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NBC Orders 'Protection' Pilot From Josh Safran With Jenna Bush Hager as Executive Producer

The conspiracy drama is part of NBC’s renewed pilot season strategy.

Overview

  • NBC ordered Protection, a law-enforcement conspiracy drama written by Quantico creator Josh Safran.
  • Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector will executive produce through her Thousand Voices under her Universal Studio Group first-look deal, with Universal Television as the studio.
  • The logline centers on a U.S. Marshal’s death that exposes a plot targeting the Thornhill family of law-enforcement officials.
  • Bush Hager said on Today that production is expected to start this spring and teased a major twist in the pilot.
  • Casting and a premiere timeline have not been announced, and the order comes as NBC reopens a traditional pilot season that includes The Rockford Files.