This fall, NBC has full in-season stacking rights for all primetime shows except Blacklist and SVU. #TCA16
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Thanks to Jovan for the heads up.
During NBC’s TCA executive session, entertainment president Jennifer Salke noted that after “stabilizing the Chicago franchise and launching the Menendez Brothers miniseries,” part of the new Law & Order: True Crime limited series franchise, next on the to-do list for Dick Wolf wold be to “look to New York for another crime franchise down the line.”
Here are more details about the project. The New York crime drama will be set in the world of the FBI. Wolf already has actively been researching the subject, meeting with FBI executives and other sources, including FBI director James Comey. At TCA, Wolf shared some facts from of the research he had done, noting that the New York office of the FBI is the biggest in the country, the average age of an FBI agent is 30 and the acceptance rate in the bureau 1%. “I think they do an impossible job incredibly well,” Wolf said, admitting that he is a big fan of the FBI.
Because of how full Wolf’s plate is, the new FBI drama is eyed for the 2018-19 season, not fall 2017. It is possible that the new show would be introduced on Wolf’s Law & Order: SVU, which is set in New York. That is a strategy Wolf has used for the spinoffs of all of his series.
Here are more details about the project. The New York crime drama will be set in the world of the FBI. Wolf already has actively been researching the subject, meeting with FBI executives and other sources, including FBI director James Comey. At TCA, Wolf shared some facts from of the research he had done, noting that the New York office of the FBI is the biggest in the country, the average age of an FBI agent is 30 and the acceptance rate in the bureau 1%. “I think they do an impossible job incredibly well,” Wolf said, admitting that he is a big fan of the FBI.
Because of how full Wolf’s plate is, the new FBI drama is eyed for the 2018-19 season, not fall 2017. It is possible that the new show would be introduced on Wolf’s Law & Order: SVU, which is set in New York. That is a strategy Wolf has used for the spinoffs of all of his series.
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Program ownership dominated the broadcast upfronts for a second straight year, with some networks pushing to own or co-own nearly 100% of their new scripted series. NBC took a 50% stake in new drama series Timeless, from Sony TV, but opted not to do it with 20th TV dramedy This Is Us or Warner Bros. TV comedies Trial & Error and Powerless. It is not a blanket mandate, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt indicated after NBC’s TCA executive session.
“It depends on the show. Getting ownership means you’re also starting to pay the deficit from Day 1,” he said. “I don’t believe having ownership in everything makes sense. I don’t want a piece of show that does on for three years and fails. … We are getting smart about what shows we can come in as co-producers on, with certain studios like Timeless, which we are full co-producers with Sony. There are other shows where we didn’t feel like it was warranted. I don’t think we run the network by that measure.”
“It depends on the show. Getting ownership means you’re also starting to pay the deficit from Day 1,” he said. “I don’t believe having ownership in everything makes sense. I don’t want a piece of show that does on for three years and fails. … We are getting smart about what shows we can come in as co-producers on, with certain studios like Timeless, which we are full co-producers with Sony. There are other shows where we didn’t feel like it was warranted. I don’t think we run the network by that measure.”
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"We are developing programming that could be another franchise out of New York," Wolf told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Tuesday. "Luckily, we have an ongoing relationship with the FBI."
Wolf said he has already been in contact with FBI director James Comey, whom he called "one of the most interesting people I've met in the last 10 years."
"I am big fan of the FBI," he said. "I think they do an impossible job remarkably well. The acceptance rate is one percent. The average agent is 30 years old it's a world that is very rich. The New York field office is the biggest FBI office in the country. It's kind of a natural for us."
Wolf said he has already been in contact with FBI director James Comey, whom he called "one of the most interesting people I've met in the last 10 years."
"I am big fan of the FBI," he said. "I think they do an impossible job remarkably well. The acceptance rate is one percent. The average agent is 30 years old it's a world that is very rich. The New York field office is the biggest FBI office in the country. It's kind of a natural for us."
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