Fall TV Preview: Your Guide To What's New!
New TV Shows 2013
The 100
The 100, The CW
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Eliza Taylor (Neighbours), Bob Morley (Home and Away), Eli Goree (Emily Owens, M.D.), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Marie Avgeropoulos (Cult), Paige Turco (Person of Interest), Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy), Kelly Hu (Arrow), Thomas McDonell (Suburgatory), Christopher Larkin
WHAT | Based on upcoming Alloy books written by Kass Morgan, the project is set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization. A spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet.
About a Boy
About a Boy, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Tuesdays at 9 pm
WHO | David Walton (New Girl), Minnie Driver (The Riches), Anjelah N. Johnson (MADtv), Benjamin Stockham (1600 Penn), Leslie Bibb (GCB), Al Madrigal (The Daily Show)
WHAT | Based on the book and subsequent 2002 film starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult, the single-cam comedy centers on the relationship between a man-child and the young boy who moves in next door.
Almost Human
Almost Human, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | Nov. 4
WHEN | Late Fall, Mondays at 8 pm
WHO | Karl Urban (Star Trek), Michael Ealy (Common Law), Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under), Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Michael Irby (The Unit), Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean), Mekia Cox
WHAT | An action-packed buddy cop show set 35 years in the future when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids.
Back in the Game
Back in the Game, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 25
WHEN | Wednesdays at 8:30 pm
WHO | James Caan (Las Vegas), Ben Koldyke (How I Met Your Mother, Big Love), Maggie Lawson (Psych), Griffin Gluck (Private Practice), Lenora Crichlow (Being Human)
WHAT | When Terry Gannon (Lawson), a recently divorced, single mother, temporarily moves in with her estranged father (Caan), a beer-swilling former baseball player, she reluctantly starts coaching her son's Little League team and is drawn back into the world of sports she vowed to leave behind.
Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Ari Graynor (Fringe), David Alan Grier (In Living Color), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars), Sara Gilbert (Roseanne), Kristin Davis (Sex and the City), Caitlin Kimball, Katie Walder
WHAT | Based on the film, a sexy, foul-mouthed divorcee becomes a teacher to find her next husband in this single-cam comedy.
Believe
Believe, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Sundays at 9 pm
WHO | Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives), Johnny Sequoyah, Jake McLaughlin (Savages), Delroy Lindo (The Chicago Code), Jamie Chung (Once Upon a Time), Arian Moayed (The Following)
WHAT | Follows an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
Betrayal
Betrayal, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 29
WHEN | Sundays at 10 pm
WHO | James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum), Henry Thomas (E.T.), Hannah Ware (Boss), Stuart Townsend (Night Stalker), Chris Johnson (The Vampire Diaries), Wendy Moniz (Damages), Elizabeth McLaughlin, Braeden Lamasters
WHAT | A beautiful but unhappily married female photographer begins a torrid 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.
The Blacklist
The Blacklist, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 23
WHEN | Mondays at 10 pm
WHO | James Spader (The Office), Megan Boone (Law & Order: LA), Ryan Eggold (90210), Diego Klattenhoff (Homeland), Harry Lennix (Dollhouse), Ilfenesh Hadera
WHAT | The world's most wanted criminal suddenly turns himself in and offers to give up anyone he's ever worked with. The catch: He'll only work with a new FBI agent, one with whom he has no known connection.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 17
WHEN | Tuesdays at 8:30 pm
WHO | Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live), Andre Braugher (Last Resort), Terry Crews (Are We There Yet?), Melissa Fumero (One Life to Live), Joe Lo Truglio (Free Agents)
WHAT | The single-camera project revolves around a diverse group of detectives in a precinct at the very edge of New York City.
Chicago PD
Chicago PD, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Chicago Fire's Jason Beghe and Jon Seda; Tania Raymonde (Lost), Scott Eastwood (Gran Torino), Melissa Sagemiller (Law & Order: SVU) and Kelly Blatz (Prom Night)
WHAT | The Chicago Fire spin-off follows two distinctly different groups inside District 21 of the Chicago Police Department: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head to head with the city's street crimes, and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses – organized crime, drug trafficking and high profile murders.
Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 26
WHEN | Thursdays at 9 pm
WHO | Robin Williams (Mork & Mindy), James Wolk (Political Animals), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ringer), Hamish Linklater (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Amanda Setton (Mindy Project)
WHAT | A father/daughter workplace comedy set in the world of advertising.
Crisis
Crisis, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Sundays at 10 pm
WHO | Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Dermot Mulroney (New Girl), Rachael Taylor (666 Park Avenue), Michael Beach (Third Watch), James Lafferty (One Tree Hill), Lance Gross (House of Payne), Halston Sage (How to Rock), Max Martini (Revenge), Max Schneider (How to Rock), Joshua Erenberg (Suburgatory)
WHAT | Examines what happens when an unlikely puppeteer pulls Washington's elite — including the President of the United States — into an international conspiracy.
Crossbones
Crossbones, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Fridays at 10 pm
WHO | John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, Warm Bodies)
WHAT | The 10-episode action-adventure series takes place in 1715 and promises to deliver "the true legend" of "the most notorious pirate to ever sail the earth."
Dads
Dads, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 17
WHEN | Tuesdays at 8 pm
WHO | Seth Green (Family Guy), Giovanni Ribisi (Friends), Brenda Song (The Suite Life On Deck), Peter Riegert (The Good Wife), Martin Mull (Roseanne, Arrested Development), Tonita Castro (Go On), Erin Pineda, Vanessa Lachey (Hawaii Five-0)
WHAT | The live-action, multi-cam comedy revolves around two successful guys in their 30s who find their lives turned upside-down when their nightmare fathers unexpectedly move in with them.
Dracula
Dracula, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 25
WHEN | Fridays at 10 pm
WHO | Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors), Jessica De Gouw (Arrow), Katie McGrath (Merlin) and Nonso Anozie (Game of Thrones)
WHAT | Based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name, the 10-episode series finds Dracula preparing to unleash hell on the Victorian society responsible for ruining his life. But he's thrown when he falls for a woman who's a dead ringer for his beloved, long-deceased wife.
Enlisted
Enlisted, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | Nov. 8
WHEN | Late Fall, Fridays at 9 pm
WHO | Keith David (The Cape), Geoff Stults (The Finder), Parker Young (Suburgatory), Chris Lowell (Private Practice), Angelique Cabral (Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23)
WHAT | Based on creator Kevin Biegel's (Cougar Town) relationship with his siblings, this single-cam comedy follows three very different brothers working together in the Army at a small base in Florida.
Friends With Better Lives
Friends With Better Lives, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | James Van Der Beek (Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23), Brooklyn Decker (The League), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), Majandra Delfino (Roswell), Zoe Lister Jones (Whitney), Rick Donald
WHAT | A multi-cam comedy revolving around a group of 30something friends who each think the other has it better.
Gang Related
Gang Related, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Terry O'Quinn (Lost), Ramon Rodriguez (Charlie's Angels), Jay Hernandez (Last Resort), Sung Kang (The Fast and the Furious), Inbar Lavi (Underemployed), Rza, Cliff Curtis (Missing), Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill)
WHAT | The action drama follows Ryan Lopez (Rodriguez), a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force — led by O'Quinn's Sam Chapel — who teams up with a longtime Task Force member (RZA) to take on three of the city's most dangerous gangs, including one he has ties to.
The Goldbergs
The Goldbergs, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 24
WHEN | Tuesdays at 9 pm
WHO | Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids), Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Darien Provost (Tooth Fairy), George Segal (Retired at 35), Troy Gentile (Hotel For Dogs)
WHAT | The '80s-set series revolves around an overbearing, hyper-emotional shopaholic with no sense of boundaries and a big mouth. Nonetheless, she's a very dedicated mom.
Growing Up Fisher
Growing Up Fisher, NBC
(fka The Family Guide)
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Tuesdays at 9:30 pm
WHO | J.K. Simmons (The Closer), Jenna Elfman (1600 Penn), Eli Baker, Ava Deluca-Verley
WHAT | The single-camera sitcom centers on a son who idolizes his blind father and enjoys his mom's newfound adolescence after his folks divorce and ultimately grow closer.
