ABC's 2013-14 Season: Marvel's 'SHIELD,' 'Once Upon a Time' Spinoff and 'Trophy Wife'
Projects from Joss Whedon, Ryan Seacrest, Sofia Vergara, Kyle Killen and the Cullen brothers, with stars like Clark Gregg, Rebel Wilson, Christian Slater, James Caan, Bradley Whiford and Malin Akerman, highlight the network's upcoming season.
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Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
Stars: Ming-Na, Clark Gregg, Brett Dalton, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ian De Caestecker, Chloe Bennet
Team: Joss Whedon (director), Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell, Jeph LoebBased on Marvel Comics' secret intelligence organization that has appeared in countless titles, including Iron Man, Captain America and The Ultimates, since being introduced in the 1960s. The military law-enforcement agency's moniker stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistic Directorate, which also has evolved over time in the comics.
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Stars: Sophie Lowe, Peter Gadiot, Michael Socha, Emma Rigy, John Lithgow (as White Rabbit)
Team: Eddie Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Steve Perlman, Zack Estrin; director - Ralph HemeckerIn Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. An invisible cat, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she’s seen during this impossible adventure. Surely this troubled girl must be insane and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything.
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Super Fun Night
Stars: Rebel Wilson, Kelen Coleman, Kevin Bishop, Lauren Ash, Liza Lapira
Team: Rebel Wilson, Conan O'Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross; director - John RiggiSuper Fun Night revolves around three nerdy female friends, including Pitch Perfect's Rebel Wilson, on a "funcomfortable" quest to have "super fun" every Friday night.
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Back in the Game
Stars: James Caan, Maggie Lawson, Griffin Gluck, Ben Koldyke, Kennedy Waite, Lenora Crichlow, J.J. Totah, Cooper Roth
Team: Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen, EP Aaron Kaplan; directors - John Requa, Glenn FicarraWhen Terry Gannon, a recently divorced, single mother, temporarily moves in with her estranged father, a beer-swilling former baseball player, she reluctantly starts coaching her son's underdog little league team and is drawn back into the world of sports she vowed to leave behind.
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Mind Games
Stars: Steve Zahn, Christian Slater, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Cedric Sanders, Gregory Marcel, Wynn Everett, Ron Rifkin
Team: Kyle Killen, Keith Redmon; director - Miguel SapochnikProvocative workplace ensemble centered on the complicated relationship between two brothers who head a unique agency designed to attack their clients’ problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation.
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The Goldbergs
Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Darien Provost, Troy Gentile, Sean Giambrone
Team: Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, Bill Wee; director - Seth GordonA dysfunctional Wonder Years set in the simpler times of the 1980s, inspired by Adam F. Goldberg's childhood.
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Trophy Wife
Stars: Bradley Whitford, Malin Akerman, Marcia Gay Harden, Michaela Watkins, Natalie Morales, Ryan Scott Lee, Albert Tsai, Gianna LePera
Team: Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg; director - Jason MooreA reformed party girl named Kate finds herself with an instant family when she falls in love with a man named Brad who has three manipulative children and two judgmental ex-wives.
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Killer Women
Stars: Tricia Helfer, Marc Blucas, Michael Trucco, Alex Fernandez, Marta Milans
Team: Hannah Shakespeare , Sofia Vergara; director - Martin CampbellIt's hard to fit in when you're the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers, but that doesn't stop Molly Parker -- our ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there. Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas.
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Lucky 7
Stars: Matt Long, Stephen Louis Grush, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Summer Bishil, Anastasia Phillips, Christine Evangelista, Lorraine Bruce, Luis Antonio Ramos
Team: David Zabel, Jason Richman, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Steven Spielberg; director - PaulMcGuiganAn adaptation of British drama The Syndicate, Lucky 7 revolves around seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot.
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Betrayal
Stars: Hannah Ware, Stuart Townsend, James Cromwell, Henry Thomas, Chris Johnson, Wendy Moniz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Braeden Lemasters
Team: David Zabel, Rob Golenberg, Alon Aranya; director - Patty JenkinsA beautiful but unhappily married female photographer begins a torrid affair with a lawyer for a powerful family. When he turns out to be defending a murder suspect who is being prosecuted by her husband, the relationship and the case begin a spiraling series of betrayals with cataclysmic results for everyone involved.
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Mixology
Stars: Kate Simses, Ginger Gonzaga Mercedes Masohn, Blake Lee, Andrew Santino, Adam Campbell, Vanessa Lengies, Craig Frank, Alexis Carra, Sarah Bolger, Adan Canto
Team: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, Nina Wass, Ryan Seacrest; director - Larry CharlesA high-concept single-camera comedy from the writers behind The Hangover set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar chronicling the exploits of singles in search of love -- all over the course of one night.
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Resurrection
Stars: Omar Epps, Devin Kelley, Matt Craven, Frances Fisher, Samaire Armstrong, Sam Hazeldine, Nicholas Gonzalez, Mark Hildreth, Kurtwood Smith, Landon Gimenez
Team: Aaron Zelman, JoAnn Alfano, Jon Liebman, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner; director - Charles McDougallWhat happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day's gone by? The lives of the people of Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Based on a novel by Jason Mott.
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