Good evening, Washington DC. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to gear up for the premiere of NBC’s newest espionage thriller “Allegiance” premiering Next Thursday, February 5th @ 10:00pm. Last night, some lucky people got their first glimpse of the new series at the perfect place to view such a series: the International Spy Museum.
PREMISE:
Alex O’Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, learns a shocking secret and his close-knit, affluent family is about to be split apart when it’s revealed that his parents, Mark (Scott Cohen) and Katya (Hope Davis), are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago. But today the Kremlin has re-enlisted them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. border that will bring America to its knees.
Following the screening of the pilot, we enjoyed a 30-minute Q&A session with a panel of former espionage experts. The panel included featuring Oleg Kalugin (former KGB clandestine operative), Peter Earnest (former CIA operative and museum director), and Mark Stout (former CIA intelligence analyst).
As as extra added bonus, one of “Allegiance” stars, Alexandra Peters, was in attendance. Peters plays Sarah O’Connor, Alex’s younger sister. She stayed after the panel to pose for pictures and sign autographs.
My initial thoughts on the pilot is that this series has great potential to keep the audience on the edge of their seats when Alex’s family has to do what it takes in order to protect not the family but their own son from the ultimate secret.
Be sure to check out this Spy Thriller when Allegiance premiere Next Thursday at 10:00pm on NBC
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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!
My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.
Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.
As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.
