As expected, NBC has handed out a series order to the sci-fi drama Debris, starring Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele.
The series hails from Almost Human creator J.H. Wyman and is believed to be the 2020 broadcast drama pilot with the most footage completed before all Hollywood production shut down in mid-March. The producers were able to edit together the material, complementing the actual footage with additional visuals in the vein of how The Blacklist completed its unfinished episode. The finished product received a positive reaction at NBC, solidifying the project’s series pickup chances. The decision came down to the wire for the cast to pick up the show because their options were set to expire today.
On the series, two agents, played by Steele and Tucker, from two different continents, and two different mindsets must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind. The show is said to be in the same vein as The X-Files and Men In Black. Debris was one of two pilots NBC put on a series pickup track earlier this month. The other, drama La Brea, received a six-script order and will be in consideration for a straight-to-series order later this year.
