Exciting New TV Shows Coming Fall 2012 / 2013

CBS – Made In Jersey – Fridays 9/8c

When young New Jersey lawyer, Martina Garretti (Janet Montgomery, “Human Target”) joins a posh Manhattan law firm, she is clearly underestimated. But it doesn’t take long for her Jersey attitude and unique investigative style to get her noticed to to the big guns on the top floors. With the support of her large Italian family, Garretti and her big mouth start to consult on large cases for the firm. Show also stars Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives), Erin Cummings (Pan Am), and Stephanie March (Law&Order: SVU).

CBS – Elementary – Thursdays 10/9c

An interesting modern day take on the age old detectives Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, played by Jonny Lee Miller (Dexter) and Lucy Liu (Southland). When former detective, Sherlorck Holmes, gets out of rehab, he is assigned a sober coach by the name of Joan Watson. Together they assist on NYPD’s most impossible cases and try to figure out how Holmes’ got his unsurpassed deductive skills in the first place. Also starring Aidan Quinn (Prime Suspect) as Captain Tobias Gregson.

NBC – Revolution – Mondays 10/9c

What if one day, all the electricity, batteries and engines just turned off. The entire world is brought back to the dark ages and no one knows why. Or do they. Over the course of 15 years, governments fall, militias rise, and people live without the conveniences of modern technology. When a local militia, led by Captain Neville (Giancarlo Esposito, “Once Upon a Time”) arrives at a small community and kills one of the settlers, a journey begins. The man who was killed could have been responsible for the black out, and his daughter, Charlie Matheson (Tracy Spiridakos, “Being Human”), has to find out why. She goes to find her uncle Miles (Billy Burke, ” Rizzoli & Isles”), who might have some information regarding the blackout and why her father was killed.

ABC – 666 Park Avenue – Sundays 10|9c

As one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan, 666 Park Avenue has one more thing going for it, it can make all your dreams come true. The building’s mysterious owner, Gavin Doran (Terry O’Quinn, “Lost”) and his lovely wife Olivia Doran (Vanessa Williams, “Desperate Housewives”), keep the building’s secrets, and every contract comes with a price. Also co-stars Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill), Mercedes Masöhn (The Finder), Helena Mattsson (Nikita), and Rachael Taylor (Charlie’s Angels).

ABC – Last Resort – Thursdays 8|7c

When the U.S. ballistic missile submarine, Colorado, receives orders over a radio channel, designed only to be used if their homeland was destroyed, to fire nuclear missiles at Pakistan and eradicate millions of people, the Captain of the ship, Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher, “House M.D.”) refuses to follow the orders until he receives confirmation from a reliable source. Chaplin is relieved from his post, and Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman, “Underworld”) is faced with the same decision. When Kendal also refuses, the sub is targeted by another U.S. submarine and hit. The two men decide to take refuge from their own country at a nearby exotic island, where they find love and the hope for a new life, while still trying to clear their names and get home. Also starring Dichen Lachman (being Human), Autumn Reeser (No Ordinary Family), and Jessy Schram (Falling Skies).

ABC – Zero Hour – 2013

Hank Galliston (Anthony Edwards, “ER”), the publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine, has dedicated his life to following clues and solving mysteries. But when his wife Laila (Jacinda Barrett, ” School for Scoundrels”) gets abducted from her antique clock shop, he is forced to put those deductive skills to good use in order to find her and save all of humanity. He discovers a treasure map inside one of his wife’s clocks, and with the help of his two young assistants, Rachel (Addison Timlin, “Californication”) and Aaron (Scott Michael Foster, “The River”), as well as sexy FBI agent Becca Riley (Carmen Ejogo, “Chaos”), they have to make sure that the map doesn’t fall into the wrong hands of White Vincent (Michael Nyqvist, “Abduction”).

FOX – The Following – 2013

Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy, “Rome”), who murdered 14 girls on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, manages to avoid death row and start a new killing spree with the help of other serial killers on the loose. When Carroll activates The Following, they call on former FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), who was the one who put Carroll in jail in the first place. Hardy consults FBI Agents Jennifer Mason (Jeananne Goossen, “Alcatraz”) and Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore, “X-Men”), and their investigation leads to Carroll’s ex-wife, Claire Matthews (Natalie Zea, “Justified”) and the one girl who survived Carroll’s attack, Dr. Sarah Fuller ( Maggie Grace, “Taken”).