NBC News boss defends Lauer response: 'The system works'

This week we saw that when an employee comes forward to report misconduct, the system works. The complaint is quickly assessed and meaningful action is taken. To that end, I have three things to share with you. Credit: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images We will share more details on this effort very shortly. And third we need to keep communicating. Lauer was fired Wednesday after two decades of work on NBC and its lucrative morning show,TODAY....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Christopher Watts

NBC renewsA.P. Bio, picks up comedies from Michael Schur and Amy Poehler

NBC has renewed the freshman comedyA.P. Bioand picked up two new comedies, from Michael Schur and Amy Poehler, EW has learned. Created bySaturday Night Livealum Mike OBrien and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers,A.P. Patton Oswalt and Glenn Howerton on ‘A.P. Bio’.Credit: Vivian Zink/NBC This unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in her backyard is the opposite of everything annoying about todays party scene. As the oddball cast of regulars will tell you, hanging out at Abbys is a coveted honor....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Tamara Moody

NBC renewsThe Blacklistfor seventh season

NBC is staying in theJames Spaderbusiness: it has renewedThe Blacklistfor a seventh season. But NBC likes to tout how the series is currently the No. 1 most upscale drama on broadcast TV among homes earning $100,000 or more. Will Hart/SONY/NBC Spader plays Raymond Red Reddington, a mastermind criminal who teams up with the FBI. The drama also starsMegan Booneas his daughter Liz Keen. This season, Red was sentenced to death for treasonous crimes....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Peter Bowman

NBC revives Erase the Hate campaign to help heal a 'hurting America'

The campaign originally launched 20 years ago NBC is reviving Erase the Hate. Hammer spearheaded Erase the Hate while she was at USA web connection in the 1990s. Sadly, this work feels more urgent today than ever, she wrote. Credit: NBC Universal From my point of view, the choice is clear. Hammer listed a few Erase the Hate campaign highlights as well, which are quoted below viaDeadline. Erase the Hate AcceleratorCentral to our effort will be the Erase The Hate Accelerator....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Eric Warren

NCIS recap: 'Double Down'

She tells Phillips that she was there 10 years ago with Army PSYOP but declines to offer more details. Torres is just excited to have his ownDie Hard-style adventure in the desert, potential scorpions be damned. (Bishop scoffs that they wont even remember this Christmas because she is the worst.) Credit: Michael Yarish/CBS Father and son havent spoken since. It does, however, feature a casino-grade craps table and video camera setup....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Pamela Sutton

NCIS: New Orleansfirst look: The fleet's in town for Pride and his pals

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Will there be a cliffhanger?CHRISTOPHER SILBER:It will definitely be a cliffhanger. The two-hour finale is really like a full movie. It gets our lead character, Pride, in a most precarious situation. Credit: Skip Bolen/CBS He loses his badge, hes under indictment for abuse of power. Pride realizes that there is a bigger conspiracy at play. It comes every few years, unlike New York, which is every year. Skip Bolen/CBS...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Timothy Norton

NCIS: New Orleansshowrunner is out after harassment allegations

TheNCIS: New Orleansshowrunner who was dogged by allegations of sexual harassment will no longer be running the show. EW has confirmed that Brad Kern has been demoted to a consultant with no producer title. Chris Silber, whos been on the show since 2015, will take over as showrunner. Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images; Inset: Skip Bolen/CBS Salonfirst reported the news. Last winter, Kernwas accusedof making inappropriate remarks about female employees especially mothers....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Adam Pierce

NCISpremiere recap: Vance fights to save himself and his daughter

Let’s do this. Kasie (Hi, Kasie! Welcome to the lab full time!) Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS That’s what Hakim stole, along with a good portion of gold bullion. So did Hakim snatch Vance because he knew where the money was? And why did he trust Vance with a gun during the robbery? And then an explosion rocks Chez Gibbs. Kasie quickly sorts the situation out. What’s that mean? She and Gibbs aren’t sureyet....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Robert Smith

NCISrecap: 'Death From Above'

The agents are in various stages of reading Duckys memoir while the good doctor heads back to New York. Then an explosion rattles the building and a body hits one of the glass pyramids on the roof. Torres, McGee, and Bishop all disavow previous knowledge of this hideaway. Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS Then the whole system shuts down, locking everyone into place. Senior, still in Duckys lab coat, identifies himself as Dr....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Garrett Martinez

NCISrecap: 'Exit Strategy'

Torres is on a stakeout with the world’s most annoying man: Metro Det. Higgins' disappearance means even more involvement with Metro, and specifically one Det. Danny Sportelli, whomNCISfans have seena few times before. Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS The agents add two and 2 million together and assume she skipped town with the bonds. (Any other Lutherans in the house? When Higgins logs into the Metro computer system, the team tracks the signal to a parking garage....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Alexander Wagner

NCISrecap: 'Fake It 'Til You Make It'

Melissa (Samaire Armstrong) is proud of being 30 days sober and of finally dumping her abusive boyfriend. Abbys faster on the uptake and gently asks Reeves if hesa friend of Bill. Abby offers him a listening ear should he ever need it. Credit: Bill Inoshita/CBS Gibbs and Torres head to ONI, where Capt. Redding had been about to call NCIS. They find Melissas blood on the wall and a towel....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 581 words · Melissa Ross

NCISrecap: 'Family Ties'

Vance and the team explore this topic tonight when a hit and run reveals a much older run job. Kendall already has three DUI arrests, and blood splatter on the car grill matches the dead mans. This leads McGee to the home of 15-year-old Genevieve Bell. Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS Christopher (Jamie Kaler) and Jill (Gabrielle Carteris hi, Andrea Zuckerman!) explain that Genevieve slept over at friend Maya Guzmans house the night before....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Kim Williams

NCISrecap: 'Handle With Care'

I dont know about you, but Im ride-or-diePrice Is Rightin this particular matchup. He says the cookies were his mothers recipe, but he most certainly didnt kill anyone. Years ago as a U.S. embassy guard in Iran, he was captured and held for five years. Credit: Michael Yarish/CBS Sloane discusses his post-rescue checkered past with Vance: violent outbursts, road rage, fired from several jobs. She and Vance agree that she should talk with him again, but someplace that he feels more comfortable....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Lisa Taylor