{"id":5721,"date":"2014-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2014\/05\/19\/u-s-network-upfronts-2\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:22:39","slug":"u-s-network-upfronts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/u-s-network-upfronts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Network Upfronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>International buyers will be heading off to the Hollywood studios in the coming days to screen the new series picked up by the broadcast networks. For a full recap of what\u2019s coming to screens this fall, visit World Screen\u2019s 2014-2015 Fall Season Grid, featuring schedules for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW; pop-up trailers; descriptions and credits for each new and returning show; and a listing of series by studio. Go <a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldscreen.com\/season_grid\/index.html\">here<\/a> to see it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ABC added 12 new series to its programming slate, among them a new Shonda Rhimes legal thriller, <em>How to Get Away with Murder<\/em>. The show will air on Thursday nights, paired with Rhimes\u2019 returning hits <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>and <em>Scandal<\/em>. The Tuesday schedule was shaken up, with the additions of the social media-focused <em>Selfie<\/em>, the romantic comedy <em>Manhattan Love Story <\/em>and the freshman drama <em>Forever<\/em>. Also in the way of dramas, the network announced <em>Marvel\u2019s Agent Carter<\/em>, which will run midseason in place of <em>Marvel\u2019s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. <\/em>Comedy highlights include <em>Black-ish<\/em>, starring Anthony Anderson, and the musical fairy tale <em>Galavant<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>CBS has its bets on Thursday night football and five new dramas to boost its fall schedule. A small handful of new series were added, with 21 shows returning. This includes <em>Two and a Half Men<\/em>, which is getting a 12th and final season. There\u2019s a new <em>NCIS <\/em>spin-off, <em>NCIS: New Orleans<\/em>, and a <em>CSI <\/em>spin-off, <em>CSI: Cyber<\/em>. The network moved <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>to lead off the week on Monday nights at 8 p.m., until October 30, when football wraps and the show moves back to its Thursday slot.<\/p>\n<p>FOX has five new dramas, two event series, four comedies and one unscripted show joining its 2014-15 schedule. The Batman prequel <em>Gotham <\/em>starts things off on Monday nights. The Sunday schedule, once home to the <em>Animation Domination <\/em>block, has been revamped, with the comedy <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine <\/em>moving to the 8:30 p.m. time slot. M. Night Shyamalan&#8217;s <em>Wayward Pines <\/em>will serve as an event centerpiece for FOX in 2015. The network trimmed back the amount of hours it is dedicating to <em>Idol<\/em>, which is returning midseason for a 14th cycle.<\/p>\n<p>At NBC, newcomers <em>Bad Judge <\/em>and <em>A to Z <\/em>join the Thursday night comedy block, which is being broken up midseason to make way for the return of <em>The Blacklist<\/em>. The new comedy <em>Marry Me<\/em>, which comes from <em>Happy Endings <\/em>creator David Caspe, gets a strong lead-in on Tuesdays from <em>The Voice<\/em>. The light-hearted drama <em>The Mysteries of Laura<\/em>, starring Debra Messing, leads off the procedural-themed Wednesday lineup. Event programming includes the <em>Heroes <\/em>reboot <em>Heroes Reborn<\/em> and <em>A.D.<\/em>, a sequel to <em>The Bible <\/em>from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey.<\/p>\n<p>The CW moved its breakout hit <em>The Originals <\/em>to Monday nights, giving a lead-in to the freshman comedy <em>Jane the Virgin<\/em>. Tuesdays are action heavy, with newcomer <em>The Flash<\/em> teamed with <em>Supernatural<\/em>. New for the 2015 lineup are <em>iZombie<\/em>, based upon characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, and published by DC Entertainment&#8217;s Vertigo imprint, and <em>The Messengers<\/em>, a thriller from Basil Iwanyk (<em>The Expendables<\/em> film franchise, <em>Clash of the Titans<\/em> film franchise).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International buyers will be heading off to the Hollywood studios in the coming days to screen the new series picked up by the broadcast networks. 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