NBC Orders New Series ‘Quantum Leap’ & ‘Found’

NBC Gives Pilot Orders to ‘Quantum Leap’ and ‘Found’

Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are behind the “Quantum Leap” reboot series while Nkechi Okoro Carroll created ‘Found’.

MEDIA ALERT: QUANTUM LEAP AND FOUND

QUANTUM LEAP

Network: NBC

Commitment: Pilot order

Studio: Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group

W/EP: Steven Lilien (I Have an Idea! Entertainment)

W/EP: Bryan Wynbrandt (I Have an Idea! Entertainment)

NW/EP: Don Bellisario (Belisarius Productions)

NW/EP: Deborah Pratt

NW/EP: Martin Gero (Quinn’s House Productions)

Logline: It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

FOUND

Network: NBC

Produced by: Berlanti Productions and Rock My Soul Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television

Commitment: Pilot order

Format: One-hour drama

EP/W: Nkechi Okoro Carroll (Rock My Soul Productions)

NW/EP: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden (Berlanti Productions); Lindsay Dunn (Rock My Soul Productions)

Logline: In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. A public relations specialist – who was once herself one of those forgotten ones – and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.