Rueben's Ramblings

The following is the proposed NBC line-up for the new fall 2017-2018 TV season:

Monday:

8 PM – The Voice
10 PM – The Brave [NEW]

The Brave – While D.I.A. Deputy Director Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche from Men In Trees) and her team of analysts wield the world’s most advanced surveillance technology from Washington, D.C., Adam Dalton (Mike Vogel from Under the Dome) and his heroic Special Ops squad of highly trained undercover specialists use their unbreakable bond and commitment to freedom to save lives of innocent people and execute missions in some of the most dangerous places in the world.

The cast includes Demetrius Grosse (Justified, Game of Silence and Westworld), Tate Ellington (Quantico and Shameless) and Sofia Pernas (Jane the Virgin).

TRAILER:

Tuesday:

8 PM – The Voice
9 PM – Superstore
9:30 PM – The Good Place
10 PM – Chicago Fire

Wednesday:

8 PM – The Blacklist [New Night and Time]
9 PM – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
10 PM – Chicago P.D.

Thursday:

8 PM – Will & Grace
8:30 PM – Great News
9 PM – This Is Us [New Night]
10 PM – Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

Special Trailer (with This Is Us Cast and Some of Their Fans):

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders – The 8-3pisode true crime installment of the long-running powerhouse franchise will star Edie Falco (The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie) takes an in-depth look at the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trail and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.

TRAILER:

Friday:

8 PM – Blindspot [New Night]
9 PM – Taken [New Night and Time]
10 PM – Dateline NBC

Saturday:

8 PM – Dateline Saturday Night Mystery
10 PM – Saturday Night Live (Encores)

Sunday:

7 PM – Football Night in America
8:20 PM – NBC Sunday Night Football

NOTE: Timeless has actually been renewed for a second season, but won’t air until some point in 2018. Meanwhile, Shades of Blue will return to the Sunday night line-up after the regular football season ends. There are no details as yet on when/where Chicago Med will be airing.

The new dramas that will debut later in the season include:

Good Girls – When three suburban moms get tired of trying to make ends meet, they decide it’s time to stick up for themselves by robbing the local supermarket at (toy) gunpoint. But when the manager catches a glimpse of one of them and the loot is far more than they expected, it doesn’t take long for the three best friends to realize the perfect getaway will be harder than they think.

The cast includes Mae Whitman (Parenthood), Retta (Parks and Recreation), Manny Montana (Graceland and Notorious) and Matthew Lillard (Scooby Doo franchise).

Reverie – This new thriller follows Mara Kint (Sarah Shahi from Person of Interest and Fairly Legal), a former hostage negotiator and expert on human behavior, who became a college professor after facing an unimaginable personal tragedy. But when she’s brought in to save ordinary people who have lost themselves in a highly advanced virtual-reality program in which you can literally live your dreams, she finds that in saving others, she may actually have discovered a way to save herself.

The cast includes Dennis Haysbert (24), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case).

Rise – This drama will focus on dedicated teacher and family man Lou Mazzuchelli (Josh Radnor from How I Met Your Mother) sheds his own self-doubt and takes over the school’s lackluster theater department, he galvanizes not only the faculty and students but the entire working-class town. Inspired by a true story.

The cast includes Auli’i Cravalho (the voice of the Disney movie Moana), Marley Shelton (The Lottery and Eleventh Hour) and Rosie Perez.