NBC adds 3 series and a triple ‘Chicago’

Still no announcement on fan favorite ‘Timeless’

NBC is adding two new dramas and a lone new comedy to its largely steady fall schedule, which again relies on anchors This Is Us, The Voice, Sunday Night Football and a trio of Chicago dramas, which will air back-to-back on Wednesdays.

The new dramas are Manifest, a mystery thriller about plane passengers who discover when their flight lands that the world around them has aged five years while they’ve been presumed dead; and New Amsterdam, a medical drama starring Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) that’s inspired by New York’s Bellevue Hospital. Manifest will follow The Voice on Mondays, and Amsterdam will get a plum berth behind This Is Us, TV’s top-rated young-adult drama.

Fall’s new comedy is Feel Bad, about an imperfect mom, boss, friend and wife (Sarayu Blue), to follow Will & Grace on Thursdays in NBC’s only comedy block, which also includes Superstore and The Good Place.

The full lineup will be unveiled to advertisers Monday, but there’s no word on whether Timeless will return. The network picked up five new dramas and two new comedies for the 2018-19 season, with Brooklyn NineNine, the comedy starring Andy Samberg canceled at Fox after five seasons.

Brooklyn will return with 13 episodes early next year. “We think it fits into our brand of comedy in many ways better than it fit into Fox’s brand of comedy,” NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said Sunday, citing an “explosion” of fan reaction and the network’s interest in the series led by its star, an alum of Saturday Night Live. “We hope that translates to more and more viewing.”

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