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NBC Renews ‘Revolution,’ ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Grimm’, ‘Law & Order: SVU’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 26, 2013 @ 11:49am PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Grimm, Law & Order: SVU, Parenthood, Revolution
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Sky In Three Season Deal For 'Revolution'NBC has handed the expected early renewals to its stronger drama series: freshmen Revolution and Chicago Fire as well as Parenthood, Grimm and veteran Law & Order: SVU. All have received full-season, 22-episode pickups. Missing from the drama list is recent addition Hannibal, which has dropped in the ratings the past two weeks after a solid start, and fellow midseason drama Deception. I hear NBC has not closed the door completely on Deception though a renewal appears unlikely. “On the verge of our 2013 fall scheduling decisions, we’re pleased to renew five drama series that will be important to our new-season lineup,” NBC’s entertainment president Jennifer Salke said. “We’re especially pleased to be renewing Revolution and Chicago Fire — two first-season successes — and there will be more returning series announcements made in the next couple of weeks.” Those announcements will no doubt include reality hit The Voice and veteran comedy Parks And Recreation, which are assured a return for next season. All the other NBC comedies are heavily on the bubble. Things look a little better for The New Normal, which just won a GLAAD Award and comes from top producer Ryan Murphy, with Matthew Perry starrer Go On also in contention. Meanwhile, cult favorite Community‘s future is cloudy, with the future of multi-camera entries Whitney and Guys With Kids also in limbo. NBC might keep one of the multi-cam sitcoms for continuity as it is likely to order at least one, the Sean Hayes/Victor Fresco project, and expanding NBC’s multi-camera footprint appears to be a priority for the network’s brass.

The renewal for Law & Order: SVU comes before the producers have secured the return of star Mariska Hargitay. Today’s announcement gives producer Dick Wolf two series on the NBC schedule next season, L&O: SVU and Chicago Fire. They could be joined by the proposed Chicago Fire spinoff. The renewal brings more good news for Grimm, which recently received a temporary time slot upgrade and The Voice lead-in. Here are details about NBC’s newly renewed dramas: READ MORE »

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Dick Wolf Confident Of ‘Chicago Fire’ Renewal, Says Boston Marathon Storyline Would Be Difficult: NBC Press Day

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday April 22, 2013 @ 12:29pm PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Dick Wolf, Law & Order: SVU, NBC

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Chicago Fire creator and exec producer Dick Wolf sounded confident this morning that his freshman firefighter drama would be renewed for a second season, considering that the hour has helped to goose ratings in its Wednesday night time slot 17% this season with adults 18-49. How confident is he? “We even know what the first episode of the third season is,” Wolf admitted at today’s NBC Summer Press Day. “We are definitely looking at the remainder of this season as a jumping-off point for next season.” And in fact, as Deadline has reported extensively, a Chicago Fire spinoff is very much in the works, with the rookie season finale tabbed as the jumping-off point for a series centered in the Chicago Police Department. It too will be from Wolf Films and Universal TV. However, in keeping with his tight-lipped style, Wolf would say only, “We always talk about every possible permutation of what can happen, but we never talk about development.” When asked if it is in fact renewed, might he consider a storyline paying homage to the responders of last week’s Boston Marathon bombing. “Dealing with terrorism is very very tough, that’s all I’m gonna say,” Wolf said, before adding, “The last thing we want to do is exploit a tragedy that is so specific that it would be difficult.” Read More »

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‘Chicago Fire’ Hunk Taylor Kinney In Talks To Star In Fox’s ‘The Other Woman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 15, 2013 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Chicago Fire, Taylor Kinney, The Other Woman
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EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Kinney is in talks to join the cast of The Other Woman, the film that Nick Cassavetes will direct for Fox. While talks are underway and they have to work around his schedule on his … Read More »

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Kelly Blatz Cast In ‘Chicago Fire’ Spinoff

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 11:26am PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Kelly Blatz, NBC
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EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Blatz has joined NBC‘s proposed Chicago Fire spinoff, from Wolf Films and Universal TV. Blatz will guest star in the Chicago Fire freshman season finale, which serves as planted spinoff for a potential new drama series, a cop drama about the Chicago Police Department. Blatz will play the young but seasoned Officer Elam, a role that would be one of the leads of the potential spinoff. He joins recently cast Melissa Sagemiller, Tania Raymonde and Scott Eastwood. The Chicago Fire spinoff project is being developed by Chicago Fire creators/executive producers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt and executive producers Matt Olmstead and Wolf. Read More »

