Happy times at the Peacock today. NBC just picked up full season orders for freshman dramas The Event and Law & Order: Los Angeles and the controversial comedy Outsourced. According to Deadline, the three NBC shows have averaged 9.1 million, 8.7 million viewers, and 6.3 million viewers overall, respectively. It’s mentioned that although The Event continues to dip in viewership each week since its strong premiere, it has remained a “solid DVR performer” for the network. So Jason Ritter (above), you can relax a bit; your stay at NBC just got longer. Legal drama Outlaw is the sole NBC cancellation.
NBC President Angela Bromstad: “We are pleased with the quality of The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced, and feel they are an important part of helping to re-build our schedule and our studio pipeline. We believe in these new series and the creative auspices behind them.”
No word on the back nine episode order for other NBC dramas Chase and Undercovers. Deadline reports that Chase is expected to get it, and Undercovers recently received an order for 6 additional scripts. That’s a very good sign, Abrams fans. In addition, Ausiello reports that NBC is about to order more episodes of the fan-favorite Chuck…
Update: NBC has picked up Chase and Chuck for full season orders. Chuck will receive an additional 11 episodes instead of the standard back nine (so it will air 24 episodes in total). The network still hasn’t decided the fate of the J.J. Abrams spy series Undercovers, but things are looking up since they’ve ordered 4 more scripts to be penned.
[Via Deadline, here & here; thanks AndrewSeely for image help]
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