NBC has announced that they plan to release all 13 episodes of their new series Aquarius online. The season will be released following the two-hour debut on television on May 28th.
Here are the details:
NBC TO MAKE AVAILABLE ENTIRE DAVID DUCHOVNY SERIES “AQUARIUS” WITH LINEAR NETWORK PREMIERE
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – April 29, 2015 – To offer viewers the same binge-viewing experience they now enjoy on streaming platforms, NBC will make the unprecedented move of releasing all 13 episodes of David Duchovny’s new series “Aquarius” on NBC.com and the NBC app after the show’s two-hour linear network premiere on May 28, 2015. The entire series will also be offered to all other video-on-demand platforms for release at that time as well.
In making the announcement, NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt said, “With ‘Aquarius’ we have the opportunity to push some new boundaries to give our audience something no broadcast network has done before. We are fully aware how audiences want to consume multiple episodes of new television series faster and at their own discretion, and we’re excited to offer our viewers this same experience since all 13 episodes of this unique show have been produced and are ready to be seen. I appreciate the enthusiasm we’ve gotten from the producers of the show and our partner Marty Adelstein of Tomorrow Studios to launch this series in a new, forward-thinking way.”
One of the key points of the arrangement is that the show will be available to only a handful of certain advertising partners so the linear broadcast on NBC will mirror the commercial load on the VOD platforms. This will result in limited interruption – both on-air and off – giving viewers and advertising partners an enhanced and innovative experience.
The full 13 episodes will remain up on the various digital platforms for a four-week period, while each new one-hour episode will continue to premiere, as planned, each week in the 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot on NBC.
Los Angeles. 1967.
Sam Hodiak (David Duchovny, “Californication,” “The X-Files”), a decorated World War II vet and homicide detective, barely recognizes the city he’s now policing. Long hair, cheap drugs, rising crime, protests, free love, police brutality, Black Power and the Vietnam War are radically remaking the world he and the Greatest Generation saved from fascism 20 years ago.
So when Emma Karn (Emma Dumont, “Salvation,” “Bunheads”), the 16-year-old daughter of an old girlfriend, goes missing in a sea of hippies and Hodiak agrees to find her, he faces only hostility, distrust and silence. He enlists the help of Brian Shafe (Grey Damon, “True Blood,” “Friday Night Lights”) – a young, idealistic undercover vice cop who’s been allowed to grow his hair out – to infiltrate this new counterculture and find her.
The generational conflict between the two is immediate and heated, yet they’re both dedicated officers and soon realize the need to bring Emma home is more urgent than they foresaw. The immediacy arises because she has joined a small, but growing, band of drifters under the sway of a career criminal who now dreams of being a rock star: Charles Manson (Gethin Anthony, “Game of Thrones”).
Ringing with the unparalleled music of the era, “Aquarius” is a sprawling work of historical fiction that begins two years before the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. It’s a shocking thriller, a nuanced character drama and, in the end, the story of how we became who we are today.
Writer John McNamara serves as executive producer with Marty Adelstein (“Prison Break”), David Duchovny, Becky Clements and Melanie Greene. “Aquarius” is a production of Tomorrow Studios, a joint partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios.
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What do you think? Do you plan to check out Aquarius on NBC? Is this release plan a good idea?
Love this show, Aquarius. I also enjoyed the ability to binge watch, but will take it however I can get it. I thought the series got better and more interesting as time went on. I hope people stayed tuned to see how great it was. Please, please Renew.
Love Aquarius, David D., the 60s, and all the old cars. Please don’t cancel.
So when does Season 2 start?
Love the show. I really didn’t expect to. Only two more episodes left to watch On Demand. I hope it is renewed!
NBC does cancel a lot of shows, but I seriously doubt NBC has cancelled Aquarius already. If they did they would be shooting themselves in the foot.
To those of you who still want Allegiance back… apparently you never watched THE AMERICANS…… a far superior show… w/the same premise. As for NBC cancelling show we like…. they ALLLLLL do it! Without caring one way or the other how we feel.
I take notes on who advertises on the programs we like… then, if the program is cancelled, I complain to THAT company and not the network!
And why can’t we like both Allegiance and The Americans, huh??
Does complaining to the advertisers actually work? Seriously, I want to know. If it does I might start doing that.
Wow!…That’s an even quicker cancellation than “Allegiance”…no matter what they choose to call it…I do not plan on watching NBC shows anymore if I can help it…
Why another police drama? Don’t we have enough onscreen and in real life? Do we need more to escalate the violence that is already going on in the real world???
It was picked up for the full season already so at least we will get that.
Beware ! I am worry about getting hook with this new show, and NBC canceling after the first 5 episodes like they did with Allegiance. Bring back Allegiance.
According to the article they are releasing all 13 episodes online after the show’s two-hour linear network premiere on May 28, 2015 that implies they are showing all episodes for the show season 1. So all episodes at once online after the 2 hour premiere. Unless they change something means you will see all of season 1.