Rueben's Ramblings

The following is the proposed ABC line-up for the new fall 2015-2016 TV season:

Monday:

8 PM – Dancing with the Stars
10 PM – Castle

Tuesday:

8 PM – The Muppets (NEW)
8:30 PM – Fresh Off the Boat
9 PM – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10 PM – Quantico (NEW)

Quantico – This series will focus on a diverse group of recruits who have arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11. The cast includes Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, Dougray Scott (Hemlock Grove), Jake McLaughlin (Believe), Aunjanue Ellis (NCIS: Los Angeles) and Graham Rogers (Revolution) [among others]. The executive producers include Josh Safran, Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper.

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 – Dr. Ken (NEW)
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 – Oil (NEW)
10 PM – Of Kings and Prophets (NEW)

Oil – Billy and Cody Lefever dream of a new life beyond their working class roots and move to “The Bakken” in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history. They’re soon pitted against a ruthless tycoon who forces them to bet big and put everything on the line, including their marriage. The cast includes Don Johnson (Nash Bridges), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society), Delroy Lindo (Believe), Amber Valletta (Revenge), Scott Michael Foster (Chasing Life and Greek), India de Beaufort (Jane by Design), Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) and Caitlin Carver (The Fosters). The executive producers include Josh Pate, Rodes Fishburne, Tony Krantz, Drew Comins and Don Johnson.

Of Kings and Prophets – This new series is an epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny. The cast includes Ray Winstone (The Divergent franchise), Haaz Sleiman (Covert Affairs), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (The Originals) and Simone Kessell (Terra Nova) [among others]. The executive producer include Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi.

The following are returning dramas that will return later in the season:

American Crime
Marvel’s Agent Carter
Secrets and Lies

And the new ABC dramas that will air in 2016 include:

The Catch – This new thriller will center on the strong, successful Alice Martin (Mireille Enos from The Killing), a fraud investigator who’s about to be the victim of fraud herself by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career. The cast includes Alimi Ballard (Dark Angel and Numb3rs), Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill) and Jacky Ido (Taxi Brooklyn) [among others]. The executive producer include Jennifer Schuur, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Julie Anne Robinson.

The Family – This new series follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge – is he really who he says he is? The cast includes Joan Allen (The Bourne franchise), Allison Pill (The Newsroom), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire), Liam James (The Way Way Back), Floriana Lima (The Mob Doctor), Rupert Graves (Sherlock) and Andrew McCarthy. The executive producers include Jenna Bans, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman and Laurie Zaks.

Wicked City – This drama follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ‘n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed between detectives, reporters, drug dealers and club-goers to solve a serial murder case. The cast includes Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl), Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story), Gabriel Luna (Matador), Adam Rothenberg (Ripper Street) and Karolina Wydra (True Blood) [among others]. The executive producers include Steven Baigelman, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman and Laurie Zaks.