Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Upfronts - ABC

Here is the news from ABC. Click on the title of each new show to see a clip and get more information.

The shows I currently watch are in purple.
The shows I'll check out have ** in front of them.

CANCELLED/ENDING
Better With You, Brothers & Sisters, Detroit 187, Mr. Sunshine, My Generation, No Ordinary Family, Off The Map, Skating With The Stars, Supernanny, V and The Whole Truth.

RETURNING COMEDIES
Cougar Town, Happy Endings, The Middle and Modern Family.

RETURNING DRAMAS
Body of Proof, Castle, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.

RETURNING REALITY
America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Secret Millionaire and Shark Tank.

NEW COMEDIES
**Apartment 23. June (Dreama Walker) loses her perfect job and perfect apartment and finds a misfit group of friends to call her own, including Chloe (played by Krysten Ritter) and James Van Der Beek playing himself. That is kind of awesome. I’ll watch.

Last Man Standing. Tim Allen makes his return to TV (in a very similar role as before) playing a manly man named Tim who works at a sporting goods store, drives a truck, and drinks beer and is constantly reminded that modern women are bringing their A game. He competes with his wife, his daughter and his female supervisor, while he and his son are slackers.

Man Up. Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a real man. Christopher Moynihan, Mather Zickel and Dan Fogler play the three dudes.

Surburgatory. After single father George (Jeremy Sisto) finds condoms on the nightstand of his 16 year old daughter (Jane Levy), he decides to leave their NYC apartment and move to the suburbs. They bond as they try to navigate through this different lifestyle.

Work It. Since women outnumber men in the workforce and the unemployment rate is so high, two alpha males (Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco) dress up as women to get jobs as pharmaceutical reps. A cross-dressing buddy comedy? It was called Bosom Buddies.

NEW DRAMAS
Charlie’s Angels. Based on the old series. The angels (played by Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor) were all bad girls until Charlie took them in and turned them into an unstoppable crime fighting team.

Good Christian Belles. Based on the book Good Christian Bitches, the show follows Amanda (Leslie Bibb) a former mean girl/queen bee who has to return to her hometown in Texas after the embarrassing and scandalous death of her husband.

Missing. After Becca (Ashley Judd) learns that her son disappeared while studying abroad, she travels to Europe to track him down. The show will be full of exotic locations and thrilling twists.

**Once Upon A Time. The modern world and fairytales collide when the 10 year old son Emma (Jennifer Morrison) gave up for adoption finds her and is convinced that she is Snow White and Prince Charming’s daughter. She travels with him to his New England town where fairytale characters are everywhere, although they don’t remember who they once were. Ginnifer Goodwin plays Snow White. Interesting. I really love Ginnifer Goodwin, I think I'll check this out.

**Pan Am. It’s 1963 and air travel represents the height of luxury. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They are all educated, cultured and refined. It’s supposed to be Mad Men's style meets Grey's Anatomy's entanglements. Hmmm. The cast includes Christina Ricci. I like her a lot. I’ll give it a shot.

Revenge. The retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo from a female perspective. Emily (played by Emily VanCamp) moved to the Hamptons to get back at the people that ruined her family’s reputation years ago.

The River. Wildlife expert and TV personality Emmet Cole travels all over the world to film his popular television show. After he goes missing deep in the Amazon, his family, friends and crew set out on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him.

Scandal. Kerry Washington plays Olivia, a professional crisis manager who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist. She works to protect the public image of our country’s rich and famous and even the President, but she can’t seem to get her own life together.

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