BLAIR UNDERWOOD Signs Major Development/Talent Deal with NBC Universal TV

Blair Underwood has signed what Deadline calls "a major development/talent holding deal" with NBC/Universal TV.

Included in this agreement will be a starring vehicle for Underwood, developed by Universal, as well as a line item that would see Blair cast in another project, if the one Universal develops for him, which Deadline says is a priority, fails to fly.

Blair's last tango with NBC didn't end very well; the network canceled the sci-fi drama The Event last year - after its first and only season. In it Blair Underwood played the president of the USA.

Lately, Mr Underwood's been on...click to continue reading