NBC Temporarily Stops Production on Upcoming Drama Awake

NBC has temporarily halted production on its midseason supernatural drama Awaketo allow extra time to work on the scripts, Vulture reports.

The series stars Jason Isaacs as a man who — after a car accident — lives in two very different realities: One where his wife died in the accident but his son survived, and the other where his son didn't survive but his wife lived.

ER alum Laura Innes joins Awake

Awake, executive-produced by Lone Star's Kyle Killen and 24's Howard Gordon, has completed production on six episodes. The hiatus will last approximately four weeks.

"We've got [six] scripts and episodes we're very proud of, but we felt the show would benefit from having more time to plot out where we're going," Gordon told the site. "It's a very complex show, and since we weren't under any gun in terms of delivering episodes by a deadline, we asked for [the hiatus]." Gordon acknowledged "there's a narrow margin for error" because of the complicated narrative, but also said he thinks the break is a "measure of faith in us" from NBC.

Awake will debut sometime next year on NBC.