NBC to Roll out 'Blacklist' Spinoff in February

NBC to Roll Out 'Blacklist' Spinoff in February

12.08.2016

Fall series are preparing to go on hiatus and networks are queuing up their midseason schedules.

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NBC has two new dramas and one new sitcom on tap for January, with an unscripted series and a drama returning.

The Blacklist spin off The Blacklist: Redemption, starring Ryan Eggold and Famke Janssen, willÂ take over the James Spader-starrer's Thursday night 10 p.m. slot on Sunday, Feb. 23. The spin-off features villains from the original series banding together to form an elite team of mercenary fighters. The Blacklist returns to NBC on April 20.

On Sunday, March 5, yet another Dick Wolf Chicago-themed series, Chicago Justice, joins the NBC lineup at 9 p.m. That will follow the premiere of Little Big Shots, which features kids showing off their talents and is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey and hosted by Harvey.Â

Also on March 5, police drama, Shades of Blue, starring Jennifer Lopez, returns for season two at 10 p.m.Â NBC also has three new sitcoms on tap. Powerless, starring Vanessa Hudgens as a woman without powers who lives in a world full of annoying superheroes, debuts Thursday, Feb. 2, at 8:30 p.m.Â

On Tuesday, March 7, Trial & Error premieres, starring Nicholas D'Agosto as a Manhattan lawyer who moves to a small town to defend a professor - played by John Lithgow, just coming off his virtuoso performance as Winston Churchill in Netflix's The Crown - accused of murdering his wife.

Finally, Great News debuts on Tuesday, April 25, at 9 p.m., and stars Andrea Martin as a woman who gets an internship at the TV station where her daughter is a producer. Great News was created by 30 Rock writer Tracey Wigfield.