ABC unveiled a fall schedule with four new comedies and two new dramas, including one produced by Shonda Rhimes, the producer of “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Series not returning include the comedies “Suburgatory,” which ran for three seasons; “The Neighbors,” which ran for two seasons; “Super Fun Night” and “Trophy Night,” which premiered in the fall, and “Mixology,” which premiered on Feb. 26; and the first-season dramas “Betrayal” and “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland,” which premiered in the fall.
Two of the eight series that premiered last fall will return for second seasons – the action/adventure drama “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and he comedy “The Goldbergs,” as will two series that premiered at midseason – the drama “Resurrection” and the competition series “The Great Christmas Light Fight.”
“Our schedule reflects a judicious mix of boldness and stability,” ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee said.
“ABC is finishing the season with momentum — we now have building blocks on every night of the week and we’re using them to launch our new series.”
ABC’s Tuesday lineup will begin with two new comedies.
“Selfie,” based loosely on “My Fair Lady,” stars Karen Gillan as a woman with 263,000 online followers, who realizes being friended is not the same as having actual friends, so she asks a marketing guru (John Cho) to “rebrand” her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connect with people in the real world, according to ABC.
The other new Tuesday comedy is “Manhattan Love Story,” which ABC describes as a romantic comedy that “exposes the differences between men and women through the unfiltered thoughts, and often contradictory actions, of a new couple (Analeigh Tipton and Jake McDorman) who have just begun dating.”
“Black-ish” will air Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m., following “Modern Family,” which has won the Emmy as television’s outstanding comedy for the past four seasons. It stars Anthony Anderson as a father of four who sets out to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family with the help of his father (Laurence Fishburne).
ABC’s other new comedy is “Cristela,” which stars comedian Cristela Alonzo as a sixth-year law student about to land an unpaid internship with a prestigious firm.
ABC’s new fall dramas are “Forever” and the Rhimes-produced “How to Get Away with Murder.”
“How to Get Away with Murder” is described as a legal thriller starring two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis as a law professor.
“Forever” stars Ioan Gruffudd as an immortal New York City medical examiner. Its cast includes two-time Emmy winner Judd Hirsch.
Here is the fall ABC schedule:
– Sunday: “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Resurrection,” “Revenge”
– Monday: “Dancing with the Stars,” “Castle”;
– Tuesday: “Selfie,” “Manhattan Love Story,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Forever”
– Wednesday: “The Middle,” “The Goldbergs,” “Modern Family,” “Black-ish,” “Nashville,”
– Thursday: “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder”
– Friday: “Last Man Standing,” “Cristela,” “Shark Tank,” “20/20,”
– Saturday: “Saturday Night College Football”
