The Fall TV season hasn't even started yet, and already, at least one network is looking a few months ahead. ABC, which only has one new scripted show (Life on Mars [1]) on its Fall schedule, has picked up three dramas and two comedies for midseason [2].
Among them: Rob Thomas's Cupid [3], his remake of his own 1998 show, which now stars Sarah Paulson and Bobby Cannavale (at right). I've been curious about that project for a while now, so I'm glad it's taken the next step toward becoming a series.
The other dramas:
- Castle — Starring Nathan Fillion, the show focuses on a horror novelist who helps the NYPD solve crimes.
- The Unusuals — Starring Amber Tamblyn, this one's described as an "ensemble dramedy" set in a police precinct.
For descriptions of the comedies, and to see what else ABC has in its pipeline, .
ABC's midseason comedies are:
- Better Off Ted — Jay Harrington stars as a moral man trying to do the right thing in this office-set show.
- Single with Parents — This comedy from How I Met Your Mother producer Kristin Newman stars Alyssa Milano as a woman juggling a dysfunctional family.
ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson hinted to the Hollywood Reporter that some of ABC's other pilots might be getting the go-ahead later on. The network still has Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas starring Janel Moloney and Rob Thomas's other pilot, Good Behavior, as well as the Alicia Silverstone/Alia Shawkat comedy Bad Mother's Handbook [4], as possibilities.
Source [5]