NBCUniversal’s Saturday lineup at the winter Television Critics Association press tour came with lots of exciting news for critics: TheChuckyTV series is happening on Syfy! A new show foron NBC!andare back as Golden Globes hosts!Dwayne JohnsonTina Fey Amy Poehler

It also came with some frustrations, as NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy was also met with questions regarding former??co-host Gabrielle Union’s complains of workplace toxicity, as well assudden firing of new hire Shane Gillis before the start of the sketch show’s new season. (Rotten Tomatoes, like television channels NBC and Syfy, is also a division of NBCUniversal).America’s Got TalentSaturday Night Live’s

Below, we’ve gathered some intel …

MAKING NEW SHOWS FEELS LIKECHILD’S PLAY

While much of the day was focused on broadcast network NBC, there was still news coming from the cable networks under the NBCUniversal umbrella. One big one is that Syfy has given a straight-to-series order forChucky, a television show about the cherubic homicidal doll from theChild’s Playmovies.

According to the press release, the plot follows what happens “after a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale,” causing “an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets.” Plus, it promises “the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past [who threaten] to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.”

Don Mancini, who wrote the 1988 filmChild’s Play, created and will show-run this series. He’s also directing the first episode. He is executive producing along with David Kirschner, who produced that film, Nick Antosca and Harley Peyton.

A premiere date has yet to be announced.

THE GLOBES’ LEADING LADIES

promised that thewould be his last as host, and?it looks like he and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have made good on that; NBC announced on Saturday that close friends and network regulars,and, would return as co-hosts of the annual awards show.Ricky Gervais2020 Golden Globes ceremonyTina FeyAmy Poehler

Poehler announced the news herself at TCA, appearing on stage at the beginning of the press day in place of NBC Entertainment executive vice president of communications Chip Sullivan. She also shared that NBC has renewedMaking It, the feel-good crafting show hosted by herself and, for a third season. NBC is also working with Fey and her30 Rockshowrunner Robert Carlock on an untitled comedy that starsas?mayor of Los Angeles and also includesand.Nick OffermanTed DansonHolly HunterBobby Moynihan

THE ROCK’S NOSTALGIC NEW SHOW(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Before he was a charismatic Tweeter, former wrestler, star of HBO’s??and the world’s highest paid actor June 2018–June 2019 (),?was a scrappy kid causing trouble. Johnson and’s?will explore?his trajectory for our entertainment in new series,The Young Rock. The sitcom, which Telegdy announced Saturday, has a straight-to-series order. While no premiere date has been announced, Johnson recorded a cellphone video for TCA that included him talking passionately about his roots and also promising that he would be featured in each episode.Ballers,according to ForbesDwayne “The Rock” JohnsonFresh Off the BoatNahnatchka Khan

AGT,SNLAND NBC’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES DRAMA(Photo by Trae Patton/NBC)

Actress Gabrielle Union announced she’d be leaving her post as co-host ofAmerica’s Got Talentin December, citing a toxic work environment and causing NBC to launch an investigation into working conditions on the set of the popular reality competition show. Telegdy told journalists that this investigation is still on-going but he said that “we will put new practices into place, if necessary.”

Telegdy was also asked if new vetting policies were put in place after sketch showSaturday Night Livehired and then eventually fired Shane Gillis. The comedian lost his job after journalist Seth Simons and others brought to light his history of saying racist comments on his podcast.

The executive said that, while he does thinkSNLboss Lorne Michaels acted quickly, the incident “was a learning moment for a lot of people.”

Still, he added that ““vetting people is very triggering for people who live in a world of free speech and comedy … that it is an enormously fine line and a gray area.”

The latest NBC controversies follow other behind-the-scenes drama in recent years, including the ousting ofTodayshow host Matt Lauer due to allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, and NBC News’?refusal to air Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein that went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and helped spawn the #MeToo movement.

PEACOCK ON THE HORIZON

The news that reboots and other iterations of classic shows likeSaved by the BellandPunky Brewsterare being developed for upcoming streaming service Peacock instead of NBC has raised eyebrows — and irked quite a few who don’t want to deal with another streamer. Telegdy said this was a studio decision, but “would I doSaved By the Bellagain? Hell yeah!”

Telegdy also said his programming will appear on Peacock, saying “of course we’ve been working in partnership with them, because it’s called Peacock for a reason.”

JIMMY FALLON’S NEW SHOW,NEW AMSTERDAMRENEWAL NEWS, AND MORE

In the meantime, NBC does have plenty of new and returning shows for you to watch. Telegdy announced Saturday thatTonight Showhost Jimmy Fallon will also host the network’s new seriesThat’s My Jam. Based on musical segments from Fallon’s late-night show, the comedy variety series will allow celebrities to compete with each other through song and dance. It will premiere during the Tokyo Olympics.

NBC renewedNew Amsterdamfor three seasons, keeping the medical drama on the air at least through the 2022-23 television season, and renewed its successful holiday special event seriesEllen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways, from executive producer, for a new season.Ellen DeGeneres

The network also ordered?10-part global event seriesThe New Worldfrom BBC Studios Natural History Unit, which is set to air in 2024.?The series?will scale across North America, Central America, and South America to explore the vast landscapes, remote wilderness and mysterious creatures?of the region.

Syfy announced that it is developing limited seriesThe League of Pan, which picks up wherePeter Panleft off and follows a group of misfit youths who refuse to grow up.Dominion’sBrian McCauley Johnson is writing.

THIS IS US… WANTING MORE

NBC’s press day also included a panel for its tear-jerker family dramaThis Is Us, where creatorand the stars provided some teasers.Dan Fogelman

Co-starsaid the mid-season premiere, which airs January 14, will continue to delve into his character Randall’s “mental health and how he takes care of himself — what’s right and what’s wrong about how he takes care of himself and how he could potentially do a better job of that.” Fogelman added that it will also kick off what those involved with the show call trilogy episodes, meaning that it will connect with subsequent episodes that will deal with Randall’s?twin siblings, sister Kate (Chrissy Metz) and brother Kevin (Justin Hartley).Sterling K. Brown

As for internet fan theories that the show in its entirety exists in the mind of one of the characters, similar to the reveal at the end ofSt. Elsewhere, or that it’s actually being toldHow I Met Your Mother–style with one character retelling the journey to others?

“I don’t think we’re going to pull the wool out of what the narrative thread of the story is,” Fogelman said.