‘La Brea’ Gets Second Season Order on NBC

Zyra Gorecki (l.) and Natalie Zea in NBC's 'La Brea.'
(Image credit: Sarah Enticknap/NBC)

NBC has renewed Tuesday drama La Brea for a second season. The show, about a massive sinkhole tearing up Los Angeles, debuted Sept. 28.

The cast includes Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jack Martin, Zyra Gorecki, Jon Seda, Chiké Okonkwo, Karina Logue, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney and Nicholas Gonzalez. 

Those who fell into the sinkhole find themselves in a mysterious primeval land, where they must band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what the heck happened in Los Angeles. 

NBC said the pilot has been seen by 19.8 million viewers.

Writer David Appelbaum executive produces the show with Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter

Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt and Ken Woodruff.

La Brea is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Keshet Studios.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.