ORDINARY JOE

IN EVERY EPISODE of this ultimate “what if?” series, we’ll watch earnest Joe Kimbreau (Watchmen’s James Wolk) live out the three paths he could’ve chosen when he graduated college: What would’ve happened if he’d become a nurse, a cop or a rock star? Ten years later, “The guy who’s Bono-famous and has a charcuterie platter waiting for him is going to be different from the guy who’s working a 10-hour shift and then gets a beer at the corner bar,” says Wolk.

- Jim Halterman

PREMIERES Monday, Sept. 20, 10/9c, NBC

“It’s fun to play with those ideas but yet know that [these Joes] have the same spirit and heart. One’s not going to be a total a-hole if one’s nice. You’re only going to be more a--hole-ish.”