By Variety | Created at 2024-11-19 21:51:57 | Updated at 2024-11-26 05:30:34
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NBC has landed on a February premiere for “Suits LA,” the follow-up to smash hit procedural “Suits”, as well as a date that month for its “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special. As the network unveiled its winter and midseason lineup, that also includes the ten-part docuseries “The Americas,” narrated by Tom Hanks, and the return of Adam Levine (and arrival of Kelsea Ballerini) to the judges’ chairs on “The Voice.”
Also on the docket: New dramas “The Hunting Party,” starring Melissa Roxburgh (“Manifest”), and soap mystery “Grosse Pointe Garden Society,” from Jenny Bans and Bill Krebs.
Per NBC’s announcement, “Suits LA” will air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET starting Feb. 23, following the two-hour premiere of “The Americas” (which moves to its regular 8 p.m. slot the following week). The network is likely counting on interest in the “Suits” revival in taking a gamble on an all-new Sunday night post-football, as freshman drama “Gross Pointe Garden Society” also premieres Feb. 23 at 10 p.m.
Meanwhile, the week before, the “SNL” 50th anniversary will be celebrated all that weekend, leading to the live primetime special on Sunday, Feb. a celebratory weekend culminating in a live primetime special on Sunday, Feb. 16.
On Mondays, freshman “Brilliant Minds” will air at 8 p.m., followed by the return of Levine and arrival of Ballerini opposite John Legend and Michael Bublé on “The Voice” at 9 p.m., and then newcomer “The Hunting Party,” described as “a high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist,” at 10 p.m.
Tuesdays will feature comedies “St. Denis Medical” and “Night Court” leading into “Deal or No Deal Island” and “The Irrational”; Wednesdays remain “One Chicago” and Thursdays continue with “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Found.” Fridays also remain “Happy’s Place,” “Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Dateline NBC.”
Here’s NBC’s midseason lineup:
FRIDAY, JAN. 3
8 – “Happy’s Place”
8:30 – “Lopez vs. Lopez”
9 – “Dateline NBC”
MONDAY, JAN. 6
10 – “Brilliant Minds”
TUESDAY, JAN. 7
8 – “Deal or No Deal Island” (Season premiere)
10 – “The Irrational”
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
8 – “Chicago Med”
9 – “Chicago Fire”
10 – “Chicago P.D.”
TUESDAY, JAN. 14
8 – “St. Denis Medical”
8:30 – “Night Court”
9 – “Deal or No Deal Island” (Time period premiere)
THURSDAY, JAN. 16
8 – “Law & Order”
9 – “Law & Order: SVU”
10 – “Found”
MONDAY, FEB. 3
8 – “The Voice” (Season premiere)
10 – “The Hunting Party” (Series premiere)
SUNDAY, FEB. 23
7 – “The Americas” (Two-hour series premiere)
9 – “Suits LA” (Series premiere)
10 – “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” (Series premiere)
SUNDAY, MARCH 2
8 – “The America” (Time period premiere)
Previously announced or renewed shows still to come include “Destination X” and “The Wall.”
