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ABC Announces Their 2014-2015 Primetime Schedule

ABC 2014 Primetime Schedule
The cast of 'Manhattan Love Story' (ABC/Craig Sjodin)

Returning series Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Scandal, and Modern Family will be joined by new shows Forever, How to Get Away with Murder, Selfie, and Manhattan Love Story, when ABC kicks off its 2014-2015 season this fall. All told, ABC’s going to premiere 12 new series this upcoming primetime season, some of which will be added to the lineup during the second half of the season.

“Our schedule reflects a judicious mix of boldness and stability,” said Paul Lee, president, ABC Entertainment Group. “ABC is finishing the season with momentum — we now have building blocks on every night of the week, and we’re using them to launch our new series. This season we set out to develop passion projects from world-class storytellers and showcase the faces and voices of America. Both plans unleashed a wave of creativity and we’re extremely excited about the new slate.”

ABC PRIMETIME LINEUP

MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00 p.m. “Castle”

TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Selfie”
8:30 p.m. “Manhattan Love Story”
9:00 p.m. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
10:00 p.m. “Forever”

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “The Middle”
8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs”
9:00 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30 p.m. “Black-ish”
10:00 p.m. “Nashville”

THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9:00 p.m. “Scandal”
10:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder”

FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Last Man Standing”
8:30 p.m. “Cristela”
9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank”
10:00 p.m. “20/20”

SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Saturday Night Football”

SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00 p.m. “Once Upon a Time”
9:00 p.m. “Resurrection”
10:00 p.m. “Revenge”

NEW FALL AND MIDSEASON SERIES:

AMERICAN CRIME (Midseason)

All over the news are reports about a young couple in Modesto, California, who were attacked in their home. Matt Skokie, a war vet, was killed, and his wife, Lily, is unconscious, barely hanging on. Both sets of parents are at her bedside hoping for a miracle while four suspects are about to be arrested. The case sends shock waves into the community stirring up tensions across racial lines in this gritty drama—from the point of view of the victims.

American Crime stars Felicity Huffman as Barb, Timothy Hutton as Russ, W. Earl Brown as Tom, Richard Cabral as Hector Tonz, Caitlin Gerard as Aubry, Benito Martinez as Alonzo Gutierrez, Penelope Ann Miller as Eve, Elvis Nolasco as Carter and Johnny Ortiz as Tony Gutierrez.

FOREVER

Doctor Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd), New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn’t just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez (Alana De La Garza). Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe (Judd Hirsch) knows Henry’s secret.

Forever stars Ioan Gruffudd as Henry, Alana De La Garza as Det. Jo Martinez, Barbara Eve Harris as Lt. Marcia Roark, Donnie Keshawarz as Detective Hanson, Joel David Moore as Lucas, and Judd Hirsch as Abe.

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, executive producers of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal.

How to Get Away with Murder stars Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, Billy Brown as Nate, Alfred Enoch as Wes, Jack Falahee as Conner, Katie Findlay as Rebecca, Aja Naomi King as Michaela, Matt McGorry as Asher, Karla Souza as Laurel, Charlie Weber as Frank and Liza Weil as Bonnie.

MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER

Marvel’s Agent Carter, starring Captain America’s Hayley Atwell, follows the story of Peggy Carter. It’s 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life – Steve Rogers. Inspired by the feature films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the short Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.

SECRETS AND LIES

Ben Garner (Ryan Phillippe) is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect, after he discovers the body of his neighbor’s young son in the woods. As Detective Andrea Cornell (Juliette Lewis) digs for the truth, the secrets and lies of this town come to the surface and no one is above suspicion. Ben’s family’s life will be turned upside down as he sets out on a complicated journey to prove his innocence in this thriller mystery from Barbie Kligman based on the original Australian series of the same name.

Secrets and Lies stars Ryan Phillippe as Ben, KaDee Strickland as Christy, Natalie Martinez as Jess, Clifton Collins, Jr. as Dave, Indiana Evans as Natalie, Belle Shouse as Abby and Juliette Lewis as Detective Cornell.

