As ABC announces their 2014-15 schedule, the LaughingPlace Podcast Crew shares their thoughts of ABC’s new offering. Each member shares whether they think each show will be a hit or miss (regardless if they are interested in the show), their most anticipated comedy and drama, and finally the first show they expect to be cancelled. For more on their thoughts on ABC’s lineup listen to the next edition of the LaughingPlace Podcast.
American Crime: (@AmericanCrimeTV) Midseason
All over the news are reports about a young couple in Modesto, California, who were attacked in their home. The case sends shock waves into the community stirring up tensions across racial lines in this gritty drama.
Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Agent Carter: (@ABCAgentCarter) Midseason
Doobie’s Most Anticipated Drama
FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Drama
It’s 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Black-ish: (@Black_ishABC) Wednesdays at 930/830c
Doobie’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Rebekah’s Pick For 1st Cancelled
Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family?
Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family?
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Miss
Cristela: (@CristelaABC) Fridays at 830/730c
Doobie’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family thinks is appropriate.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit
Forever: (@ForeverABC) Tuesdays at 10/9c
Alex’s Most Anticipated Drama
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn’t just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit
Fresh Off the Boat: (@FreshOffABC) Midseason
It’s the ’90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents. It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Galavant: (@GalavantABC) Midseason
Rebekah’s Most Anticipated Comedy
FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Alex’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love; Tangled; Cars) teams up with the award-winning musical duo of composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid; Beauty and the Beast) and lyricist Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid; Tangled) for a musical comedy fairytale of epic proportions.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Manhattan Love Story: (@ManhattanABC) Tuesdays at 830/730c
FanBoy’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Alex’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Have you ever wondered what your date was thinking? This romantic comedy exposes the differences between men and women through the unfiltered thoughts, and often contradictory actions, of a new couple who have just begun dating.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
How to Get Away With Murder: (@HowToGetAwayABC) Thursdays at 10/9c
The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class “How to Get Away with Murder.” Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.
Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Secrets & Lies: (@SecretsLiesABC) Midseason
Ben Garner is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect, after he discovers the body of his neighbor’s young son in the woods. As Detective Andrea Cornell digs for the truth, the secrets and lies of this town come to the surface and no one is above suspicion.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit
Selfie: (@SelfieABC) Tuesdays at 8/7c
Eliza Dooley has 263,000 followers who hang on to her every post, tweet and selfie. But one lonely day she has a revelation: being friended is not the same as having actual friends. She asks marketing guru Henry to ‘rebrand’ her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connec
Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
The Whispers: (@TheWhispersABC) Midseason
Rebekah’s Most Anticipated Drama
Aliens have invaded Earth by using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination—our children. As the kids unwittingly help these unseen enemies, the clock counts down in this suspenseful race to save humanity.
Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss