NBC drama The Event will get a relaunch on the channel in January 2011, in a bid to restore its falling ratings, according to cast and crew of the series.

Entertainment Weekly reports that members of the show’s ensemble were gathered at the Screen Actors Guild headquarters in Los Angeles.

Bill Smitrovich – who plays Vice President Raymond Jarvis – said: “We will finish up with our first 13 and then there will be a break, and then we’ll come back with a one-hour compilation clip show of the first 13 so everybody can catch up with story.”

'The Event' will Be Relaunched on January 2011

Blair Underwood (President Elias Martinez) added: “Ratings are one of the variables that we don’t have control over.

“There is the crossfire competition from Dancing With The Stars, football and the number one comedy Two And A Half Men. Then, this is the type of genre show like 24 and Lost where viewership always picks up in the second season because people go back and watch during the summer or get the DVD.

“That builds an audience. And this show was sold in 200 international markets before it premiered here so there is incentive to keep the show going. We are in a good place.”

Update, 11-15: NBC announced a new midseason lineup that includes The Event going off the air on Nov. 29 and returning Feb. 28.

Ratings for NBC’s high-concept drama The Event may be depressingly low, but the network (and the show’s cast) isn’t giving up. Members of the show’s ensemble told a crowd gathered at the Screen Actors Guild headquarters in Los Angeles Saturday that NBC will relaunch the show in January in an effort to attract more viewers.

“We will finish up with our first 13 and then there be a break, and then we’ll come back with a one-hour compilation clip show of the first 13 so everybody can catch up with story,” says Bill Smitrovich, who plays Vice President Raymond Jarvis. “I hope that will spark another increase in the audience.”