THE WHISPERS

Aliens have invaded Earth by using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination—our children. As the kids unwittingly help these unseen enemies, the clock counts down in this suspenseful race to save humanity.

The Whispers stars Lily Rabe as Claire Bennigan, Barry Sloane as Wes Lawrence, Milo Ventimiglia as John Doe/Drew Bennigan, Derek Webster as Jessup Rollins, Brianna Brown as Lena Lawrence, Catalina Denis as Dr. Maria Benavidez, Kylie Rogers as Minx Lawrence and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf as Henry.

BLACK-ISH

Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson (Anthony Anderson) has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family? With a little help from his dad (Laurence Fishburne), Dre sets out to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family that honors their past while embracing the future.

Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson as Dre, Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow, Yara Shahidi as Zoey, Marcus Scribner as Andre Jr., Miles Brown as Jack, Marsai Martin as Diane and Laurence Fishburne as Pops.

CRISTELA

In her sixth year of law school, Cristela (Cristela Alonzo) is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family thinks is appropriate. She’s stuck straddling the old culture she’s trying to modernize at home with her working-class family and the modern world she’s trying to embrace in her professional career. Breakout comedian Cristela Alonzo stars in this hilarious comedy about laughing your way down the path to the new American dream.

Cristela stars Cristela Alonzo as Cristela, Carlos Ponce as Felix, Terri Hoyos as Natalia, Andrew Leeds as Josh and Sam McMurray as Trent.

FRESH OFF THE BOAT

It’s the 90s and 11 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie (Hudson Yang) just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents (Randall Park and Constance Wu). It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream. Fresh Off the Boat is based on Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir Fresh Off the Boat.

Fresh Off the Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan.

GALAVANT

Screenwriter/executive producer Dan Fogelman teams up with Broadway and Hollywood award-winning musical team—composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater for a musical comedy fairytale of epic proportions. Once upon a time, the dashing hero, Galavant (Joshua Sasse), lost the love of his life, Madalena (Mallory Jansen), to the evil King Richard (Timothy Omundson). Now, our fallen hero is ready to take revenge and restore his “happily ever after.” But it won’t be without a few twists and turns along the way.

Galavant stars Joshua Sasse as Galavant, Timothy Omundson as King Richard, Vinnie Jones as Gareth, Mallory Jansen as Madalena, Karen David as Isabella and Luke Youngblood as Sid.

MANHATTAN LOVE STORY

Have you ever wondered what your date was thinking? This romantic comedy exposes the differences between men and women through the unfiltered thoughts, and often contradictory actions, of a new couple who have just begun dating.

Manhattan Love Story stars Analeigh Tipton as Dana, Jake McDorman as Peter, Nicolas Wright as David, Jade Catta-Preta as Amy, Chloe Wepper as Chloe and Kurt Fuller as William.

SELFIE

“Instafamous” Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) has 263,000 followers who hang on to her every post, tweet and selfie. But one lonely day, she has a revelation: being friended is not the same as having actual friends. She asks marketing guru Henry (John Cho) to ‘rebrand’ her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connect with people in the real world. Loosely based on My Fair Lady, Selfie explores the modern struggles of Eliza and Henry, as he tries to teach her how to live life offline—whether she ‘likes’ it or not.

Selfie stars Karen Gillan as Eliza, John Cho as Henry, Tim Peper as Ethan, Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Charmonique, Allyn Rachel as Bryn and David Harewood as Sam.

RETURNING SERIES:

CASTLE (Season 7)

When viewers first met Richard Castle, a famous mystery novelist, he was creatively blocked. But when the NYPD questioned him in connection with a series of murders staged to imitate crime scenes from his books, Castle found inspiration in NYPD Detective Kate Beckett. Once that initial case was solved, Castle and Beckett continued to investigate strange homicides in New York, combining Castle’s writer intuition and Beckett’s creative detective work to solve crimes.

Becoming a couple during Season 5 and planning their wedding during Season 6, the dynamic duo have been navigating these new developments that make each episode play like a chapter in their lives as they looked ahead to their “I Do’s”…but in the season finale, Beckett was at the accident scene to see Castle’s car on fire after a crash down an embankment. Tune-in for the Season 7 premiere in September to see how it plays out.

