NBC’s Scripted Stash: How Many Episodes of Quantum Leap and Other Dramas Will Be Ready for Fall?
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In a most unusual Fall TV season featuring precious few scripted series (due to the months-long WGA and recently launched SAG-AFTRA strikes), NBC is arguably the broadcast network holding the strongest hand.
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Sure, The CW has eight scripted series populating its own fall line-up, but each and everyone one of ’em are acquired shows that have already aired/streamed elsewhere.
CBS is “borrowing” a pair of scripted series from sister outlets — Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Paramount+s SEAL Team — to fill slots on its own slate, and is also airing repeats of NCIS, FBI and Blue Bloods.
And between Fox and ABC, the only scripted fare is the former’s animated offerings (all penned a long while ago) and Abbott Elementary reruns on the latter.
NBC, meanwhile, has no fewer than four original series that will be ready to go this fall with new episodes — around 40 hours’ worth of bakery-fresh content in all. They include the returning Quantum Leap (with Season 2) and Magnum P.I. (with the back half of its final season), plus freshman dramas The Irrational and Found (both of which wrapped filming earlier this year).
FWIW, NBC also has episodes of La Brea Season 3 and a whole season of the new sitcom Extended Family at the ready, though both are being held for midseason at this point.
How many episodes of Quantum Leap, Magnum P.I., Found and The Irrational can viewers expect to see begin unspooling this fall? Well, nearly enough to get each series into December — if not into early 2024, if NBC schedules a rerun here and there. Read on for the current episodes counts for each….
THE IRRATIONAL (Mondays at 10/9c)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: A world-renowned professor of behavioral science lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement, and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior. Based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational.
WHO’S IN IT: Jesse L. Martin (The Flash), Maahra Hill (Delilah), Travina Springer (Ms. Marvel), Molly Kunz (Finding Carter), Arash DeMaxi (Partner Track)
HOW MANY EPISODES: A full season of 10 episodes will be ready to air this fall (premiering Sept. 25).
FOUND (Tuesdays at 10/9c)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. A public relations specialist — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
WHO’S IN IT: Shanola Hampton (Shameless), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (mixed-ish, Pitch), Kelli Williams (Lie to Me, The Practice), Brett Dalton (Chicago Fire, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Gabrielle Walsh (9-1-1), Arlen Escarpeta (David Makes Man), Karan Oberoi (Roswell, New Mexico)
HOW MANY EPISODES: A full season of 13 episodes will be ready to air this fall (premiering Oct. 3).
QUANTUM LEAP (Wednesdays at 9/8c)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In Season 1, set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett (played in the original series by Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, a new team restarts the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
WHO’S IN IT: Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F**k Himself), Ernie Hudson (Grace and Frankie), Nanrisa Lee (Bosch), Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) and Caitlin Bassett
HOW MANY EPISODES: Because the sci-fi series rolled into production on Season 2 soon after wrapping Season 1, TVLine hears that “most” of the 13-episode second season will be ready to begin airing this fall (premiering Oct. 4).
MAGNUM P.I. (Wednesdays at 10/9c)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Jay Hernandez stars as Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposed his military skills to become a private investigator — all whilst living in a guest cottage on a luxurious Hawai’ian estate known as Robin’s Nest.
WHO ELSE IS IN IT: Perdita Weeks as Magnum’s investigative/romantic partner, Juliet Higgins; Zachary Knighton and Stephen Hill as Rick and T.C., Thomas’ best friends/former military allies; Tim Kang as HPD detective Gordon Katsumoto; and Amy Hill as Robin’s Nest curator Kumu.
HOW MANY EPISODES: The 20-episode Season 5 was split into two parts, the first of which aired February through April of this year. Filming on the back half wrapped in April, so all 10 final episodes (NBC has chosen not to renew the series again) will be ready to air this fall (premiering Oct. 4).
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