About this season
Rock Center with Brian Williams was an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast by NBC and hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. It debuted on October 31, 2011, and aired on Mondays until January 30, 2012. It aired on Wednesdays starting February 8, 2012. It was produced in the Rockefeller Center's "Studio 3B", the same space as NBC Nightly News, and formerly that of the Today Show. Named after the location of the NBC News headquarters in the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center, the program was the first new NBC News program to launch in primetime since Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric debuted in 1993. Rock Center was designed to be more serious than NBC's existing prime time newsmagazine, Dateline NBC, which had increasingly delved into human interest and true crime stories, and had switched from a multiple-story format into a single story format. On May 10, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center had been removed from the schedule for the remainder of the May 2012 sweeps period due to low ratings. Three days later, on May 13, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center would be renewed for a second season during its 2012-13 upfront presentation. The series was also shown on MSNBC.
Episodes (35)
1. September 13, 2012
Aired 13 September 2012 • 42 min
Internet addiction, fact checking, Justin Bieber, and expensive family reunions.
2. September 20, 2012
Aired 20 September 2012 • 42 min
Partisan media and Fox News correspondents, someone accused of stealing $53 million from a small town, Steve Buscemi.
3. September 27, 2012
Aired 27 September 2012 • 42 min
Sexual assault in the U.S. military, David Finch, the book "Fifty Shades of Grey," Jon Stewart and dogs.
4. October 4, 2012
Aired 4 October 2012 • 42 min
Mark Zuckerberg, a post-traumatic stress disorder in Afghan-War veterans, gluten-free diets, the U.S. political system.
5. October 18, 2012
Aired 18 October 2012 • 42 min
Designer Tory Burch, the possibility of extinction of the orangutans, Adderall abuse in students.
6. October 25, 2012
Aired 25 October 2012 • 42 min
President Barack Obama, the fellow athletes that accused Lance Armstrong, video games and pain management.
7. November 1, 2012
Aired 1 November 2012 • 42 min
Hurricane Sandy coverage.
8. November 8, 2012
Aired 8 November 2012 • 42 min
9. November 15, 2012
Aired 15 November 2012 • 42 min
10. November 29, 2012
Aired 29 November 2012 • 42 min
11. December 06, 2012
Aired 6 December 2012 • 42 min
From his retail stores in NYC, Apple's new CEO Tim Cook is interviewed. At the world premiere of "The Hobbit" in New Zealand, Peter Jackson is interviewed by Ann Curry A new kind of end of life medical system is discussed as Harry Smith reports
12. December 13, 2012
Aired 13 December 2012 • 42 min
13. December 20, 2012
Aired 20 December 2012 • 42 min
Richard Engel discuss his capture and release in Syria.
14. January 10, 2013
Aired 10 January 2013 • 42 min
Health dangers of a sedentary job.
15. January 17, 2013
Aired 17 January 2013 • 42 min
Leaving the Church of Scientology.
16. January 24, 2013
Aired 24 January 2013 • 42 min
Stars of the 2012 film "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Health care. Ron Popeil.
17. February 8, 2013
Aired 8 February 2013 • 42 min
Landing a plane without landing gear. Faith-based game show.
18. February 15, 2013
Aired 15 February 2013 • 42 min
Pandas risk extinction.
19. February 22, 2013
Aired 22 February 2013 • 42 min
Cyber hacking. Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
20. March 1, 2013
Aired 1 March 2013 • 42 min
Female ski jumpers and the Olympics. Oklahoma City bombing. The humour of the "The Onion" news outlet.
21. March 8, 2013
Aired 8 March 2013 • 42 min
Poverty in the U.S. Kevin Plank.
22. March 15, 2013
Aired 15 March 2013 • 42 min
South by Southwest festival. Panic attacks.
23. March 22, 2013
Aired 22 March 2013 • 42 min
Emanuel brothers. Juveniles in adult prison.
24. March 29, 2013
Aired 29 March 2013 • 42 min
Identity thieves and tax refunds.
25. April 5, 2013
Aired 5 April 2013 • 42 min
Church of Scientology. Adults with ADHD.
26. April 12, 2013
Aired 12 April 2013 • 42 min
Steve Jobs' wife. Gabrielle Reece. Change.
27. April 19, 2013
Aired 19 April 2013 • 42 min
Boston bombing update.
28. April 26, 2013
Aired 26 April 2013 • 42 min
Boston bombing survivors. Commercial actors.
29. May 3, 2013
Aired 3 May 2013 • 42 min
Domestic violence, protection and guns. Boston bombing survivors.
30. May 10, 2013
Aired 10 May 2013 • 42 min
Explorers the abduction of women in Cleveland. Chris Christie. Jimmy Connors.
31. May 17, 2013
Aired 17 May 2013 • 42 min
Domestic violence. Boston bomber survivors.
32. May 24, 2013
Aired 24 May 2013 • 42 min
Tornado is Oklahoma. Perkins school for the blind.
33. May 31, 2013
Aired 31 May 2013 • 42 min
Boston Marathon bombing survivers. Editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Artisanal foods.
34. June 7, 2013
Aired 7 June 2013 • 42 min
Heros in the wake of an explosion in Kansas City.
35. June 21, 2013
Aired 21 June 2013 • 42 min
Series finale. Poor pay of disabled Goodwill employees. Boston Marathon survivers. Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community.