If you watch any television at all, you've heard of J.J. Abrams. The man is responsible for some of the most thought-provoking outings the small screen has ever shown; Felicity, Alias, LOST, and Fringe are the four shows Abrams has created (or co-created), with the latter three being his most famous. The latter two are still currently on air, though a week from today LOST will wrap up with its series finale, leaving Fringe as the last Abrams contender on primetime.
Though Fringe is more than competent, Abrams is trying to keep his television empire going. So, after working with ABC for Alias and LOST, FOX for Fringe, and the CW (then the WB) for Felicity, Abrams is turning his sights to a new frontier: NBC. There, he'll be working on Undercovers, which is perhaps the most hyped new show of the upcoming season -- as any Abrams show is.
Undercovers will be one of Abrams' more lighthearted outings, with nowhere near the seriousness of Fringe or LOST. It will also lack the mythological complexity of most of his shows, instead choosing to focus more on the main characters, Steven and Samantha Bloom -- two undercover agents who are also married. The show will reportedly not take the antagonistic nature of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, instead having the Blooms work together against common enemies. The series, which has been picked up beyond the pilot, is one of many new shows picked up by the struggling-to-be-relevant NBC, and might just be the best-performing one of them all.
Here are five new promotional pictures released for the series, which mostly feature Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who play Steven and Samantha Bloom, respectively. Science fiction fans might recognize Mbatha-Raw as Martha Jones' sister from Doctor Who, while Kodjoe is known for his role on Showtime's series Soul Food.
Undercovers is set for an unknown premiere in the fall, but we'll keep you posted as new details are released.
A tad bit sad that it'll lack mythological complexity and that it's not gonna be anything like Fringe or Lost, but will still give it a try for J.J. Abrams.
Lighthearted? Nowhere near the seriousness of "Fringe" or "Lost"? No complex mythology? Do they want it to succeed or don't they?