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Need a breakdown of every new television show coming to every channel? Look no further, ladies. Not only have we compiled a cheat sheet of what's to come, but we've also highlighted our favorite options that are sure to keep your attention. Why? Because we love you.
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ABC: Comedies
Our pick: Selfie
Eliza Dooley is a 20-something chick (Karen Gillan, Doctor Who) who learns a life lesson when her social media habits wreak havoc on her life: Having hundreds of thousands of followers is not the same thing as having actual friends. Loosely based on My Fair Lady.
Starring: Karen Gillan, Natasha Henstridge, John Cho, Tim Peper, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
An American Education
A British teacher moves to San Diego and discovers a whole new world of education.
Starring: Jack Whitehall, Brittany Snow, Rosie Perez, Devin Ratray, Phil Morris, Dalpre Grayer.
Not ordered to series.
Bambi Cottages
An overworked dad moves his family to New Hampshire to manage beach condos. Complications ensue.
Starring: Paul F. Tompkins, Molly Shannon.
Not ordered to series.
Black-ish
An affluent African-American father tries to instill cultural understanding/appreciation in his children while continually butting heads with family.
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi.
Ordered to series.
Cristela
Comedian Cristela Alonzo plays a Latina law student who straddles two cultures and finds herself estranged from both.
Starring: Cristela Alonzo, Terri Hoyos, Roxana Ortega, Carlos Ponce, Andrew Leeds.
Ordered to series.
Damaged Goods
Boyfriend or amazing promotion: Which will Nicole take? We're guessing promotion.
Starring: Anna Camp, Ben Lawson, Steve Talley, Justin Hartley, Kyle Jones, Kellee Stewart.
Not ordered to series.
Fresh Off the Boat
A Taiwanese family struggles to adjust and fit into their community in '90s Orlando.
Starring: Hudson Yang, Randall Park, Constance Wu.
Ordered to series.
Galavant
Fairy tale/musical starring a handsome prince plotting against the king who stole his love.
Starring: Joshua Sasse, Vinnie Jones, Luke Youngblood.
Ordered to series.
Irreversible
An eccentric and self-absorbed couple endeavors to do ordinary things and usually fails at it.
Starring: David Schwimmer, Jessica Knappett, Iris Bahr.
Not ordered to series.
Keep It Together
Divorced parents try to remain friends in order to give their kids a semi-normal life. From Kevin Hart.
Starring: Romany Malco, Amber Stevens, Bresha Webb.
Not ordered to series.
Manhattan Love Story
Follows the lives of young couples, narrated by their own inner-monologues. Can we just bring back Rules of Engagement already?
Starring: Jake McDorman, Kurt Fuller, Analeigh Tipton, Nicholas Wright, Chloe Wepper.
Ordered to series.
Saint Francis
At nearly 30, a young woman upsets her Boston-based family by getting pregnant when she's not married.
Starring: Michael Imperioli, Spencer Grammer, Jeremy Luke, Paget Brewster, Henry Simmons.
Not ordered to series.
Strange Calls
A Boston cop and a Nantucket Island lighthouse operator — an expert on the paranormal — team up to investigate the island's unexplained phenomena. How is this a comedy?
Not ordered to series.
The Winklers
Loving in-laws welcome their construction-worker, less-than-emotional son-in-law into their home. So, Henry Winkler was in need of a new job?
Starring: Henry Winkler, Judith Light, Eva Amurri Martino, Josh Sussman, Domenick Lombardozzi.
Not ordered to series.
Up next: ABC >>
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ABC: Dramas
Our pick: Forever
A New York City medical examiner becomes keenly interested in crime solving when his own immortal powers help him better understand how the bodies end up on his table.
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Joel David Moore, Judd Hirsch, Barbara Eve Harris.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Agatha
A small-town disappearance lures in a convict-turned-criminologist. One hitch: Her estranged father is the chief detective.
Starring: Bojana Novakovic, Aaron Ashmore, Clancy Brown, Erik Palladino.
Not ordered to series.
