We’ve now come to the end of the world-famous upfront week, in which the U.S. broadcast networks announce their new season line-ups. Now that all the networks — ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC have announced their pick-ups, we can see some real trends — comic book characters are back, and the shorter-form “event series” is becoming more and more popular.
Here’s a list of what’s new for 2014-2015 from the U.S. broadcast networks:
CW
The Flash
Through a freak accient Barry Allen is given the power of super speed
CBS
Comedies
The McCarthys
Revolves around a loud, large Irish Catholic Boston family with four grown children
The Odd Couple (midseason)
An updated version of the classic sitcom, starring Matthew Perry
Dramas
Battle Creek (midseason)
Two detectives with very different world views team up on the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan
CSI: Cyber
Revolves around a cyber-psychologist crime solver
Madam Secretary
Explores the personal and professional live of a maverick female Secretary of State
NCIS: New Orleans
A spin-off of the popular show, set in the Big Easy
Scorpion
A procedural about an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses who form the last line of defense against the threats of the modern age
Stalker
A psychological thriller about a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents at the LAPD
ABC
Comedies
Black-ish
An upper middle class suburban black man tries to give his kids some sense of identity
Cristela
A sixth year law student is on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship
Fresh Off the Boat (midseason)
A Chinese-American family (and 12-year-old son) move to suburban Orlando
Galavant (midseason)
A musical comedy fairytale of epic proportions
Manhattan Love Story
Romantic comedy that exposes the differences between men and women through the thoughts of a new couple
Selfie
An instafamous young woman has hundreds of thousands of followers that hand on her every post, tweet and selfie
Dramas
American Crime (midseason)
About the ripple effects and racial tensions that stem from a surprising violent crime in Modesto, California
The Astronaut Wives Club (midseason)
A 10-episode series that follows women who support their husbands during the 1960s space race
The Club
An Upstairs, Downstairs-style soap set at a private country club
Forever
NYC’s star medical examiner has been alive for 200 years
How to Get Away with Murder
Legal thriller about a brilliant law school professor who becomes entangled in a murder along with four of her students
Marvel’s Agent Carter (midseason)
A companion of sorts to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hayley Atwell continues her Captain America role as Peggy Carter
Secrets & Lies (midseason)
A family man finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect
The Whispers (midseason)
Aliens invade Earth through its children
FOX
Comedies
Bordertown (midseason)
Animated comedy from Seth MacFarlane, about two families living on the U.S.-Mexico border
Last Man on Earth (midseason)
Stars Will Forte, about the last man left on earth
Mulaney
Follows an aspiring comedian coming of age in NYC under the influence of his over-the-top boss — who was a major stand-up comedian in the ’80s and ’90s and now hosts a game show
Weird Loners (midseason)
The story of four relationship-phobic people who form an unlikely bond in a townhouse in Queens, NY
Dramas
Backstrom (midseason)
Offensive, irascible Portland Detective Everett Backstrom tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior while leading the Serious Crimes Unit
Empire (midseason)
Soap set in the world of a hip-hop empire
Gotham
Batman prequel, centering on DC Comics fixture Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous
Gracepoint
An event series based on the U.K.’s Broadchurch, about a major police in a northern California seaside town where a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach
Hieroglyph (midseason)
A notorious thief is taken from prison to serve the Pharoah, and navigate palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and divine sorcerers
Red Band Society
Explores the dark humor in the lives of a group of teenagers living in a hospital who become unlikely friends
Wayward Pines (midseason)
Event series that takes place in a seemingly idyllic town that is anything but
Unscripted
Utopia
Moves 15 everyday Americans to an isolated, undeveloped location – for an entire year – and challenges them to create their own civilization
NBC
Comedies
A to Z
A romantic comedy about a zany guy and his serious lawyer girlfriend
Bad Judge
A hard-living woman attempts to balance her personal life and her job as a criminal court judge
Marry Me
After six years of dating, a couple discovers that getting engaged was the easy part
Mission Control (midseason)
Set in the 1960s, about a strong woman who butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon
Mr. Robinson
A talented musician adjusts to life as a middle school music teacher
One Big Happy
Gay and straight best friends decide to have a baby together, but things get complicated when the man finds love
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
A woman who escapes from a doomsday cult starts life over in New York City
Dramas
A.D. (midseason)
A miniseries sequel to The Bible
Allegiance (midseason)
Alex O’Connor, a young, idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs learns that his parents are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago
Aquarius
A 1960s cop drama miniseries about the notorious Charles Manson murders
Constantine
Based on the DC Comics series “Hellblazer”
Emerald City
A young woman’s search for her roots leads her to a reimagined Land of Oz
Heroes Reborn (midseason)
A miniseries spinoff of the superhero show
The Mysteries of Laura
A female homicide detective balances her work and home life, with her two young twins
Odyssey
Three families are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, disillusioned attorney and political activist are pulled into an international conspiracy
State of Affairs
A key CIA attaché counsels the president on high-stakes incidents around the world