Hostages
Hostages, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 23
WHEN | Mondays at 10 pm
WHO | Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Tate Donovan (Deception), Sandrine Holt (House of Cards), Rhys Coiro (Entourage), Billy Brown (The Following), James Naughton (Gossip Girl), Mateus Ward, Quinn Shephard
WHAT | Based upon the Israeli format, the project centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy and a righteous FBI agent at the center of said conspiracy whose role will come as a surprise.
Intelligence
Intelligence, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Feb. 24
WHEN | Mondays at 10 pm
WHO | Josh Holloway (Lost), Marg Helgenberger (CSI), Meghan Ory (Once Upon a Time), Michael Rady (Emily Owens, M.D.), James Martinez (Breaking Bad), John Billingsley (True Blood)
WHAT | Centered at US Cyber Command, and focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Ironside
Ironside, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 2
WHEN | Wednesdays at 10 pm
WHO | Blair Underwood (The Event), Brent Sexton (The Killing), Pablo Schreiber (Weeds), Neal Bledsoe (Smash), Spencer Grammer (Greek), Kenneth Choi (Sons of Anarchy)
WHAT | Based on the '60s cop drama, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective is relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting, but is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases in the city.
Killer Women
Killer Women, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica), Marc Blucas (Necessary Roughness), Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Alex Fernandez (Commander in Chief), Marta Milans
WHAT | Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, it centers on the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers — a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers.
Lucky 7
Lucky 7, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 24
WHEN | Tuesdays at 10 pm
WHO | Matt Long (Jack & Bobby), Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (The Wire), Stephen Louis Grush, Summer Bishil (Towelhead), Anastasia Phillips (Skins), Christine Evangelista, Lorraine Bruce, Luis Antonio Ramos
WHAT | A show about seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 24
WHEN | Tuesdays at 8 pm
WHO | Ming-Na (ER), Clark Gregg (reprising his Avengers role), Elizabeth Henstridge (Hollyoaks), Iain De Caestecker (Coronation Street), Brett Dalton (Killing Lincoln), Chloe Bennet (Nashville)
WHAT | The adventures of the agents of a covert, quasi-military peace-keeping organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. (or the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), which was featured in last summer's Avengers movie.
The Michael J. Fox Show
The Michael J. Fox Show, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 26
WHEN | Thursdays at 9:30 pm
WHO | Michael J. Fox (Spin City), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), Kate Finneran (I Hate My Teenage Daughter), Wendell Pierce (Treme), Juliette Goglia (Easy A), Ana Nogueira
WHAT | The single-cam comedy is inspired by Fox's real life and stars him as Mike Burnaby, a husband and father of three in New York City juggling the challenges of family and career while dealing with Parkinson's disease.
The Millers
The Millers, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 3
WHEN | Thursdays at 8:30 pm
WHO | Will Arnett (Up All Night), Margo Martindale (The Americans), Beau Bridges (My Name Is Earl), JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Michael Rapaport (The Mob Doctor)
WHAT | The multi-cam project revolves around a recently divorced man living with his parents.
Mind Games
Mind Games, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Christian Slater (Breaking In), Steve Zahn (Treme), Megalyn Echikunwoke (Made in Jersey), Cedric Sanders, Gregory Marcel, Wynn Everett (The Newsroom)
WHAT | A workplace ensemble centered on the relationship between two brothers — a bipolar genius in human psychology and a slick ex-con — who head a unique agency designed to solve problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation.
Mixology
Mixology, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Sarah Bolger (Once Upon a Time), Adan Canto (The Following), Kate Simses (What's Your Number), Blake Lee (Parks & Recreation), Andrew Santino (Punk'd), Vanessa Lengies (Glee), Adam Campbell (Harper's Island), Craig Frank, Alexis Carra, Ginger Gonzaga (Ted), Frankie Shaw (Blue Mountain State)
WHAT | Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, the high-concept single-cam comedy chronicles the exploits of singles in search of love — all over the course of one night.
Mom
Mom, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 23
WHEN | Mondays at 9:30 pm
WHO | Anna Faris (The House Bunny), Allison Janney (The West Wing), Nate Corddry (Harry's Law), Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), French Stewart (3rd Rock From the Sun), Spencer Daniels (The Office), Sadie Calvano (J. Edgar), Blake Garrett Rosenthal
WHAT | A newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley in the multi-cam sitcom.
