Overview

• The staffing shifts surfaced in the Season 51 curtain call and end credits rather than a formal NBC announcement, and the network declined to comment on Doyle’s role.
• Erik Kenward now shares head writer duties with Kent Sublette, Streeter Seidell and Alison Gates after more than two decades on staff.
• Erin Doyle moves into the senior-producing tier alongside Steve Higgins and Kenward following 15 years with the show.
• Veteran writer Bryan Tucker is on a temporary leave, according to trade reporting, with one outlet reporting he plans to return midseason.
• The show enters Season 51 with five writers departing and seven new hires already in place.