Fall TV: ABC Dramas Led By ‘SHIELD,’ ‘Wonderland’

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Marvel’s first TV series focuses on a small group of agents who investigate the strange and unknown.
  • Stars Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Chloe Bennet.
  • From Joss Whedon.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

  • Alice in Wonderland-themed spinoff of Once Upon A Time.
  • Stars Sophie Lowe, Peter Gadiot, Michael Socha, Emma Rigby, John Lithgow.
  • From Eddy Kitsis, Adam Horowitz and Jane Espenson.

Mind Games

  • Workplace ensemble centered on the relationship between two brothers who head agency designed to solve clients’ problems using the science of human motivation and manipulation.
  • Stars Steve Zahn, Christian Slater, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Cedric Sanders, Gregory Marcel, Wynn Everett.
  • From Kyle Killen.

Killer Women

  • Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the story of the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers.
  • Stars Tricia Helfer, Marc Blucas, Michael Trucco, Alex Fernandez, Marta Milans.
  • From Hannah Shakespeare, Ben Silverman, Sofia Vergara, Luis Balaguer and Martin Campbell.

Resurrection

  • This series asks the provocative question, “What happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day’s gone by? The lives of the people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.
  • Stars Omar Epps, Devin Kelley, Matt Craven, Frances Fisher, Samaire Armstrong, Sam Hazeldine, Nicholas Gonzalez, Mark Hildreth, Kurtwood Smith, Landon Gimenez.
  • From Aaron Zelman, JoAnn Alfano, Jon Liebman, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.

Lucky 7

  • An adaptation of British drama The Syndicate, the drama revolves around seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot.
  • Stars Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Summer Bishil, Anastasia Phillips, Christine Evangelista, Lorraine Bruce, Luis Antonio Ramos.
  • From David Zabel and Jason Richman.

Betrayal

  • A married female photographer begins an affair with a lawyer for a powerful family. When he turns out to be defending a murder suspect who is being prosecuted by her husband, the relationship and the case begin a spiraling series of betrayals with cataclysmic results for everyone involved.
  • Hannah Ware, Stuart Townsend, James Cromwell, Henry Thomas, Chris Johnson, Wendy Moniz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Braeden Lemasters.
  • From David Zabel.
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Fall TV: ABC Comedies Showcase Wilson, Caan

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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Super Fun Night

  • Three nerdy female friends on a “funcomfortable” quest to have “super fun” every Friday night.
  • Stars Rebel Wilson, Kelen Coleman, Kevin Bishop, Lauren Ash, Liza Lapira.
  • From Wilson, Conan O’Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross and John Riggi.

The Goldbergs

  • A dysfunctional Wonder Years set in the simpler times of the 1980s.
  • Stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Darien Provost, Troy Gentile, Sean Giambrone.
  • From Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, Seth Gordon and Bill Wee.

Back in the Game

  • A recently divorced, single mother moves in with her estranged father, a beer swilling former baseball player, starts coaching her son’s underdog little league team and is drawn back into the world of sports she vowed to leave behind.
  • Stars James Caan, Maggie Lawson, Griffin Gluck, Ben Koldyke, Kennedy Waite, Lenora Crichlow, J.J. Totah, Cooper Roth.
  • From Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen, Aaron Kaplan, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra.

Trophy Wife

  • A reformed party girl finds herself with an instant family when she falls in love with a man who has three manipulative children and two judgmental ex-wives.
  • Stars Bradley Whitford, Malin Akerman, Marcia Gay Harden, Michaela Watkins, Natalie Morales, Ryan Scott Lee, Albert Tsai, Gianna LePera
  • From Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.

Mixology

  • Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, chronicling the exploits of singles in search of love — all over the course of one night.
  • Stars Kate Simses, Ginger Gonzaga Mercedes Masohn, Blake Lee, Andrew Santino, Adam Campbell, Vanessa Lengies, Craig Frank, Alexis Carra, Sarah Bolger, Adan Canto.
  • From Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, Nina Wass and Ryan Seacrest.
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Fall TV: CBS Adds 4 Comedies, 2 Dramas

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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The Crazy Ones

  • Comedy about a brilliant, but slightly out of his mind, head of an advertising agency and his daughter/creative director who’s tasked with keeping him in check.
  • Stars Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amanda Setton, Hamish Linklater, James Wolk.
  • From David Kelley.

Mom

  • A newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together as a waitress in Napa Valley.
  • Stars Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Blake Garrett Rosenthal, French Stewart, Matt Jones, Nate Corddry, Sadie Calvano, Spencer Daniels.
  • From Chuck Lorre.

The Millers

  • The life of a recently divorced TV reporter is complicated when his parents have marital problems of their own.
  • Stars Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, Beau Bridges, J.B. Smoove, Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Michael Rapaport.
  • From Greg Garcia.

We Are Men

  • A twenty-something guy finds camaraderie living among three more experienced men () he meets in a short-term rental complex.
  • Stars Chris Smith, Jerry O’Connell, Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub, Rebecca Breeds.
  • From Rob Greenberg.

