USA [Nieuwe Series] #7

Allen Gregory

Cast Jonah Hill (Superbad)
Plot Created by and featuring the vocal stylings of Hill, this animated comedy tells the tale of a pretentious 7-year-old who is about to embark on the greatest adventure of his life: leaving the safety of home school for a real-life, kid-infested elementary school.

A Gifted Man

Cast Patrick Wilson (Angels in America), Julie Benz (Dexter), Jennifer Ehle (Pride & Prejudice) and others
Plot Exiting Law & Order: SVU executive producer Neal Baer has been named showrunner of this high-concept medical drama, which stars Wilson as a competitive Type A surgeon who learns the true meaning of life from his wife. Er, make that from his recently deceased wife (Ehle). Benz plays the doc's sister, an overwhelmed single mother with an enormous heart.

Charlie's Angels

Cast Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Rachael Taylor (Grey's Anatomy), Annie Ilonzeh (General Hospital), Ramon Rodriguez (The Wire)
Plot Charlie's drop-dead gorgeous gang of lady detectives are back in this reboot of the 1970s classic, now set in Miami. Need we say more? Rodriguez is the (very) new Bosley; big-screen Angel Drew Barrymore is an executive producer on the project.

Free Agents

Cast Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), Kathryn Hahn (Hung), Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Joe Lo Truglio (Reno 911!), and others
Plot Based on a UK series of the same name, this rom-com stars Azaria and Hahn as quirky PR execs who both are on the rebound but for very different reasons: He is a recent divorcé, and she just lost her fiancé. Head reprises his role from the UK version, as the duo's boss.

Grimm

Cast David Giuntoli (Privileged), Sasha Roiz (Caprica), Silas Weir Mitchell (Prison Break), Kate Burton (Grey's Anatomy) and others
Plot This one's a little confusing, so follow closely: Giuntoli stars in this fantastical dark drama as Nick, a detective whose mission is to protect humans living in a world where Grimm's Fairy Tale characters actually exist. Mitchell will play the series’ “lead creature,” a reformed big, bad wolf; Roiz is the police captain; Burton is Nick’s aunt, who possesses dark secrets of her own.

Hart Of Dixie

Cast Rachel Bilson (The O.C.), Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights), Jaime King (Pearl Harbor) and others
Plot Executive producer Josh Schwartz reunites with his former O.C. star Bilson in this dramedy, which he hopes "has an old-school WB flave" similar to Everwood. Bilson plays Zoe, a big-city doctor adjusting to life in a small Southern town after she inherits a local medical practice. Porter plays an attorney/ Zoe's potential love interest, King an eclectic town debutante.

How To Be A Gentleman

Cast Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Kevin Dillon (Entourage), David Hornsby (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Rhys Darby (The Flight of The Conchords) and others
Plot This male-buddy comedy follows an uptight columnist named Alan (Hornsby), who is learning to live life to the fullest with the help of his unlikely, young-at-heart pal, Bert (Dillon). Rajskub is Alan's no-nonsense sister, Darby his brother-in-law.

I Hate My Teenage Daughter

Cast The cast includes Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl), Katie Finneran (Wonderfalls), Chad Coleman (The Wire), and Kevin Rahm (Desperate Housewives)
Plot Pressly and Finneran tackle motherhood, with an irk-worthy twist: Their bratty teenage daughters are exactly like the mean girls who picked on them in high school.

Last Man Standing

Cast Tim Allen (Home Improvement), Nancy Travis (The Bill Engvall Show) and Hector Elizondo (Chicago Hope)
Plot Allen stars as a man fighting for his, um, manhood in world that seems to be increasingly dominated by women -- including his own wife (Travis).

Man Up

Cast Chris Moynihan (Coupling), Henry Simmons (NYPD Blue), Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Amanda Detmer (Private Practice), Mather Zickel (The Cape) and others
Plot Moynihan takes the lead in this comedy that offers a look into what it takes for a man to survive in today's crazy world. His life lessons are told through the eyes of three best buds and the women in their lives.

Once Upon A Time

Cast Jennifer Morrison (House), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love), Lana Parrilla (Swingtown), Robert Carlyle (Stargate Universe) and others
Plot Lost producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are at the helm of this new fantastical new drama, where Snow White (Goodwin) and the Evil Queen (Parrilla) actually exist -- unbeknownst to them -- and Morrison's Anna holds the key to giving everyone their happily ever after.

Pan Am

Cast Christina Ricci (Monster), Michael Mosley (Justified), Kelli Garner (My Generation), Jonah Lotan (CSI: NY) and others
Plot Former Jack Orman (ER) and Tommy Schlamme (The West Wing) are exec-producing this sexy, jet-setting soap, which follows the circa-1960s pilots and flight attendants working for the iconic Pan Am Airlines.

Person Of Interest

Cast Michael Emerson (Lost), James Caviezel (The Prisoner), Taraji P. Henson (Boston Legal) and Kevin Chapman (Mystic River)
Plot Exec-produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost/Fringe) and penned by Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight), this crime drama concerns a presumed dead ex-CIA agent (Caviezel) who teams up with a mysterious billionaire (Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City.

