NBC is developing “Worth,” a detective drama about a decorated Army Ranger who becomes a celebrity author before going back to police work in Nashville. Mike Diliberti is writing and executive producing the project with executive producers Jake Coburn and Jack Carr, and it’s set up at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Deadline reported Nov. 2.
The TV series remains in development, which means NBC hasn’t ordered it to series yet. At this stage, a network typically commissions scripts and shapes a project before deciding whether to move forward with a pilot or a series order.
What “Worth” is about
The show centers on Will Worth, a brash war hero whose best-selling books made him a pop-culture celebrity. He stops coasting on that fame when he heads home to Nashville and takes back his old job as a detective. That mix of battlefield honors, literary fame and police work gives the series its hook.
The creative team behind “Worth”
Diliberti, the project’s writer and executive producer, stepped behind the camera for the first time with 2025’s “Bad Man,” an action comedy he co-wrote and directed with Seann William Scott, Johnny Simmons and Rob Riggle in the cast. Before that, he wrote the screenplay for Sony’s 2011 action comedy “30 Minutes or Less,” which Ruben Fleischer directed and Ben Stiller produced.
Coburn already has a strong track record at NBC. He co-created and executive produced the network’s 2022 crime drama “The Endgame,” then served as co-showrunner and executive producer on “The Hunting Party.” He’s also developing “Gatsby,” a police procedural, for NBC with Jason Tracey.
Carr, a former Navy SEAL turned author, rounds out the producing team. The No. 1 New York Times best-selling author wrote “The Terminal List,” the novel behind Prime Video’s series starring Chris Pratt, and he’s an executive producer on that show too. His 20 years in Naval Special Warfare took him from enlisted SEAL sniper to junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. He later worked counterinsurgency as a platoon commander in the southern Philippines and went on to command a special operations task unit in southern Iraq during the drawdown of U.S. forces.
Why the project fits NBC’s crime drama lineup
NBC has a long history with crime and detective dramas, and Coburn’s work on “The Endgame,” “The Hunting Party” and now “Gatsby” puts “Worth” in familiar territory for the network. Carr’s combat experience could also lend real-world texture to Will Worth’s jump from the battlefield to the police department, even though the character is an Army Ranger rather than a SEAL.
What’s next for “Worth”
No premiere window, production start date or casting has been announced. Because “Worth” is still in development, it would need a script, and possibly a pilot, before NBC decides whether to give it a full series order.
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