We ’d been proceed our fingers crossed that ABC would pick up Jessica Jones , the noirish superhero show based on Brian Bendis ’ amazing comedian . But ABC passed on Jessica , and alternatively we ’re getting Terry O ’ Quinn in 666 Park Avenue , a confederacy theory play , and a upsetting funniness about exotic neighbors .
Take a feel at the next harvest of strange shows to amount out of ABC , and let ’s hope one of them ’s a winner .
Deadline is reportingthat while ABC pass on the Jessica Jones series , an Incredible Hulk series is still on the board . Guillermo Del Toro and David Eick are still attached to this show — but with Pacific Rim taking up most of GDT ’s prison term , we ’re not holding our breathing space for a raw Bruce Banner show .
For now let ’s look at what has really been picked up by ABC , and actually has a premiere date in sight .
666 Park Avenue
First up is 666 Park Avenue , a ghost show ! It sounds suspiciously like a fancy Locke & Key , but we ’re pretty jazzed about get Terry O ’ Quinn back on the modest screen . Here ’s the official tend down :
If you could make one want , what would it be ? And what would you do to get it ? At 666 Park Avenue , all of your dreams and burning desire can come genuine : wealth , sexual urge , love , power , even revenge . But just be heedful what you bid for , because the price you pay … could be your someone .
Welcome to The Drake , the premier apartment construction on Manhattan ’s Upper East Side . Owned by the mysterious Gavin Doran ( Terry O’Quinn ) and his aphrodisiacal married woman Olivia ( Vanessa Williams ) , The Drake is home to piles of resident physician who are unaware they ’re living in the dark embracement of supernatural forces . They think their dreams are all coming dependable , only to find they ’ve been lured into devising , what feels like , a deal with the Devil . When a young Mid - western duad – Jane Van Veen ( Rachael Taylor ) and Henry Martin ( Dave Annable ) – is hire to handle The Drake , they soon come upon that immorality , obsession , and manipulation has a home .
Allow yourself to be score by 666 PARK AVENUE , and unravel the mysteries of this devilish unexampled drama from Alloy Entertainment ( Gossip Girl , The Vampire Diaries , Pretty Little Liars ) and executive producers David Wilcox ( Fringe , Life on Mars ) , Leslie Morgenstein ( Gossip Girl , The Vampire Diaries ) and Gina Girolamo ( The Secret Circle , The Lying Game ) .
666 Park Avenue will broadcast on Sunday night at 10 phase modulation ( so have a bun in the oven somewhat more adult capacity ) starting in 2013 .
The Neighbors
Next up is The Neighbors , which looks like yet another wacky ABC show that we ’ll be laughing both at and with . Here ’s the official abstract :
Meet The Weavers : Debbie ( Jami Gertz ) and Marty ( Lenny Venito ) . Marty , in hopes of ply a better life for his married woman and three youngster , recently purchase a house in “ Hidden Hills , ” a gated New Jersey townhome community with its own golf form . Hidden Hills is so exclusive that a house has n’t descend on the market in 10 old age . But one in conclusion did … and the Weavers got it !
It ’s clean from day one that the resident physician of Hidden Hills are a trivial … unlike . For newcomer , their new neighbour all have pro - athlete names like Larry Bird ( Simon Templeton ) , Jackie Joyner - Kersee ( Toks Olagundoye ) , Reggie Jackson ( Tim Jo ) , and Dick Butkus ( Ian Patrick ) . Over dinner , Marty and his folk discover that their neighbors receive nourishment through their eyes and mind by read book , rather than eating . The Weavers presently study that the entire biotic community is consist of aliens from Zabvron , where the man carry tiddler and everyone cries light-green goo … from their ears .
The Zabvronians have been stationed on Earth for the preceding 10 year , disguised as humans , look instructions from place , and the Weavers are the first humans they ’ve had the chance to know . As it turn out , the pressures of marriage ceremony and parentage are not undivided to planet Earth . Two worlds will jar with hilarious consequences as everyone discovers they can “ totally relate , ” and instruct a lot from each other .
Dan Fogelman ( the author of Cars , tangle , and Crazy , Stupid , Love ) , Director Chris Koch ( Workaholics , Modern Family ) , Jeff Morton ( Modern Family ) and Aaron Kaplan ( GCB , Terra Nova ) executive director produce this raw comedy about close encounter of the 3rd kind , in New Jersey .
We loved Third Rock from the Sun , but we ’re not trusted what to expect from this show . Here ’s a snippet from the script ABC posted on their internet site , it ’s certainly zany .
JACKIE JOYNER - KERSEE :
Oh , Larry Bird !
LARRY BIRD :
Oh , Jackie Joyner - Kersee ! I feel so deep for you , my dear . I am drop dead to pleasure you all Nox .
I thought we were out of asbestos .
I have a mystical supply .
( then , to Weavers )
We ca n’t give thanks you enough , Weaver category .
Debbie , concerned , hits a button open up the garage door for external respiration .
DEBBIE :
Wait , what was that with asbestos ?
The Neighbors will premere 9:30 PM on Wednesdays , starting in January .
Zero Hour
And finally there ’s Zero Hour which star that nice doctor from ER , Anthony Edwards . Edwards plays a spectre hunter and publisher for a paranormal mag , who finally becomes embroiled in some sort of alien conspiracy himself . Read our summation of the pilot scripthere , and here ’s prescribed ABC synopsis :
https://gizmodo.com/whats-next-on-tv-the-lowdown-on-6-pilots-now-filming-5891703
As the publisher of a extrasensory fancier magazine publisher , Modern Skeptic , Hank Galliston has pass his career travel along hint , debunk myths and solving conspiracies . A confess paranormal addict , his catchword is “ logic is the reach . ” But when his beautiful wife , Laila ( Jacinda Barrett ) , is abduct from her old-hat clock shop , Hank gets pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history , stretching around the world and back centuries .
Contained in one of his wife ’s alfileria is a gem single-valued function , and what it lead to could be cataclysmic . Now it ’s up to Hank to trace the symbols and unlock the secrets of the function , while ensuring the answers do n’t diminish into the wrong mitt – a humans they call White Vincent ( Michael Nyqvist ) . With his two new fellow , Rachel ( Addison Timlin ) and Arron ( Scott Michael Foster ) , in tow , along with Becca Riley , a sexy FBI agent ( Carmen Ejogo ) , Hank will lead them on a breathless race against the clock to find his wife and make unnecessary humanity .
“ Zero Hour ” star Anthony Edwards ( “ Big Sur , ” “ Flipped , ” “ ER ” ) as Hank , Carmen Ejogo ( “ Sparkle , ” “ Chaos , ” “ off We Go ” ) as Beck , Scott Michael Foster ( “ Californication , ” “ The River ” ) as Aaron , Addison Timlin ( “ Californication ” ) as Rachel , Jacinda Barrett ( “ Matching Jack , ” “ Middle Men , ” “ New York , I Love You ” ) as Laila and Michael Nyqvist ( “ Mission : Impossible – Ghost Patrol ” ) as White Vincent .
“ Zero Hour ” was write by Paul T. Scheuring ( “ Prison Break ” ) who is also an executive producer along with Pierre Morel , Lorenzo DiBonaventura ( “ The Transformers , ” “ GI : Joe ” franchise , “ Salt , ” “ Red ” ) and Dan McDermott ( “ Human Target ” ) . The fender for “ Zero Hour ” was directed by Pierre Morel . The series is produced by ABC Studios .
So , which one are you most frantic for ? Any of them ?
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