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Melissa Sagemiller To Star In NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ Spinoff

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 9:54am PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Melissa Sagemiller
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EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Sagemiller has been tapped for what is considered the leading new addition in the proposed Chicago Fire spinoff, from Wolf Films and Universal TV. Sagemiller will appear in the Chicago Fire freshman season … Read More »

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NBC To Repeat ‘Hannibal’ Premiere April 10

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday April 6, 2013 @ 10:14am PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Hannibal, NBC

The new gothic drama premiered Thursday to OK ratings but will have another chance to audience-build on April 10. That’s when NBC will repeat the premiere of Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal Lecter series, temporarily filling Chicago Fire‘s Wednesday 10 PM slot. Hannibal‘s second episode airs the following … Read More »

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NBC Eyes ‘Chicago Fire’ Spinoff Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 9:58am PDTTags: Chicago Fire, Dick Wolf, NBC
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Chicago Fire Spinoff NBCEXCLUSIVE: NBC‘s Chicago Fire has been on a roll, steadily building from a slow start to hit several series highs in midseason, get its freshman order upped from 22 to 24 episodes … Read More »

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NBC Announces ‘America’s Got Talent’ Return Date & Season Finales

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 1:16pm PDTTags: America's Got Talent, Chicago Fire, NBC, Revolution

With new judges Heidi Klum and former Spice Girl Mel B joining Howard Stern and Howie Mandel, America’s Got Talent will return for its eighth season June 4, NBC said today. Live episodes will start July … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘American Idol’ Hits New Low, ‘Modern Family’ Tops It For First Time, ‘Chicago Fire’ Posts 1st Victory Over ‘CSI’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 9:29am PSTTags: American Idol, Chicago Fire, Modern Family, TV Ratings
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Fox’s American Idol continues its slide, logging a third consecutive week of in-season Wednesday lows. Last night’s two-hour show posted a 3.8/11 among adults 18-49, down 7% from last Wednesday, and 13.1 million viewers, down 8%. Last night’s 3.8 demo rating (which will likely be adjusted up to a 3.9 in the finals), last Wednesday’s 4.1 and the Wednesday before’s 4.3 now rank as the three lowest in-season Wednesday results for Idol. Overall, it was Idol‘s worst Wednesday performance since the show’s very first cycle, which aired in summer 2002 — the smallest audience since August 14, 2002 and lowest adults 18-49 rating since July 3, 2002. It also matched all-time Wednesday lows in adults 18-34.

Meanwhile, ABC’s Modern Family (3.9/10) matched its fast national from last week to post its first 18-49 win over Idol. (Both series will likely go up a tenth in the finals, leaving Modern Family as No. 1 for the night.) Read More »

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‘Chicago Fire’s Order Upped Again To 24

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 7:11pm PSTTags: Chicago Fire, NBC
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NBC has tacked another hour on to the freshman season of drama Chicago Fire, bringing its order to 24 episodes. The network first ordered one extra episode last week, followed by another episode pickup yesterday. After … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Following’ Up In Week 2, ‘Bones’ Hits Season High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 9:17am PSTTags: Bones, Chicago Fire, Fox, The Following
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Fox‘s serial killer drama The Following has accomplished something that no other new drama this season has — to beat the Week 2 slump and build on its premiere in its second airing. Last night, the … Read More »

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‘Chicago Fire’s Order Upped By One Episode

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 28, 2013 @ 6:34pm PSTTags: Chicago Fire
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EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s freshman Chicago Fire has been a late bloomer. The firefighter drama did not premiere until October. It started off slow but held onto its lead-in and did just well enough in its first few airings … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC Comedies Up, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Hits Season High, ‘I Get That A Lot’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday January 10, 2013 @ 9:17am PSTTags: Chicago Fire, Nashville, TV Ratings

ABC saw its Wednesday comedies return from the winter break and rise from last month’s season lows. The Middle (2.4/7) was up 14% from its December 12 airing. The Neighbors (2.0/6) … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Chicago Fire’ Hits High, ‘Mobbed’ Down, NBC Wins Night

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday January 3, 2013 @ 9:10am PSTTags: Chicago Fire, Mobbed, Nashville, TV Ratings

