Book Review 20 May 2014 2014-15 Network-Commissioned Pilots ABC Comedy An American Education Based on the BBC series Bad Education, about an unorthodox San Diego public school teacher Black-ish An upper middle class black man tries to raise his kids with some cultural identity Cristela Semi-autographical series about a Latina woman in her sixth year of law school who is straddling two different cultures Damaged Goods A look at sexual politics in the post-feminist era Far East Orlando Based on chef Eddie Huang’s memoir about a Chinese family that moves to suburban Orlando Galavant A musical comedy about a handsome prince galavant and his quest for revenge Irreversible About a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple, and their trials and tribulations Keep it Together Based on Kevin Hart’s life post-divorce, the show asks the question: “Can a man and woman ever be friends?” My Thoughts Exactly Exposes the internal monologues of a young couple in a new relationship Saint Francis A blue collar, no-nonsense cop butts heads with the liberal world when his sister gets pregnant out of wedlock Selfie A self-obsessed 20-something garners unwanted social media attention Strange Calls Based on an Australian series about a goodhearted, bumbling Boston cop who is exiled to night duty on Nantucket Island Untitled Brian Gallivan Project An overworked father moves his family from the city to New Hampshire, where they open a group of tourist cottages The Winklers An emotionally reserved construction worker unexpectedly moves in with his in-laws Drama Agatha A former convict becomes a big-city criminologist American Crime A racially charged murder and its subsequent trial are examined through the lives of the victims, the accused and their families The Astronaut Wives Club* (midseason) A 10-episode series about the women who support their husbands during the 1960s space race Clementine When she stops running from her past, a troubled 28-year-old psychic sees her life change in unexpected ways The Club* An Upstairs, Downstairs-style soap set at a private country club Dangerous Liaisons Revolves around the love and rivalry between two powerful socialites with an obsessive attraction Exposed Based on a Scandinavian format, it follows an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth Forever Centers on NewYork City’s immortal star medical examiner How To Get Away With Murder A legal thriller about ambitious law students and their mysterious criminal defense professor who are entangled in a murder plot Sea of Fire Based on a Dutch TV series, set in a small town torn apart when three teenage girls are in a pornographic film Secrets & Lies* A family man finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect Warriors The best and brightest active duty military doctors and nurses practice trailblazing medicine on wounded warriors The Whispers Based on Ray Bradbury’s short story “Zero Hour,” following a race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy CBS Comedy Cuz-Bros A successful and suave ladies man sees his life turned upside down when his mess of a cousin comes to stay Gaffigan Jim Gaffigan stars as a NYC father of five, as he is in real life Good Session A happy couple decides to see a therapist to help them decide if they should have a baby How I Met Your Dad A spin-off of How I Met Your Motherabout a new group of friends who hang out at MacLaren’s The McCarthys Centers on a large Irish Catholic family from Boston that is crazy about sports The Mistake A couple who just “finished” raising their kids becomes pregnant More Time With Family A husband and father makes a career change in order to spend more time at home The Odd Couple A modern version of the classic, with Felix and Oscar Save the Date A single 35-year-old drunkenly books awedding venue and embarks on a race against the clock to meet the right man in time Drama Battle Creek* Two detectives with very different worldviews are teamed up on the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan CSI Spin-off Revolves around a special agent in Virginia The Dovekeepers* A miniseries about the siege of Masada Extant* In this miniseries, a female astronaut returns home after a year in space Madam Secretary Explores the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State NCIS: New Orleans A spin-off of the current series Only Human A soapy medical drama about quadruplets who grew up on a reality show Red Zone A retired CIA operative must rejoin the group when a terrorist event rocks Washington, D.C. Scorpion An international network of super-geniuses form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age Untitled Elmore, Cavell and Cusack Project Set in the world of power and money on Wall Street Untitled Kevin Williamson Project A psychological thriller about a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents at the LAPD Reality In The Spotlight Based on a Turkish format, this music competition reality series comes from former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe CW Drama The Flash Based on the DC Comics character Identity Inspired by Israeli script Dance of the Hours, about a whip-smart New Yorker who discovers her only possible organ donor is a newfound half-brother, part of a wealthy Southern family iZombie A med student-turned-zombie gets a job in the coroner’s office, but she inherits the memories of the corpses whose brains she reluctantly eats Jane the Virgin Based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana La Virgen, about an innocent girl who accidentally becomes artificially inseminated The Messengers A group of strangers awaken to learn they are being deemed responsible for preventing an Apocalypse Supernatural: Bloodlines A spin-off of Supernatural that explores the clashing hunter and monster cultures of Chicago FOX Comedy Bordertown* Animated comedy from Seth MacFarlane, about two families living on the U.S.-Mexico border Cabot College* A women’s college begins accepting men Dead Boss Based on a British series, a comedic mystery in which an overachiever is wrongfully convicted of killing her boss (Continued on Page 37)
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