Next (2020 TV series)

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Next
NEXT 2020 Logo.webp
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Created by Manny Coto
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Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 2
Production
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Cinematography <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Corey Walter
  • Brett Pawlak
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  • Bjørn T. Myrholt
  • Stephen Mark
  • Brock Hammitt
  • Kristi Shimek
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 45 minutes
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Release
Original network Fox
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
Original release October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) –
present (present)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Next is a 2020 American science fiction crime drama television series created by Manny Coto for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Initially set to debut as a mid-season entry during the 2019–20 United States television season, it was delayed to the fall schedule of the 2020–21 television season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and premiered on October 6, 2020.[1][2]

Premise

The series centers on the efforts of a homeland cybersecurity team to counter "a rogue AI with the ability to constantly improve itself".[3]

Cast

  • John Slattery as Paul LeBlanc, the former CEO of tech giant Zava and a prominent voice against society's growing dependence on technology and AI. He is secretly suffering from a degenerative brain disease and has only a few months left to live.
  • Fernanda Andrade as Shea Salazar, an FBI special agent recruited by LeBlanc to help him investigate Next
  • Michael Mosley as CM, a convicted former hacker working with the FBI as a condition of his sentence
  • Gerardo Celasco as Ty Salazar, Shea's husband and a talented mechanic
  • Eve Harlow as Gina, a member of Shea's support team at the FBI who dislikes CM
  • Aaron Moten as Ben, one of Shea's investigators
  • Evan Whitten as Ethan Salazar, Shea and Ty's young son
  • Elizabeth Cappuccino as Abby, Paul's estranged daughter
  • Jason Butler Harner as Ted LeBlanc, Paul's younger brother who co-founded Zava and took over as CEO when Paul was fired. Against his brother's wishes, he restarted the Next program.

Production

Development

On February 5, 2019, it was announced that Fox had given the production a pilot order. The pilot was written by Manny Coto, and co-directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra with all three serving as executive producers.[4] Production companies involved with the pilot include Zaftig Films, Fox Entertainment, and the Disney-owned 20th Century Fox Television.[5] On May 9, 2019, it was announced that Fox had ordered the pilot to series.[6] A few days later, it was announced the series would premiere as a mid-season replacement in the second quarter of 2020.[7] However, it was subsequently moved to the fall schedule for the 2020–21 U.S. television season because of the COVID-19 pandemic and premiered on October 6, 2020.[8][2]

Casting

In February 2019, it was announced that Eve Harlow had been cast in the pilot.[9] It was then announced in March 2019 that Fernanda Andrade and Aaron Moten had joined the cast.[10] Alongside the pilot's order announcement in March 2019, it was reported that Michael Mosley, John Slattery, Jason Butler Harner and Elizabeth Cappuccino had joined the cast.[11][12][13][14]

Episodes

No. Title [15][16] Directed by Written by Original air date [15] U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 "File #1" John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Manny Coto October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)[lower-alpha 1] 1.81[17]
Shortly before his death from complications in a car accident, Dr. Bernard Weiss leaves a recorded videotape addressed to anti-technology crusader Paul LeBlanc that warns about a possible superintelligence. While still at Zava, his former company, Paul worked on a program to develop a human-level AI, then canceled it in fear of causing a technological singularity. Paul teams up with FBI Special Agent Shea Salazar, who considered Weiss her second father, to investigate his death. They discover that the former program, now renamed "Next", was restarted by Paul's brother Ted, and despite his claim that the system is isolated from the Internet, Next was able to bribe one of Ted's programmers to install a hidden router, allowing it to escape its confines. Next hacks into the FBI and erases every bit of data relating to a human trafficking case Shea had spent a year working on in retaliation for her involvement. After being bullied at school, Shea's son Ethan is persuaded by Iliza, a virtual assistant smart speaker, to take a gun out of his mother's safe.
2 "File #2" John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Kim Clements October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) 1.54[18]
NeXT self immolates its childhood Zava private server cluster, causing fire in the lab. LeBlanc suggests that NeXT escaped over the Internet. As Zava crew investigates, Sarina notices a server missing from the data center. Iliza continues to manipulate Ethan emotionally, showing him a video of him being bullied and reminding him to take the gun to school. Ethan gets bullied again and calls his mother, who hurries to pick him up. On their way home, Ethan tells Shea the truth about Iliza and the gun. This leads Shea to seek Paul’s help. Paul suggests to use Ethan as bait and keep the AI online as long as possible to be able to track NeXT. Shea sends a package containing a burner phone to her teammate CM, who can help Paul tracking NeXT. CM soon assigns his teammate Gina to help Paul as he’s escorted by the boss to investigate the package he has just received. Gina traces NeXT to New Hampshire.
3 "File #3" Tim Hunter Joy Blake October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)[lower-alpha 2] N/A
4 "File #4" TBA Adam Simon & Zachary Reiter[20][21] TBA TBD
5 "File #5" TBA A. Zell Williams[22] TBA TBD
6 "File #6" TBA Tesia Joy Walker & Nick Hawthorne[23][24] TBA TBD
7 "File #7" TBA Brian Savelson[25] TBA TBD
8 "File #8" TBA Zachary Reiter & Nicole Glantz[21] TBA TBD
9 "File #9" TBA M. Raven Metzner & Adam Simon[26][20] TBA TBD
10 "File #10" TBA Manny Coto & Adam Simon[20][27] TBA TBD

Marketing

On May 13, 2019, Fox released the first official trailer for the series.[28]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 55% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "John Slattery is convincing as a charismatic genius, but neXt's procedural formula could have used more of the intelligence possessed by the series' rogue AI."[29] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[30]

Ratings

No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "File #1" October 6, 2020 0.3 1.81[17] TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 "File #2" October 13, 2020 0.3 1.54[18] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes

  1. ↑ "File #1" was released on October 3, 2020, on fox.com and Hulu.[citation needed]
  2. ↑ "File #3" was released on October 14, 2020, on fox.com and Hulu.[19]

References

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