By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-In 1989, NBC premiered a new science fiction series, “Quantum Leap.” It starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, who was a physicist that created a time machine and unwillingly got stuck in it, leaping into other people throughout the decades to correct [...]

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The true crime story of Pam Hupp was investigated on “Dateline NBC,” becoming one of the show’s most popular subjects. It went on to become a successful podcast in 2019, being downloaded more than 20 million times. Now, it’s the subject of an NBC limite [...]

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—NBC’s new drama “Ordinary Joe” spotlights the ‘what if’ scenario of college graduate Joe Kimbreau. Faced with three career choices—a rock singer, a nurse or a police officer—each episode moves back and forth among the three storylines, revealing how a s [...]

By LYNN BARKER Front Row Features ALBUQUERQUE—From the small town of Farmington, N.M., 2018’s winner of NBC’s “The Voice” is Chevel Shepherd. (She pronounces her first name “Chevelle”) The 16-year-old credits the popular TV talent show with helping her grow as a confident performer comfortable on [...]