Murder Police
Murder Police, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | The voices of Jason Ruiz, Will Sasso (MADtv), Chi McBride (Golden Boy), Jane Lynch (Glee)
WHAT | The animated cop show follows a dedicated, but inept detective and his colleagues in a twisted city precinct.
The Night Shift
The Night Shift, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Jill Flint (Royal Pains), Brigid Brannagh (Army Wives), Ken Leung (Lost), Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under), Brendan Fehr (Roswell), Jeananne Goossen (Alcatraz) and Daniella Alonso (Revolution
WHAT | Follows a team of doctors and nurses working the graveyard shift in the ER at San Antonio Medical Center.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 10
WHEN | Thursdays at 8 pm
WHO | Sophie Lowe, Peter Gadiot, Michael Socha (the UK's Being Human), Emma Rigby (Hollyoaks), the voice of John Lithgow (Third Rock from the Sun)
WHAT | In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice (Lowe) tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. An invisible cat, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she's seen during this impossible adventure. Surely this troubled girl must be insane and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything. Alice seems ready to put it all behind her, especially the painful memory of the genie she fell in love with and lost forever — the handsome and mysterious Cyrus (Gadiot). But deep down Alice knows this world is real and just in the nick of time, the sardonic Knave of Hearts (Socha) and the irrepressible White Rabbit (Lithgow) arrive to save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio will take a tumble down the rabbit hole to this Wonderland where nothing is impossible.
The Originals
The Originals, The CW
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 3
WHEN | Tuesdays at 8 pm beginning Oct. 8
WHO | The Vampire Diaries' Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt and Phoebe Tonkin; Charles Michael Davis (The Game), Daniella Pineda (Homeland), Danielle Campbell (Prison Break), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row)
WHAT | The Vampire Diaries spin-off finds Klaus (played by Morgan) back in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where Hayley (Tonkin) is unexpectedly pregnant with his child and his diabolical former protégé Marcel (Davis) is now King.
Rake
Rake, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason, Thursdays at 9 pm
WHO | Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings), Necar Zadegan (Emily Owens, M.D.), Bojana Novakovic (Edge Of Darkness), John Ortiz (Luck), David Harbour (The Newsroom), Tara Summers (Boston Legal)
WHAT | Based on the Australian series of the same name, the legal drama centers around Keegan Joye, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer.
Reckless
Reckless, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Cam Gigandet (The O.C.), Anna Wood (Deception), Michael Gladis (Mad Men), Shawn Hatosy (Southland), Georgina Haig (Fringe), Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Kim Wayans (In Living Color), Gregory Harrison (Ringer, One Tree Hill)
WHAT | A sultry legal show set in Charleston, South Carolina, where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a Southern City Attorney struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal.
Reign
Reign, The CW
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 17
WHEN | Thursdays at 9 pm
WHO | Adelaide Kane (Neighbours), Toby Regbo, Celina Sinden, Jenessa Grant, Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables), Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia), Rossif Sutherland
WHAT | The previously unknown and untold story of Mary Queen of Scots rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis, and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting. The secret history of survival at French Court amidst fierce foes, dark forces, and a world of sexual intrigue.
Resurrection
Resurrection, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Omar Epps (House), Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show), Devin Kelley (Covert Affairs), Frances Fisher, Samaire Armstrong (The Mentalist), Sam Hazeldine, Nicholas Gonzalez (Off the Map, Melrose Place), Mark Hildreth, Landon Gimenez
WHAT | The 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 are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return."
Sean Saves the World
Sean Saves the World, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 3
WHEN | Thursdays at 9 pm
WHO | Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Linda Lavin (Alice), Echo Kellum (Ben and Kate), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Lindsay Sloane (Weeds), Megan Hilty (Smash), Samantha Isler, guest star/recurring Vik Sahay (Chuck)
WHAT | A multi-cam sitcom about a man attempting to both parent the teenage daughter who just moved in and appease a temperamental new boss.
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 16
WHEN | Mondays at 9 pm
WHO | Orlando Jones (MADtv), Katia Winter (Dexter), Nicole Beharie (The Good Wife), Tom Mison (Parade's End), guest star John Cho (Go On)
WHAT | A modern-day supernatural thriller based on the legend of the titular Westchester Country, N.Y. Town.