Prime Suspect

Cast Mario Bello (ER), Aidan Quinn (Canterbury's Law), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe) and others
Plot Bello stars in this U.S port of the acclaimed, Helen Mirren-fronted British series, playing an irreverent female detective struggling to make her mark in a male-dominated New York precinct.

Revenge

Cast Emily Van Camp (Brothers & Sisters), Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl), Nick Wechsler (Roswell), Josh Bowman (Make It or Break It) and others
Plot In this modern-day telling of literary classic The Count of Monte Cristo but from the female perspective, Van Camp stars as a mysterious woman who travels to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the people who destroyed her family.

Ringer

Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Kristoffer Polaha (Life Unexpected), Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four), Nestor Carbonell (Lost), and others
Plot Gellar plays Bridget, a troubled young woman who decides to elude the mob by assuming her twin Siobhan's identity. Thing is, AWOL sis has a bounty on her own life! Gruffudd plays Siobhan's hubby, Polaha the man she was having an affair with.

Suburgatory

Cast Jeremy Sisto (Law & Order), Jane Levy (Shameless), Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and others
Plot The young Levy stars as the quintessential New York City teen whose life takes a "horrific" turn when she's forced to move to the 'burbs with her dad (Sisto). Tudyk is one of Dad's buds, while Hines plays a plastic surgery-enhanced friend of the fam.

Terra Nova

Cast The cast includes Jason O'Mara (Life On Mars), Stephen Lang (Avatar), Mido Hamada (24) and Christine Adams (The Whole Truth)
Plot O'Mara stars as Jim Shannon, the patriarch of a family in the environmentally ravaged year 2149 that is sent way, way, wayyyy back in time to hopefully save humanity. Lang plays the commander of the settlement already established there in prehistoric times, while Adams is the leader of a group of renegade time-hoppers. Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park), Jon Cassar (24) and Brannon Braga (Star Trek: Enterprise) are among the executive producers.

The Finder

Cast Geoff Stults (October Road), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile)
Plot Stults stars in this Bones spinoff as the titular "finder," a military-trained officer who specializes in locating anything and anyone. Duncan plays his trusty partner/sidekick/legal adviser. Saffron Burrows (Law & Order; CI) appeared in the "planted pilot" April episode of Bones, but might not stay on. Hart Hanson (Bones) will executive-produce.

The New Girl

Cast Zooey Deschanel (500 Days of Summer) fronts a cast that includes Damon Wayans Jr.* (Happy Endings), Max Greenfield (Greek) and others.
Plot Deschanel (yes, the sister of Emily) stars as an adorably unlucky-in-love elementary school teacher who moves away from her ex-boyfriend and in with three rowdy men. Liz Meriweather (No Strings Attached) is an executive producer. *Wayans' first commitment is to ABC's Happy Endings, if it's renewed.

The Playboy Club

Cast Amber Heard (Zombieland), Eddie Cibrian (CSI: Miami), David Krumholtz (Numb3rs), ,Jenna Dewan-Tatum (Step Up), Laura Benanti (Eli Stone) and others
Plot This drama goes inside the infamous Playboy Club in 1960s Chicago, telling the story of the rise and fall of the first Playboy bunnies. Krumholtz plays the club's general manager, Cibrian a member/attorney/mob fixer.

The Secret Circle

Cast Brittany Robertson (Life Unexpected), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Gale Harold (Hellcats) and others
Plot Aa young woman (Robertson) moves to a new town and discovers that not only is she a witch and part of a secret coven, but she’s also the key that will unlock a centuries-old battle of good versus evil.

Two Broke Girls

Cast Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), newcomer Beth Behrs, Matthew Moy (Scrubs), Garrett Morris (Saturday Night Live) and Jonathan Kite
Plot Co-written by Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City) and comedienne Whitney Cummings, the series stars Dennings and Behrs as — yep — two broke 22-year-old gals struggling to make their dreams come true in New York City (or at least Brooklyn).

Unforgettable

Cast Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace), Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck), Kevin Rankin (Justified) and others
Plot And just like that, Montgomery is back in the cop-game. The CBS vet stars as a former NYPD detective who possesses the special ability to remember everything –- which happens to be a blessing career-wise, but a curse in her personal life. Exhibit A: Her boss is also her ex-boyfriend, played by Walsh.

Up All Night

Cast Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?), Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live), Will Arnett (Arrested Development) and others
Plot Executive-produced by SNL vets Emily Spivey and Lorne Michaels, this comedy follows the lives of a caustic working-mom (Applegate), her stay-at-home hubby (Arnett), and her opinionated parents.

Whitney

Cast Whitney Cummings (Comedy Central), Chris D'Elia (Glory Daze), Beverly D'Angelo (Entourage) and others
Plot Cummings plays one-half of a handsome young couple in this comedy that examines the ups-and-downs of maintaining a true-blue relationship in today's wonky society.

