The following are descriptions of the six new ABC dramas; three that will air this fall and the others that are set for mid-season; or in the case of Mistresses, next May. There are cast photos and trailers for all below:
666 PARK AVENUE – (Sunday Nights at 10 PM)
PREMISE: At the ominous address of 666 Park Avenue, anything you desire can be yours. Everyone has needs, desires and ambition. For the residents of The Drake, these will all be met, courtesy of the building’s mysterious owner, Gavin Doran. But every Faustian contract comes with a price. When Jane Van Veen and Henry Martin, an idealistic young couple from the Midwest, are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, they not only fall prey to the machinations of Doran and his mysterious wife, Olivia, but unwittingly begin to experience the shadowy, supernatural forces within the building that imprison and endanger the lives of the residents inside. Sexy, seductive and inviting, The Drake maintains a dark hold over all of its residents, tempting them through their ambitions and desires, in this chilling new drama that’s home to an epic struggle of good versus evil.
CAST: Rachael Taylor (Charlie’s Angels and Grey’s Anatomy), Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill), Mercedes Masohn (The Finder), Helena Mattsson (Nikita), Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty) and Terry O’Quinn (Lost).
CREATIVE TEAM: David Wilcox, Matthew Miller,, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo and Alex Graves are all Executive Producers. Alex Graves directed the pilot.
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LAST RESORT – (Thursday Nights at 8 PM)
PREMISE: 500 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado receive their orders. Over a radio channel, designed only to be used if their homeland has been wiped out, they’re told to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan. Captain Marcus Chaplin demands confirmation of the orders only to be unceremoniously relieved of duty by the White House. XO Sam Kendal finds himself suddenly in charge of the submarine and facing the same difficult decision. When he also refuses to fire without confirmation of the orders, the Colorado is targeted, fired upon, and hit. The submarine and its crew find themselves crippled on the ocean floor, declared rogue enemies of their own country. Now, with nowhere left to turn, Chaplin and Kendal take the sub on the run and bring the men and women of the Colorado to an exotic island. Here they will find refuge, romance and a chance at a new life, even as they try to clear their names and get home.
CAST (includes): Ande Braugher (Men of a Certain Age), Scott Speedman (Felicity), Daisy Betts (Persons Unknown), Dichen Lachman (Being Human and Dollhouse) Autumn Reeser (No Ordinary Family and The O.C.), Jessy Schram (Falling Skies and Once Upon a Time)
CREATIVE TEAM: Shawn Ryan, Karl Gajdusek, Martin Campbell and Marney Hochman Nash are all executive producers. Martin Campbell direced the pilot.
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NASHVILLE – (Wednesday Nights at 10 PM)
PREMISE: Chart-topping Rayna James is a country legend who’s had a career any singer would envy, though lately her popularity is starting to wane. Fans still line up to get her autograph, but she’s not packing the arenas like she used to. Rayna’s record label thinks a concert tour, opening for up-and-comer Juliette Barnes, the young and sexy future of country music, is just what Rayna needs. But scheming Juliette can’t wait to steal Rayna’s spotlight. Sharing a stage with that disrespectful, untalented, little vixen is the last thing Rayna wants to do, which sets up a power struggle for popularity. Could the undiscovered songwriting talent of Scarlett O’Connor be the key to helping Rayna resurrect her career? Complicating matters, Rayna’s wealthy but estranged father, Lamar Hampton, is a powerful force in business, Tennessee politics, and the lives of his two grown daughters. His drive for power results in a scheme to back Rayna’s handsome husband, Teddy, in a run for Mayor of Nashville, against Rayna’s wishes.
CAST: Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights and American Horror Story), Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), POwrs Boothe (24), Eric Close (Without a Trace), Jonathan Jackson (General Hospital) and Robert Wisdom (Prison Break and Burn Notice).
CREATIVE TEAM: Callie Khouri, R.J. Cutler and Steve Buchanan are executive producers. R.J. Cutler directed the pilot.
