NBC orders a full season of 'Timeless' with Abigail Spencer and Goran Višnjić

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- NBC says it has ordered a full season of its freshman, sci-fi drama Timeless.

"Timeless is a phenomenal new show that takes the audience emotionally to a completely different place and time each week," Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement Tuesday. "We're thrilled to be ordering additional episodes so that we can run the final six hours of the season in a row with no pre-emptions after the new year. Our hats are off to Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan for producing one of the most ambitious new shows anywhere on television."

The time-hopping series -- which now includes 16 episodes -- stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Višnjić, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit.