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ABC Pilot Possibilities
You know ABC has a knack for good T.V shows. (Just think Scandal, Revenge, Once Upon a Time). Her’s the list of contenders for the Fall 2014-2015. Which ones are you most excited about?
DRAMA
Agatha
In this character-driven procedural, a former convict-turned-big-city criminologist (Bojana Novakovic) is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a shocking string of disappearances. The chief detective she’s been hired to help is her father, and they haven’t spoken in 15 years. The Whole Truth‘s Tom Donaghy will write and executive-produce. Clancy Brown, Erik Palladino, Aaron Ashmore, Meta Golding, Christian Keyes, Daniel Henney and Jee Young Han will co-star.
American Crime
The personal lives of the players involved in a racially charged trial are examined as their worlds are turned upside-down. 12 Years a Slave scribe John Ridley will write and executive-produce with Cougar Town‘s Michael McDonald. Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Penelope Ann Miller, Richard Cabral, Johnny Ortiz, Elvis Nolasco, Benito Martinez, W. Earl Brown and Caitlin Gerard will co-star.
Clementine
A habitual criminal (Sarah Snook) digs in to the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities that she will one day harness for either profound good or monstrous evil. The Manchurian Candidate‘s Dean Georgaris will write and executive-produce with Grey’s Anatomy‘s Mark Gordon. Mykelti Williamson, David Strathairn, Kevin Alejandro, Edwin Hodge, Kathleen Munroe, McKenna Grace and Nick Gehlfuss will also star.
Dangerous Liasons
Set in New York City, the drama tells the story of the love and rivalry between two powerful socialites (Melissa George and Rufus Sewell) who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others. Beautiful Creatures‘ Richard Lagravanese will write and executive-produce with Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi, while Taylor Hackford will direct. Katie Holmes, Oded Fehr, Elliot Knight, Britne Oldford and Daphne Rubin-Vega will also star.
Exposed
Based on a Scandinavian format, the drama follows an investigative journalist (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, including making questionable alliances. Charles Randolph (Love & Other Drugs) will write and executive-produce with Peter Traugott (Samantha Who?) and Rachel Kaplan (Do No Harm). Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Sandrine Holt, Ben Barnes, Brian F. O’Byrne and Peter DeJersey will co-star.
Forever
Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is New York City’s star medical examiner who studies the dead for a reason: He is immortal. With the help of Detective Jo Martinez (Alana De La Garza), the drama will peel back the layers of Henry’s long, colorful life through their cases. Chuck‘s Matt Miller will write and executive-produce with Dan Lin (Terminator Salvation) and Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars). Judd Hirsch, Barbara Eve Harris, Joel David Moore and Donnie Keshwarz will also star.
How to Get Away With Murder
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor (Viola Davis) who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock their entire university and change the course of their lives. Grey’s Anatomy producer Peter Nowalk will write and executive-produce with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers‘ Shondaland. Liza Weil, Tom Verica, Billy Brown, Katie Findlay, Matt McGorry, Aja Naomi King, Jack Falahee, Alfred Enoch, Charlie Weber and Karla Souza will co-star.
Sea of Fire
Dexter‘s Jennifer Carpenter will star as an FBI agent brought in to investigate a disappearance, a murder and host of other secrets boiling under the surface of this small town after three teenage girls star in a pornographic film. Based on the Danish series Vuurzee, the drama hails from Off the Map‘s Jenna Bans. Jack Davenport, Michael Trucco, Jeffrey Nordling, Lilli Birdsell, Christina Chang, Isabelle Cornish, Zoe Soul, Kevin G. Schmidt, Amanda Detmer, Morgan Taylor Campbell and Kier Gilchrist will also star.
The Visitors
A race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us. Juno‘s Soo Hugh will write the project from Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin TV. Barry Sloane, Milo Ventimiglia, Lily Rabe, Derek Webster, Brianna Brown, Kylie Rogers, Catalina Denis and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf will star.
Warriors
Inspired by the state-of-the-art Walter Reed Military Medical Center, the project will follow the best and brightest active-duty military doctors and nurses as they practice trailblazing medicine. Party of Five‘s Chris Keyser will write and executive-produce. Morena Baccarin, Don Hany, Courtney B. Vance, Justina Machado, Greg Grunberg, Steve Kazee, Hampton Fluker, Abbie Cobb and Eloise Mumford will star.
