NBC is set to premiere a new TV show after the Olympics. "About a Boy" is based on a novel by Nick Hornby, and the story was also adapted into a movie in 2002, and starred Jennifer Lawrence's current boyfriend, Nicholas Hoult.

In advance of the new series premiere on NBC, executive producer Jason Katims has provided some spoilers about the upcoming show.

The show will premiere on Saturday Feb. 22 after the Olympics. David Walton play the main character Will, and Katims recently spoke to TV Guide about Walton.

"I think that what David is able to bring to this character is this ability to, on one hand, connect with this kid in a profound and deep way, but on the other hand, still embrace his life of being this sort of single cad, and those two things don't feel they're at odds.

"He has this charm so you never get mad at him, and that allows us as writers to push what he says and what he does further," the executive producer said.

Katims also discussed why he wanted to do "About a Boy" as a 30 minute comedy television show.

"I started as a playwright before I started doing television and a lot of the plays I wrote were comedies, so it's something that I've always felt that I wanted to do.

"I had never done a half-hour and I wanted to find something to do where I thought I could bring humor to it, but also was a show that had heart and had characters that you loved and got invested in," he said to TV Guide.