ABC premiered new trailers for their upcoming new series’ at their Upfront Presentation today. The network has a mix of comedies and dramas that are sure to shake up things at their network. You can begin viewing the trailers and descriptions below:
The Kids Are Alright: Not to be confused with the similarly titled feature film, the single-camera comedy from Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing) has been the network’s comedy frontrunner. Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead) stars in the ensemble comedy about a traditional Irish Catholic family of 10 living in a three-bedroom house outside L.A. as they navigate changes big and small in the turbulent decade of the 1970s. The household is turned upside down when the oldest son returns home and announces he plans to quit the seminary to go off and save the world. Inspired by Doyle’s childhood, Mary McCormack co-stars in the comedy from ABC Studios.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=FsSMv0EcX04
Grand Hotel: The upstairs-downstairs drama set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami. Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez star in the drama that revolves around the couple and their adult children, the hotel’s wealthy guests, scandals, secrets and escalating debt. Devious Maids alum Brian Tanen penned the script and exec produces the ABC Studios drama alongside Eva Longoria. (Based on the Spanish format.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYQU5eWdCo
Whiskey Cavalier: The high-octane action dramedy revolves around two agents, played by Scandal‘s Scott Foley and The Walking Dead‘s Lauren Cohan, as they lead an interagency team of flawed, funny and heroic spies while also navigating friendships, romance, and office politics. The drama hails from Warner Bros. Television-based Bill Lawrence and writer Dave Hemingson (The Catch), with Foley also exec producing. Ana Ortiz and Tyler James Williams co-star.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=dkJhX-ccM5k
The Fix: The drama from exec producer Marcia Clark and writers Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain revolves around former prosecutor Maya Travis (Robin Tunney, The Mentalist), after losing the biggest case of her career and being shredded by the media, leaves Los Angeles for a quiet life in rural Oregon. Eight years after her devastating defeat, the killer (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lost) strikes again, forcing Maya to return to Los Angeles to confront him one more time. Will she play by the rules or will she do whatever it takes to get him behind bars? Part legal thriller and part confessional. Merrin Dungey co-stars in the drama from ABC Studios and Mandeville.
A Million Little Things: The hourlong dramedy revolves around a group of friends who, for different reasons and in different ways, are all stuck in their lives. But when one of them dies unexpectedly, it’s the wake-up call the others need to finally start living.
Single Parents: Longtime New Girl collaborators JJ Philbin and Liz Meriwether offer up their comedic meditation on parenting with this single-camera sitcom from 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. The robust ensemble piece — Taran Killam and Leighton Meester among the stars — follows friends and fellow single parents struggling to raise their 7-year-olds while maintaining some semblance of personal lives. Katharine Pope and Jason Winer are also exec producers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9K06dCP-lc
The Rookie: Two years after Castle‘s surprising cancellation, star Nathan Fillion is back at the network and reuniting with former showrunner Alexi Hawley. The drama, inspired by a true story and picked up straight to series, sees Fillion as the LAPD’s oldest rookie.