American Crime
Class and gender issues are exposed during a racially-charged murder investigation in California.
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Benito Martinez, Penelope Ann Miller, Richard Cabral.
Ordered to series.
Astronaut Wives Club
Wives of the American astronauts involved in the Space Race face drama on Earth. So stoked.
Starring: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Odette Annable, Desmond Harrington, Azure Parsons.
Ordered for at least 10 episodes to air in 2015.
Clementine
One criminal may contain immense superpowers that can be used for either good or evil. The hunt is on to find her and sway her.
Starring: David Strathairn, Sarah Snook, Edwin Hodge, Kevin Alejandro, Kathleen Munroe.
Not ordered to series.
The Club
Think a modern-day Downton Abbey set in a country club.
Starring: Betsy Brandt, Boris Kodjoe, Chris Conroy, Callie Hernandez.
Ordered for at least 13 episodes.
Dangerous Liaisons
Two New Yorkers manipulate others to their whim while slowly seducing each other. Sounds like Chuck and Blair from Gossip Girl.
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Melissa George, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Elliot Knight, Oded Fehr.
Not ordered to series.
Exposed
This basically sounds like House of Cards, but less sexy because it's network television.
Starring: Ben Barnes, Fran Kranz, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sandrine Holt.
Not ordered to series.
How to Get Away with Murder
How far will a group of law students go to succeed? Murder? Maybe...
Starring: Viola Davis, Matt McGorry, Tom Verica, Liza Weil, Aja Naomi King, Charlie Weber, Katie Findlay
Executive-produced by Shonda Rhimes.
Ordered to series.
Agent Carter
In this Captain America: The First Avenger spinoff, Peggy Carter juggles an administrative job and her covert ops for the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
Starring: Hayley Atwell.
Ordered to series.
Sea of Fire
A witch hunt of sorts breaks out when a pornographic film starring three local girls is found and distributed.
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Trucco, Keir Gilchrist, Christina Chang, Jack Davenport.
Not ordered to series.
Secrets & Lies
When the body of a young boy is found, there's only one man on the suspect list. But, did he do it?
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, KaDee Strickland, Charles Dutton, Clifton Collins Jr., Juliette Lewis.
Ordered for at least 10 episodes.
Warriors
Walter Reed Military Medical Center's leading physicians work to save and advance the lives of our nation's wounded heroes. This better be a hit.
Starring: Eloise Mumford, Morena Baccarin, Greg Grunberg, Don Hany, Steve Kazee, Justina Machado.
Not ordered to series.
The Whispers
Aliens are among us, but who are they and what do they want?
Starring: Lily Rabe, Barry Sloane, Milo Ventimiglia, Derek Webster.
Ordered to series.
Up next: CBS >>
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CBS: Comedies
Our pick: Odd Couple
This is just a remake of the classic show about poorly-paired roomies. Thomas Lennon (The State, Reno 911) is by far the most promising aspect of this show. The return of Matthew Perry may be significant: His last few new shows haven't done so hot. (Though, in his defense, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was awesome.)
Starring: Matthew Perry, Thomas Lennon, Lindsay Sloane, Georgia King, Wendell Pierce, Sarah Baker. Executive-produced by Matthew Perry.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Cuz-Bros
One guy's game is thrown off track when his crazy cousin shows up looking for a place to crash
Starring: Geoff Stults.
Not ordered to series.
Good Session
When a couple visits a shrink for help on whether they should have kids, they quickly realize potential parenthood is the least of their issues.
Starring: James Roday, Rich Sommer, Tracey Ullman.
Not ordered to series.
How I Met Your Dad
A spinoff of How I Met Your Mother... we're still out on this.
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Nick D'Agosto, Andrew Santino, Drew Tarver.
Fate undecided.
The McCarthys
Another Boston-based family. This one is obsessed with sports and, yes, stars Joey McIntyre.
Starring: Jack McGee, Joey McIntyre, Laurie Metcalf, Jimmy Dunn, Kelen Coleman.
