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Next spring, NBC will make a bid to reclaim its crown as the No. 1 network when it launches a new show called Kings on March 19.

Last week, TVGuide.com described Kings’ first episode as “dense, Shakespearean, and juicy,” adding that we should expect “[HBO’s] The Sopranos meets Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet.

The show stars Ian McShane (HBO’s Deadwood) as King Silas, Christopher Egan as a good-hearted soldier named David, and Sebastian Stan (who played Carter Baizen on TV’s Gossip Girl) as a debauched, spoiled prince.

Herewith then, a preview: