NBC Entertainment‘s 2022/23 new season press junket in New York City is taking place today May 16th.
On the heels of another season as #1 in the key 18-49 demo, the network announced a fall schedule featuring dominant fan-favorites, new original series and tentpole event programming. All network shows will stream next-day, exclusively on Peacock.
MONDAY: The most-watched television show of the decade, “The Voice” returns to anchor the night for its 22nd cycle, welcoming multi-platinum global recording artist Camila Cabello and the return of global superstar Gwen Stefani, alongside John Legend, Blake Shelton and host Carson Daly at 8 p.m. All new reimagined sci-fi drama “Quantum Leap,” starring Raymond Lee, launches at 10 p.m.
TUESDAY: The melody continues as “The Voice” cues up the return of the season’s #1 new drama “La Brea” at 9 p.m. followed by the highly anticipated final season of fan-favorite “New Amsterdam” at 10 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Television’s highest-rated night of drama returns with the One Chicago lineup kicking off at 8 p.m. with “Chicago Med,” continuing with “Chicago Fire” and concluding with timeslot winner “Chicago P.D.” at 10 p.m.
THURSDAY: Dick Wolf’s iconic brand owns the night with the flagship “Law & Order” kicking off Season 22 at 8 p.m. followed by the record-extending 24th season of “Law & Order: SVU.” The night concludes with the third season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” at 10 p.m.
FRIDAY: Peyton Manning quarterbacks Friday nights with the return of 8 p.m. game show “Capital One College Bowl,” timed perfectly to football season, and leading into Friday’s #1 newsmagazine, “Dateline NBC.” In November, the laughs begin with George Lopez’s family comedy “Lopez vs. Lopez” at 8 p.m., teeing up the third season of Dwayne Johnson bio-series “Young Rock” at 8:30 p.m.
SUNDAY: #1 primetime television show for a record 11 consecutive years, “NBC Sunday Night Football” will broadcast 20 regular-season games throughout the NFL season.
The drama continues midseason as James Spader and “The Blacklist” return for the 10th season of the beloved stalwart series, along with second seasons for a pair of comedy hits, “American Auto” and “Grand Crew,” which reached more than 24 million and 17 million viewers, respectively, across U.S. viewing platforms this year. Also joining the lineup is the debut of “Night Court,” a sequel to the beloved legal sitcom with John Larroquette reprising his role as D.A. Dan Fielding and starring Melissa Rauch as Judge Abby Stone.
Returning competition favorites are also on the menu as Jimmy Fallon hosts celebrities for more musical fun and games in the second season of “That’s My Jam,” and viewer favorite “The Wall” returns to the party. Dick Wolf also enters the unscripted space with the docuseries “LA Fire and Rescue,” which follows the real-life heroes of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
(Nick Jonas and Shakira, “Dancing with Myself” – Photo by: Charles Sykes)
The fall schedule is preceded by an action-packed summer on NBC, where the network has ranked #1 in the key demo for nine consecutive years and #1 in total viewers for six years running. Season 17 of “America’s Got Talent” kicks things off in May along with new social media-inspired dance challenge “Dancing with Myself,” featuring Shakira, Nick Jonas and Liza Koshy.
NBC has more shows in the top 20 than any other network in the key 18-49 demographic and finished the season #1 in the demo for the eighth time in nine seasons. The network is home to the #1 unscripted program “The Voice,” the #1 drama with “This Is Us,” and the #1 comedy with “Saturday Night Live.” “This Is Us” and “Saturday Night Live” are the #1 and #2 entertainment programs on broadcast in the demo.
As part of NBC’s rolling pilot process, the following projects have been picked up to pilot with decisions yet to be made on series greenlights: “Blank Slate,” “Found,” “Irrational,” “Unbroken” and an untitled drama from Mike Daniels. With NBC’s 52-week scheduling strategy, these pilots – if picked up to series – could be possibilities for later in the 2022-23 season or could roll over to the 2023-24 season.
(Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, “The Real Housewives of Potomac”; Garcelle Beauvais, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”; Teresa Giudice, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”; Kenya Moore, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”; Kyle Richards, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”; Alexia Napola, “The Real Housewives of Miami”; Andy Cohen, “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Bravo — (Photo by: Eric Liebowitz/NBCUniversal)
(Olly Sholotan, Akira Jolie Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Cassandra Freeman, Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Simone Joy Jones, Jordan L. Jones, Courtney Coco Jones, “Bel-Air” on Peacock — (Photo by: Eric Liebowitz/NBCUniversal)
(Will Packer — (Photo by: Eric Liebowitz/NBCUniversal)
(Garcelle Beauvais, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”; Teresa Giudice, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” on Bravo — (Photo by: Cindy Ord/NBCUniversal)
(Kenya Moore, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” on Bravo — (Photo by: Cindy Ord/NBCUniversal)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 P.M. — Football Night in America (also live on Peacock)
8:20-11 P.M. — NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock)
(Taylor Kinney, “Chicago Fire”; S. Epatha Merkerson, “Chicago Med”; Jason Beghe, “Chicago PD” Photo by: Cindy Ord)
“QUANTUM LEAP” It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
The cast includes Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee.
“LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ” A working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between.
The cast includes George Lopez, Mayan Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez and Matt Shively.
“NIGHT COURT” Unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding.
The cast includes Melissa Rauch, John Larroquette, India de Beaufort, Kapil Talwalkar and Lacretta.
