Coverage from RCR Entertainment Reporter, Fiona Zaring, Follow her on IG at @FionaZaring
Fans of ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family only have one more season of the award-winning comedy to look forward too, but not to worry the network has released its lineup of new shows and we can’t wait to start watching.
Coming this fall is the highly anticipated Black-ish spinoff, a drama produced by 50 Cent, and a romantic musical comedy.
Below are all the shows you can choose from to find your new ABC obsession this Fall.
Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 ABC shows:
DRAMAS
EMERGENCE
A character-driven genre thriller that centers around a police chief who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.
Cast: Allison Tolman, Alexa Swinton, Owain Yeoman, Ashley Aufderheide, Robert Bailey Jr, Zabryna Guevara, Donald Faison, Clancy Brown
Writer(s): Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters
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FOR LIFE
A fictional serialized legal and family drama inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr. about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.
Cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris, Mary Stuart Masterson and Boris McGiver.
Follow @ForLifeABC (#Forlife) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY
Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?
Writer(s): Dean Georgaris
Follow The Baker and the Beauty (#TheBakerAndTheBeauty) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
STUMPTOWN
Based on the “Stumptown” graphic novel series, Stumptown follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders) as a strong, assertive, and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt, and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great P.I., but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police.
Cast: Cobie Smulders, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus, Adrian Martinez, Camryn Manheim, Michael Ealy
Writer: Jason Richman
Follow Stumptown (#Stumptown) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
COMEDIES
MIXED-ISH
“Black-ish” prequel series “Mixed-ish” is set in the 1980s and stars Arica Himmel as a young version of Rainbow Johnson, the character played by Tracee Ellis Ross in the flagship comedy. The show will see Rainbow Johnson recount “her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ’80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow’s parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they’re perceived as neither black nor white. This family’s experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one’s own identity when the rest of the world can’t decide where you belong.” (Single camera)
Cast: Arica Himmel, Tika Sumpter, Christina Anthony, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Ethan Childress
Writer(s): Peter Saji, Kenya Barris
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UNITED WE FALL
A profoundly realistic family sitcom that follows the trials and tribulations of Jo (Christina Vidal) and Bill (Will Sasso), parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day-to-day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother (Emmy-winner Jane Curtin) and Jo’s large Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers, and especially their kids.
Cast: Will Sasso, Christina Vidal, Jane Curtin, and Ella Grace Helton.
Writer(s): Julius “Goldy” Sharpe
Follow @UnitedWeFallABC (#UnitedWeFall) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS
Tiffany Haddish is headed to ABC.
The red-hot comedian and actress will host and executive produce a new version of the unscripted show Kids Say the Darndest Things for the network. The series, based on a format that dates back to the early days of TV, will air at 8 p.m. Sundays in the fall.