Alcatraz (midseason)

Cast The cast includes Jorge Garcia (Lost), Parminder Nagra (ER), Robert Forster (Heroes), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Sarah Jones (Sons of Anarchy)
Plot In this series exec-produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Fringe), Garcia plays "the world's foremost expert" on the titular island lock-up, who joins an investigation into the sudden reappearance of prisoners and guards who mysteriously disappeared from the prison some 30 years prior.

Apartment 23 (midseason)

Cast Dreama Walker (The Good Wife), Krysten Ritter ('Til Death), James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek), and others
Plot Walker leads this comedy as June, a sweet Southern gal straight from the heartland, who is forced to shack-up with amoral New York party girl Chloe (Ritter). Beek co-stars as a caricature of his real-life self, and the best friend of Chloe.

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me Chelsea (midseason)

Cast Laura Prepon (That '70s Show), Angel Laketa Moore (ER), Lenny Clarke (Rescue Me), Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Jo Koy (Chelsea Lately) and others
Plot Handler's bestselling autobiography of the same name comes to life in this sitcom, which follows the slightly fictitious, oversexed lush Chelsea Hanson (Prepon) on the party-filled journey that is her 20s. Clarke plays Chelsea's dad, while Handler will recur as her own big sister.

Awake (midseason)

Cast Jason Isaacs (Brotherhood), Laura Allen (Terriers), Cherry Jones (24), Steve Harris (The Practice), Michaela McManus (The Vampire Diaries) and others
Plot Lone Star creator Kyle Killen takes another stab at a button-pushing series (fingers crossed!) with this Inception-style thriller about an injured cop (Isaacs) who wakes from an accident to find himself living in two separate realities.

Bent (midseason)

Cast Amanda Peet (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), David Walton (Perfect Couples), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development)
Plot Peet stars as a recently divorced Type A single mom trying with all her might not to fall for the sexy contractor (Walton) re-doing her kitchen. Tambor plays the young stud's dad, a former actor who now plays piano in a Nordstrom lobby.

Best Friends Forever (midseason)

Cast Lennon Parham (Accidentally on Purpose), Jessica St. Clair (In the Motherhood), and others
Plot This comedy centers on a woman (Parham) and her new live-in boyfriend who take in her recently-divorced, abrasive (what else?) BFF (St. Clair).

Good Christian Belles (midseason)

Cast Leslie Bibb (Popular), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), David James Elliott (JAG), Annie Potts (Designing Women) and others
Plot Say hello to your new desperate housewives -- Southern-style. Bibb plays Amanda, a divorced mom of two and a reformed "mean girl," who returns to her hometown with one goal: Winning over her former tormentees classmates, Chenoweth included. Elliott plays Chenoweth's hubby.

Missing (midseason)
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Napoleon Dynamite (midseason)

Cast Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and others
Plot The original cast of the cult-classic film reunites to voice Fox's animated adaptation, which follows the titular quirky teen, his family and his friends as they navigate their way through life in rural Idaho.

Scandal (midseason)

Cast Kerry Washington (Ray), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost), Guillermo Diaz (Mercy), Columbus Short (Studio 60), Darby Stanchfield (NCIS) and others
Plot Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes is at it again with this ensemble drama based on the real-life career of famed crisis management consultant Judy Smith. Washington takes the lead at the legendary "fixer," lording over a hodgepodge of a staff.

Smash (midseason)

Cast Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Katharine McPhee (American Idol), Anjelica Huston (Medium) and others
Plot It's Glee graduates! Messing leads this dramedy which follows a myriad of characters who come together to achieve one common goal: Putting on a Broadway-bound Marilyn Monroe musical!

The 2-2 (midseason)

Cast Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arc), Adam Goldberg (The Unusuals), Terry Kinney (Oz) and others
Plot Executive-produced by Robert Di Nero, this gritty cop drama follows six NYPD rookies (Sobieski and Goldberg included) as they attempt to find a balance between their personal lives and the beat on the streets of Manhattan. Kinney plays the newbies' training officer.

The Firm (midseason)

Cast No cast yet
Plot Based on the bestselling John Grisham novel that was previously turned into a Tom Cruise movie, this series picks up years after those events, with idealistic lawyer Mitch and his wife Abby now in Witness Protection, but finding it not so easy to avoid repeating past mistakes.

The River (midseason)

Cast Bruce Greenwood (John from Cincinnati), Leslie Hope (24), Eloise Mumford (Lone Star), Joe Anderson (The Crazies) and others
Plot From the terrifying mind of Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli comes this horror drama set deep in the Amazon, as a family sets out to rescue their missing father.

Touch (midseason)
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Work It (midseason)

Cast Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Ben Koldyke (How I Met Your Mother), Rebecca Mader (Lost), and others
Plot Like men in drag? Nolasco and Koldyke play two out-of-work car salesmen who decide that instead of simply looking for new jobs, they should dress up as women and find work as pharmaceutical reps. Mader plays a bitchy co-worker.

[ Bericht 59% gewijzigd door Houniet op 25-05-2011 14:11:53 ]

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Op donderdag 14 april 2011 11:40 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
Vorige OP was mooier

Alleen een beetje oud. Dus als je je geroepen voelt..

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Op donderdag 14 april 2011 11:41 schreef neilpad het volgende:
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