The following is the proposed ABC line-up for the new fall 2017-2018 TV season:
Monday:
8 PM – Dancing with the Stars
10 PM – The Good Doctor [NEW]
The Good Doctor – Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore from Bates Motel), a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
The cast includes Nicholas Gonzalez (Pretty Little Lies and The Flash), Beau Garrett (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, Hill Harper (CSI: NY) and Richard Schiff (The West Wing).
NOTE: It’s a little like Rain Man meets House, and I’m not trying to be sarcastic or inappropriate in saying that.
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Tuesday:
8 PM – The Middle
8:30 PM – Fresh Off the Boat
9 PM – black-ish
9:30 PM – The Mayor
10 PM – The Gospel of Kevin [NEW]
The Gospel of Kevin – Kevin Finn (Jason Ritter from Parenthood), a cluelessly self-serving person, is on a dangerous path to despair. In a downward spiral, Kevin returns home to stay with his widowed twin sister (JoAnna Garcia Swisher from Once Upon a Time) and niece. On his first night there, an unlikely celestial being named Yvette (Cristela Alonzo from Cristela) appears to him and presents him with a mission – to save the world.
The cast includes J. August Richards (Angel and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), India de Beaufort (Younger and Jane By Design) and Dustin Ybarra (We Bought a Zoo).
NOTE: This reminds me just ever so slightly of Joan of Arcadia (for which Jason was a cast member).
TRAILER:
Wednesday:
8 PM – The Goldbergs
8:30 PM – Speechless
9 PM – Modern Family
9:30 PM – American Housewife
10 PM – Designated Survivor
Thursday:
8 PM – Grey’s Anatomy
9 PM – Scandal
10 PM – How to Get Away with Murder
Friday:
8 PM – Once Upon a Time (New Night)
9 PM – Marvel’s Inhumans [NEW]
10 PM – 20/20
Marvel’s Inhumans – This new drama explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family, including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where their surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.
The cast includes Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Serinda Swan (Graceland), Isabelle Cornish (Home and Away) and Ken Leung (Lost).
Saturday:
8 PM – Saturday Night Football
Sunday:
7 PM – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM – To Tell the Truth
9 PM – Shark Tank
10 PM – Ten Days in the Valley
Ten Days in the Valley – The drama stars Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) as Jane Sadler, an overworked television producer and single mother in the middle of a separation whose life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. Just like her controversial police TV show, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one can be trusted.
The cast includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Josh Randall (Ed) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show and Major Crimes).
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NOTE: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will move to Friday nights at 9 PM after the 8-episode run of Marvel’s Inhumans.
The new dramas that will debut later in the season include:
The Crossing – Refugees from a war-torn country seek asylum in a small American fishing town, only the country these people are from is America – and the war they are fleeing hasn’t happened yet. As the government tries to uncover the truth behind this mysterious migration only one thing is certain: The lives of the people here — both the townspeople and these newcomers — will never be the same.
The cast includes Steve Zahn (That Thing You Do), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome and APB), Sandrine Holt (MacGyver), Rick Gomez (Justified) and Jay Karnes (Burn Notice).
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NOTE: To me, this new show gives off vibes of The 4400 and Resurrection.
Deception – When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black (Jack Cutmore-Scott (Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life) has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, influence and illusion — the FBI. Using every trick in the book and inventing new ones, he will help the government catch the world’s most elusive criminals while staging the biggest illusions of his career.
The cast includes Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions), Lenora Crichlow (the original Being Human), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Justin Chon (the Twilight movie franchise) and Vinnie Jones (the box office film Snatch and the TV show Arrow).
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NOTE: Think of this show like Castle, except the male lead is a magician and the female lead is playing Beckett as if she stayed with the FBI with a little bit of Chuck thrown in the mix. Not sure how I feel about the similarities!!
For the People – Set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, aka “The Mother Court,” this drama follows brand-new lawyers working for both the defense and the prosecution handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country – all as their lives intersect in and out of the courtroom.
The cast includes Ben Rappaport (Younger and Outsourced), Ben Shenkman (Royal Pains), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Daredevil and Soul Food), Hope Davis (the box office film About Schmidt and the TV series American Crime) and Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie).
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