Check Out ABC’s Awesome Fall 2019 Line-Up
Get ready to FALL into a wonderful season of entertainment on ABC TV! There are so many exciting programs coming your way in the weeks and months ahead, that we here at MickeyBlog thought we’d share with you a quick look at some of the highlights! So let’s get started!
Dancing With the Stars
The fun began earlier this week when the newest season of Dancing with the Stars (Mondays at 8/7 c) which boasts a diverse group of actors, athletes, hosts, musicians and even a politician stepping out of their comfort zones all competing for the coveted Mirrorball trophy. This year’s celebrity contestants are as follows:
Lauren Alaina, Ally Brooke, Hannah Brown, Karamo Brown, Kate Flannery, Ray Lewis, Kel Mitchell, Lamar Odom, Sean Spicer, James Van Der Beek, and Mary Wilson; after supermodel Christie Brinkley suffered injuries while rehearsing for the premiere, her daughter, Sailor Brinkley-Cook, was tapped to replace her for the remainder of the season. Returning professional dancers include Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Cheryl Burke, Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Keo Motsepe, Peta Murgatroyd, Gleb Savchenko and Emma Slater. Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov joined as new professional dancers. Co-hosts Erin Andrews and Tom Bergeron are back, as are judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.
Episodes are also available Tuesdays on ABC.com, the ABC app and Hulu.
Emergence
This NEW thriller follows police chief Jo Evans (Allison Tolman), who takes in an unaccompanied minor (Alexa Swinton) she finds near the site of a mysterious accident. The young girl has zero memory of what happened! As a result, Jo is drawn into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the girl’s identity is at the center of it all. Emergence also stars Ashley Aufderheide as Mia Evans, Robert Bailey Jr. as Chris Minetto, Zabryna Guevara as Abby Frasier and Owain Yeoman as Benny Gallagher, with Clancy Brown as Ed Sawyer and Donald Faison as Alex Evans.
mixed•ish
One of the new shows that has us the most excited is this spinoff comedy black-ish. The series traces the origins of Johnson family matriarch Rainbow (played by executive producer Tracee Ellis Ross in black-ish and Arica Himmel in mixed-ish) and her experiences growing up in a mixed-race family in the 1980s. “ The series begins when the Johnsons relocate to the suburbs following a raid on the hippie commune they call home. Now, Rainbow and her siblings (Mykal-Michelle Harris, Ethan William Childress) must learn to adjust to a school in which they’re seen as neither black nor white.
Stumptown
Another newcomer is Stumptown based on the graphic novel series of the same name. The program centers on Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders), a strong, sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, a gambling problem and a brother who’s her dependent. She’s a skilled PI, but her brash style puts her in the firing line of some of the worst criminals—not to mention at odds with local police officers. The Stumptown cast also includes Jake Johnson as Grey McConnell, Tantoo Cardinal as Sue Lynn Blackbird, Cole Sibus as Ansel Parios and Adrian Martinez as Tookie, with Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Cosgrove and Michael Ealy as Detective Miles Hoffman.
Kids Say the Darndest Things
Tiffany Haddish hosts and executive produces this new version of the classic variety show. The program boasts a re-imagined formated that uses a mix of in-studio segments and taped pieces from across the country and is set in front of a live studio audience. Each episode will highlight kids’ comedic perspectives in laugh-out-loud segments. Recurring bits include “Kids Rule,” in which kids explain the guidelines for everything from sportsmanship to dating; “Love Talk,” in which Tiffany seeks romantic advice; “I’ll Be Right Back,” a hidden-camera segment in which Tiffany asks kids to watch her desk when she leaves the office; “Granny Tiff,” in which Tiffany, disguised as an older woman, asks for tech advice; and more.
Other Noteworthy Highlights
Fall 2019 also marks the eleventh and final season of the Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-winning comedy series Modern Family, as well as the sixth and final season of How to Get Away with Murder, for which Viola Davis won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015 and is nominated again this year.
ABC’s fall prime-time schedule and premiere dates are as follows:
Monday, September 23
The Good Doctor (10|9c)
Tuesday, September 24
The Conners (8|7c)
Bless This Mess (8:30|7:30c)
mixed-ish (9|8c)*
black-ish (9:30|8:30c)
Emergence (10|9c)*
Wednesday, September 25
The Goldbergs (8|7c)
Schooled (8:30|7:30c)
Modern Family (9|8c)
Single Parents (9:30|8:30c)
Stumptown (10|9c)*
Thursday, September 26
Grey’s Anatomy (8|7c)
A Million Little Things (9|8c)
How to Get Away with Murder (10|9c)
Friday, September 27
American Housewife (8|7c)
Fresh Off the Boat (8:30|7:30c)
20/20 (9|8c)
Sunday, September 29
America’s Funniest Home Videos (7|6c)
Shark Tank (9|8c)
The Rookie (10|9c)
Sunday, October 6
Kids Say the Darndest Things (8|7c)
* Denotes a series premiere
In addition to the Prime Time slots outlined above, Jimmy Kimmel Live! currently airs weeknights at 11:35|10:35c, and new mid-season series include The Baker and the Beauty, For Life and United We Fall.
Cast from the Past Week
Earlier this week, ABC also announced that the cast and creatives from iconic television shows and films will reunite in primetime beginning on Monday, October 7th as part of ABC’s “Cast from the Past Week.”
Here’s a quick rundown of the shows and participants:
- October 7th – Tune in to see House’s Robert Sean Leonard in The Good Doctor
- October 8th- Blues Brothers 2000’s Dan Aykroyd will make an appearance in The Conners
- October 8th -Wet Hot American Summer’s Michael Ian Black in Bless This Mess as well as Girlfriends’ Golden Brooks
- October 9th – Cheers’ Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt in The Goldbergs
- October 9th – Adam Brody in Single Parents
- October 10th – Charmed’s Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs in Grey’s Anatomy
- October 10th – Jerry Ferrara in A Million Little Things
- October 11th – The Drew Carey’s Show Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles and Kathy Kinney in American Housewife
- October 11th – Crazy Rich Asians’ Ken Jeong in Fresh Off the Boat
- October 13th –Castle’s Seamus Deaver and Jon Huertas in The Rookie
So set those DVRs and get ready for a wonderful Autumn filled with awesome ABC television! Also, keep following along with MickeyBlog for the latest ABC News and updates!
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