Star-Crossed
Star-Crossed, The CW
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), Matt Lanter (90210), Malese Jow (The Vampire Diaries), Titus Makin Jr. (Glee), Grey Damon (The Secret Circle), Natalie Hall (Pretty Little Liars), Chelsea Gilligan, Greg Finley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), guest star/recurring Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate)
WHAT | Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school ten years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they've been imprisoned ever since.
Super Fun Night
Super Fun Night, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 2
WHEN | Wednesdays at 9:30 pm
WHO | Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect), Lauren Ash (Lost Girl), Liza Lapira (Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23), Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom)
WHAT | Three nerdy female friends embark on a quest to have super fun every Friday night in the single-cam project (which was originally developed as a multi-cam comedy last spring at CBS).
Surviving Jack
Surviving Jack, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Chris Meloni (Law & Order: SVU), Connor Buckley (Deception), Claudia Lee (Hart of Dixie), Kevin Hernandez, Tyler Foden
WHAT | An adaptation of Justin Halpern's book I Suck at Girls, the single-cam comedy tells the story of "a boy becoming a man and a man becoming a father, in a time before 'coming of age' was something you could Google."
The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People, The CW
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 9
WHEN | Wednesdays at 9 pm
WHO | Peyton List (Mad Men), Luke Mitchell (Home and Away), Robbie Amell (Revenge), Mark Pellegrino (Lost), Madeleine Mantock
WHAT | Adapted from the 1970s UK series, it follows several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, all possessing special powers including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
Trophy Wife
Trophy Wife, ABC
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 24
WHEN | Tuesdays at 9:30 pm
WHO | Malin Akerman (Suburgatory), Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), Marcia Gay Harden (Damages), Michaela Watkins (Saturday Night Live), Natalie Morales (90210), Ryan Scott Lee (Super 8), Albert Tsai (How I Met Your Mother), Gianna LePera (Modern Family)
WHAT | They say the third time's the charm and reformed party girl Kate (Akerman) is hoping that's true when she becomes Pete's (Whitford) third wife. She fell into his arms (literally) at a karaoke bar and a year later, Kate's got an insta-family complete with three stepchildren and two ex-wives.
Undateable
Undateable, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Chris D'Elia (Whitney), Bianca Kajlich (Rules of Engagement), Brent Morin, Ron Funches, guest star Briga Heelan (Cougar Town)
WHAT | The multi-cam project centers on a group of young friends dubbed the "Undateables" whose lives are altered when a more confident character enters their world.
Us and Them
Us & Them, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Midseason
WHO | Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls), Kurt Fuller (Psych), Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), Kerri Kenney (Reno 911!), Dustin Ybarra
WHAT | A single-camera adaptation of the UK series Gavin & Stacey, about two very different lovers who try to make a long-distance relationship work.
Wayward Pines
Wayward Pines, Fox
PREMIERE DATE | TBA
WHEN | Summer 2014
WHO | Matt Dillon (Crash)
WHAT | Based on Blake Crouch's novel Pines, the event series is an intense, mind-bending new thriller in which nothing is what it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Dillon) arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan's investigation only turns up more questions. Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the life he knew, from the husband and father he was, until he must face the terrifying reality that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.
We Are Men
We Are Men, CBS
PREMIERE DATE | Sept. 30
WHEN | Mondays at 8:30 pm
WHO | Jerry O'Connell (The Defenders), Kal Penn (House), Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Chris Smith (Paranormal Activity 3)
WHAT | A ditched groom moves into a short-term housing complex and makes friends with some older, divorced dudes in the single-cam sitcom.
Welcome to the Family
Welcome to the Family, NBC
PREMIERE DATE | Oct. 3
WHEN | Thursdays at 8:30 pm
WHO | Mike O'Malley (Glee), Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight), Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives), Justina Machado (Private Practice, Six Feet Under), Ella Rae Peck (Deception, Gossip Girl), Joey Haro (Glee, Awkward), Aramis Knight
WHAT | In the single-cam comedy, cultures collide when a white family and a Latino family are bonded together by their children who fall in love followed quickly by an unplanned pregnancy.