Ordered to series.
The Mistake
Birth control for late-in-life parents.
Starring: Julianna Guill.
Not ordered to series.
More Time with Family
A husband/dad makes a bold career move in order to spend more tie with his family. Good idea or bad?
Starring: Tom Papa, Nancy Lenehan, Alyson Hannigan, Joe Pantoliano.
Not ordered to series.
Save the Date
A 30-something single girl drunkenly books a wedding venue despite her lack of fiancé, then scrambles to find one.
Starring: Maggie Lawson, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jay R. Ferguson, Julie White.
Not ordered to series.
Untitled Jim Gaffigan comedy
Jim Gaffigan is a comedian who has five kids. Comedy gold? We think so.
Starring: Jim Gaffigan, Adam Goldberg, Ashley Williams.
Not ordered to series.
CBS: Dramas
Our pick: NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS spinsoff, again. While we can take or leave Scott Bakula, he works well with NCIS's demographic and the preview of the show warranted much love.
Starring: Scott Bakula, CCH Pounder, Zoe McLellan, Lucas Black.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Battle Creek
Two detectives try a good cop-bad cop approach to ridding their town of crime.
Starring: Dean Winters, Josh Duhamel, Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Damon Herriman.
Written by and executive-produced by Vince Gilligan.
Ordered to series.
CSI: Cyber
The head of the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, Avery Ryan, scores her own drama.
Starring: Patricia Arquette.
Ordered to series.
Madam Secretary
A female POTUS might be hard to swallow, but can the country approve of the shenanigans of a lady secretary of state?
Starring: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller.
Ordered to series.
Only Human
Quadruplets deal with adult life after growing up in front of the camera.
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ashton Holmes.
Not ordered to series.
Red Zone
A former CIA agent returns to the job after a terrorist attack on Washington, D.C.
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Kim Dickens, Graham Rogers, David Castro.
Not ordered to series.
Scorpion
A group of tech-savvy geniuses use their skills to save the world.
Starring: Elyes Gabel, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Robert Patrick, Jadyn Wong.
Ordered to series.
Stalker
Two Threat Management Unit detectives focus entirely on stalking cases.
Starring: Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q.
Ordered to series.
Untitled Taylor Elmore/Ben Cavell drama
A look inside the money and power struggles within the finance world.
Starring: David Morse, Sophie Okonedo, Charlie Cox, Joseph Lyle Taylor.
Not ordered to series.
Up next: Fox >>
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Fox: Comedies
Our pick: Bordertown
Seth MacFarlane's latest animated series pits two families against each other on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Cabot College
What happens when a woman's college turns coed?
Starring: Bonnie Dennison, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Brandon Jones, Margaret Cho, Ely Henry, Asif Ali.
Executive-produced by Tina Fey.
Not ordered to series.
Dead Boss
When one sister is charged with killing her boss, she must rely on her scatter-brained sister for help.
Starring: Jane Krakowski, David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Cedric Yarbrough, Justine Lupe, Ravi Patel.
Not ordered to series.
Fatrick
Patrick deals with the fact that his life isn't turning out how he wanted and confronts his bullied past.
Starring: Zach Cregger, Marcia Cross, Ray Ford, Dante Hoagland.
Not ordered to series.
Last Man on Earth
Life... as the last man on Earth.
Starring: Will Forte.
Ordered to series.
Mulaney
Life as John Mulaney is, as it turns out, fairly humorous.
Starring: John Mulaney, Martin Short, Nasim Pedrad, Elliott Gould, Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman.
Ordered for at least 16 episodes.
No Place Like Home
A newly-married mother (and her husband and his teenage children) moves in with her 30-something son.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, David James Elliot, Jon Heder, Peter DaCunha.
Not ordered to series.
Sober Companion
An attorney's life is turned upside down by his new sober companion.
Starring: Justin Long, Ally Maki.
Not ordered to series.
Weird Loners
Four single people try to remain optimistic while rooming together in Queens.
Starring: Zachary Knighton, Becki Newton, Nate Torrence.
