What do the Law & Order crime franchise, the Chicago universe and the science fiction series Quantum Leap have in common? They are all series on the US broadcaster NBC. As part of the Upfronts, he will now decide what will happen next with a total of 13 series favorites.
NBC is one of the four major US networks that presents its new series program for the coming season every May. We have put together this overview of the future of NBC series. You can find them all here canceled, renewed and new NBC series for the 2024/2025 season.
Almost only crime dramas: All series that have been renewed by NBC
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The Chicago franchise is unstoppable
The Future of two enormously popular series franchises is save. Both the three Chicago series and the three Law & Order series will all return for new seasons. This means that the crime veteran Law & Order, created by Dick Wolf, is still an integral part of NBC’s programming even after 34 years.
Law & Order: Organized Crime could just saved from cancellation become. With Season 5, the crime spin-off will be transformed from a TV series into a streaming series and will now be based on Peacock.
No more sci-fi mysteries: All the series canceled by NBC
After CBS finally canceled a small series universe with Magnum PI in 2022, NBC shortly afterwards saved the reboot series for a 5th season with a total of 20 episodes. However, there is nothing more. The series finale aired in the USA on January 3, 2024.
The cancellation of Quantum Leap is probably a disappointment for sci-fi fans. The reboot The time travel series Back to the Past was canceled after two seasons and one nasty cliffhanger rehired. The mystery format La Brea, on the other hand, had a proper conclusion, as the ending was decided in good time in advance.
Hospital drama with Star Trek star and more crime fodder: All new series from NBC
Even before the upfronts, three novelties were certain for the next TV season on NBC. A hospital series with Star Trek star Zachary Quinto and a new workplace sitcom had been planned for a long time and were delayed by the Hollywood strikes. The station, however, secured (another) crime series in February of this year.
These are the upcoming new series on NBC:
For the 2024/2025 season, NBC had three pilot episodes produced in advance for potential series: for the drama series Suits: LA, Grosse Pointe Garden Society and the multicamera sitcom Happy’s Place. So far only the latter has received a series order.
However, there is still a chance that the two remaining pilots will go into series production at a later date. In the case of the Suits spin-off, according to TVLine a final decision in June to be hit.
You can find further cancellations, extensions and new series orders here:
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