NBC wasted no time kicking off the New Year in primetime. The network ran a full lineup of new broadcasts last night with double-digit jumps across the board. Whitney (1.8/5) started the night with its highest rating since its Wednesday debut almost a year ago. The sitcom was up 29% from its last original December 12. A new Guys With Kids (1.7/5) followed, up 21% from its last new show December 5, a time slot 18-49 demo high for the series. After that was Law & Order: SVU (2.1/5): The procedural was up a solid 31% from its last original almost a month ago and tied its highest rating since November 30, 2011. Capping off the night for NBC was Chicago Fire (2.4/6), up 26% from its last original episode December 19. That’s a season high for the freshman drama, beating its previous November 7 record. Chicago Fire also had a viewership high of 8.41 million Wednesday, besting its previous record of 7.2 million on December 5. With an audience of 6.942 million, NBC won the night in total viewers and adults 18-49.

Fox also had new programming with back-to-back episodes of Mobbed at 8 PM (1.0/3) and 9 PM (1.1/3). The return of the Howie Mandel-hosted hidden camera and flash mob-themed reality series fell hard from the 3.0 rating its last original episode garnered on February 8, 2012. Of course, back then Mobbed had American Idol as a lead-in, which was not the case last night. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘X Factor’ Performance Finale Down From 2011, Miss Universe & ‘Chicago Fire’ Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday December 20, 2012 @ 9:15am PSTTags: Chicago Fire, Miss Universe, The X Factor, TV Ratings

On its second-to-last show of Season 2, The X Factor (2.7/8) came down to its last three finalists Wednesday night on Fox. The singing series was up a slight 4% over last week’s show and saw a 6% rise in total viewers to 8.3 million. However, in a season that has been consistently tracking below last year, last night’s episode was down 18% among adults 18-49 from the December 21, 2011 performance final. With that said, Fox won the night in total viewers and in the 18-49 demo.

Related: Simon Cowell Confirms LA Reid’s ‘X-Factor’ Exit

The Voice may be over for the season, but NBC is still in the competition business. Last night saw the network air the Miss Universe pageant (1.8/5). Rhode Island native Olivia Culpo brought the crown back to America for the first time in more than a decade in the NBC-Donald Trump co-owned competition, which saw a 13% rise in 18-49 over last year’s September 12 broadcast. With 6.1 million viewers, Miss Universe was the most-watched broadcast of the show since 2008. Chicago Fire (1.9/5) followed at 10 PM and was up 36% over last week. The result matched its second-highest rating in its first season — bested only by a November 7 airing after a Wednesday broadcast of The Voice. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: NBC Lineup Up, ‘Middle’, ‘Arrow’ & Grammy Noms Down Wednesday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 7, 2012 @ 8:47am PSTTags: Chicago Fire, Nashville, The X Factor, TV Ratings
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There is an avalanche of ratings this morning as Nielsen has released both the delayed Wednesday numbers and the fast nationals for last night. Before we move to Thursday night, here’s a snapshot of the broadcast network’s Wednesday night performance.

There was an invisible tide lifting NBC’s underperforming Wednesday lineup. Whitney (1.3/4) was up 18% from its last original two weeks ago. Guys With Kids (1.4/4) was up 27%, Law & Order: SVU (1.6/4) up 23% and Chicago Fire (1.9/5) up 36%. Freshman Chicago Fire posted a series high in total viewers (7.2 million) and matched its best 18-49 result logged by the series premiere and tied for first place in the 10 PM hour. Read More »

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Broken News: Local TV Station Reports Staged ‘Chicago Fire’ Plane Crash As Real

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday November 30, 2012 @ 1:17pm PSTTags: Chicago Fire, NBC

Looks like someone didn’t get the memo. WGN Chicago urgently reported this morning on a plane crash “in the middle of the road” on the south side of the city. What the TV station didn’t realize was that … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ Gets Back Nine Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 8, 2012 @ 5:23pm PSTTags: Chicago Fire, NBC
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On the heels of hitting series highs last night behind a two-hour Voice, NBC’s freshman Chicago Fire has received a full-season pickup. The firefighter drama, from Wolf Films and Universal TV, has been a modest performer with little … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Arrow’ Grows; ‘Suburgatory’ & ‘Chicago Fire’ Hit Highs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 8, 2012 @ 10:07am PSTTags: Arrow, Chicago Fire
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The adults 18-49 usage from 8-11 PM last night was up 12% from last Wednesday, which was Halloween. The tide lifted almost all ships as all networks but Fox posted week-to-week gains on the night.

As could be expected, the improvement … Read More »

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