It's midseason mania time again! As our favorite midseason shows like Lost, 24, and more return, there are also plenty of exciting new shows premiering.
Since you may not have heard all about each of the new shows and we don't want you to miss out on any new TV obsessions, here's the rundown on all the brand new midseason shows! Also check out how likely we think each show is to succeed with our SideReel ratings.
Archer - Premieres January 14th on FX
SideReel Rating: Time & Ratings Will Tell
Archer is an off-the-wall animated spy comedy set in the International Secret Intelligence Service where "espionage and global crises are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray and royally screw each other," according to FX. This edgy comedy is jam-packed with hilarious people voicing all the main characters including H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer, Arrested Development's Jessica Walter as Archer's mom, Malory Archer, comedian Aisha Tyler as Archer's ex-girlfriend, 30 Rock's Chris Parnell as the new boyfriend, and Judy Greer as Malory's secretary.
Human Target - Premieres January 17th on FOX
SideReel Rating: Time & Ratings Will Tell
Human Target stars Mark Valley, who you may recognize from Fringe, as Christopher Chance, a private contractor who is hired to protect clients by becoming the "human target" for whatever trouble is at hand. Other familiar faces include Pushing Daisies' Chi McBride and Watchmen's Jackie Earle Haley.
Life UneXpected - Premieres January 18th on The CW
SideReel Rating: Count on it for your TV Schedule Next Year
This new series follows the story of Lux, a teenage girl who's been in foster care for 15 years and decides to become an emancipated minor. In the process, she meets her birth father who had no idea she existed, and her birth mother. When the judge decides she's not ready to be on her own, her birth parents are granted joint custody. Life UneXpected stars Brittany Robertson of Swingtown and Dan in Real Life as Lux, Kristoffer Polaha of Miss Guided and Tru Calling as Lux's birth dad, Shiri Appleby of Roswell and ER as birth mom, and Kerr Smith of Dawson's Creek and more as her birth mom's boyfriend.
The Deep End - Premieres January 21st on ABC
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
The Deep End follows young lawyers in their new jobs at one of L.A.'s most prestigious law firms. As RachelL says, this is basically Grey's Anatomy with lawyers. The show stars Matt Long from Jack & Bobby, Ben Lawson, Tina Majorino of Veronica Mars, Big Love and Napoleon Dynamite, Norbert Leo Butz, Leah Pipes of Life is Wild, and Billy Zane from Titanic and more, among others.
Caprica - Premieres January 22nd on Syfy
SideReel Rating: Count on it for your TV Schedule Next Year
Caprica is a Battlestar Galactica prequel of sorts that takes place 58 years before the events of BSG. The story revolves around two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, and tells the story of how the Cylons were first created. Caprica stars Jericho's Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson of Deadwood, Alessandra Torresani or Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, ER and more, Sasha Roiz also from Terminator: TSCC plus The Mentalist and more, among others.
Enter SideReel's Caprica DVD & iPod Nano Giveaway!
Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Premieres January 22nd on Starz
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
As you could probably imagine, this epic new Starz series follows the story of Rome's famous gladiator, Spartacus. There will be blood. There will be sand. Perhaps there will even be blood in the sand as Spartacus fights his intense arena battles as a gladiator. To name a few, the series stars Australian actor Andy Whitfield as Spartacus, and Lucy Lawless of Battlestar Galactica and Xena: Warrior Princess.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand Promo
La La Land - Premieres January 25th on Showtime
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
La La Land features award-winning British comedian Marc Wootton as three different characters who are all Hollywood wanna-bes trying to make it. Seems like after the success of The United States of Tara, Showtime is all about starring one person as multiple personalities!
Undercover Boss - Premieres February 7th on CBS
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
Undercover Boss is a reality series in which every week the boss of a big corporation works "undercover" in his/her company in an entry-level position.
Past Life - Premieres February 11th on FOX
SideReel Rating: Time & Ratings Will Tell
Past Life, from the writer of Friday Night Lights, follows two detectives who investigate people's past lives, aka whether or not strange happenings in your current life have to do with a past life. The show stars Kelli Giddish of All My Children, Australian actor Nicholas Bishop, The West Wing's Richard Schiff, and Ravi Patel of Scrubs.
Parenthood - Premieres March 2nd on NBC
SideReel Rating: Probably Count on it for your TV Schedule Next Year
Parenthood is based on the 1989 film by the same name and follows the story of four grown-up siblings dealing with all the struggles and joys of adulthood and having their own children. The show stars Lauren Graham of Gilmore Girls, Peter Krause from Six Feet Under and Dirty Sexy Money, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen of Six Degrees, Sam Jaeger of Eli Stone, Craig T. Nelson, our beloved Coach, and others including Mae Whitman.
The Marriage Ref - Premieres March 4th on NBC
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
The Marriage Ref, a comedy reality series, is created by Jerry Seinfeld. The show features a marriage referee and celebrities helping fighting couples work it all out.
Sons of Tucson - Premieres March 14th on FOX
SideReel Rating: Soon to be in the Cancellation Danger Zone
Sons of Tucson stars Reaper's Tyler Labine as a hustler hired by three brothers to act as their dad as the brothers try to avoid foster care while their real dad is in jail for a white-collar crime.
Miami Medical - Premieres April 1st on CBS
SideReel Rating: Time & Ratings Will Tell
Miami Medical follows expert surgeons working in the trauma unit of a top hospital in Miami, Florida. Previously titled Miami Trauma then recently renamed Miami Medical, my guess is they wanted to distance themselves from the unsuccessful NBC fall medial drama, Trauma. The show stars Jeremy Northam of The Tudors, Omar Godding of the Barbershop series, Lana Parrilla from Spin City, Elisabeth Harnois who's appeared on One Tree Hill and various other shows, and Mike Vogel of Cloverfield and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Treme - Premieres April 11th on HBO
SideReel Rating: Count on it for your TV Schedule Next Year
Treme is a drama from the creators of The Wire, following the lives of musician Hurricane Katrina survivors in New Orleans. The series stars The Wire's Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters, Khandi Alexander of CSI: Miami, Steve Zahn of Sunshine Cleaning and plenty more, Kim Dickens who's appeared on Lost, Deadwood, and more, Melissa Leo of Homicide: Life on the Street, and Rob Brown of Finding Forrester and The Express.
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What new midseason show are you the most excited to check out?
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