NgoNovemba nyakenye, isikhathi sesishiyagalombili sohlu lwezengqondo "uhlu olumnyama" luqale esiteshini se-NBC TV. Ngaphandle kwezilinganiso eziceliwe, uchungechunge lusathola isandiso sesikhathi sesishiyagalolunye. Lokhu kubikwa yi-tvline ngokubhekiswa esitatimendeni se-NBC.
Ngokusho kokushicilelwa, iziqephu ezintathu zokuqala zesizini yesishiyagalombili "Uhlu Olumnyama" oluqoqwe ngokwesilinganiso cishe ababukeli abayizigidi eziyi-3.5. Uma uqhathanisa nesizini yesikhombisa, ukwehla kwezinkomba zokulinganisa kusukela ngo-19% kuya ku-28%. Kodwa-ke, ngokwesitatimende se-NBC, engeza ezilinganisweni zethelevishini ukuze zidlalwe kabusha idatha nge-telecase, khona-ke kuvela ukuthi iphrojekthi isifinyelele ezilalelini ezidingekayo ukuze zithathwe ngokwanele ukwelula.
Uchungechunge oluthi "Uhlu Olumnyama" lutshela ngokubambisana okungalindelekile kwe-ejenti ye-FBI Elizabeth Kein kanye nochwepheshe wangaphambili, futhi manje obuyingozi kakhulu futhi obufuna ubugebengu raymond reddington. Ngokuzithandela unikela nge-bureau futhi uthembisa ukuzosiza ngosizo nokubamba izingqondo zobugebengu ezihlekisayo.
Izindima eziyinhloko zenziwa nguJames Spanger, waseMegan Boon, uHarry Lennix, u-Amison a arison nabanye. UMdali weKhombisa uJohn Aness waziwa ngokusebenza amafilimu "inselele ekhathazekile" futhi "ukuphuza impilo".