Fall 2012 Roundup

Some people would sell their souls for an apartment on New York's Park Avenue. And Midwestern couple Henry and Jane may have to do just that--and more--once they become managers of a highrise that is home to the rich, the famous, and the spooky. Dave Annable and Rachael Taylor star.

A sitcom about an unconventional animal hospital in New York, staffed by a brilliant veterinarian who prefers pets to humans and his quirky colleagues, including a capuchin monkey named Dr. Rizzo.

DC Comics hero the Green Arrow comes to television in this drama starring Stephen Arnell as Oliver Queen, billionaire playboy-turned arrow-wielding vigilante. After a shipwreck in which he's presumed dead, he returns home and ventures on a quest to right the wrongs of his past, and save the city of Starling from a rising tide of crime.

In this updating of the popular 1990s series, Smallville's Kristin Kreuk stars as detective Catherine Chandler, and she's got a monster in her past. As a teenager, she was witness to the murder of her mother, and would have died herself, if not for the intervention of what police deemed to be some kind of "animal." But Catherine knows what she saw. And a meeting with a shadowy stranger has her convinced she's met the "beast" of her youth…

Despite being almost complete opposites, brother and sister Ben and Kate have leaned on each other their entire lives. So when Ben learns that single mother Kate needs some help with her daughter--and life in general--he moves in. Can Ben help Kate get some fun back into her life? And can Kate help Ben gain some adult responsibilities? Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson star.

Law & Order mastermind Dick Wolf brings this action-filled drama centered on the lives of the firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 in Chicago, who are dealing with the loss of one of their own, and the looming danger that is part of their lives every day.

Sherlock Holmes investigates crimes in modern-day New York City as a consultant to the NYPD and is assisted by Joan Watson, a former surgeon, who is hired by Holmes' wealthy father to help keep the eccentric detective sober.

Emily Owens has finally made it: she's recently graduated from med school, and has joined the first year interns at Denver Memorial Hospital where, as luck would have it, her med school crush is also an intern. Yes, she's finally left the uncomfortable world of school behind…until high school nemesis Cassandra shows up. Mamie Gummer stars.

Matthew Perry returns in a comedy about tragedy. Ryan King is a popular sportscaster dealing with the loss of his wife. Actually, he's not dealing with it, which is why his boss forces him to join a therapy group devoted to "life changes." Reluctance leads to revelation when Ryan realizes he may be able to help the people in the group almost as much as they can help him.

Three guys wrestle with fatherhood, and trying to be adults, in this comedy from Jimmy Fallon. Single father Chris finds dating while having a baby strapped to his chest a bit of a struggle, while Nick and wife Emily fight to find alone time together. Meanwhile, Gary, father of four, doles out the advice, much to the amusement of his wife, Marny.

This high-stakes drama comes from Shawn Ryan, creator of The Shiel and The Unit. The crew of a submarine are faced with some huge live-or-die decisions when they receive orders to launch missiles at Pakistan. Whill they stage the attach? Or defy orders and try to save the world?

An attorney from a working-class background uses her street smarts as she tackles cases at an elite New York City law firm.

Reba McIntire returns to TV as the wife of a country star who decides NOT to stand by her man after she learns he's been having an affair. Instead, she packs up her family--including her mother, played by Lily Tomlin--and moves them all to the sunny shores of Malibu, California, to start a new life.

The Office writer and actress Mindy Kaling created and stars in this comedy about a young, single physician maneuvering her way through dating, doctors, and the occasional talking Barbie. Mindy wants her life to be like a romantic comedy, and right now it feels more like a comedy of errors. But she's not one to give up, and she knows being unconventional is much more interesting than being the boring girl in a rom-com.

Where do mobsters and criminals go when they have to deal with annoying stab wounds and gun shots? Well, it's not the local ER. Instead, they turn to Dr. Grace Devlin, who provides care in order to repay a family debt to the mafia. But can Dr. Devlin keep her two worlds separate? And just how deep does that debt go?

Country singer Rayna James, (Connie Britton), was once the queen of Nashville, but now her fame is on the wane. Desperate for a hit, she reluctantly agrees to go on tour with rising teen star Juliette Barnes, (Hayden Panettiere), only to find herself relegated to opening act status. Will the two stars sing beautiful music together? Or will they back stab, bad mouth, and claw their ways to the top?

A family moves to a gated community in suburban New Jersey where the residents are extraterrestrials from the planet Zabvron, and learn that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the universe because marital and parenting problems are the same everywhere.

From Glee creator Ryan Murphy comes this comedy about unconventional families. Bryan, (Andrew Rannells), and David, (Justin Bartha), decide to start a family, and in the search for a surrogate, pair up with single mother Goldie, (Georgia King), who has recently split from a cheating boyfriend. But Goldie's grandmother, (Ellen Barkin), isn't exactly accepting of this situation, and proves to be a thorn in the side of them all…

Charlie and Louis have been friends forever, and partners in an architectural firm for years. But when Charlie proposes to his girlfriend it proves to be a challenge for Louis, even though he's in a happy relationship of his own with a nurse named Wyatt (Brandon Routh). Michael Urie and David Krumholtz star as the unconventional friends.

Lost creator JJ Abrams and Iron Man director Jon Favreau are behind this post-apocalyptic drama about a changed world. After an unknown force disables all the technology on the planet, people struggle to adapt to life without everything from computers to car engines and electronics to batteries. Order proves hard to maintain in a world gone array, with the average family now facing rising militias and warlords. And one family may have to the key to exposing just what happened to the world fifteen years ago…

Go back in time, to the early days of Las Vegas, when the mob ruled, and the law wore cowboy hats. Dennis Quaid stars as Ralph Lamb, a former rodeo star turned sheriff, fighting the influx of mafia influence in 1960s Vegas. Michael Chiklis also stars, as mobster and nemesis Vincent Savino.