UPFRONT 2014/2015 – NBC

NBC has ordered 5 new dramas (including the DC Comics adaptation Constantine), 7 new comedies (including one from Tina Fey), and 4 “event” series (including a reboot ofHeroes). Only 6 of those newcomers will launch this fall, with the remaining 10 held until midseason. Descriptions for all new shows can be found below.

NBC’s 2014/2015 NEW SHOWS

The 16 first-year series ordered for NBC’s 2014-15 season are detailed below.

DRAMA

Allegiance – Thursdays at 10p (midseason) 

Actually, Allegiance, from writer-director George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau), splits the difference between The Americans and Homeland (though, technically, it is an adaptation of the Israeli series The Gordin Cell), as it centers on a CIA agent who discovers that his parents are actually covert Russian spies who are planning a terrorist attack in the United States. Gavin Stenhouse (Person of Interest), Hope Davis (In Treatment), and Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness) star. The show will launch early next year after Parenthood‘s 13-episode season is over.