NBC will return Medium, Crossing Jordan and Las Vegas to its primetime schedule in 2006-07, the network said Friday. "These three shows have A-plus creative auspices and some of the most loyal audiences on television," NBC president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said. "I'm thrilled that we can count on them again next season." Heading into its third season in the fall, Medium is produced by Picturemaker Prods. in association with CBS Paramount Network Television and Grammnet Prods. Glenn Gordon Caron is executive prodcuer. Heading into its sixth season in the fall, Crossing is from Tailwind Prods. in association with NBC Universal Television Studio. Executive producers are creator Tim Kring, Dennis Hammer and Allan Arkush. Heading into its fourth season in the fall, Vegas is from NBCUTV Studio and DreamWorks Television. Executive producers are Gary Scott Thompson, Gardner Stern, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. The three dramas join a crowded crop of hours already reserved spots on NBC in the fall including all three Law & Order-branded series, which the network announced Thursday, and two early pilot pickups made last month, Kidnapped and The Black Donnellys. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, an hourlong pilot, is also expected to get a slot. ER is also guaranteed.
- 4/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cold Case co-executive producer Sean Whitesell has signed a two-year overall deal with NBC Universal Television Studio. Under the seven-figure deal, Whitesell has joined the studio's upcoming drama series for NBC The Black Donnellys and will develop new projects. NBC Uni TV's senior vp drama and cable programming Laura Lancaster said she had been a big fan of Whitesell's for years. The two previously crossed paths at Universal Network TV, where Whitesell worked on the studio's drama for CBS Robbery Homicide Division and Lancaster was a drama development executive.
- 4/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC called on some of the A-list talent it has lined up for its new fall series to tout its development slate at a pre-upfront meeting with advertisers Thursday in Culver City. The peacock also shared new data derived from Nielsen Media Research's measurement of homes with digital video recorders that suggested the devices have minimal impact on viewing of TV commercials. Among the stars that turned out to support NBC were Academy Award-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis (Crash), who is executive producing the new NBC series The Black Donnellys, and Matthew Perry, the former Friends star who is leading the cast of another fall series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
- 3/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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