This Is Us. Council of Dads will remain in that time slot for its…

During his TCA executive session, NBC boss Paul Telegdy addressed the possibility of a writers' strike in 2020. Telegdy, who became sole Chairman of NBC Entertainment in October, admitted that the network is remaining cautious and will be prepared in case of industrial action. He said that NBC is "one of a number of…

The first question from TV journalists at today's TCA panel on NBC's new series, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, was, well, what's up with that title? The series, which made its debut Friday, is based on Jeffrey Deaver's Bone Collector book series. The first book in that series was also the basis of the…

NBC has pushed The Kenan Show to the 2020/21 season as the network becomes the latest broadcaster to talk up its off-cycle development process. The Kenan Show was picked up to series in May but NBC wanted to give Kenan Thompson time to craft the show and manage his workload, given he's still on Saturday Night Live and…

NBC is to launch Jimmy Fallon's comedy variety series That's My Jam after this summer's Olympic Games. The network is gearing up for the launch, which is based on the celebrity-fueled musical segments from The Tonight Show, after the Tokyo Olympics, which runs from July 24 to August 9. NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul…