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Emmy winning This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown has been tapped to star in Rise, an inspirational sports drama based on a true story. He’ll take on the role of Coach Willie Davis, a junior high janitor-turned coach who made an impact on the lives of those around them in extraordinary ways. The pic is set up at AFFIRM Fi…

Sasha Morfaw (Black Panther), Jimmy Jean-Louis (Claws, Heroes), Sufe Bradshaw (Veep), Sydelle Noel (GLOW), and Peter Mensah (300) will star in the indie film Rise from first-time feature director Maritte Go. The dramatic thriller is inspired by the real-life conflict between the Nigerian people and the Boko Haram…

A Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway success known for musicals including High Fidelity and Next to Normal, Tom Kitt has over the past several years followed his passion for the world of film and television, making inroads on projects including Pitch Perfect and Penny Dreadful before finding a very…

NBC has opted not to renew its high school musical drama Rise for a second season. There were high hopes for the series, from former Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, as a potential spiritual companion to This Is Us as another emotional drama. But Rise did not have the…

In a field of repeats, NBC’s The Voice (2.1 demo rating, 10.8 million viewers) easily dominated Tuesday’s primetime in overall audience and the key demographic. After which, NBC’s Rise (1.1, 5.53M), while fumbling a chunk of that lead-in, stayed steady demo-wise in its regular-slot premiere, and climbed week to week…

UPDATED 1:50 PM with final ratings: NBC’s This Is Us ended its second season on a high note, logging a 2.8 adults 18-49 Live + same day rating after an upward adjustment in the finals and 10.9 million viewers, up +22% in the demo from last week. While This Is Us, the No. 1 program in the demo last night, was off from…

It was a logical question at TCA today given that one of the producers on the NBC high school drama series, Jeffery Seller, is also behind Broadway’s $300M-plus grossing musical. Joked Rise star Josh Radnor who plays teacher Lou Mazzuchelli, “It’s hard to get the rights” while Seller chimed in “maybe in season…

Today at TCA following the panel for his new NBC drama series Rise, Jason Katims shed some light on whether there would ever be a reboot of his Emmy-winning series Friday Night Lights or Parenthood in the near future. “At some point we talked about a Friday Night Lights movie, but that we are not doing,” said Katims…

NBC’s upcoming Jason Katims drama Rise serves as the foundation of inspiration for the network’s program R.I.S.E. America, a program that grants a half-million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country. The drama from the Emmy-winning producer of Friday Night Lights brings a new high school-based show…

In the new trailer for NBC’s Rise, we get the first look at the music-infused drama from Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller. From the first footage, it looks like the series is a dramatic mash-up that combines the “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” heart & soul…

Jason Katims’ music-fueled high school drama Rise has often been compared to This Is Us for its emotional storytelling. So it was natural for the newcomer to take over hit This Is Us when the latter wraps its season. (This Is Us produces 18-episodes seasons vs. the standard 22.) There will be a passing of the baton…

Marlon's Diallo Riddle is set for a recurring role opposite Rosie Perez in NBC's upcoming drama series Rise, from former Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller. Written by Katims and starring Josh Radnor, Rise was inspired by the story of groundbreaking high school drama…