NBC Picks Up Bruckheimer Drama ‘Chase’

Order marks net’s fifth new scripted series for 2010-11 season

By Melissa Grego -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/10/2010 5:50:48 PM

NBC has picked up Chase, a new drama from executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, The Amazing Race) and Jennifer Johnson (Cold Case), Angela Bromstad, president, primetime entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios, announced May 10.

Chase joins previously announced Undercovers, The Event, Love Bites and Outsourced as the fifth new scripted series currently announced for NBC's new season.  Additional pickups are expected to be announced as NBC preps its upfront presentation, which is scheduled for Monday May 17 in New York.

NBC describes Chase as a fast-paced drama amid a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives.  Kelli Giddish (Past Life) stars as a cowboy boot-wearing marshal from Texas. Cole Hauser (K-Ville), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Rose Rollins (The L Word) and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) also star as members of Frost's elite team.

Chase is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc., in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television.  Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman  and Johnson serve as executive producers, while KristieAnne Reed is co-executive producer. David Nutter (The Mentalist) directed and is executive producer of the pilot, which was written by Johnson.