The series is currently the second highest-rated show on ABC, behind only Grey’s Anatomy.
Michael J Fox lands a role on Designated Survivor, and Brooke Shields will appear on a widely popular CW show…
“It wasn’t a Korean story, it wasn’t an American story. It was just a very, very human story,” David Shore told reporters following the show’s panel Sunday.
In addition to ABC prime time favorites like Fresh Off the Boat and Once Upon a Time returning for the fall, the network recently unveiled a hearty helping of new shows. They also recently released a boatload of trailers that gives audiences a preview of what to expect from its fall lineup.
ABC is bringing back TGIF, but not with the kinds of multi-cam sitcoms that defined it in the 90s, but with family-friendly dramas. With Once Upon a Time resetting for its seventh season, where it will have a creative reset, and will move from Sundays to Friday where it will be the lead in for Marvel’s Inhumans.
ABC’s three major drama pickups last year — Notorious, Conviction, and Time After Time — failed to connect with audiences and critics alike. Channing Dungey must really be feeling the pressure to deliver.
John Cho has landed a recurring — and romantic — role in Hulu’s Difficult People while David Boreanaz is trading in his fangs and badge to play a Navy SEAL.
Stranger Things breakout star Shannon Purser is set to join Moana star Auli’i Cravalho in the NBC pilot Drama High, meanwhile It’s Always Sunny‘s Glenn Howerton is teaming up with comedian Patton Oswalt for Seth Meyers and Mike O’Brien’s untitled comedy.
George Lopez has politics on the mind heading into season two of his TV Land series Lopez, as Rain Valdez joins the show for an arc centering on transgender issues and when her character arrives in the series and butts heads with Lopez.
Marc Cherry, Reba McEntire, and Shondaland add cast members to their pilots while Liv Tyler and Mark Gatiss joins Kit Harrington for BBC’s Gunpowder.
David Shore, creator of the Emmy-award series House, has landed a new medical drama titled The Good Doctor at ABC with a put pilot commitment. Hawaii Five-0 star Daniel Dae Kim is set to executive produce.
An ambitious but anxious doctor becomes obsessed with a patient who suffers from a kidney infection.
Logline: An ambitious but anxious doctor becomes obsessed with a patient who suffers from a kidney infection.