COMEDY
An American Education
In this remake of British comedy Bad Education, British transplant Alfie Wickers (Jack Whitehall), an unorthodox teacher, loves his students, but his naïve enthusiasm and unconventional methods put him at odds with the test-obsessed administrators. Whitehall will also executive-produce with King of the Hill‘s Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory. Rosie Perez, Brittany Snow, David Mares, Devin Ratray, Phil Morris, Dalpre Grayer and Lorenzo Henrie will also star.
Bambi Cottages
An overworked father (Paul F. Tompkins) who dreams of a better life for his family decides to uproot them from the city and move to New Hampshire where they open a group of low-rent tourist cottages. Brian Gallivan (Are You There, Chelsea?) will write and executive-produce with Friends with Benefits‘ Will Gluck. Molly Shannon, Shiloh Nelson, Cole Sand, Tessa Albertson, Ty Parker, Charlie Kilgore, Cole Sand and Connor Kalopsis will also star.
Black-ish
An upper-middle-class black man (Anthony Anderson) struggles to raise his children with a sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife (Tracee Ellis Ross), old-school father (Laurence Fishburne) and his assimilated, color-blind kids. Anderson and Fishburne will executive-produce with writer Kenya Barris (Are We There Yet?) and The Daily Show‘s Larry Wilmore. Miles Brown, Marcus Scribner, Caila Martin and Yara Shahidi will co-star.
Damaged Goods
A single-camera comedy about the sexual politics that have changed between men and women in the post-feminist era. Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich will write and executive-produce. Anna Camp, Jennifer Aspen, Steve Talley, Justin Hartley, Kellee Stewart, Kyle Jones and Ben Lawson will star.
Far East Orlando
A ’90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid (Hudson Yang) growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father (Randall Park) obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother (Constance Wu) often bewildered by white culture. Apartment 23 creator Nahnatchka Khan will write and executive-produce with New Girl‘s Jake Kasdan. Forrest Wheeler and Ian Chen will also star.
Galavant
Handsome Prince Galavant (Joshua Sasse) is on a quest for revenge against the king (Psych‘s Timothy Omundson) who stole his one true love (Mallory Jansen) in this fairy-tale musical. Dan Fogelman will write and executive-produce with Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken writing the music. Vinnie Jones, Karen David and Luke Youngblood will also star.
Irreversible
Andy (Friends alum David Schwimmer) and Sarah (Jessica Knappett), an eccentric, self-absorbed couple, bring many of their trials and tribulations upon themselves. Based on an Israeli series. Schwimmer will executive-produce with Rescue Me‘s Peter Tolan. Iris Bahr will also star.
Keep It Together
Based on Kevin Hart‘s life and stand-up, this comedy asks the question: Can a man (Romany Malco) and woman (Bresha Webb) ever truly be friends… after they’re divorced? Hart will executive-produce the pilot alongside Neil Goldman and Garrett Donavan, best known for their work on Community. Hart, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jayson Blair, Bryant Tardy, Corinne Massiah and Jeff Ross will also star.
My Thoughts Exactly
This romantic comedy exposes the unfiltered inner monologues of young couple Peter (Jake McDorman) and Dana (Analeigh Tipton) as they embark on a new relationship. Spin City‘s Jeff Lowell will write and executive-produce with Samantha Who‘s Peter Traugott. Kurt Fuller, Jade Catta-Preta, Jon Liebman, Chloe Wepper and Nicolas Wright will also star.
Saint Francis
A blue-collar, no-nonsense, Long Island cop and family man (Michael Imperioli) confronts the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister gets pregnant out of wedlock. Paget Brewster will play Imperioli’s age-obsessed wife. Man Up! creator Chris Moynihan will write and executive-produce. Sharon Gless, Henry Simmons, Jeremy Luke and Spencer Grammer will also star.
Selfie
A self-obsessed, twentysomething woman (Karen Gillan) is the subject of a viral video made after a humiliating public breakup. When the video makes her an Internet celebrity for all the wrong reasons, she hires a marketing expert named Henry (John Cho) to help restore her image. Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek will write and executive-produce the project inspired by My Fair Lady. David Harewood, Tim Peper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Allyn Rachel will also star.
The Winklers
In this multi-camera sitcom, an emotionally reserved construction worker’s life is changed when he moves in with his oversharing in-laws. Max Winker will executive-produce, while his dad, Henry Winkler, will star. Judith Light, Domenick Lombardozzi, Josh Sussman, Joseph A. Ninuez and Eva Amurri Martino will co-star.
Original article: http://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Pilots-Fall-2014-1077718.aspx
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The rumors have been circulating for quite some time now, but neither Jesse Lee Soffer nor Tracy Spiridakos ever acknowledged them—no confirmation or denial from either party…until now, it seems.
If their Instagram posts are anything to go by, they may have just given fans a massive hint at the status of their relationship with an upload on August 29, 2024 that had the internet buzzing with thoughts.
Both Soffer and Spiridakos—whose characters Jay Halstead and Hailey Upton were married on Chicago PD–shared shots from their European vacation together. And yeah, sure, former co-stars can remain friendly and vacation together, but it was Soffer’s caption, “Europe is is kinda cool ,” that made heads turn and jaws drop.
The duo also looked smitten with each other in several of the selfie-style photos taken in the city streets and beaches of Lisbon, Portugal—and fans definitely took notice in the comments.
“They are a real life couple. Yayyy…. That makes me smile ” someone wrote of the alleged confirmation, as another noted, “real ones know they’ve been dating for years.”
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Someone else suggested this was the duo finally “hard launching” their romance.
Back in January 2024, The Post confirmed that the duo was dating after appearing on the show together for six years.
Soffer left the police procedural in 2022 after 10 seasons, while Spiridakos followed shortly after in season 11 after signing on as a series regular in season 5.
While things didn’t turn out well for the on-screen couple as their characters broke up and filed for divorce, fans are hoping things work out better in real life.
Soffer previously dated his Chicago PD co-star Sophia Bush for about a year. She departed the series in 2017 at the end of season 4.
Summer 2024 is going to be one without Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah.
During Amazon’s Upfront event on Tuesday, which was attended by writer Jenny Han, Lola Tung, Gavin Casaelgno and Christopher Briney, it was revealed that the highly-anticipated third installment of the series is being delayed, with an expected release next year in 2025.
While that isn’t ideal for everyone waiting to see how this love triangle pans out (you should probably just read the book, if you haven’t, at this point), there is some good news on the horizon.
Minimal details about what to expect have been revealed, however, to make up for the long hiatus—season 2 aired its last episode in August 2023 making this a two-year gap—the third installment will come with an expanded episode count: 11 episodes instead of the previous 7 and 8 in season’s 1 and 2, respectively.
And as an extra little something-something for fans, the official TSITP X account shared a video of the cast playing beach volleyball with the caption, “see you in Cousins in 2025.”
https://twitter.com/thesummeritp/status/1790393767330984091
And even better—the series has already begun filming, which means that while there’s a wait, there’s also momentum and excitement.
me with no the summer i turned pretty until summer 2025 pic.twitter.com/sHzUuspRrs
— ash (@swiftbeers) May 14, 2024
As for those who have read the book series—avert your eyes if you haven’t—it’s unclear if the 11 episodes will span the entire third book, We’ll Always Have Summer, which finds Belly making a choice between the brothers—or if it will divert from what’s already been established to something more fitting for television (and maybe even appeases the fandoms a bit more?).
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
Tracker, CBS’ new hit series starring This Is Us actor Justin Hartley, was an instant hit amongst audiences after it premiered in February.
And now, 13 episodes later, the first season is coming to an end.
Fans will have to say goodbye… for now… to Hartley’s Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist/reward seeker on May 19, 2024, when the series airs its season 1 finale.
Titled “The Storm,” the 13th episode’s synopsis notes: “Colter investigates the disappearance of two amateur storm chasers that the local police have written off as an accidental drowning; Colter’s expert tracking skills lead him to uncover the seedy underbelly of a small town resort.”
Of course, fans are already looking forward to the episode’s guest star and Hartley’s former co-star Jennifer Morrison, who is just one of several recent A-list appearances on the thriller drama. Earlier episodes of this season saw Supernatural’s Jensen Ackles and Manifest’s Melissa Roxburgh guest star as Colter’s siblings, Russ and Dory Shaw, respectively.
You can check out the season finale promo below, which finds Colter working against the clock to find his friend’s daughter alongside Morrison’s character. “She could still be alive,” he dramatically concludes as the teaser ends, reminding fans that he never gives up on those he’s helping.
Many fans hoped for a romantic pairing between Hartley and Morrison, which never happened, but maybe this is their second shot at love. Even though he’s a nomad driven by wanderlust and the need to help citizens and police solve crimes, he still needs a romantic interest. For now, the chemistry has mostly been with Reenie (Fiona Rene), a firecracker lawyer who helps him get out of plenty of close calls, but there’s always a chance he’ll meet the “right one” during one of his many stops across the U.S. that will encourage him to settle down or join him.
Check out the promo below and tune in next Sunday to see how the first season concludes:
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