Thanks to Jovan for the heads up.
This season, NBC had nine drama series debuting in September through late fall, three of them new (plus limited series Heroes Reborn). The network has already renewed eight drama series for next season, with one more, The Mysteries of Laura, on the bubble. It is pretty clear that not all returning NBC drama series would make it on the fall schedule. That may include for the first time veteran Grimm, whose initial Season 6 order is for 13 episodes, not the customary 22, I have learned.
That is not a fixed number, as I hear the pickup is for a minimum of 13 episodes, with a likelihood for more. The move was made to give NBC brass scheduling flexibility. Of the renewed dramas, Jennifer Lopez’s Shades of Blue is a 13-episode order; that is how the show has been set up, as are most heavily serialized starring vehicles on TV, including The Following, How To Get Away with Murder and Aquarius. But the rest are shows that have been doing full seasons: the three Chicago series (the newest, rookie Chicago Med, produced 18 episodes because of a late launch), Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist, Blindspot and Grimm.
Its final Season 6 episode count will depend on when it debuts and how many episodes it can run in a row.
That is not a fixed number, as I hear the pickup is for a minimum of 13 episodes, with a likelihood for more. The move was made to give NBC brass scheduling flexibility. Of the renewed dramas, Jennifer Lopez’s Shades of Blue is a 13-episode order; that is how the show has been set up, as are most heavily serialized starring vehicles on TV, including The Following, How To Get Away with Murder and Aquarius. But the rest are shows that have been doing full seasons: the three Chicago series (the newest, rookie Chicago Med, produced 18 episodes because of a late launch), Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist, Blindspot and Grimm.
Its final Season 6 episode count will depend on when it debuts and how many episodes it can run in a row.
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