NBC will release entire season of David Duchovny's 'Aquarius' on premiere date

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- NBC says it plans to release all 13 episodes of David Duchovny's new 1967 Los Angeles-set drama Aquarius on NBC.com and the NBC app after the show's 2-hour network premiere May 28.

The entire series will be offered to all other video-on-demand platforms for release at that time, as well.

"With Aquarius, we have the opportunity to push some new boundaries to give our audience something no broadcast network has done before," NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt said in a statement Wednesday. "We are fully aware how audiences want to consume multiple episodes of new television series faster and at their own discretion, and we're excited to offer our viewers this same experience since all 13 episodes of this unique show have been produced and are ready to be seen. I appreciate the enthusiasm we've gotten from the producers of the show and our partner Marty Adelstein of Tomorrow Studios to launch this series in a new, forward-thinking way."

The full 13 episodes will remain up on the various digital platforms for a 4-week period, while each new one-hour episode will continue to premiere, as planned, every week in the 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot on NBC.

The show follows Duchovny's Sam Hodiak, "a decorated World War II vet and homicide detective, [who] barely recognizes the city he's now policing. Long hair, cheap drugs, rising crime, protests, free love, police brutality, Black Power and the Vietnam War are radically remaking the world he and the Greatest Generation saved from fascism 20 years ago," a synopsis said.

The cast will also feature Emma Dumont, Grey Damon and Gethin Anthony.