Ordered for at least six episodes.
Fox: Dramas
Our pick: Gotham
Return to Batman's hometown of Gotham City and look into the past through Commissioner Gordon's eyes. We wish we could be the people to root against this show, but we just can't. We're positive it's pure genius. It should do well with crime-lovers and nerds.
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Backstrom
A Serious Crimes Unit is led by a surly and combustible detective.
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Kristoffer Polaha, Dennis Haysbert, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, Thomas Dekker, Genevieve Angelson.
Ordered for at least 13 episodes.
Empire
The inner workings of a family-run hip-hop label are explored.
Starring: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollet.
Ordered to series.
Hieroglyphic
A renowned thief is released from prison in ancient Egypt in order to assist the Pharaoh.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Max Brown, Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad.
Ordered for at least 13 episodes.
Home
Another family drama.
Not ordered to series.
The Middle Man
Back to Boston (this time in the '60s) where an FBI agent and an Irish gangster team up to take down the Italian mafia by accidentally putting the Irish mafia in charge.
Executive-produced by Ben Affleck.
Fate undecided.
Red Band Society
Sick kids in the pediatric wing of a hospital must band together for entertainment.
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Griffin Gluck, Charlie Rowe, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Zoe Levin.
Ordered to series.
Up next: NBC >>
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NBC: Comedies
Our pick: A to Z
The "A to Zs" of online dating are turned into a TV show. By far the coolest and strangest aspect of the show, at first, will be HIMYM's Mother and Mad Men's Ginsberg working together. If you keep up with Mad Men, though, you know how hysterical Feldman can be.
Starring: Cristin Milioti, Ben Feldman, Lenora Crichlow, Christina Kirk, Henry Zebrowski.
Executive-produced by Rashida Jones.
Ordered to series.
Proof of Feldman's genius: Last week's Mad Men >>
The rest of the lineup:
Bad Judge
The various exploits of a San Bernardino judge who is also a law-breaking, sexually adventurous woman.
Starring: Kate Walsh, Miguel Sandoval, Chad Kultgen, John Ducey.
Produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Anne Heche.
Ordered to series.
Ellen More or Less
A woman loses 100 pounds and reinvents herself.
Starring: Stacey McGunnigle, Jama Williamson, Michael Liu.
Not ordered to series.
Feed Me
A dysfunctional family runs a restaurant.
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Debra Monk, Ethan Peck, Ed Quinn, Hart Bochner.
Not ordered to series.
Fifth Wheel:
It sucks when you're suddenly the only single girl left in your circle of friends.
Not ordered to series.
Lifesaver
A kidney is donated by a truly annoying person. Ugh.
Starring: Christian Borle, Lindsay Price, Jonathan Ryland.
Not ordered to series.
Love Is Relative
A husband and wife reconsider their own marriage when a recently-divorced relative moves in.
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Jason Jones, Barry Rothbart, Utkarsh Ambudkar.
Not ordered to series.
Marry Me
A couple rides the rocky road of engagement and wedding planning.
Starring: Casey Wilson, Ken Marino, John Gemberling, Tim Meadows, Tymberlee Hill.
Ordered to series.
The Mason Twins
A set of formerly-estranged twins reunites to realize they're both still a mess.
Starring: June Diane Raphael, Erinn Hayes, Windell Middlebrooks, Bret Ernst, Todd Grinnell.
Not ordered to series.
Mission Control
An astronaut and a woman clash during the Space Race.
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Malcolm Barrett, Leah Renee, Jonathan Slavin, Michael Rosenbaum.
Executive-produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
Ordered to series.
The Money Pit
Based on the 1986 Tom Hanks/Shelley Long movie.
Not ordered to series.
Mr. Robinson
Sounds like the same plot as School of Rock.
Starring: Craig Robinson, Larenz Tate, Amanda Lund, Ben Koldyke, Jean Smart.
Ordered for at least six episodes.
Mystery Island
An animated Gilligan's Island? What could possible go wrong?