Hostages

  • A successful surgeon is selected to operate on the President, only to be told she must kill him after her family is taken hostage.
  • Stars Toni Collette, James Naughton, Billy Brown, Dylan McDermott, Mateus Ward, Quinn Shephard, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt, Tate Donovan.
  • From Jerry Bruckheimer.

Intelligence

  • Drama about U.S. Cyber Command and its key agent who has a microchip implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum -
  • Stars Josh Holloway, James Martinez, John Billingsley, Marg Helgenberger, Meghan Ory, Michael Rady and P.J. Byrne.
  • From Rene Echevarria and Tripp Vinson.
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JHQuote

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Quote - (0 Comments)

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“My comedy is unapologetic and fearless. Like, sometimes you’ll wind up having condomless sex with someone that you probably shouldn’t. I’m interested in sharing that part of myself unapologetically so that other people will hopefully feel better.”

– Amy Schumer in Time

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Fall TV: CW Crowns Teenage Mary Queen of Scots

May 9th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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The Hundred

  • Post-apocalyptic drama about 100 juvenile delinquents sent from spaceship housing lone human survivors back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet.
  • Stars Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Eli Goree, Henry Ian Cusick, Marie Avgeropoulos, Paige Turco, Isaiah Washington, Kelly Hu, Thomas McDonell, Christopher Larkin.
  • From Jason Rothenberg, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo and Matt Miller.

Star Crossed

  • The story of an epic romance which ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school ten years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp.
  • Stars Aimee Teegarden, Chelsea Gilligan, Greg Finley, Grey Damon, Malese Jow, Matt Lanter, Natalie Hall and Titus Makin Jr.
  • From Meredith Averill, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Richard Shepard, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst and Daniel Gutman.

Reign

  • Period drama about the teenage years of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1557 France.
  • Stars Adelaide Kane, Anna Popplewell, Caitlin Stasey, Celina Sinden, Jenessa Grant, Megan Follows, Rossif Sutherland, Toby Regbo, Torrance Coombs.
  • From Stephanie Sengupta and Laurie McCarthy.

The Tomorrow People

  • Drama — adapted from the 1970s UK series — that follows several young people from around the world who possesses special powers as a result of the next stage in human evolution.
  • Stars Aaron Yoo, Luke Mitchell, Madeleine Mantock, Mark Pellegrino, Peyton List and Robbie Amell.
  • From Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec, Phil Klemmer and Danny Cannon.

The Originals (previously announced)

  • The Vampire Diaries spinoff revolves around the Original family in New Orleans.
  • Stars Joseph Morgan, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, Danielle Campbell and Leah Pipe.
  • From Julie Plec.
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Fall TV: NBC Tabs Katims, Ravich, Abrams Shows

May 9th, 2013 | Posted by James K in News | Television - (0 Comments)

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About A Boy

  • It is based on the same Nick Hornsby novel that inspired the 2002 Hugh Grant movie and focuses on a bachelor who becomes friends with a geeky young boy.
  • Stars David Walton, Minnie Driver, Benjamin Stockham.
  • From Jason Katims, Jon Favreau, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Liza Chasin, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal.

Believe

  • The story of an unlikely relationship that develops between a young girl with a gift and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evildoers who covet her power.
  • Stars Johnny Sequoyah, Jake McLaughlin, Delroy Lindo.
  • From J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón.

Crisis

  • D.C.-based thriller centers on a Secret Service agent who becomes wrapped up in an international crisis when the President’s son and classmates are kidnapped.
  • Stars Dermot Mulroney, Gillian Anderson, Lance Gross, Rachael Taylor.
  • From Rand Ravich.

The Family Guide

  • A son who idolizes his blind father and is bemused by his precocious mother as he watches his family become closer post-divorce.
  • Stars Eli Baker, J.K. Simmons, Parker Posey.
  • From D.J. Nash, Jason Bateman and Jim Garavente.

Sean Saves The World

  • A father must figure out how to parent his 14-year-old daughter while dealing with a temperamental new boss.
  • Stars Sean Hayes, Thomas Lennon, Echo Kellum, Lindsay Sloane, Samantha Isler, Linda Lavin.
  • From Victor Fresco, Todd Milliner, Hayes.
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JoyHog’s Daily Bacon

May 9th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Daily Bacon - (0 Comments)

WHAT’S ON OUR PLATE

  • Diagon Alley. Second Harry Potter theme park will open at Universal Studios Florida in 2014.
  • Randy Jackson. Original American Idol judge is leaving the talent show after 12 years.
  • Jacob and Sophia. The most popular baby names for 2012.
  • Jack Bauer. Fox is in talks to bring back Kiefer Sutherland‘s long-running action drama 24 for a limited run.
  • She & Him. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward continue their musical magic on Volume 3.
  • 1600 Penn. We’re glad NBC canceled Whitney, Guys With Kids and Up All Night, but the Josh Gad political comedy is a loss.

 

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