Fall TV 2014: ABC
I honestly have no idea what goes on on ABC outside of the hour and a half time on Tuesday that is Agents of SHIELD into The Goldbergs but they seem to have retained a bunch of their shows, like Scandal, Revenge, Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, Once Upon a Time and Nashville. The Goldbergs is the only new comedy that survived the chopping block and, while not setting the world on fire like they probably hoped, SHIELD will be back for another season next year, getting joined by another Marvel show, Agent Carter. Check out what’s coming for new shows, most of which are comedies and the new ABC fall schedule below.
https://youtu.be/m5-9qDF36I4
Selfie
Starring: Karen Gillan, John Cho, Allyn Rachel, David Harewood, Tim Peper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Natasha Henstridge
Premise: A self-obsessed twentysomething woman is more concerned with “likes” than being liked. After suffering a very public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media “followers” than she ever imagined — but for all the wrong reasons. She enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.
https://youtu.be/JNqqjDv6_dU
Black-ish
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Miles Brown, Marcus Scribner, Caila Martin, Laurence Fishburne
Premise: An upper-middle class black man struggles to raise his children with a sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife, old-school father and his own assimilated, color-blind kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21llS2xvRTM
Manhattan Love Story
Starring: Analeigh Tipton, Jake McDorman, Nicolas Wright, Jade Catta-Preta, Chloe Wepper, Kurt Fuller
Premise: Have you ever wondered what your date was thinking? This romantic comedy exposes the differences between men and women through the unfiltered thoughts, and often contradictory actions, of a new couple who have just begun dating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZwrvDfH0AQ
Forever
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Judd Hirsch, Alana De La Garza, Joel David Moore, Barbara Eve Harris, Donnie Keshawarz
Premise: Dr. Henry Morgan is New York City’s star medical examiner, but what no one knows is Henry studies the dead for a reason: He is immortal. With the help of detective Jo Martinez, the show peels back the layers of Henry’s colorful and long life through their cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1GBEJ-2aQ
Cristela
Starring: Cristela Alonzo, Carlos Ponce, Terri Hoyos, Andrew Leeds, Sam McMurray
Premise: In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family thinks is appropriate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSl-SPyHtg
How to Get Away with Murder
Starring: Viola Davis, Matt McGorry, Aja Naomi King, Jack Falahee, Alfred Enoch, Karla Souza, Jack Falahee, Charlie Weber, Liza Weil, Billy Brown, Katie Findlay, Tom Verica
Premise: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock the entire university and change the course of their lives.
https://youtu.be/rqkkphZGrx0
Secrets and Lies
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Clifton Collins Jr, Natalie Martinez, Belle Shouse, Indiana Evans, Charles Dutton, Steven Brand, Kate Ashfield
Premise: A family man finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IT21Lzh8ug
American Crime
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Elvis Nolasco, Caitlin Gerard, Richard Cabral, Benito Martinez, Johnny Ortiz, W. Earl Brown, Penelope Ann Miller
Premise: Set in California’s Central Valley, it centers on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. The case takes on greater meaning in the community, bringing to the forefront America’s hardened views on race, class and gender politics.
https://youtu.be/hPNVhGbw_Sg
Galavant
Starring: Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones, Karen David, Mallory Jansen, Luke Youngblood
Premise: A musical fairy tale that centers on handsome Prince Galavant and his quest for revenge over the king who stole his one true love.
https://youtu.be/_yj1Y4XPhyE
The Whispers
Starring: Lily Rabe, Barry Sloane, Derek Webster, Milo Ventimiglia, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Catalina Denis, Kylie Rogers, Brianna Brown
Premise: Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, it chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us.
https://youtu.be/mOutgc-GG6g
Fresh off the Boat
Starring: Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen
Premise: It’s the ’90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents. It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.
Fall Schedule (from Deadline.com)
MONDAY
8 PM – Dancing With The Stars
10 PM – Castle
TUESDAY
8 PM – SELFIE
8:30 PM – MANHATTAN LOVE STORY
9 PM – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10 PM – FOREVER
WEDNESDAY
8 PM – The Middle
8:30 PM – The Goldbergs
9 PM – Modern Family
9:30 PM – BLACK-ISH
10 PM – Nashville
THURSDAY
8 PM – Grey’s Anatomy
9 PM – Scandal
10 PM – HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
FRIDAY
8 PM – Last Man Standing
8:30 PM – CRISTELA
9 PM – Shark Tank
10 PM – 20/20
SATURDAY
8 PM – Saturday Night Football
SUNDAY
7 PM – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM – Once Upon A Time
9 PM – Resurrection
10 PM – Revenge