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NBC’s Line of Fire Season 1: Plot, release date, cast, trailer, all you need to know – latest update

NBC’s Line of Fire Season 1: Plot, release date, cast, trailer, all you need to know – latest update

NBC is expanding its primetime drama slate this fall with Line of Fire, a new action thriller that blends family drama with high-stakes Secret Service operations. (L-R)- Cast members of Line of Fire: Peter Krause, Hope Davis and executive producer Jenna Bush Hager (Jenna Bush Hager | Instagram) It is created by television writer and producer Josh Safran, whose previous credits include Gossip Girl and Quantico. NBC Today Host and Line of Fire’s executive producer Jenna Bush Hager characterized the new NBC show as a mystery that resembles a hybrid of “Scandal and Six Feet Under.” Also read: ‘Is Ariana Grande sick?’ Fans worried as singer ‘stepping back’ amid scrutiny over ‘Petal’ music video What is Line of Fire about? According to NBC’s official synopsis, the series centres on “a family of law enforcement agents” working across the FBI, the US Marshals, the Secret Service and the Department of Justice. The show starts with a sting of the family’s latest investigation, which begins as a routine case but evolves into a deadly conspiracy. The family …

Anna Faris and Rick Edwards Roped in to Host the Pilot For NBC’s Love Takes a Village; Details Inside

Anna Faris and Rick Edwards Roped in to Host the Pilot For NBC’s Love Takes a Village; Details Inside

Anna Faris and Rick Edwards have been roped in to host NBC’s newest dating show, Love Takes a Village. The show will be set on the unique concept of blind dates among the live audience and will be hailed by Lighthearted Entertainment production studios.  In the reality show, a pair of singles will be paired up for a date. Though the contestants are aware of being on the screens, they would not know that live viewers will be keeping an eye on them secretly. At the end of the date, the couple will get to know if they earned a second date, plus who is watching them from across the glass.  The first episode of the show will be filmed in the U.K. next week. Meanwhile, Lighthearted Entertainment has previously produced the Peacock series Eat Slay Love, as well as Queens Court. Edwards had hosted The Courtship for the network; hence, having the experience, the actor could perfectly fit in the role alongside the actress. Apart from hosting reality shows, Edwards is well known for …

NBC’s Grimm series is being reborn as a Peacock movie

NBC’s Grimm series is being reborn as a Peacock movie

Between Nosferatu and Wolf Man, it feels like Hollywood has come back around on good, old fashioned monster movies. And it seems like Peacock wants in on the action with a feature-length reboot of the long-dead Grimm series. Variety reports that Peacock is moving forward with a new film based on Grimm, Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David Greenwalt’s 2011 series about a Portland cop who discovers that he’s one of the chosen few meant to defend humanity from monsters. Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva) is attached to write the movie as well as co-executive produce with Kouf and Greenwalt. In its original run, Grimm ran for six seasons that saw Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) become a formidable Grimm (the show’s lingo for monster hunters) alongside his human partner Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby) and werewolf ally Munroe (Silas Weir Mitchell). Peacock has yet to announce details about the movie’s plot or whether any members of Grimm’s original cast members might return. But given that this isn’t the first time NBC has flirted with the …

Hoda Kotb admits she’s ‘terrified’ of what’s next after quitting NBC’s Today

Hoda Kotb admits she’s ‘terrified’ of what’s next after quitting NBC’s Today

Hoda Kotb made the difficult decision of quitting the Today show last month. The longtime NBC News host admitted to being “terrified” of the next chapter during Friday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna. The 60-year-old, who worked with the morning news program for nearly three decades, revealed what prompted her to make the move and expressed her co-host Jenna Bush Hager for constant support and guidance through her major career change. This image released by NBC shows Hoda Kotb on the set of the “Today” show in New York on Feb. 29, 2024. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via AP)(AP) What’s next for Hoda Kotb after quitting Today? NBC host admits she’s ‘terrified’ “Yeah, it’s scary. It’s terrifying. It’s all those things, but it’s also exactly right,” Kotb said of her career move on Friday. She explained that while 75 percent of her has “emotionally” accepted it, the rest of her is still digesting the idea that she’s leaving Today after being a part of it for 26 years. The former Dateline correspondent announced in late …

Year after flip flop, NBC’s Eddie Olczyk hopes he feels better about his Kentucky Derby pick

Last year at the Kentucky Derby, Eddie Olczyk did what every horse racing fan and handicapper has done at one point — he changed his pick and ended up regretting it. HT Image The difference, though, is that Olczyk flipped with nearly 15 million people watching. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Leading up to the Run for the Roses, Olczyk told friends and fans whom he ran into after calling NHL games that he liked Mage. However, when it came time for the final picks segment on NBC’s coverage, Olczyk went with Verifying. Mage won, while Verifying finished a distant 16th in the 18-horse field. “Sometimes you change and you win, and sometimes you lose,” Olczyk said during a telephone interview. “But last year probably was the most dejected that I’ve ever been walking out of the Kentucky Derby. Win or lose, you walk out of there feeling good about yourself and the experience because there’s nothing like it. It …