{"id":477161,"date":"2026-02-19T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477161\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:43:09","slug":"peter-krause-joins-cast-of-nbc-pilot-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477161\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Krause Joins Cast Of NBC Pilot &#8216;Protection&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/peter-krause\/\" id=\"auto-tag_peter-krause\" data-tag=\"peter-krause\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Krause<\/a> (9-1-1, Six Feet Under) has joined the ensemble cast of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> drama pilot <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/protection\/\" id=\"auto-tag_protection\" data-tag=\"protection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Protection<\/a>, from creator, writer and executive producer Josh Safran (Quantico, Gossip Girl).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe project heralds Krause\u2019s return to NBC, the network that aired the hit series Parenthood, in which he starred as Adam Braverman across the show\u2019s six seasons from 2010-15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn Protection, when a U.S. marshal falls in the line of duty, a seemingly cut-and-drierd case turns into a deadly conspiracy as a family of law enforcement agents becomes the target of a mysterious assassin. Bridging personal differences and crossing professional boundaries, the Thornhill family must use the expertise from a lifetime of protecting civilians and politicians to protect one another and bring the killer to justice \u2014 even if it means betraying their sworn code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn a series-regular role, Krause will play Mike Thornhill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSafran executive produces with Jenna Bush Hager and her executive Ben Spector. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio. The project falls under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/02\/jenna-bush-hager-first-look-deal-universal-studio-group-1234932936\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the first-look deal<\/a>\u00a0Bush Hager has with Universal Studio Group for her Thousand Voices production company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKrause is coming off eight seasons of the Fox\/ABC series 9-1-1, where he starred as Bobby Nash. Fans of the long-running procedural following the lives of emergency responders in Los Angeles were left heartbroken after Krause\u2019s storyline concluded, but now they have something to look forward to should the pilot receive a series order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKrause is best known for his work on the acclaimed HBO drama series Six Feet Under, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also is recognized for his role in NBC\u2019s Parenthood, the beloved family dramedy loosely based on Ron Howard\u2019s 1989 film. Krause made his TV debut on Carol Burnett\u2019s hit variety show Carol and Company, followed by a recurring role on Cybill. Additional small-screen credits include The Catch, Dirty Sexy Money, Sports Night and the cable miniseries The Lost Room. He is repped by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Krause (9-1-1, Six Feet Under) has joined the ensemble cast of the NBC drama pilot Protection, from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,1254,220708,19870,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-477161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-nbc","10":"tag-peter-krause","11":"tag-protection","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}