NBC is giving their new mid-season comedies Telenovela and Superstore a sizeable launching pad. The network has announced that both series will air back-to-back episode behind ratings juggernaut The Voice later this year before settling into the regular time-slots in January. 
NBC is trimming down two of their midseason comedies. The network has cut the orders for both Superstore and Hot & Bothered to eleven episodes, down from the thirteen episodes initially ordered when NBC picked up both series. 
After picking up three new dramas last week (Chicago Med, Blindspot and Heartbreakers), NBC has turned their attention to their comedy slate and picked up comedy pilots People Are Talking, Crowded and Superstore to series. 
NBC has handed out pilot orders to comedies Superstore, How We Live and an as-yet untitled comedy from Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner - all three of which hail from NBC's sister studio Universal Television.