VideoAge has already covered the hits and misses in the U.S. networks’ fall premieres, so now it’s time to focus our attention on those hopeful saviors — the midseason shows. Below is a list of what’s to come (all 21 of them) and when.
Think the drama begins once they air? Think again. Some series are being retooled, and in one case, hitting the chopping block before it even airs.
The 100 (CW)
Premieres: Wednesday, March 19
Genre: Drama
Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.
About a Boy (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Comedy
Based on the film about an immature bachelor who befriends a young boy and his eccentric mom.
The Assets (ABC)
Premieres: Thursday, January 2
Genre: Drama
An eight-part limited series based on the real life events of CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes.
Believe (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Drama
A wrongfully accused death row inmate is broken out of jail to protect a young girl with unusual powers.
Chicago PD (NBC)
Premieres: Wednesday, January 8
Genre: Drama
From Dick Wolf, the man behind Law & Order, comes this spin-off of Chicago Fire, which focuses on the Windy City’s police department.
Crisis (NBC)
Premiere date: No date yet
Genre: Drama
An idealistic Secret Service agent finds himself at the epicenter of a national crisis when the U.S. president’s son and his schoolmates are kidnapped. Interestingly, according to Deadline, Crisis went on hiatus after production was wrapped on the fifth episode after the pilot. “Insiders describe the reasons for the stoppage as ‘course correction,’ with writers using the time to tweak storylines and work on scripts,” Deadline reported.
Crossbones (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Drama
In 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors.
Friends with Better Lives (CBS)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Comedy
The grass is always greener for six thirty-something friends at different stages in their lives who are happy on the surface but each secretly question if the other have it better.
Growing up Fisher (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Comedy
A divorced and immature mom becomes closer to her blind ex-husband after their divorce.
Intelligence (CBS)
Premieres: Monday, January 13
Genre: Drama
A high-tech intelligence operative is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain.
Killer Women (ABC)
Premieres: Tuesday, January 7
Genre: Drama
Of all the notorious lawmen that ever patrolled the violent frontier, none are more storied than the Texas Rangers. Ballsy Molly Parker (Tricia Helfer) is one of the first women to join this elite group of law enforcement agents.
Mind Games (ABC)
Premieres: Tuesday, March 11
Genre: Drama
Two brothers lead a unique agency that attacks clients’ problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation. It’s a little bit of science, a dash of con artistry, and a smattering of Jedi mind tricks.
Mixology (ABC)
Premieres: Wednesday, February 26
Genre: Comedy
The series takes place across one high-end bar, and resolves around 10 single people congregating in New York City’s Meatpacking District on one night.
The Night Shift (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Drama
About the men and women who work the wee hours at the Trauma Center at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. Good news. The network ordered three more episodes of the series in October, according to Deadline.
Rake (Fox)
Premieres: Sunday, January 19
Genre: Drama
This legal drama centers on a brilliant, but self-destructive criminal defense attorney.
Reckless (CBS)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Drama
A sultry legal show set in Charleston, about a Yankee litigator and a Southern attorney who struggle to hide their attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal.
Resurrection (ABC)
Premieres: Sunday, March 9
Genre: Drama
A supernatural thriller in which people see their dead loved ones return as if not a day has gone by.
Star-Crossed (CW)
Premieres: Monday, February 17
Genre: Drama
The futuristic story of an alien/human romance that takes place after secret aliens are integrated into a suburban high school.
Undateable (NBC)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Comedy
A “bromantic comedy” about a group of guy friends who are terrible with girls, but whose lives are altered by a confident guy.
Us & Them (Fox)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Comedy
About a long distance couple from two very different backgrounds. But the future is bleak for this sitcom. The series saw its 13-episode order cut down to seven in October, according to Deadline.
Wayward Pines (Fox)
Premieres: No date yet
Genre: Drama
An “event series” about a secret service officer who tries to unravel the disappearance of two agents.
