Showing 1 - 10 of 10 articles tagged "Rise"

• Posted Friday 5/11/18 at 6:52PM EDT

  NBC cancels Rise after one season

  The Jason Katims midseason high school musical drama started off modestly but never took off.

• Posted Wednesday 5/02/18 at 10:57PM EDT

  Here are all the network shows that are still on the chopping block

  Designated Survivor, For the People and Superior Donuts are among the nearly 30 network shows still on the bubble for the...

• Posted Thursday 4/05/18 at 12:48AM EDT

  Rise shares a lot of similarities to Friday Night Lights

  Here are all the instances when Jason Katims' new NBC high school show resembled his old NBC high school show.

• Posted Wednesday 3/21/18 at 11:27PM EDT

  It's bizarre that Rise doesn't have Rosie Perez's character as the drama teacher in charge

  "From the perspective of its creators, NBC’s new drama Rise is the inspiring story of an English teacher (played by...

• Posted Wednesday 3/14/18 at 1:13PM EDT

  This Is Us finishes Season 2 strong, helping Rise beat Shonda Rhimes' For the People

  Still, Jason Katims high school musical drama only kept half of This Is Us' demo viewership at 10 p.

• Posted Tuesday 3/13/18 at 10:17PM EDT

  NBC's Rise would be so much better if its biggest character wasn't such a mess

  "Watching Rise feels like watching its promising high school characters take to the stage and try with all their might...

• Posted Friday 1/26/18 at 11:08PM EST

  Gay drama teacher who inspired NBC’s Rise says “for me, 'straight-washing' the character was never an issue, because he is not based on me”

  Josh Radnor plays a straight drama teacher named Lou Mazzuchelli on the NBC drama series that is inspired by real-life gay...

• Posted Sunday 1/14/18 at 1:04PM EST

  NBC Rise producers deny they “straight-washed” their main character

  There was controversy over showrunner Jason Katims’ recent comments explaining why Josh Radnor’s character is straight, when the real-life teacher...

• Posted Wednesday 1/10/18 at 2:41AM EST

  Why the gay inspiration for NBC’s musical theater series Rise was rewritten as a straight man

  Josh Radnor plays a straight male teacher, even though his NBC series is based on Michael Sokolove’s book Drama High:...

• Posted Thursday 11/16/17 at 7:29PM EST

  This Is Us' Season 2 finale set for March 13, with musical theater drama Rise taking over its timeslot

  NBC also announced the premiere of the dramedy Good Girls for Feb.