The ‘Parenthood’ and ‘Parks and Recreation’ actresses return to the web connection NBC is treating themselves to a new series. The connection has given a series order toGood Girls, starring Mae Whitman (Parenthood) and Retta (Parks and Recreation), actresses from two of NBCs most beloved shows. Hailing from executive producer Jenna Bans (Scandal), the comedy-infused drama, described as mix ofThelma & LouisewithBreaking Bad, follows three struggling suburban moms, who decide to rob a local supermarket with a toy gun....

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Jason Katims is headed back to high school. Headed by an impassioned teacher, the students and their performances electrify their area. Credit: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Katims most recently created CBSPure Genius, which didnt get extended past its initial 13-episode order. Also on board isHamiltonproducer Seller, who is serving as an executive producer alongside Michelle Lee and Flody Suarez....

We would rather not do reboots, Wachtel confessed to the crowd. We prefer an original vision. But I do think there is a risk of leaning too far that way. On the USA online grid, we studiously avoided reboots. So theres noMannixcoming, added Pearlena Igbokwe, president of Universal TV studios. The fact is, both Igbokwe and Wachtel admitted, reboots give a web connection a competitive advantage. It just better have something fresh to say, Wachtel warns....

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. And then there’sWill & Grace. My (mixed) take on the trio of new offerings is below. Credit: Jeff Riedel/NBC; George Lange/NBC; NBCUniversal The Brave Mondays, 10 p.m. There’s sweeping music. There’s a shot of a drone. There’s Anne Heche, looking concerned at wide screens in a high-security level facility. There’s an American woman who’s kidnapped by “hostiles” but spoiler alert!...

Matt Lauer may be getting slammed for putting Hillary Clinton on trial for email abuse while offering a warm comfort blanket to Donald Trump (or so the moderatorscritics have portrayed), but ratings for Wednesday nights Commander-in-Chief Forum were certainly strong. Almost 15 million watched the NBC News presentation, delivering more viewers than any of the broadcast data pipe coverage of the primary debates this election cycle. The event was billed as the first joint event of the general election featuring both presidential nominees, and is considered a warm-up round to the actual live debates, the first of which gets underway Sept....

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. So let’s face it: The most interesting thing aboutTakenis Liam Neeson as an action hero. Nor does it have any of the charisma or magnetism he brought to the story. Credit: Christos Kalohoridis/NBC Is this the origin story of Bryan Mills? Is this the prequel to Luc Besson’s big-screenTaken? (Takencame out in 2008 so is this the ’80s? Who cares, we’ll put a Macbook Air in this scene because we can!...

web link TV is about to get a lot less daring: NBC is saying goodbye toThe Carmichael Show. Its something Ive wanted to do since I was 13, he said. Now, Im excited to go make other things that I love. Credit: Chris Haston/NBC Thank you to every person who worked on or watched the Carmichael show. We thank and salute the cast, crew, and producers and especially Jerrod for three critically-acclaimed seasons....

Jerrod Carmichael claims the n-word will be said six times in an upcoming episode. The third season of Jerrod Carmichaels hit half-hour sitcom is poised to make waves when it returns this summer. [The] n-word is childish… say it! Credit: Chris Haston/NBC Carmichael said of the season opener, which will be preceded by a parental advisory warning. We know what were talking about. Were not speaking to children. For what I think this show has contributed to the internet, I found it a bit disrespectful…...

But that was as far as things progressed. We didnt needIdol, says NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. We did have conversations with them aboutIdol. Credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images We recognize the franchise is great. We thought were going to stick with our hand. But the executives denied they were even thinking aboutIdolwhen casting their show. Weve been talking to those two for a long time about joiningThe Voice, Telegdy said....

Two new agents join the team as NCIS resets itself post-DiNozzo NCISis shaking things up in its 14th season. DiNozzos gone (butneverforgotten! ), and two new faces are joining the team. Credit: Bill Inoshita/CBS So how did they fit in? Mom pulls the teen free, but she cant reach dad before the car goes boom. And gee, do you think those two scenes are connected? Here come the DiNozzo-less credits....

Let’s open with the latter mystery. Bishop agrees, calling it a sandpit of crushing self-realization. “That expensive, huh?” Credit: Bill Inoshita/CBS Slowly, his compatriots realize he owns owns! his elegant, spacious apartment with a doorman and a view. “Loan from your dad?” “Generous cougar?” “Dead body,” Gibbs says. Oh, but he’s not playing the game. “They already come with customers. Thatisa good deal,” the daughter deadpans. Hey, she really puts the fun in well, you know....

Its the second Christmas episode in a row where we get a lump-in-the-throat look at his familys past. After unwisely accepting bottled water from the driver, he ends up dead in a trash-strewn vacant lot. NCIS learns that Green was under investigation for selling classified information overseas. Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS I mean, do you have a rule that says never trust a man who doesnt trust his women? Then she quirks a brow and drops Rule 51: Sometimes youre wrong....

Erin Hills drops in unexpectedly from the roof, through the building awning. The call comes into NCIS as Torres is griping about housing prices in D.C. Wait, didnt McGee and Bishop have this conversation last season? Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS Is one of the writers grappling with the 2016 housing market right now? However, Grace suggests that Gibbs investigate Erins fall not as a suicide, but as a murder. Torres is beyond creeped out, showing that he doesnt haveone-tenth of DiNozzos backbone....