Starring Ed Helms.
Not ordered to series.
Old Soul
A group of seniors lead their young assistant toward enlightenment.
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Ellen Burstyn, Rita Moreno, Fred Willard, Greta Lee, Nick Thune.
Not ordered to series.
One Big Happy
A straight man and a gay woman, roommates and besties, finally end up pregnant via insemination just as one of them falls in love.
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Nick Zano, Rebecca Corry.
Ordered to series.
The Pro
A former tennis champion gets a job at a country club in order to get back in the game and rub elbows with his rich former friends.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Rob Riggle, Colton Dunn, Rosa Salazar, Andrea Savage.
Executive-produced by Robe Lowe.
Not ordered to series.
Two to Go
Everyone but the two lead characters thinks these best friends belong together forever.
Starring: Christine Woods, Michael Stahl-David.
Not ordered to series.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
After leaving a doomsday cult, a woman tries to make a new life in New York City.
Starring: Ellie Kemper, Sara Chase, Lauren Adams, Robert Carlock.
Written and executive-produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
Ordered to series.
NBC: Drama
Our pick: Emerald City
Modern remake of The Wizard of Oz? What's not to love? We can't wait... but would love more info.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Allegiance
A CIA agent's parents and sister are part of a recently-reactivated Russian sleeper cell.
Starring: Hope Davis, Margarita Levieva, Annie Ilonzeh, Kenneth Choi.
Ordered to series.
Aquarius
Tells the true story of the hunt for Charles Manson.
Starring David Duchovny.
Ordered to series.
Babylon Fields
Zombies rise from the grave and put a whole town in jeopardy... sort of.
Starring: Meagan Good, Skeet Ulrich, and Kyle Schmid.
Not ordered to series.
Constantine
An ex-con/supernatural detective takes on dark forces from another dimension.
Starring: Matt Ryan, Lucy Griffiths, Harold Perrineau.
Ordered to series.
The Mysteries of Laura
A homicide detective is awesome at work, but sucks at dealing with her twins.
Starring: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Laz Alonso.
Ordered to series.
Odyssey
A female soldier, a corporate attorney and a political activist and their families are put at risk during an intelligence situation.
Starring: Nate Mooney, Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli and Treat Williams.
Ordered to series.
Salvation
The mysterious death of her husband forces a widow into new roles as she investigates.
Starring: Ashley Judd, Danny Huston, Stark Sands, Rob Brown, Meg Steedle.
Not ordered to series.
The Slap
When one father smacks another father's son, family drama goes to court.
Ordered to series.
State of Affairs
Balancing your personal and professional life can be rough. Especially when you answer to the president.
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Leslie Odom Jr., Adam Kaufman.
Ordered to series.
Tin Man
A new attorney defends a fugitive robot accused of first-degree murder, who must be freed in order to save the world.
Starring: Patrick Heusinger, Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Not ordered to series.
Up next: The CW >>
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The CW: Drama
Our pick: iZombie
A med student/zombie takes a job in the coroner's office so she can feed off dead brains. It turns out that she also consumes the dead's memories and solves the murder cases for each corpse.
Starring: David Anders, Ruhul Kohli, Malcolm Goodwin, Nora Dunn, Alexandra Krosney.
Produced by Rob Thomas.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
The Flash
The story of Barry Allen, aka the Flash.
Starring: Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Candice Patton, Tom Cavanagh, John Wesley Shipp.
Ordered to series.
Identity
An organ donation leads one woman to life as a CIA agent who investigates her powerful donor.
Starring: Ahna O'Reilly, Patricia Wettig, Manish Dayal, Matt Barr, Stephen Hagan.
Not ordered to series.
Jane the Virgin
A very religious girl is accidentally artificially inseminated.
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni.
Ordered to series.
The Messengers
An unknown object crashes to Earth and kills multiple people, who are soon resurrected and blamed for the incident.
Starring: Sofia Black-D'Elia, Joel Courtney, Diogo Morgado.
Ordered to series.