It’s raining trials on NBC.
The network is taking on two new drama projects titled “Puzzled” and “What the Dead Know.” This concludes a week in which NBC announced six pilot orders for the 2026 season.
“Puzzled” by “Charmed” and “Sleepy Hollow” screenwriter Joey Falco is based on the “Puzzle Master” books by Daniel Trussoni. According to the logline, “After narrowly escaping a tragic fire, once-promising college athlete Mike Brink is changed by a traumatic brain injury and gains a unique ability to see the world in unexpected ways, which helps him team up with local police and solve crimes.” Jordan Cerf will serve as executive producer alongside Falco, and Trussoni will serve as producer. The studio is Universal Television, a division of Universal Studios Group.
Legendary “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf is executive producing “What the Dead Know,” another pilot from Beth Reinhart (“FBI: Most Wanted,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”). The series is based on the memoirs of former New York City medical examiner Barbara Butcher. According to the logline, “Death Investigator Eva Ledger is very good with corpses. It’s the living that haunt her.” The show follows Eva as she works with the NYPD to solve their toughest cases. Executive producers include Tom Thayer, Peter Jankowski, and Anastasia Puglisi. Co-EPs are Kevin Plunkett, Rebecca McGill and Butcher. Wolf Entertainment will produce and Universal Television will serve as the studio.
Early Friday morning, NBC announced it had ordered a pilot for the detective comedy from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredisi. On Thursday, the network announced the pilot for a drama from Dean Georgis and John Fox, inspired by the real-life FBI research of Dr. Anne Burgess. And earlier this week, the network announced it had ordered a pilot for a drama from Josh Safran, Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector called “Protection,” about the family of a law enforcement officer who becomes the target of a mysterious assassin. Additionally, NBC has given a pilot order for a “modern update” of “The Rockford Files” from Mike Daniels (“Sons of Anarchy”).