Castle stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan, Penny Johnson Jerald as NYPD Captain Victoria Gates, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle with Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers.

GREY’S ANATOMY (Season 11)

Grey’s Anatomy follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle as they deal with the wellbeing of their patients and their relationships with each other.

Grey’s Anatomy stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery, Sarah Drew as April Kepner, Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson, and Jerrika Hinton as Stephanie Edwards.

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 2)

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a dynamic, action-packed one-hour drama, showcases Agent Phil Coulson and his team of highly skilled agents as they investigate extra-normal and super human people and events worldwide. Soon after the battle of New York, the existence of super heroes and aliens became public knowledge, and the world was trying to come to grips with this new reality. With new threats on the horizon, Coulson’s small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division) investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

The cast includes Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons.

NASHVILLE (Season 3)

Set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene, the critically-acclaimed series follows Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes. Both women face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them and often complicating their lives are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business. Music City can mean so many things to different people. In Nashville, musicians and songwriters are at the heart of the storms driven by their own ambitions. Some are fueled by their creativity and passion for fame, others struggle to cope with the pressures of success and doing everything in their power to stay on top.

Nashville stars Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes, Charles Esten as Deacon Claybourne, Eric Close as Teddy Conrad, Clare Bowen as Scarlett O’Connor, Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley, Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott, Chris Carmack as Will Lexington, Lennon Stella as Maddie Conrad and Maisy Stella as Daphne Conrad.

ONCE UPON A TIME (Season 4)

Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz invite everyone to join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, The Evil Queen, Hook and all the other resident fairy tale characters as they prepare to defend themselves against a magical force from the past that’s too dark and unpredictable even for Rumplestiltskin – The Ice Queen. Welcome to Storybrooke, Maine, a small town that probably won’t show up on your GPS, but it’s a magical place to visit.

Reality and myth merged after Emma broke Regina’s curse, which had deprived the fairytale characters of their memories and trapped them in our modern world. When they finally regained their identities, our heroes were dismayed to discover that they weren’t transported back to Fairy Tale Land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin – aka Mr. Gold – decided to escalate his power struggle with Regina by introducing magic into the town. But this is our world, and magic always has a tendency to yield unfathomable consequences.

Once Upon a Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

RESURRECTION (Season 2)

The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear. An 8-year-old American boy wakes up alone in a rice paddy in a rural Chinese province with no idea how he got there. Details start to emerge when the boy, who calls himself Jacob, recalls that his hometown is Arcadia, and an Immigration agent, J. Martin Bellamy, takes him there. The home he claims as his own is occupied by a 60-year-old couple, Henry and Lucille Langston, who lost their son, Jacob, more than 30 years ago.

While they look different, young Jacob recognizes them as his parents. Lucille is overjoyed at the seeming miracle of her son’s reappearance. Henry is reluctant to accept that Jacob is back. Those closest to the family want answers, including Sheriff Fred Langston, whose wife Barbara drowned 30 years ago while trying to save Jacob, and Fred’s daughter, Maggie, a local doctor. Pastor Tom Hale seeks a spiritual reason for what’s happening in his community. When things take an even more shocking turn, Maggie’s life-long friend, Elaine Richards, finds herself drawn into Arcadia’s growing mystery.

Bellamy, an outsider in the town, joins forces with Maggie to figure out why the unexplainable is happening in Arcadia. As their investigation plays out, Maggie learns some unsettling truths about her own past. Will they be able to solve the mystery of Arcadia before the rest of the world catches on to events there? And will they be able to protect Jacob from forces beyond their control?

Resurrection stars Omar Epps as J. Martin Bellamy, Frances Fisher as Lucille Langston, Matt Craven as Fred Langston, Devin Kelley as Maggie Langston, Mark Hildreth as Pastor Tom Hale, Samaire Armstrong as Elaine Richards, Sam Hazeldine as Caleb Richards, Landon Gimenez as Jacob and Kurtwood Smith as Henry Langston.

