NBC placed the sitcom in the desirable Thursday time slot previously held by the original series. The pilot drew 18.6 million viewers; the first season averaged 10.2 million; and the second season fell to 7.1 million. The cast starred Matt LeBlanc as soap opera actor Joey Tribbiani, Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Ben Falcone, Drea de Matteo, and Paulo Costanzo.

NBC pulled the series from Thursdays in December 2005, tried relaunching it on Tuesdays in March 2006, and cancelled it in May that year. Eight completed second-season episodes never aired in the United States but were shown by networks outside the country. The Wrap noted that Warner Bros. chose to upload the episodes on a channel with ads rather than on a subscription service.

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Critically acclaimed police procedural crime drama series "Homicide: Life on the Street" is set to make its streaming debut on Peacock on August 19.

The show, known for its gritty and realistic portrayal of detective work in Baltimore, originally aired on NBC from 1993 to 1999 for seven seasons and 122 episodes. It is based on David Simon's book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets." It won four Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards.

Created by Paul Attanasio, the show portrayed a grittier and more downbeat perspective on police procedural dramas.

Its impressive ensemble cast includes Andre Braugher, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer, Ned Beatty, and Melissa Leo.

John Munch, played by Belzer, became a popular character and continued his role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with the two shows sharing a universe and having crossover episodes.

All seven seasons have been remastered to HD and 4K, overcoming the challenge of licensed music that had previously prevented the show from being available for streaming.

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NBC has officially ordered a spin-off of the popular legal drama "Suits" titled "Suits: L.A.," starring Stephen Amell as Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor now representing high-profile clients in Los Angeles. The show will explore Ted's personal and professional challenges in his new role.

The spin-off's greenlight is attributed to the massive success of the original "Suits" series on Netflix, where it became the most-streamed show of 2023.

The cast of "Suits: L.A." includes Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis, Bryan Greenberg, and others.

NBC has also ordered "Grosse Pointe Garden Society," a murder mystery series from the creators of "Good Girls," following four members of a suburban garden club caught up in murder and mischief.

The cast includes Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb, Aja Naomi King, and Ben Rappaport.

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MSNBC made the decision to pull its flagship morning program "Morning Joe" from airing on Monday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a report by CNN.

Viewers tuning in to watch the typically anti-Trump program, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, were instead greeted with continued NBC News special reporting on Saturday's attempt on Trump's life. An MSNBC spokesperson stated that "Morning Joe" would resume its regular broadcast on Tuesday. CNN reported that a person familiar with the decision said it was made partly due to concerns that one of the show's many guests over its four-hour broadcast "might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole."

The decision to remove the show from the airwaves was reportedly made by Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, in consultation with MSNBC president Rashida Jones and the show's co-hosts. The move by MSNBC to keep "Morning Joe" off the air surprised political observers, with some conservatives arguing that it demonstrated a lack of trust in one of the network's most high-profile shows to sensitively cover a fraught situation. "The fact that Morning Joe's own network can't trust its flagship brand not to spew reckless and inflammatory crap during breaking news tells you all you need to know about the credibility of the MSNBC line-up," a veteran Republican consultant told Fox News Digital.

The decision also drew criticism from some liberal voices. Jeff Jarvis, a liberal journalist, expressed his frustration on X, saying, "What the f---, MSNBC? You preempted your excellent weekend programming… and now you've silenced [Morning Joe] in favor of your anodyne streaming news cos-play called Now? This is when we need the analysis and conversation these shows bring us (yes, with controversy; that is how public discourse works through it: with discussion). It is shocking that NBC/Comcast do not understand their own company's programs and raison d'etre."

Scarborough and Brzezinski have a complex history with Trump. Initially supportive of his political chances in 2015 and 2016, they became some of his harshest critics after he assumed the presidency. The show has been known for its strong anti-Trump rhetoric in recent years, with hosts and guests frequently portraying Trump as an authoritarian threat to the nation.

The assassination attempt on Trump occurred during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The former president was wounded in the ear by a would-be assassin's bullet. The shooter killed one attendee and critically wounded two others before being killed by law enforcement.

Both Republicans and Democrats have called for Americans to lower the temperature and unite in the wake of the attempted assassination. Trump is expected to accept the 2024 Republican nomination for president this week in Milwaukee. MSNBC did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision to pull "Morning Joe" from its Monday lineup.

"Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening," a spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group said in a statement to CNN. "As we continue to cover this story into the week, the networks will continue to cross simulcast, alternating between NBC News, NBC News NOW and 'MSNBC Reports,' so there is one news feed covering this developing situation."

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NBC's streaming service, Peacock, announced on Monday night the upcoming production of a new crime drama by David E. Kelly, which will be based on the novel "The Missing File" by Israeli author Dror Mishani and the 2019 Israeli tv show of the same name. The English adaptation, which will bear the same name as the book, will retell the story of police officer Avraham, this time within the context of New York City and the NYPD.

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The streaming service has commissioned eight episodes of the series thus far, which will effectively be an international collaboration produced by Universal Studios and Keshet Studios. David E. Kelly, who will act as producer and screenwriter, has said he was "fascinated by Dror's affair" and "jumped at the chance to bring the story to life."

The original book by Mishani tells the story of the disappearance of a 16-year-old boy in a Tel Aviv suburb, and the subsequent investigation that is undertaken by Israeli detective Avraham Avraham. It is the first of many novels Mishani would write revolving around detective Avraham. After its original publication in 2011, it was translated from Hebrew to English in 2013 and adapted into a miniseries in Israel in 2019.

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The spread of the contagious Delta variant has led to a four-month peak in daily coronavirus infections in Israel, with more than 800 cases reported by the Health Ministry Friday.

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As of Friday morning, there were 5,817 active cases in Israel, with 99 patients hospitalized. Of those,18 were in critical condition and 17 were on ventilators.

Of the 56,624 Israelis that were screened for the virus in the past 24 hours, 855 (1.52%) tested positive. Israel has reported 837,394, including 6,443 deaths, since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The ministry also recorded "a sharp increase in the number of patients in serious condition due to the spread of the delta strain." The number of seriously ill patients went from 25 cases just two weeks ago to 52 cases reported on Friday. Similarly, the number of active cases went from an average of 3,700 last week to 5,800 this week.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced he would be convening an emergency meeting with top health, defense and transportation officials at 2 p.m. on Friday to discuss the alarming spike in morbidity.

On Thursday, the government instituted a so-called "happy pass," slated to come into effect on July 21, that would allow fully immunized Israelis, as well as those who recovered from COVID or present a negative test, to attend weddings and other large indoor events.

Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration is hoping to grant emergency authorization for vaccines for children under the age of 12 by midwinter, an FDA official told NBC on Friday.

According to the official, the FDA needed a few more months of safety follow-up data. By giving the kids' innoculations the green light, the organization was hoping to bring relief to many parents who have been unable to vaccinate their children.

Professor Galia Rahav, head of Sheba Medical Center's Infectious Disease Unit, welcomed the move.

"It's impossible to achieve herd immunity without vaccinating the children. Once the FDA gives its approval, we will support the move as well," she said.

"At least 85% of the population must get vaccinated to achieve her immunity, and we know now that the younger the person is, the more effective the inoculation. The question is what the side effects on children might be. Pfizer is conducting a trial now to check the vaccine's safety. Initial results show that it is safe."

Professor Ronit Calderon-Margalit from Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine also spoke out in favor of vaccinating children under the age of 12, but cautioned not to rush the process.

"If we want to reach heard immunity, then this is the way to go. However, since the side effects were mostly reported with young people, we must first examine how significant the research data is and look into it properly."

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"The expansion of hassidic communities in New York's Hudson Valley, the Catskills, and northern New Jersey has led to predictable sparring over new housing development and local political control. It has also led to flare-ups of rhetoric seen by some as anti-Semitic," the NBC report said.

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The article was also picked up by The Associated Press.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lior Haiat lambasted NBC for running the article, which implies that Jews were to blame for the recent attacks against them.

The "outrageous NBC New York article blames the Jews for the rising of anti-Semitism in the New York area. Once again, the victim is blamed for the attacker's racism. Instead of explanations and excuses, we need unequivocal action against racism and anti-Semitism," Haiat wrote on Twitter.

An outrageous @NBCNewYork article blames the Jews for the rising of anti-Semitism in the New York area.
Once again, the victim is blamed for the attacker's racism.
Instead of explanations and excuses, we need unequivocal action against #racism and #antiSemitism pic.twitter.com/mllHNNOY9J

— Lior Haiat (@LiorHaiat) January 2, 2020

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