US EditionJenna Bush Hager Unveils New Role at NBC After 16 Years on Today
NBC orders Protection pilot, a drama about a family of law enforcement agents targeted by an assassin, marking the network's second drama pilot this TV season.
- On January 14, Jenna Bush Hager said NBC had given a pilot order to Protection, written by Josh Safran and produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
- This season, NBC has ordered a second drama pilot following a reboot of The Rockford Files, aiming for 3 drama pilots during the January-May pilot window.
- The Thornhill family must use a lifetime of protective expertise and may betray their sworn code to protect one another and bring the killer to justice.
- Jenna Bush Hager will executive produce Protection through her Thousand Voices production company, marking her first scripted TV project under a first-look deal with Universal Studio Group alongside Ben Spector and Josh Safran.
- Josh Safran brings established showrunning credits like Gossip Girl and Quantico, while Jenna Bush Hager's scripted TV debut contrasts recent years' straight-to-series industry trend.
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