Oliver Sacks: Last News

The first season of Brilliant Minds is coming to an end on NBC this evening.

The season one finale of NBC‘s Brilliant Minds will air earlier than planned. The season one wrap-up will now air as a special event with back-to-back episodes on Monday, Jan. 6 at 9 and 10 pm ET/PT, NBC announced today. The original season finale date was a week later on Jan. 13.

Brilliant Minds isn’t just one of the best new shows on television, it also has roots in real-life.

Max Gao SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Lovesick Widow,” the eighth episode of the first season of NBC’s “Brilliant Minds.” Teddy Sears is the kind of character actor whose face is often more recognizable than his name. After making his professional acting debut in an episode of the daytime soap “One Life to Live” in 2001, the Maryland native has made a living jumping from guest role to guest role: on “Law & Order” (“SVU” and “Criminal Intent”), and, among others, “Mad Men,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Big Love.” In between those short stints, Sears broke out as a womanizing doctor in the Showtime period drama “Masters of Sex,” as a national director of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit in Fox’s short-lived “24: Legacy” and as the DC Comics supervillain Zoom in The CW’s “The Flash.” In 2011, he landed a recurring role in “American Horror Story: Murder House,” marking the first of four collaborations with Ryan Murphy.

Although Zachary Quinto only plays a doctor on television, his character has some very real inspiration.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Zachary Quinto has played “a lot of dark characters” in his career. So when he was offered the starring role in “Brilliant Minds” he jumped at it because the series “really comes from a place of light.” In the NBC medical drama, he plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, an eccentric neurologist treating patients with rare mental health conditions at a Bronx hospital.

Aramide Tinubu Based on the real-life work of neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks and created by Michael Grassi, NBC‘s newest medical drama, “Brilliant Minds” follows Dr. Oliver Wolf (an enjoyable Zachary Quinto), an unorthodox physician hellbent on solving his patients’ neurological and mental health issues.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Leonard Nimoy’s widow Susan will make a surprise appearance on Zachary Quinto’s new NBC medical drama, “Brilliant Minds.” Quinto became close to the Nimoys while playing Spock in three “Star Trek” movies starting in 2009. Nimoy, who died in 2015, originated the role of Spock in the original “Star Trek” series. Quinto stars in “Brilliant Minds” as a hospital neurologist treating patients with rare mental health conditions.

Brilliant Minds has added several guest stars to its Season 1 lineup.

William Earl UPDATED: The network upfronts are once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 13-16 for the springtime ritual of courting advertisers and media buyers and presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season. The industry is looking forward to a return to form after the disruption of last year’s writers and actors strikes.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony Award-winner Donna Murphy is set to recur in the new NBC medical drama Dr. Wolf opposite Zachary Quinto.

A long-gestating medical drama that’s inspired by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks has been handed a series order at NBC.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter NBC has given out a series order to the medical drama “Dr. Wolf,” Variety has learned. The show was originally ordered to pilot at NBC back in January.

EXCLUSIVE: Alex MacNicoll, Spence Moore II, Aury Krebs and Ashleigh LaThrop have been cast opposite Zachary Quinto in the NBC medical drama pilot Wolf.

EXCLUSIVE: Teddy Sears (American Horror Stories) and Tamberla Perry (All-American: Homecoming) have landed roles in the NBC medical drama pilot Wolf starring Zachary Quinto.

Zachary Quinto is returning to the small screen in NBC’s medical drama series, Wolf.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Zachary Quinto has been cast in the lead role of the NBC drama pilot “Wolf,” Variety has learned. The project was first ordered to pilot at the broadcaster back in January. It is inspired by the books “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “An Anthropologist on Mars” by Oliver Sacks. Per the official logline, “Wolf” will follow “a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist (Quinto) and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier, the human mind, while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health.” Quinto’s character is named Dr. Oliver Wolf. He is further described as “head of neurology at Bronx General and an obsessive genius. He’s drawn to people that society has deemed “other” and helps them find hope and purpose. He embraces differences rather than suppressing them.”

Heroes star Zachary Quinto is returning to NBC as the titular character in NBC’s Wolf, a one-hour medical drama pilot from writer-producer Michael Grassi, producer-director Lee Toland Krieger and executive producer Greg Berlanti. The project comes from Warner Bros Television, where all three are under overall deals.

Pilot season is starting to heat up, with NBC picking up a new project from an unlikely duo: Andy Serkis and Arrowverse creator Greg Berlanti.NBC has issued a pilot order for Wolf, which Berlanti - who received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May - and Serkis will executive produce, based on the live of neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, who passed away in 2015 at 82.While it's unclear if Serkis plans on starring in the project, he has been spearheading this project since January 2018, first developing it with Fabrik Entertainment. New show: Pilot season is starting to heat up, with NBC picking up a new project from an unlikely duo: Andy Serkis and Arrowverse creator Greg Berlanti True story: NBC has issued a pilot order for Wolf, which Berlanti - who received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May - and Serkis will executive produce, based on the live of neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks (seen above in 2009), who passed away in 2015 at 82 Unclear: While it's unclear if Serkis plans on starring in the project, he has been spearheading this project since January 2018, first developing it with Fabrik Entertainment After the first incarnation of the project fell through, Fox issued a put pilot order for the hour-long project in November 2019 with Alex Berger (Blindspot) slated to write the pilot.Now NBC has issued a pilot order for the one-hour medical drama, to be written by Michael Grassi (Riverdale).

NBC has ordered the pilot for Wolf, a one-hour medical drama from writer-producer Michael Grassi, producer-director Lee Toland Krieger and executive producer Greg Berlanti. The project comes from Warner Bros Television, where all three are under overall deals.