NBC's 2012-13 Season: 'Revolution,' 'The New Normal' and 'Go On'
Projects from Ryan Murphy and J.J. Abrams, and featuring stars like Matthew Perry and Anne Heche, are among those that have landed a spot on the network's schedule.
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Photo by: NBC'Next Caller'
Dane Cook stars in the new half-hour comedy as a brash alpha-male DJ and his feminist co-host (Collette Wolfe) set in the office of a satellite radio station.
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Photo by: NBC'Infamous'
Meagan Good as Joanna Locasto in Infamous (previously Notorious), which is described as an opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family in which she grew up -- as the maid's daughter -- to solve the slaying of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
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Photo by: NBC'Infamous' Co-Star
Victor Garber co-stars in Infamous, from Universal Television and BermanBraun.
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Photo by: NBC'Do No Harm'
Jekyll-and-Hyde drama Do No Harm stars Steven Pasquale as a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life.
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Photo by: NBC'Do No Harm'
The Cosby Show's Phylicia Rashad, Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish, Michael Esper and Ruta Gedmintas co-star alongside Steven Pasquale in the Universal television drama penned by The Event's David Schulner. Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan are set to exec produce.
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Photo by: NBC'Guys With Kids'
Guys With Kids, which counts Jimmy Fallon among its exec producers, revolves around three thirtysomething guys (Jesse Bradford, Zach Cregger and Anthony Anderson) who enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact that they haven't grown up themselves. NBC has ordered 13 episodes.
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Photo by: NBC'Guys With Kids'
The Office producer Charlie Grandy will write and exec produce Guys With Kids alongside Amy Ozols, Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz. Scott Ellis directed the pilot, which hails from Universal Television and Holiday Road. Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe and Sara Rue round out the cast. Rue's role could be recast as her casting is in second position to ABC's Reba McEntire comedy pilot Malibu Country.
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'Chicago Fire'
Dick Wolf's hourlong ER in a fire station drama Chicago Fire has been ordered to series. Fire is described as an action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department. The Vampire Diaries' Taylor Kinney and House's Jesse Spencer star in the Universal Television and Wolf Films-produced hour written by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt. Wolf is an EP alongside Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. Jeffrey Nachmanoff directed the pilot.
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Photo by: NBC'Animal Practice's' Justin Kirk
Single-camera office comedy Animal Practice hails from The Hangover Part 2 writer Scot Armstrong and stars Justin Kirk as a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but typically hates their owners. Universal Television and American Work will produce, while Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka will pen the project and exec produce alongside Armstrong and Ravi Nandan.
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Photo by: NBC'Animal Practice' Cast
Justin Kirk, Tyler Labine and Bobby Lee star in the single-camera comedy about the House-like vet who loves animals but hates their owners.
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Photo by: NBC'1600 Penn' Cast
White House family comedy 1600 Penn, co-starring The Book of Mormon's Josh Gad and written by Gad and Modern Family helmer Jason Winer counts former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett among its behind-the-scenes team. Bill Pullman stars as the president of the United States with Jenna Elfman on board as the first lady. Gad plays his out of control eldest son. Martha MacIsaac, Andre Holland, Amara Miller and Benjamin Stockham round out the cas of the 20th Television-produced single-camera comedy.
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Photo by: NBC'Save Me' Cast
Alexandra Breckenridge, Michael Landes, Heather Burns, Madison Davenport and Lamman Rucker round out the cast of Save Me, which hails from Sony Pictures Television.
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Photo by: NBCAnne Heche in 'Save Me'
Anne Heche stars in Save Me as a woman in a broken marriage who transforms into a version of herself and creates miracles along the way. NBC has ordered 13 episodes. John Scott Shepherd writes and exec produces the single-camera effort from Sony Pictures Television, Original Film & Television, with Scott Winant directing and exec producing alongside Neal Moritz and Vivian Cannon. Alexandra Breckenridge and Michael Landes co-star.
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Photo by: NBC'Go On' Cast
Go On centers on an irreverent yet charming sportscaster (Matthew Perry) who tries to move on from loss and finds solace from the members of his mandatory group-therapy sessions. Transformers' Julie White will play Anne, a woman stuck in the anger stage of grief; Suzy Nakamura, Laura Benanti, Allison Miller and Khary Payton co-star.
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Photo by: NBCMatthew Perry in 'Go On'
Go On reunites Perry with Friends writer Scott Silveri, who will pen the project for Universal Television. Todd Holland will executive produce and direct the pilot.
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Photo by: NBC'Revolution'
Revoution, from J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke, is described as an epic adventure thriller in which a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology -- computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights -- has mysteriously blacked out ... forever. Billy Burke, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito, Tracy Spiradakos, Graham Rogers, Anna Lise Phillips, Tim Guinee, Andrea Roth, JD Pardo and Zak Orth star in the drama from Warner Bros. Television. Jon Favreau directs the pilot.
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Photo by: NBC'The New Normal'
From Glee's Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, The New Normal revolves around a blended family of a gay couple (Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha) and the woman (Georgia King) who becomes a surrogate for them as they grow their family. Ellen Barkin co-stars with Nene Leakes on board as recurring.
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Photo by: NBC'The New Normal' Cast
Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler's The New Normal, from 20th Television, marks Murphy's fourth series on the air, joining Fox's Glee, Oxygen's The Glee Project and FX's American Horror Story. New Normal had been considered a sure thing heading into pilot screenings, with the project, which counts Ryan Murphy Productions' Dante Di Loreto among its EPs, already staffing.
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