If you've ever wanted to appear in a network television series, this could be your chance!

The NBC Universal Television Studio is holding open casting calls for extras to appear in their new drama show, "Surface," previously called "Fathom." The series will air Mondays at 8 p.m. on NBC this fall.

They are looking for local residents in the Jacksonville, Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, North Carolina, areas of all ages and ethnicities to participate in the show as background extras, according to release from NBC. All extras will be paid.

Open casting calls will be held in a different location on each of the next three Saturdays -- July 2, 9 and 16. Anyone who wishes to work as an extra is invited to appear and meet with an extras casting director.

Here are the times and locations:

Saturday, July 2, 10 AM - 3 PM, Jacksonville Mall, 375 Jacksonville Mall, Jacksonville, NCÊ 28546

Saturday, July 9, 10 AM - 3 PM, Westfield Independence Mall, 3500 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NCÊ 28403

Saturday, July 16, 1 PM - 8 PM, Broadway at the Beach, 1325 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach, SCÊ 29577

If you'd like to be an extra but can't meet during those specified times, you can send a photo by email to wilmcasting@yahoo.com or snail mail to Extras Casting - Surface Productions, 1223 N. 23rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. Or you can call them at 910-772-5667. Be sure to provide your contact information, including name, age, phone number and email address.

Here's the official synopsis for "Surface:"

Ever wonder what life would be like if a new form of sea life began to appear in locales all over the earth?Ê "Surface" is an expansive drama and undersea adventure that centers on the appearance of mysterious sea creatures in the deep ocean -- and tracks the lives of four characters. They are: Daughtery Carstarphen (Lake Bell, "Boston Legal"), the young oceanographer who discovers the secret; Dr. Aleksander Cirko (Rade Serbedzija, "Snatch"), the government scientist who tries to keep things under wraps; Richard Owen (Jay R. Ferguson, "Judging Amy"), the Louisiana fisherman who loses his brother in a suspicious diving accident; and Miles (Carter Jenkins, "CSI: New York"), the young boy who brings the creatures ashore.Ê

The mystery ensnares a spectrum of people, including naval officers in the South Antarctic Sea, a family in San Diego, scientists from the Oceanographic Institute in Monterey, and fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico. The seemingly innocent creatures they find are beautiful and kids may even want to play with them -- but is there something more to them?Ê One thing's for sure - they're full of surprises as viewers can embark on this journey to discover what might be lurking in the sea.Ê

The show is from NBC Universal Television Studio and was created by Josh and Jonas Pate ("Dragnet"), who also serve as executive producers.