TRAILER FOR NASHVILLE:
RED WIDOW – Mid-Season (No Night or Timeslot Scheduled Yet)
PREMISE: When Marta Walraven’s husband is brutally murdered, her first instinct is to protect her three young children. Her husband’s business partners – Irwin Petrova, Marta’s scheming and untrustworthy brother, and Mike Tomlin — were involved in an illegal drug business deal with rival gangsters, and Marta’s husband paid the ultimate price. She already knows the violent world of organized crime; her father, Andrei Petrova, and loyal bodyguard Luther are gangsters too. She and her sister Kat had always wished for a safer life without bloodshed and fear. For a while Marta lived happily as a stay at home housewife in San Marta’s cooperation, FBI Agent James Ramos now promises justice. Marta discovers a tenacity she never knew she had, and takes on the gangsters and the FBI to unveil the truth about her husband’s death. As she digs into this dark underworld, she’ll test her own strength, relying on her resourcefulness, determination and family ties like never before. To get out of this mob, she needs to beat the bad guys at their own deadly game.
CAST (includes): Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill and Pitch Black), Lee Tergesen (Army Wives), Mido Hamada (Terra Nova), Luke Goss (Hellboy 2), Jaime Ray Newman (Drop Dead Diva and Eureka), Suleka Mathew (Hawthorne) and Rade Serbedzija (24 and The Saint).
CREATIVE TEAM: Melissa Rosenberg and Howard Klein are executive producers. Mark Pellington directed the pilot.
TRAILER FOR RED WIDOW:
ZERO HOUR – Mid-Season (No Night or Timeslot Scheduled Yet):
PREMISE: As the publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine, Modern Skeptic, Hank Galliston has spent his career following clues, debunking myths and solving conspiracies. A confessed paranormal junkie, his motto is “logic is the compass.” But when his beautiful wife, Laila, is abducted from her antique clock shop, Hank gets pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history, stretching around the world and back centuries. Contained in one of his wife’s clocks is a treasure map, and what it leads to could be cataclysmic. Now it’s up to Hank to decipher the symbols and unlock the secrets of the map, while ensuring the answers don’t fall into the wrong hands – a man they call White Vincent (Michael Nyqvist). With his two young associates, Rachel and Arron, in tow, along with Becca Riley, a sexy FBI agent, Hank will lead them on a breathless race against the clock to find his wife and save humanity.
CAST (includes): Anthony Edwards (ER), Carmen Ejogo (Chaos), Scott Michael Foster (Greek), Addison Timlin (Californication), Jacinda Barrett (Poseidon) as Laila and Michael Nyqvist (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Patrol).
CREATIVE TEAM: Paul T. Scheuring, Pierre Morel, Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Dan McDermott are executive producers. Pierre Morel directed the pilot.
TRAILER FOR ZERO HOUR:
MISTRESSES – Expected to air in May 2013
PREMISE: Welcome to a provocative and thrilling drama about the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery, as they brave the turbulent journey together. Meet Savi (Savannah), a successful career woman working toward the next phase in her life — both professional and personal — simultaneously bucking for partner at her law firm while she and her husband, Harry, try to start a family of their own. Savi’s free-spirited and capricious baby sister, Josselyn, couldn’t be more different – living single, serial dating and partying, and regularly leaning on her big sister along the way. Their common best friend, April, a recent widow and mother of two, is rebuilding her life after tragedy and learning to move forward, with the support and guidance of her closest girlfriends. And friend Karen, a successful therapist with her own practice, reconnects with the girls after her involvement in a complicated relationship with a patient goes far too deep.
CAST (includes): Alyssa Milano (Charmed), Yunjin Kim (Lost), Rochelle Aytes (The Forgotten), Jes Macallan (NCIS: Los Angeles and Grey’s Anatomy) and Jason George (Grey’s Anatomy and Eastwick).
CREATIVE TEAM: Robert Sertner, K.J. Steinberg, Rina Mimoun and Douglas Rae are executive producers. Cherie Nowlan directed the pilot.
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Rueben's Ramblings 
Red Widow looks really good! If they actually put it on I’ll be tuning in. I will probably also check out Last Resort. 666 Park Avenue seems like it could be good, or REALLY awful. Zero Hour…it got a bit over-the-top in the trailer. Plus it seems like it would be better as a mini-series or movie. Still, it’s much better than last year.