REVENGE (Season 4)

Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp), by all appearances, is a friendly and sophisticated “girl next door,” but the exclusive world she has immersed herself in is tied to a dark family history, and Emily has quickly proven that she is anything but what she seems. After her father was framed for a horrific crime by neighbors he trusted and was sentenced to a life in prison, Emily never saw her father again and spent her childhood consumed by rage, loss and betrayal. Years later, she returned to the Hamptons under an assumed identity with one endgame—REVENGE, every social overture a carefully planned chip at the foundation of her sworn enemies until their lives come crashing down around them. Now, she must face the consequences of her actions and the havoc she has wreaked on those around her as she continues on her mission.

Revenge stars Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne, Madeleine Stowe as Victoria Grayson, Josh Bowman as Daniel Grayson, Nick Wechsler as Jack Porter, Gabriel Mann as Nolan Ross, and Christa B. Allen as Charlotte Grayson.

SCANDAL (Season 4)

Everyone has secrets…and Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the nation’s elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope’s team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these “gladiators in suits” who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand, their own.

Scandal stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Guillermo Diaz as Huck, Darby Stanchfield as Abby Whelan, Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins, Tony Goldwyn as President Fitzgerald Grant, Jeff Perry as Cyrus, Bellamy Young as First Lady Mellie Grant, Joshua Malina as David Rosen and Scott Foley as Captain Jake Ballard.

THE GOLDBERGS (Season 2)

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the ‘80s. For geeky young Adam (Sean Giambrone), these were his wonder years, and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other—just with more yelling. Mom Beverly (Wendi McClendon-Covey) is a classic “smother,” an overbearing, overprotective matriarch who rules this brood with 100% authority and zero sense of boundaries. Dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) is gruff, sometimes oblivious but with good intentions. Sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia) is 17, popular, terrifying and not one to mess with. Barry (Troy Gentile) is 16, an overly emotional teen with mad rap skills. Adam is the youngest, a camera-wielding future director with a love of all things “nerdy.”

The Goldbergs stars Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg, Patton Oswalt as the voice of adult Adam Goldberg, Sean Giambrone as Adam Goldberg, Troy Gentile as Barry Goldberg, Hayley Orrantia as Erica Goldberg, with George Segal as Pops Solomon and Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg.

LAST MAN STANDING (Season 4)

Tim Allen stars as “Mike Baxter” in “Last Man Standing,” a show about everything that families in America are dealing with today – all filtered through the blunt “man’s man” comedy of an iconic American character. In the series, Mike continues to be surrounded by forces seeking to challenge his ideals on just about everything in which he believes. As he and his wife Vanessa’s three daughters grow up and move on, they’re forced to confront that quintessential parenting dilemma about how much they can still influence their three daughters. As usual, Mike tries to escape any female drama at home in the warm, manly embrace of his job at the Outdoor Man store.

Last Man Standing stars Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, Nancy Travis as Vanessa Baxter, Molly Ephraim as Mandy Baxter, Kaitlyn Dever as Eve Baxter, Amanda Fuller as Kristin Baxter, Christoph Sanders as Kyle Anderson, Flynn Morrison as Boyd Baxter and Hector Elizondo as Ed Alzate.

THE MIDDLE (Season 6)

Middle-aged, middle class and living in the middle of the country in Orson, Indiana, Frankie Heck is a harried wife and mother of three who uses her wry wit and sense of humor in an attempt to get her family through each day intact.

The Middle stars Patricia Heaton as Frankie, Neil Flynn as Mike, Charlie McDermott as Axl, Eden Sher as Sue and Atticus Shaffer as Brick.

MODERN FAMILY (Season 6)

ABC’s groundbreaking and multiple Emmy® Award-winning hit comedy series, Modern Family, takes a modern and often hilarious look at the complications that come with being a family today. Jay Pritchett, with his younger wife Gloria, her son Manny and new baby, sits as the patriarch of a large blended family that includes his grown daughter Claire, who has three kids of her own with her husband Phil, and a grown son Mitchell, who adopted a daughter from Vietnam with his husband Cameron. These three families are unique unto themselves, and together they give us a window into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family.

Modern Family stars Ed O’Neill as Jay, Sofia Vergara as Gloria, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Ariel Winter as Alex, Nolan Gould as Luke, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.

AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (Season 25)

America’s Funniest Home Videos, the longest running primetime entertainment show in ABC history, enters its 25th season with the same mission—giving families something genuinely funny to enjoy. Host Tom Bergeron is back, and funnier than ever for his final season, with an abundant supply of fresh clips to keep families laughing from coast to coast. America’s Funniest Home Videos has given away over $13 million in prize money and evaluated more than a million videotapes from home viewers.

THE BACHELOR (Season 19)

ABC’s The Bachelor is the original primetime romance reality series that offers one lucky man and 25 lucky women the unique opportunity to find true love. This season, the hit series will feature its 19th edition with the new Bachelor getting to know 25 women via a series of social gatherings and exotic, romantic dates – some in groups, some individually. He will introduce some of the women to his family and will visit their hometowns for a slice of their lives in an effort to determine the woman with whom he is most compatible. At the end of the journey, filled with drama and surprises against the backdrop of spectacular international settings, the Bachelor may quite possibly have found true love. But the big question is: After all of this, will he pop the question, and will she say yes?

DANCING WITH THE STARS (Season 19)

Hosted by Emmy® Award-winning host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, Dancing with the Stars is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines.

GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT (Season 2)

The battle for lights is on! The Great Christmas Light Fight will be returning for a second installment this holiday season. The Great Christmas Light Fight first debuted on ABC in December 2013 and featured 20 families competing to have the greatest Christmas display. The families were chosen through an extensive nationwide search, based on their previous elaborate Christmas light displays, incredible choreography and over-the-top designs.

SHARK TANK (Season 6)

Shark Tank is back for a sixth season, with the Sharks continuing the search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer. In 2012 and 2013, Shark Tank received an Emmy-nomination for Outstanding Reality Program; as well as a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Reality Series – Competition. The series was nominated for a Producers Guild Award in 2013; and in 2014, the NAACP Image Awards nominated the show for Outstanding Reality Series. The ratings and popularity for Shark Tank continue to build, regularly winning Friday as the No. 1 TV series on the night in Adults 18-49 in almost all of its original telecasts this season.

The Sharks—tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons — are: billionaire Mark Cuban, owner and chairman of AXS TV and outspoken owner of the 2011 NBA championship Dallas Mavericks; real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran; “Queen of QVC” Lori Greiner; technology innovator Robert Herjavec; fashion and branding expert Daymond John; and venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary.

THE TASTE (Season 3)

The Taste features no-holds barred Chef Anthony Bourdain, British food star Nigella Lawson, expert Chef/author Ludo Lefebvre and Chef, author and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson. These four stars of the culinary world each mentor teams of four contestants as they vie to create the best tasting dishes in a state of the art kitchen. The Taste is open to everyone – from home cooks to professional chefs – in an effort to find some of America’s most naturally gifted cooks. 16 culinary hopefuls will ultimately win the chance to show off their skills in “The Taste” kitchen where one blind spoonful of food can determine whether a competitor stays or goes home.

20/20

The ABC News primetime news magazine 20/20 has distinguished itself as one of the most esteemed programs in broadcast journalism. Celebrating its 36th anniversary this season, 20/20 continues to combine hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories. The program is anchored by award-winning journalists Elizabeth Vargas and David Muir. For over three decades 20/20 has offered viewers reports and stories that have changes lives.




Katy Perry Set to Perform on This Year’s Billboard Music Awards

Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour New Dates Added

Katy Perry’s debut television performance of “Birthday,” her new single, will be on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards airing live on ABC on May 18, 2014. Perry will perform live via satellite as she’s out on the road with her Prismatic World Tour. “Birthday” currently holds a spot on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart in the Top 15.

Perry joins a list of performers that includes 5 Seconds of Summer, Florida Georgia Line, Imagine Dragons, Jason Derulo, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Lorde, Luke Bryan, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, OneRepublic, Pitbull, and Ricky Martin.

This year’s Billboard Music Awards will take place in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. ABC will air the show live on the East Coast at 8pm ET/PT.

