The new drama Rosewood will air its series premiere on FOX at 8 PM on September 23.
The series focuses on Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Morris Chestnut from Legends and Nurse Jackie), the most brilliant private pathologist in Miami, who uses his wildly sophisticated autopsy lab to perform for-hire autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. His new partner-in-crime is Detective Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz from The After), a Miami PD detective with attitude and demons to spare.
The cast includes Domenick Lombardozzi (Breakout Kings), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate and We Bought a Zoo) and Lorraine Toussaint (The Fosters and Forever).
The new thriller Scream Queens will air its two-hour series debut at 8 PM on FOX on September 22.
Wallace University is rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by its Queen Bitch, Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts from American Horror Story: Freak Show).
But when anti-Kappa Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis from Halloween and True Lies) decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc, claiming one victim, one episode at a time.
The cast includes Lea Michele (Glee), Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), Oliver Hudson (Nashville), Skyler Samuels (American Horror Story: Coven and The Nine Lives of Chloe King), Keke Palmer (Masters of Sex), Diego Bonita (Pretty Little Liars and Rock of Ages), Niecy Nash (The Soul Man), singer-actor Nick Jonas (Kingdom) and actress-singer Ariana Grande [among others].
NOTE: The series will move to its regular timeslot at 9 PM on September 29.
On September 22, the new CBS drama Limitless, based on the feature film, will debut at 10 PM.
The drama is about Brian Finch (Jake McDorman from Greek), who discovers the brain-boosting power of the mysterious drug NZT and is coerced by the FBI into using his extraordinary cognitive abilities to solve complex cases for them.
The cast includes Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Hill Harper (CSI: NY) and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Grimm).
The new FOX drama Minority Report, based on the film of the same name, will debut on September 21 at 9 PM.
The series follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future (Stark Sands from Inside Llewyn Davis) and a cop (Meagan Good from Californication and the short-lived Deception) haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.
The cast includes Wilmer Valderrama (That 70’s Show), Nick Zano (What I Like About You) and Laura Regan (Mad Men).
On September 21, the new NBC drama Blindspot will debut at 10 PM.
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander from Kyle XY and the Thor films), completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos, is discovered naked in Times Square with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there’s one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton from Strike Back), emblazoned across her back. “Jane,” Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
The cast includes Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace), Ukweli Roach (The Royals), Audrey Esparza (Black Box), Rob Brown (Treme) and Ashley Johnson (Growing Pains and Spooked).
The two-hour debut of The Bastard Executioner will air on September 15 on FX at 10 PM.
The epic medieval series tells the story of Wilkin Brattle (newcomer Lee Jones), a 14th century warrior, whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man: a journeyman executioner.
Set in northern Wales during a time rife with rebellion and political upheaval, Wilkin must walk a tight rope between protecting his true identity while also serving a mysterious destiny. Guided by Annora, a mystical healer whose seeming omniscience keeps Wilkin under her sway; manipulated by Milus Corbett, a devious Chamberlain with grand political aspirations; and driven by a deepening connection with the Baroness Lady Love, Wilkin struggles to navigate political, emotional and supernal pitfalls in his quest to understand his greater purpose.
The cast includes Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy) and Stephen Moyer (True Blood) [among others].
On September 4, the Amazon series Hand of God will debut online.
The show centers on Judge Harris (Ron Perlman from Sons of Anarchy), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl named Tessie Graham (Emayatzy Corinealdi from Middle of Nowhere) on the side, who suffers a mental breakdown and goes on a vigilante quest to find the rapist who tore his family apart.
There is much more to Judge Harris than that, though. After his son PJ (relative newcomer Johnny Fero) is forced to watch his wife Jocelyn (Alona Tal from Supernatural and Burn Notice) be raped repeatedly, he attempts suicide. Barely clinging to life, the judge’s wife Crystal (Dana Delany from China Beach and Body of Proof) and Jocelyn, know it is time to allow PJ to die. However, the judge believes that his son will miraculously awaken and then he begins to experience visions that the thinks will lead him to the person responsible; someone who has never been caught.
Enter Reverend Paul Curtis (Julian Morris from Pretty Little Liars and Once Upon a Time), a money-grubbing pastor, with a very shady past, who exploits the judge’s grief and Alicia (Elizabeth McLaughlin from Betrayal), who is more than just Paul’s disciple.
When KD (Garret Dillahunt from Raising Hope), a former white supremacist who, too has found Jesus (like the judge), passes through Pernell’s court, the judge convinces KD to serve as his “personal avenger”.
And then there is Robert ‘Bobo’ Boston (Andre Royo from The Wire), who is the slick mayor of the fictional city of San Vicente, California, ruled by generations of the Harris family.
Here is a trailer for Hand of God:
Dana Delaney and Ron Perlman
Alona Tal
Garret Dillahunt
Elizabeth McLaughlin and Julian Morris
Andre Royo
Emayatzy Corinealdi
All 10 episodes of Hand of God can be viewed on Amazon and Amazon Prime on September 4.
The new Netflix series Narcos will debut online on August 28.
The online series will depict “he true story of how cocaine became such a huge problem in the U.S. and Europe – and how it all started here in Medellin.
The cast includes Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones), Boyd Holbrook (Gone Girl), Manolo Cardona (Covert Affairs) and Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights) [among others].
The new TNT period piece drama Public Morals will debut at 10 PM on August 25.
The series centers on Terry Muldoon (Edward Burns from Saving Private Ryan), an officer of the Public Morals Division, which investigates vice crimes in New York City in the 1960’s. Many of Muldoon’s fellow cops in the division walk a thin line between morality and crime as vice-related temptations threaten to snare even the best of officers, including Muldoon’s partner, Charlie Bullman (Michael Rappaport from Justified).
As Muldoon watches the Hell’s Kitchen streets where he grew up devoured by an escalating war within two factions of the Irish-American Mob, he becomes more determined than ever to fight back against the city’s dark underbelly so he can provide a safe place where he and his wife, Christine (Elizabeth Masucci from The Americans), can raise their family.
The cast also includes Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Castle).
On August 12, the UP Channel will debut its new original series Ties That Bind at 9 PM.
The series revolves around Allison McLean (Kelli Williams from Army Wives), a tough and experienced police detective in suburban Seattle. Like most working women, her hands are already full, balancing a demanding and dangerous job and a family — husband Matt (Jonathan Scarfe from Hell on Wheels), and teenagers Jeff (Mitchell Kummen from When Calls the Heart) and Rachel (Natasha Calis from The Firm).
But when she and her partner, Devin (Dion Johnstone from Defiance and Stargate SG-1), must arrest her brother, Tim (Luke Perry from Beverly Hills 90210), for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as Tim is convicted and sent to prison leaving his two teenagers Cameron (Rhys Matthew Bond from Good Witch) and Mariah (Matreya Scarrwener from Falling Skies) teetering on the brink of foster care. Having done the right thing as an officer of the law, Allison now feels compelled to do the right thing as a sister and aunt; she brings Tim’s two very unhappy teens into her home. Squeezing four teenagers under one roof proves to be an additional test of Allison’s strength and patience. It won’t be easy for her husband, her children or Tim’s kids either.
In addition to investigating local crimes, the series will also focus on the joys and struggles of the teens as they adjust to their new home, their new high school, make new friends and experience love, romance, anger and jealousy.
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