Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series, Beauty and the Beast positions itself as a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist.? Smallville's Kristin Kreuk is the Beauty to Jay Ryan's Beast. Austin Basis, Nicole Gale Anderson, Nina Lisandrello, Max Brown and Brian White join them as supporting cast.
Youth-skewing network CW has unveiled its 2012-13 schedule.
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The net’s new offerings include a Beauty and the Beast update, a Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Arrow with Stephen Amell and Cult starring Vampire Diaries‘ Matt Davis.
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One its biggest moves was relegating veteran unscripted series America’s Next Top Model to Fridays, where it will lead into third-year drama Nikita. To decrease repeats this fall, the schedule will not be rolled out until October.
Check out clips from three CW shows below:
Beauty and the Beast, starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan, is loosely based on the 1980s CBS series. The CW update is a modern-day romantic tale with a procedural twist. Austin Basis, Nicole Gale Anderson, Nina Lisandrello, Max Brown and Brian White co-star in the CBS TV Studios drama from Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper.
Emily Owens, M.D. (formerly First Cut) centers on a newly minited doctor (Mamie Gummer) who discovers that life at the hospital she works at is no different than high school. Justin Hartley, Michael Rady and Jack Coleman are among the co-stars.
Based on the DC Comics title Arrow, the hourlong drama led by Stephen Amell, is a modern retelling of the legendary character Green Arrow.
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