Most (Personally) Anticipated TV Shows Airing 2011/12
From fairytales to prisons, from dream realities to a web-slinger, and from Broadway to killing Romans, this is the most anticipated shows of the television season of 2011/12.
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- CreatorSteven LilienElizabeth SarnoffBryan WynbrandtStarsSarah JonesJorge GarciaJonny CoyneIn 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.From the minds of "Lost" and "Fringe," prisoners of wardens who mysteriously vanished in 1963 resurface in modern-day San Francisco.
- CreatorJonathan NolanStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanAn ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.A mastermind and a soldier team up to prevent crimes before they happen, relying on a machine that uses combinations of SIN numbers. Wait, is that Benjamin Linus?
- CreatorSteven S. DeKnightStarsAndy WhitfieldLucy LawlessManu BennettThe life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.The second season of Spartacus, titled "Spartacus: Vengeance," will turn the Roman world upside down, as the legion of slaves avenge their treatment by the Romans.
- CreatorKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine AdamsCenters on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.Dying Earth, time travel, prehistoric times and dinosaurs. Yup, this is Spielberg.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.Snow White was never more realistic. An unsuspecting teacher is thrown into the mix of reality and fantasy when she is told she is the lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming.
- CreatorKyle KillenStarsJason IsaacsLaura AllenSteve HarrisAfter a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives, one with his wife and one with his son. Is one of his "realities" merely a dream?A la "Inception," this gripping drama will question the concept of reality, dreams and existence, as a police officer must cope with the aftermath of a car accident. In one reality, his wife survived. In the other: his son.
- CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.CSI cases meeting Red Riding Hood. A police detective realizes he is the last Grimm, the protector of our world from the monsters of fairy tales.
- CreatorTheresa RebeckStarsDebra MessingJack DavenportKatharine McPheeMore drama occurs behind the scenes than on stage, as the team prepares an ambitious Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe.The legend of Marilyn Monroe is revived on the Broadway stage, along with the relationships and complications that come with it.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsZooey DeschanelJake JohnsonMax GreenfieldAfter a bad break-up, Jess, an offbeat young woman, moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Although they find her behavior very unusual, the men support her - most of the time.Finally, a funny comedy. In a time where comedies rely on cheap laughs, along with a recorded laugh track, comes this original story of an.. interesting girl, who moves in with three guys.
- CreatorRobert HarlingStarsLeslie BibbJennifer AspenMarisol NicholsSeeking a fresh start, recently-widowed mother-of-two Amanda Vaughn moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood where she grew up to find herself in the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud.Nothing more interesting than Mean Girls revisited, only twenty-or-so years later. Plus, Kristin Chenoweth is a mini-Goddess.
- CreatorEmily SpiveyStarsChristina ApplegateMaya RudolphWill ArnettTakes an irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.Christina Applegate. Will Arnett. Maya Rudolph . 'Nuff said.
- CreatorEric C. CharmeloNicole SnyderStarsSarah Michelle GellarKristoffer PolahaIoan GruffuddSix-months-sober Bridget is key witness to a murder but flees, visiting her identical twin, who "suicides". Bridget takes over her rich, glamorous, married life in New York City. Out of the ashes and into the fire?Identities are swapped and crimes are covered as one twin, while on the run, takes the identity of her sister.
- CreatorChad HodgeStarsRandy SteinmeyerEddie CibrianDavid KrumholtzCenters on the Bunnies and patrons of the original Playboy Club in 1960s Chicago.The 60's are back, and so are the Bunnies.
- StarsSimon CowellDemi LovatoL.A. ReidIn this American version of the hit UK show, Simon Cowell and his fellow judges search for a singer who has the "X factor"."American Idol" and "The Voice" face their new competition, as the European hit comes to the United States. Simon and Paula are reunited once again, along with two new judges from the music industry.
- CreatorTodd McFarlaneDavid MichelinieBill MantloStarsDrake BellOgie BanksChi McBrideSpider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues and training from S.H.I.E.L.D.The comic-book comes to life, with a unique CG adaptation of the web-slinger.
- CreatorJared HessJerusha HessMike ScullyStarsJon HederAaron RuellEfren RamirezFollows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho.The movie was a success, the character is still the same. Napoleon Dynamite hits the small screen with its animated version, along with the original stars.
- CreatorSusannah GrantStarsPatrick WilsonJennifer EhleMargo MartindaleCenters on an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him what life is all about from the here-after.A husband mourning the loss of his wife starts seeing and communicating with her, though no one else can.