everyone, please welcome roma downey and mark burnett!ak. big hits, giant hits. thank you guys so much for coming out. i appreciate this. you both have had amazing careers, of course, "touched by an angel." and then you produced, executive produced, some of my favorite shows in the history of television. you know i love "survivor." i would tell you every time i see you, i love it. [ cheers and applause ] you're married almost eight years, right? >> we are, yeah, we're together 12 years. >> jimmy: how did you guys meet? >> well, i was having a haircut and roma was getting a a pedicure. >> jimmy: oh. >> yeah, my feet were in a a bucket of water, and our eyes met in the mirror, and, you know, we fell in love. >> and i -- and she was really hot so, you know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, that doesn't hurt. yeah, it doesn't hurt. speaking of hot, what is this guy? i love it. i love it. this is a beard among -- this is "duck dynasty" category. [ laughter ] >> i think my wife is getting really fed up with the beard. >> this is my very own afro. >

i'm sure she encountered that not just in promoting the show but in everyday life. >> mark burnett hadferent path to success. >> he was the equivalent of a navy s.e.a.l. basically in england. came out of that not knowing what he wanted to do with his life. >> he eventually came to los angeles to seek his fortune. he sold t-shirts on venice beach, sold insurance, and even worked in malibu as a male nanny, a manny. squirrelling away money, he worked his way into tv production. he created a show around a competition called "eco challenge" and later pitched the american version of a show called "survivor". >> the head of cbs thought it sounded like the worst program he had ever heard of. >> burnett got the show on the air when he assured cbs the network wouldn't lose money. >> that was part of his original deal. they gave him a limited budget of $35,000 a show initially, i think. >> to cover the budget shortfall he went to sponsors and got them to pay to place their products in the show. >> his success is really a function of two things. one, he was incredibly dogged. also, he can sell ice

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tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- pharrell williams, roma downey and mark burnett musical gu

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- pharrell williams, roma downey and mark burnett

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- pharrell williams, roma downey and mark burnett musical guest,ilky chance,

executive producers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public has to connect with the word, to connect with hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present-day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot moroccan desert to build this in time. >> action. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 6:00 it could be worse than loma prieta. the new warning from scientists after the discovery about two dangerous bay area fault lines. good friday evening. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. some new and ominous information that is picking up the way seismologists are looking at things. we're going show you this map right here that shows you exactly what it is. uc berkeley scientists say th

executive producers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public hasth hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot mo rocco desert to create this in time. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson nbc news new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. . >>> new video, taylor swift officially goes public with hit maker calvin harris. >> holding hands, confirming their music's hot new super couple, now on "extra." >>> what it's taylor. >> it's on if first video of taylor swift and calvin harris on a hollywood date night. plus new hook ups to breakups gone bad. nick cannon answering reports he is writing a scathing tell all about his marriage to mariah. >> foours furious 7's fast and furious box office take over. >> daddy as gotta go to work. >> the cast talking about the tribute to paul walker. >> it was classy. >>> it's good friday. tv's son of god is here. just don't cal

executive producers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public has the word to connect with hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot morocan desert to create this in time. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >> he has ups and downs. >> new updates on the kardashian men. i have a candid chloe, and she holds nothing back about kylie. >> i don't know if that's appropriate to say. >>> what's up taylor? >> g

plus, roma downy and mark burnett are here with a sneak peek at "the bible a.d." continues. >>> welcome to "hannity." a preliminary nuclear deal with iran was reached earlier today. joining us from the white house is fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. james, the white house spin is very different than what we're hearing from the iranians. what are we to make of this? >> sean, good evening. the real deal here is that we don't have a deal at all. we only have the parameters of a deal. and it now falls to the nuclear scientists and technical experts representing the u.s., iran and the other world powers to hammer out the technical details of a deal by june 30th. under the terms announced today, iran will see its inventory of installed centrifuges reduced from 19000 to about 6,000. that's roughly the number of centrifuges iran had installed when barack obama became president. no uranium enrichment will be permitted at iran's fordo facility for at least 15 years. enrichment only occur at natanz. and the plutonium reactor will be redesigned and rebuilt

. >> in honor of good friday and easter and this holy weekend, we have an interview with mark burnett, who is obviously a big producer of all sorts of reality television but also with roma downey, they did the bible mini series was such a huge hit on cable and also in theaters. this time they actually managed to convince a major american network, nbc, to run their next mini series which is a.d. and this -- in a way it's interesting coming off all these stories about the religious freedom restoration act, brooke because there you had chambers of commerce pushing the religious community saying we don't like this, it's not good for business. here you have big business working their way. they saw the huge demand for the bible mini series and now nbc, although they didn't do it last time now they're on board because there is this huge audience. >> all right, jake tapper. we'll look for it. many other things happening i'm sure at 4:00 eastern with "the lead." thank you very much, my friend. >> thanks brooke. >>> next here on this show a pizza shop in indiana definitely making some headlines

. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to pharrell williams, roma downey, mark burnett.ilky chance, once again, ladies and gentlemen. and the roots right there, from philadelphia. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for watching. have a great night. i hope to see you tomorrow. have a great night, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- chris ludacris bridges, from marvel's "daredevil", charlie cox, music from dead sara, featuring the 8g band. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. that is very, very good to hear. now, real quick, you've all heard the news about the indiana religious freedom law, yes? a lot of people think the law is anti-gay. well, presidential hopefuls jeb bush, ted cruz and scott walker have all come out in favor of the new law. wait -- oh

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. >> mark burnett and his wife, roma downy are here.yes off of one thing -- >> gorgeous roma is. >> roma is the first thing, and the second is the growth. >> i think they're getting ready to announce that the next thing they're going to do is moses. and he's going to play it. yeah he's moses. >> all right. >>> twilight star peter has something new for us to sink our teeth into. >>> also. it's also wednesday. every wednesday we wear something that is of a great value, inexpensive, and it's called, lovely lilliana's luxe looks for less. so today -- >> hi. >> what are we wearing? >> you're wearing clothes. >> yes. >> we're happy about that, happy that we're all dressed. >> oh my gosh. >> what? >> i don't care. i think someone in the kitchen is getting fired. that is disgusting. >> what's in yours? >> finger. >> what is it? i'm going in. >> oh, it's a little alligator or something. who cares? >> that is not the luxe for less item for today. that is not it. >> you're right. >> we want you guys of course to go on the facebook page and guess w

you know, mark burnett, obviously, one of the producers and the other producer who produced the first has political intrigue. and it has the political thriller kind of quality to it. so you're reaching out to people who obviously care about religious programming, religious tv and movies, but also people who care about the political intrigue aspect. so i think that's why. it's kind of -- it's going to a broad audience. >> yeah, absolutely. and no small coincidence it premieres on easter sunday night, of course. i want to move on to the fascination behind the "fast and furious" franchise, which is from universal pictures. that's part of nbc universal. this seventh installment has raked in well more than $140 million this weekend. but i've read something during the show like it's already about $350 million globally expected to bring in $1 billion when all said and done. how much of an impact do you think paul walker's death has had and will ultimately have on the final box office numbers? >> huge, obviously. yeah. 143 million opening this weekend. that's about what the first installment

. >> i know mark burnett came to see you on thursday or friday.says he's going to convince you to do the show again. have they done that? >> they have done that. they've been doing that. i've said i'm going to do something else. i've done it for 12 years. it's been a hit. i said i've got something very important to do. if it doesn't work out, i'd love to do it. >> trump has put the show on hold. he is serious. >> is this too little too late? rolling stone has retracted its report on uva and the hoax. the reporter has apologized after columbia issued a review. no one is being fired and the reporter behind the story is not apologizing to the fraternity members. you remember that there were seven fraternity members at uva that allegedly raped this woman. and it turns out her story had holes all throughout it and it's false. here is what the reporter is saying. ulate want to offer my deepest apologies to rolling stone readers and editors. the uva community and to any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of my article. missing the

mark twain. past honorees include many but jay leno carol burnett and ellen degeneres. the klumps. leon: coming up at 5:00 new research on people who eat grilled cheese sand whiffwichessandwiches. may leave you asking why people get paid to study these kinds of things. alison: we'll tell you about one kind of hummus. reporter: you've heard of neighborhood watch. i'm jennifer donelan. it's aimed at protecting our area's religious institutions and it's gaining momentum. that leon: policing with the pool pit. for the first time on television, take you inside a unique program with police and religious organizations in one part of our area that's gaining steam. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan is live in dumfries with worship watch. jen? jennifer: well this is about protecting our churches our synagogues, our temples, our mosques across our area. it's so much more than just making sure that the door is locked. it happened. a swastika painted on a maryland synagogue, windows smashed out at a virginia church. a priest killed inside an arizona chur

mark samuelsson. a one-of-a-kind party. >>> plus one of the most incredible voices to emerge. she has just made a solo record with legendary producer t bone burnett. hear her perform later in our "saturday night." >>> we begin with breaking news overnight. a devastating earthquake in nepal. the magnitude was 7.9. some of the worst damage was in kathmandu, the capital. a police spokesman said the death toll could be more than 100. charlie d'agata is following from our london bureau. charlie, good morning. >> it's hard to get a handle on the death toll in the hundreds. people search for survives beneath the tower. they describe scenes of panic and mayhem as people scrambled onto the streets. the quake toppled temples that stood for centuries and tore open roads. we've seen some of the harrowing pictures, a a lot of injuries, a lot of children. triggered an avalanche on mount everest with swept onto a base camp killing eight people and injuring dozens more. vinita? >> i've got it. >> that was charlie d'agata in our london bureau this morning. thank you, charlie. >>> also overnight a turkish flight was forced to land in istanbul after one of its engi