2014-05-23

Last week, the major networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and The CW — announced all of their new shows coming to TV for the 2014-2015 season.

50 new dramas, comedies, sitcoms, and limited series were announced — 24 of which are set to debut this fall.

We'll see the return of a few familiar faces to TV — Ben McKenzie and Debra Messing — along with a few big Hollywood actors and actresses from Terrence Howard and Matt Dillon to Viola Davis and Téa Leoni.

"Black-ish" (ABC)


Stars: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross ("CSI"), Laurence Fishburne ("Hannibal")

Premiere date: n/a

What it's about: Anderson plays a wealthy black man who is afraid his four children have started assimilating so much that they've forgotten their black heritage.

Watch the trailer.

"Manhattan Love Story" (ABC)


Stars: Analeigh Tipton ("Crazy, Stupid, Love."), Jake McDorman ("Live Free or Die Hard"), Nicolas Wright ("White House Down")

Premiere date: n/a

What it's about: Two people are set up on a blind date, and you're able to hear everything going on in each person's head as they start dating.

Watch the trailer.

"Selfie" (ABC)

Stars: Karen Gillan ("Doctor Who"), John Cho ("Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle")

Premiere date: n/a

What it's about: Gillan plays a social media queen with hundreds of thousands of followers. After making the discovery she has no real friends, she asks one of her co-workers to "rebrand" her as a more likeable person.

ABC now has the trailer for the show marked as private on YouTube. Watch a preview here.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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