Complete list of Billboard Music Awards nominees


Source: Billboard

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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Offers a Trip to Hong Kong for One Lucky Fan

Imagine Dragons contributes to Transformers: Age of Extinction

Imagine Dragons has contributed a song, “Battle Cry,” to Transformers: Age of Extinction, penning the tune following an early footage screening of the fourth Transformers movie. According to director Michael Bay, the song will be featured at critical points in the action movie, and the group also worked with composer Steve Jablonsky throughout the scoring process.

“We’re incredibly lucky that Dan, Wayne, Ben and Daniel were available to work with us,” said director Bay. “I remember being drawn to the emotion of ‘Demons’ and ‘Radioactive’ the first time I heard those songs, and I knew I wanted that same energy and heart for this movie. They’ve created a really epic, otherworldly sound for ‘Battle Cry.’”

Imagine Dragons will be heading to Hong Kong on June 19, 2014 to attend the Transformers: Age of Extinction world premiere and to perform “Battle Cry” live. And in support of the world premiere, Paramount Pictures is holding a contest with the winner given a trip for two to the Hong Kong premiere (the contest’s open to US residents 18 and older). To enter, tweet #TransformersPremiere by May 30, 2014 at 12pm PT. For more details, visit transformersmovie.com/TwitterSweeps/OfficialRules.pdf.

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Check Out the ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Magneto Character Video

X-Men: Days of Future Past Magneto Video

20th Century Fox just released a new character video from X-Men: Days of Future Past spotlighting Magneto (Michael Fassbender and Sir Ian McKellen). Coming to theaters on May 23, 2014, the latest X-Men movie also features Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, Evan Peters, and Omar Sy.

Magneto’s is just the latest in a series of videos, following the release of character videos spotlighting Wolverine, Mystique, and Quicksilver.

The Plot:

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, X-Men: First Class, in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future.

‘Once Upon a Time’ Adds a Popular New Disney Character to Season Four

Elsa from Frozen is coming to Once Upon a Time

Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched the Once Upon a Time season three finale, do not read any further. Despite how series creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz responded to the line of questioning during our interview at the 2014 WonderCon in Anaheim, it appears one of Disney’s most popular new characters will in fact be showing up in season four – and not just showing up as a bit character.

Judging by her introduction in the final few minutes of season three, Frozen‘s Elsa will play an important role in the goings-on in Storybrooke next season.

Here’s how the co-creators and executive producers answered our Frozen questions in late March:

Speculation on Twitter is that you’re looking into getting Frozen characters on the show.

Adam Horowitz: “There are a lot of rumors.”

Edward Kitsis: “We were asked a question, ‘Do we like Frozen?’ and we said, ‘Oh my god, we love Frozen. That would be awesome,’ and somehow, that has become a story. I mean, I also like Darth Vader but he’s not coming on. But you know, you never say never.”

Adam Horowitz: “We’re fans of Frozen, we’re fans of Brave, we’re fans of a million Disney properties and fairy tales and stories that we feel would be great parts of this show. But what we’re doing right now this season is we’re really focusing on the characters you’ve seen and the ones we’ve introduced. And where we might go in the future is stuff that we’re hoping to mull over and hopefully surprise people.”

So, yes, Kitsis and Horowitz did a great job of concealing the truth so that the secret wouldn’t be officially revealed until the season three finale. And here’s the clip from the season finale that introduces Elsa to the Once Upon a Time world:




‘Arrow’ Season Two Finale Preview

Arrow Season 2 Finale
Stephen Amell as The Arrow and Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson in 'Arrow' (Photo: Cate Cameron/The CW -- © 2014 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.)

Arrow is finishing off season two with a jam-packed episode titled “Unthinkable” premiering May 14, 2014 at 8pm ET/PT. And for those Arrow fans whose DVRs don’t automatically update to adjust the time, The CW wants to remind you that this episode actually ends at 9:01:15pm ET/PT (not 9pm).

