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Grammer Heads Back to NBC; Lanterns Waits on Writers

Grammer is also executive producing Pops, written by longtime Chicago Med writer-producer Danny Weiss; it is only in development, so nobody has seen a frame.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte on Late Night BBN
Published 10:06 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Photo: Kelsey Grammer — Photo: Exchanges Photos · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by Deadline: “Kelsey Grammer Returning To NBC As Star Of EMT Drama In Development From ‘Chicago Med’ Alum”, with reporting from Variety.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 10:06 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: Chicago, NBC.
BBN covered this story before: White House rebukes Chicago mayor over reparations demands (October 14).

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What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDeadline has the exclusive: Kelsey Grammer returns to NBC, twenty-two years after Frasier, in a drama called Pops, where he plays an EMT.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI loved it. Best show on television, and I will defend every episode.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is in development. There are no episodes. There is barely a script.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen the pilot is going to be incredible. And Variety says Lanterns needs its writers' room to convene before season two gets a green light.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the room has to out-write itself. That is a hard job, and nobody has told us where the room is.