'The Office' Air Will get Uni Deal, 'The Voice' Lands Season 2 Premiere Date

Bob Greenblatt trotted on the Beverly Hilton stage Monday for his first official ending up in the media as chairman of NBC Entertainment.our editor recommendsNew Chief Bob Greenblatt Vows Racier Shows to Juice NBC's RatingsQ&A: Bob GreenblattRelated Subjects•TCA Summer time Press Tour Before dealing with reporters' questions throughout the network's Television Experts Association tour stop, the first kind Showtime executive required the podium to create a slew of bulletins, a calculated bid possibly to prevent a 45-minute panel dedicated to the challenged condition of NBC. Included in this: a flurry of development handles high-profile names in addition to new projects with Voice coach Adam Levine and Law & Order honcho Dick Wolf. The organization has signed a general deal at Universal Media Galleries using the Office and Parks and Entertainment executive producer Greg Daniels. Greenblatt stated Daniels, whose animated series King of Hill went in excess of 10 seasons on Fox, will turn to develop live-action and animated comedies for NBC, a lucrative genre that rival Fox and twentieth century Fox TV has already established a lock on. UMS has additionally introduced in Will Ferrell and Adam McKay'sGary Sanchez Productions, the development company's first cope with a broadcast network."I believe are just like anybody at doing comedy," stated Greenblatt, who reiterated he's searching to create noise together with his fare. NBC is focusing on creating a vehicle for Will & Sophistication star Sean Hayes in addition to joining with Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills Productions."Sean is really a friend," stated Greenblatt. "And That I think it's the perfect time for him to star inside a comedy again."The network's first project with Hazy Mills is really a celebrity game evening pilot. Elsewhere at NBC, Greenblatt introduced intends to air a Christmas special starring Michael Bublefrom Ben Silverman and Lorne Michaels. Maroon 5 frontmanLevine is creating a karaoke comedy for that network, with Wolf aboard to build up a firemen drama with Wolf Films, where Danielle Gelber, who labored with Greenblatt at Showtime, lately arrived. And, finally, reality hit The Voice will indeed premiere February. 5 after NBC's telecast from the Super Bowl. It'll bow in it's regular time slot the next evening from 8-10 p.m. leading in to the premiere of Smash. Related Subjects Sean Hayes Will Ferrell NBC NBCUniversal Work The Voice TCA Summer time Press Tour 2011