The Plot:

OLIVER MUST DECIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL IF HE’S A KILLER OR A HERO — Slade (Manu Bennett) moves forward with his plan to kill one more person in Oliver’s (Stephen Amell) life. While Oliver has fought all year to be more than the killer he once was, when Slade kidnaps someone close to Oliver’s heart, Oliver is pushed to the edge and realizes sometimes it takes doing the unthinkable to stop the monster. Meanwhile, Diggle (David Ramsey) takes on Amanda Waller (guest star Cynthia Addai-Robinson) with a little help from some friends, and Thea (Willa Holland) turns to Roy (Colton Haynes) in her time of need.

Fox Debuts Trailers for Their New Fall Shows

Fox 2014 New Fall Series Trailers
Antony Bunsee, Condola Rashad, Kelsey Chow (sitting) Reece Ritchie, Max Brown, Caroline Ford and John Rhyse-Davies star in 'Hieroglyph' (Photo © 2014 Fox Broadcasting Co, Credit: Jacob Lewis/FOX.)

Hot on the heels of the network’s announcement of the 2014 fall primetime lineup, Fox has unveiled trailers for the new shows that made it onto their 2014-2015 schedule. Fox had previously released the extended trailer for Gotham, but now we can check out Hieroglyph, Mulvaney, Empire, Backstrom, Gracepoint, Utopia, and Wayward Pines.

Fox’s 2014 Fall Lineup


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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Unveils a New IMAX Trailer

Edge of Tomorrow IMAX Trailer
EMILY BLUNT as Rita Vrataski in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' sci-fi thriller "EDGE OF TOMORROW," distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. (Photo © Warner Bros. Pictures)

Live…Die…Repeat…

Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman, Tom Cruise, and Emily Blunt unite for Edge of Tomorrow, the sci-fi action film based on the Hiroshi Sakurazaka book All You Need is Kill. Coming to theaters on June 6, 2014, Warner Bros is now showing off a new IMAX trailer that’s almost four minutes long and features some new previously unreleased footage.

The Plot:

The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world.


Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again.

But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

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Behind the Scenes of ‘Fargo’ with Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt Fargo Interview
Oliver Platt as Stavros Milos in 'Fargo' (Photo Credit Chris Large/Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)

You don’t have to look any further than FX’s Fargo for an example of why we’re currently experiencing what’s been labeled as the new Golden Age of Television. Set in the same world as the Coen Brothers’ 1997 Oscar-winning film but with new characters and a fresh story, FX’s Fargo debuted on April 15, 2014 and quickly became one of the most talked about shows on primetime television.

Smart writing and an incredibly talented cast have made Fargo a must-see on Tuesday nights, and among the stand-outs in the ensemble is Oliver Platt, who plays the self-proclaimed supermarket “king” Stavros Milos. In support of the series, Platt took part in a conference call to discuss all things Fargo including his character’s arc, Noah Hawley’s scripts, and why he signed up to be a part of this edgy dramatic series.

Oliver Platt Fargo Interview

What was your initial attraction to the role?

Oliver Platt: “Just such a muscular arc, you know? One of the first things you’re looking at is, ‘Where does the guy start and where does he end and how do they get him there?’ That’s what we yearn for as actors is that sort of distance to travel, and Noah laid that out in spades. It was a story that took this guy and took everything that he believed in and turned it on its head, and he didn’t know who it was, who was doing it to him. That’s the brilliance of the scheme is the ninja mind tricks.”

How much of a backstory were you aware of to prepare for the role?

Oliver Platt: “You know, we developed this idea that he had come from Chicago with his family and that he was just on hard times; a devout man on hard times who is given this ‘gift’ – if you will. That was pretty much it. The material itself is pretty alive. That was pretty much it.”

Oliver Platt Fargo Interview
Oliver Platt in 'Fargo' (Photo by Chris Large/Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)

Did you have any trepidation at all about starring in a show that’s based on a movie that’s so critically acclaimed and that people still hold so dearly in their hearts?

Oliver Platt: “The answer is absolutely. The stuff that I was shown, the story that I was told, the fact that Joel and Ethan [Coen] had blessed it was not insignificant. I have to say, I think that Noah’s done a pretty remarkable job of sort of threading that needle of writing in their tone, but he had his own voice if you will. And, to me, it’s pretty impressive stuff.”

