When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers that are out of tune in more ways than one. LOGLINE: Bradley Whitford stars in this comedy about finding inspiration in the most unlikely places. Here are detailed descriptions and credits for the newly picked up NBC series: Perfect Harmony, Indebted and Lincoln also join newly picked up dramas Bluff City Law, Council of Dads and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist on NBC’s 2019-20 programming slate. This is Hornsby return to NBC where he starred on long-running genre procedural Grimm. Lincoln, from writers VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli, Sony TV, Universal TV and Keshet Studios, stars Hornsby and Arielle Kebbel in the roles played by Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie in the Bone Collector movie. LINCOLN - “Pilot” - Pictured: Arielle Kebbel as Amelia Grace Sachs Photo by: Zach Dilgard/NBC This marks the second new series pickup for Robinson this upfront, along with legal drama For Life at ABC. It marks The Nanny star Drescher’s return to network sitcom. Indebted, from writer Dan Levy, Sony TV and Doug Robinson Productions, also stars Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Steven Weber and Jessy Hodges. The series, also starring Anna Camp, marks Whitford’s return to NBC where he starred on Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Perfect Harmony, from writer Lesley Wake Webster, 20th TV and Jason Winer’s Small Dog Picture Company, is expected to incorporate musical numbers, with Adam Anders, who served as executive music producer on 20th TV’s music-driven dramedy Glee, on board as executive producer. Since then, there has been only one non-Uni TV new NBC comedy series, Warner Bros. The last time there were multiple new comedy series picked up by NBC from outside studios was in May 2014 when the list included 20th TV’s The Carmichael Show and Sony TV’s Marry Me. That includes the other two NBC comedy series for next season, The Kenan Show starring Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn’s Sunnyside. NBC sibling Universal TV has been dominating the network’s comedy slate. While the softly rated midseason series was not expected to be renewed, Fox did not officially cancel it until a couple of hours ago, making Hornsby available. Its star, Hornsby, was also the lead of Fox’s bubble drama Proven Innocent. There was an additional reason for the delay of Lincoln‘s official pickup. But the projects comes from outside studios, leading to the inevitable last-minute tussle with the network over digital rights (comedies) and ownership/distribution (dramas).īoth 20th TV and Sony TV already have popular drama series on NBC, This Is Us, which is eying a multi-season renewal, and The Blacklist, already renewed for next season. The late pickup for Perfect Harmony, I ndebted and Lincoln does not necessarily reflect their standings in the NBC pilots pecking order as all had enjoyed internal support.
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