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Upfronts 2012: Watch previews of 4 NBC midseason series

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In addition to its fall lineup, NBC released trailers from its mid-season shows on Monday as well. Among the projects waiting in the wings are the White House comedy ‘1600 Penn’ (giving us a chance to see Bill Pullman back in a presidential role for the first time since ‘Independence Day’ in 1996), the Dane Cook talk-radio comedy ‘Next Caller,’ the Jekyll-and-Hyde doctor drama ‘Do No Harm’ and the Anne Heche housewife-as-prophet comedy ‘Save Me.’

‘Book of Mormon’ star Josh Gad appears in and is one of the executive producers of ‘1600 Penn,’ which puts a typical wacky American family in the White House. Like NBC’s previous White House hit, ‘The West Wing,’ this series boasts some insider knowledge — former presidential speechwriter Jon Lovett is also a producer.

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Jenna Elfman plays the first lady in the series, which also stars Marth MacIsaac, Andre Holland and Amara Miller.

Dane Cook’s series, ‘Next Caller,’ is the first series to be set in the world of satellite radio (as opposed to traditional broadcast radio), but the sexual dynamics are as old as the hills. Cook plays the nasty host of ‘Booty Calls,’ and his new partner is the perky NPR-trained feminist Stella (Collette Wolfe), who won’t let Cook’s character get away with business as usual.

Jeffrey Tambor and Jay Osmanski also star in this series created by former ‘Weeds’ producer Stephen Falk.

In ‘Do No Harm,’ Steven Pasquale stars as a brilliant neurosurgeon who has a bit of a brain defect himself — he’s got an evil alter-ego. And that evil alter-ego is starting to reassert itself after years of dormancy.

Former ‘Desperate Housewives’ writer David Schulner created the drama series, which also stars Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas and Phylicia Rashad.

Anne Heche plays a Midwestern housewife who survives choking on a sandwich and believes that she now has a direct line to God in ‘Save Me,’ the comedy series from novelist John Scott Shepherd. Michael Landes plays her skeptical husband and Alexandra Breckinridge plays the ‘other woman’ in their marriage.

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— Patrick Kevin Day

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