ABC cancels two, adds new shows
Though ABC canceled freshman shows October Road and Women’s Murder Club in its Upfront 2008-09 presentation Tuesday, the network renewed Eli Stone, picked up Scrubs from NBC, and has added a handful of new shows.
New drama Life on Mars and new alternative reality series Opportunity Knocks from executive producer Ashton Kutcher are coming in the fall.
In February, ABC gave the early go-ahead to several new shows for a second season including Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Samantha Who?
New series for midseason include The Good Family, Scrubs and an untitled Ashton Kutcher-Tyra Banks project.
Here’s a preview of the some of the new shows:
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Life on Mars (10 p.m. Thursday) — “Life on Mars” is based on the BBC series created by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah. The series revolves around Sam Tyler, a modern-day police detective who, after a car crash, mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
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The new drama stars Jason O’ Mara as Sam Tyler, Rachelle LeFevre as Annie Cartwright, Colm Meaney as Gene Hunt, Stephanie Jacobsen as Maya, Lenny Clarke as George Randall, Patrick Wenk-Wolff as Colin Raimes and Richard Benjamin as Milton Kornboll.
The series is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett and David E. Kelley are the executive producers. The pilot episode of “Life on Mars” was executive-produced by David E. Kelley, Stephen Garrett, Jane Featherstone, Tommy Schlamme and Bob Breech, and was produced by David E. Kelley Productions in association with Kudos Film & Television LTD and 20th Century Fox Television.
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Opportunity Knocks (8 p.m. Tuesdays) — Consider this the reality show that comes to you. Opportunity Knocks’ mobile team will arrive in “Anywhere,America” in a semi-truck that is full of flat screen TVs, new furniture and big cash prizes that the family can win right there. Setting up shop in the family’s front lawn, the instant the host, JD Roth, knocks on the front door, the game will begin. Each week one lucky family will be tested to see how well they know their family in front of all their friends and neighbors.
The host poses trivia questions to family members based directly on their lives, each other and articles found in and around their home. If they’re able to prove they know their family inside and out, they’ll win the prizes of their dreams.
Executive producers for “Opportunity Knocks” are Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, J.D. Roth and Todd A. Nelson. “Opportunity Knocks” is produced by Katalyst Films and 3 Ball Productions.
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The Good Family (midseason) — A new animated series from Mike Judge, creator of “King of the Hill.” The Goode Family is obsessed with doing the “right” thing, whether it’s environmentally, politically or socially. Unfortunately their efforts often have unintended comic consequences.
“The Goode Family” is voiced by Mike Judge as Gerald, Nancy Carell as Helen, Dave Herman as Ubuntu and Abby Elliot as Bliss.
Imaged used with permission of Newscom
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