NBC’s Newlyweds premieres with weekly episodes planned for Fridays

NBC’s sitcom Newlyweds premiered Friday, October 23, with new episodes scheduled to air weekly at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT and become available on Peacock the following day. The series stars Téa Leoni and Tim Daly as a couple whose quick courtship leads to marriage, with Jamie Lee Curtis also starring as James’s ex-wife. Leoni plays Jeanie, a free-spirited woman who marries Daly’s James, a buttoned-up professor. The story follows the couple as they adjust to each other’s contrasting habits and to Jeanie’s large circle of friends and family. Curtis, who co-created the sitcom, plays Claudia. The ensemble also includes Emma Meisel, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Bill O’Neill and Al Madrigal. NBC had not decided whether to renew the show for a second season, according to an October 24 episode-schedule report. The network’s release plan lists the premiere on October 23 and the second episode, “My Place or Yours,” for October 30. The schedule report also lists an episode on October 18, a date that precedes the premiere, so that entry does not establish a later release date. The early episodes were reviewed before the premiere. A television reviewer described the three episodes made available as a...