Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Peacock Casts Chris Messina Opposite Kaley Cuoco in Series; NBC Picks Up Quantum Leap for Full Season
Peacock announced that Chris Messina (Sharp Objects, I Care A Lot, The Mindy Project) will star opposite Kaley Cuoco (Peacock's Meet Cute, The Flight Attendant, The Big Bang Theory) in the highly-anticipated dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story, from Emmy Award-nominated Craig Rosenberg (The Boys, LOST, Preacher). Messina will play Nathan, opposite Kaley Cuoco who will play a married woman named Ava Bart. All other details are being kept under wraps. A dark comedic thriller, Based on a True Story is about a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America's obsession with true crime, murder and the slow close toilet seat. Rosenberg will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer. Jason Bateman (Ozark, The Outsider) will executive produce alongside Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films. Roxie Rodriguez serves as co-executive producer for Aggregate Films. The series will be produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
NBC has ordered six additional episodes of its new drama series Quantum Leap, bringing its season one total to 18 episodes. Showcasing strong streaming numbers, Quantum Leap is the #1 NBC current season series on Peacock, and is a Top 5 title on Peacock season-to-date across all genres. The series stars Raymond Lee, Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park and Nanrisa Lee. In the series, it's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee), has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, May 22
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 18)
Friday, May 22
- Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Creators of South Park) - Watch Trey and Matt on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Alison Brie (Community/GLOW) - Alison appears on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback/No Good Deed/HouseBroken/Web Therapy/Friends/Mad About You) - Lisa is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Ariel Winter (Modern Family) - Ariel talks about Sofia the First: Royal Magic on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Kate Hudson (Running Point and Justin Theroux (Running Point) - Kate and Justin chat with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Keke Palmer (Scream Queens/True Jackson, VP) - In a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE, Keke and visionary writer-director Boots Riley sit down to talk about their high-energy new comedy, I Love Boosters, sharing viral moments, on-set stories and the film's deeper messages about creativity and class on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings. Then, for the first time on TV, Keke delivers an EXCLUSIVE performance of “2-D” from the film’s soundtrack.
- Craig Ferguson (The Drew Carey Show - Craig stops by to chat about American on Purpose on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Large) - Wanda Sykes tells Sherri about her new film Undercard on a repeat of Sherri, so check your local listings.
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