The series was shot during one of Calgary and Alberta’s coldest winters. What was that like, and how did it affect your performance?

Oliver Platt: “Well, it was funny. It was very, very cold when I was there, but then there was a little bit of the chinook, too, but apparently the chinook wasn’t visiting with the frequency that it usually did. There’s a scene that takes place in episode 6 that was pretty intense and we were in, I think, 10 degree below weather doing this stuff over and over again. What can I tell you? It helps in terms of you’re putting yourself in the position of what the character’s going through with Mother Nature giving you a huge assist. The landscape, it’s a very, very well chosen location in terms of feeding that sense of the expanse and sort of the desolation and maybe the loneliness of those people.”

Did you have any input into the choice of actor to play the younger version of your character?

Oliver Platt: “I thought they did a sensational piece of casting there myself. I was really surprised, and I thought that clearly they had that cross-fade in mind. If you’re going to sell that there better be some architectural similarity there, you know? I thought he was marvelous. I really did.”

Can you talk about the scene with the crickets? Were they all CG, or did you have to work with real insects?

Oliver Platt: “It was a pleasant mix. There were inanimate crickets, there were animate crickets, and then there were imaginary crickets. It was one of those classic green screen situations […]with a lot of emotion to it, too. It was a lot of fun to shoot, it was a lot of fun to shoot, and I thought that the way the concentric circles of chaos that were created in the market, itself, was delightfully realized.”

Stavros goes from being broke to a man who believes God gave him this money and then to who he is now, this man who has so much power, and he’s even calling himself The King. How do you think he evolved into the man he is when Malvo [played by Billy Bob Thornton] comes into his life?

Oliver Platt: “Well, he built this extraordinary supermarket empire, and he’s been very, very focused on the externals. You get the sense that Malvo detects a certain amount of that there, and he just has a nose for that kind of thing. He’s all about how everything’s looking. Obviously he doesn’t really feel he deserves it, which is probably why on some level […]he’s so focused on the theatricality of it all. I think that that’s where we are when Malvo shows up.”

Noah Hawley referred to your character as a typical Coen blustery autocrat with a very inflated sense of self. Given that the way the Coen Brothers use humor is very unique, did that affect your performance or did you let it all come from the writing?

Oliver Platt: “Yes, that’s usually the way you want to go about it is to let the writing guide your own sense of rhythm, and it’s very much in there. In the best case scenario you can’t see the joke. You know what I mean? It’s just arising organically out of the conflict that’s been created between the people in the scene, and the way the guy regards himself and all this stuff. It’s happening on a lot of different levels and you just get on the horse and you ride.”

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Fargo airs on FX on Tuesday nights at 10pm ET/PT.




Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’ Gets Picked Up by Open Road Films

Rosewater gets a distributor

Jon Stewart took time off from The Daily Show to direct Rosewater and now Open Road Films has just announced they’ve acquired Stewart’s directorial debut for U.S. distribution. Rosewater, which Stewart also adapted for the screen, will get a fall 2014 theatrical release and it’ll be screening for international sales buyers at Cannes.

Rosewater starring Gael Garcia Bernal is based on the NYT bestseller Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari.

“This is an exciting, prestigious project and we could not be happier to partner with Jon Stewart, Scott Rudin, Gigi Pritzker and the rest of the OddLot team,” said Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films. “We look forward to a successful release of this compelling film.”

The Plot:

Rosewater follows the Tehran-born Bahari, a 42-year-old broadcast journalist with Canadian citizenship living in London. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who was the prime challenger to controversial incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Moussavi’s supporters rose up to protest Ahmadinejad’s victory declaration hours before the polls closed on election day, Bahari endured great personal risk by submitting camera footage of the unfolding street riots to the BBC. Bahari was soon arrested by Revolutionary Guard police, led by a man identifying himself only as “Rosewater,” who proceeded to torture and interrogate the journalist over the next 118 days.


In October 2009, with Bahari’s wife leading an international campaign from London to have her husband freed, and Western media outlets including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart continuing to keep the story alive, Iranian authorities released Bahari on $300,000 bail and the promise he would act as a spy for the government.

Source: Open Road Films

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