Midseason 2013: TV’s Newest Series (original) (raw)


Image Credit: Photo Credit: MTV
Premieres: Thursday, Jan. 3, 10 p.m.
MTV makes a play for yesteryear's ratings (and controversy) of Jersey Shore by following another set of rambunctious young adults — only this time the network is going to backwoods West Virginia.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: NBC
Premieres: Monday, Jan. 7, 10 p.m.
Meagan Good as Joanna Locasto in Deception _(_previously Infamous and Notorious), which is being billed as an opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family in which she grew up — as the maid's daughter — to solve the slaying of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.


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Premieres: Thursday, Jan. 10, 9:30 p.m.
White House family comedy 1600 Penn, co-starring The Book of Mormon's Josh Gad and written by Gad and Modern Family helmer Jason Winer, counts former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett among its behind-the-scenes team. Bill Pullman stars as the president of the United States with Jenna Elfman on board as the first lady.
TV REVIEW: 1600 Penn


Image Credit: Photo Credit: The CW
Premieres: Monday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.
A Sex and the City for the younger set, the soapy CW drama is based on the City prequel by Candace Bushnell. It follows a young, Manhattan-based Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) growing up in the 1980s.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: FX
Premieres: Thursday, Jan. 17, 10:30 p.m.
Australian import Jim Jeffries gets loosely autobiographical as a comedian living in Los Angeles and trying to make a name for himself.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: BBC America
Premieres: Saturday, Jan. 19, 9 p.m.
Set six months after Jack the Ripper got away with a slew of murders on London's East End, a trio of detectives (Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg) try to keep order and solve crimes in the increasingly chaotic neighborhood.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: FOX
Premieres: Monday, Jan. 21, 9 p.m.
The Following, from Kevin Williamson, revolves around an ex-FBI agent (Kevin Bacon) who leads the search to catch a diabolical serial killer (James Purefoy) that's inspired a cult of copycats.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: ABC
Premieres: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m.
ABC's latest stab at culinary competition, The Taste features food celebrities Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey as a panel set to pick the best of 16 competitors — who range from professional chefs to home cooks.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: FX
Premieres: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 10 p.m.
A duo of Soviet spies (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) pose as a happy American couple, working as sleeper agents during the Cold War.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: NBC
Premieres: Thursday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m.
Jekyll-and-Hyde drama Do No Harm stars Steven Pasquale as a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: ABC
Premieres: Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.
ER alum Anthony Edwards returns to TV as a man who's spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine before he's launched into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: The CW
Premieres: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 9 p.m.
The second killing spree drama of the new season, Cult revolves around an inquisitive young female production assistant (Jessica Lucas) on a wildly popular television series who joins a journalist blogger (Matt Davis) in investigating the show's rabid fans. Together, the duo finds the fans might be re-creating crime scenes from the show in their real lives.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: CBS
Premieres: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 10 p.m. (Regular time slot debut, Friday, Mar. 8 at 10 p.m.)
Golden Boy stars Theo James (Downton Abbey, Bedlam) as an ambitious cop who becomes the youngest police commissioner in New York City history.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: ABC
Premieres: Sunday, Mar. 3, 9 p.m. (Regular time slot debut, Mar. 10 at 10 p.m.)
Based on a Dutch series, Red Widow follows a woman (Radha Mitchell) forced to adopt her husband’s role in a crime syndicate in order to protect her family after his assassination.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: NBC
Premieres: Sunday, Mar. 31, 8 p.m.
Produced by Eva Longoria, the NBC matchmaking competition stars three men looking for the loves of their respective lives. Couple and reality duo Giuliana and Bill Rancic host.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: ABC
Premieres: Wednesday, April 3, 9:30 p.m.
Sarah Chalke stars as Polly, a recently divorced single mom who moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) and Max (Brad Garrett).


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Premieres: Wednesday, May 1, 8:30 p.m.
Family Tools (previously Comeback Jack, Red Van Man, White Van Man), based on British comedy, revolves around a man (Kyle Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father (J.K. Simmons). Leah Remini, Edi Gathegi, Johnny Pemberton and Danielle Nicolet co-star.


Image Credit: Photo Credit: FOX
Premieres: Not yet announced
From How I Met Your Mother's Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris, The Goodwin Games stars Becki Newton, Scott Foley and Jake Lacy as siblings who inherit their late father's fortune — if they agree to his terms.