Winter TV Preview 2015: January & Feburary

Twelve Monkeys

If the recent fall time of year teach us anything about the position of broadcast television , it ’s that there ’s a grow concern over the lack of originality across all music genre . Networks covet the hits of their competition , which guide to a unique twist on a very familiar tale . Cue : a rush towards cable TV . The reaction ? “ You like risible book movies ? We all have comical book - based TV shows . ”

However , now it ’s time to let midseason ( and creativity ) shine ! No longer relegated to appearance which internet trust to softly dump , midseason television has elevated itself to become the domicile for corner television experiment , as a way for broadcast television system to compete against Netflix . With an continuous episode roll out in the weeks ahead , you wo n’t have to worry about when your favourite novel show will be coming back from it ’s 2d hiatus . Check out the winter premiere for the month of January and February .

Galavant (ABC)

verbal description : Once upon a time , the dashing hero , Galavant ( Joshua Sasse ) , lose the love of his living , Madalena ( Mallory Jansen ) , to the vicious King Richard ( Timothy Omundson ) . Now , our fallen hero is quick to take retaliation and reconstruct his " merrily ever after . " But it wo n’t be without a few twist and turns along the way .

What to Know:“Team Tangled ” -writer Dan Fogelman ( Tangled , Cars , Crazy , Stupid Love ) , composer Alan Menken ( The Little Mermaid , Beauty and the Beast , Aladdin ) and Lyricist Glenn Slater ( The Little Mermaid , Tangled ) - reunite for a super - bring about comedy musical event , and ABC has no musical theme what to do with it . A TV experiment , of sorts , now airing back - to - back on Sunday even for 4 weeks total . Part Monty Python , part Mel Brooks ; this is the originative psyche behind some your favourite Disney motion-picture show decide to have a bit of fun on the little sieve .

Marvel’s Agent Carter (ABC)

verbal description : It ’s 1946 and peace has dealt Agent Peggy Carter ( Hayley Atwell ) , a serious blow as she finds herself marginalize when the men return home from crusade abroad . Working for the covert SSR ( Strategic Scientific Reserve ) , Peggy finds herself stuck doing administrative work when she would rather be back out in the playing field , putting her Brobdingnagian attainment into play and taking down the spoiled guys . But she is also endeavor to pilot life as a individual woman in America , in the backwash of losing the sexual love of her life , Steve Rogers - aka Captain America . When old acquaintance Howard Stark ( Dominic Cooper , Marvel ’s Captain America : The First Avenger ) feel himself being frame for unleashing his deadliest artillery to anyone willing to pony up the cash , he touch Peggy – the only mortal he can trust – to track down those responsible , dispose of the weapons and exculpate his name . He empowers his butler , Edwin Jarvis ( James D’Arcy ) , to be at her beck and call when demand to avail assist her as she investigate and tracks down those responsible for unloose these weapons of mass destruction . If caught run on these secret foreign mission for Stark , Peggy could be targeted as a traitor and pass the rest of her days in prison house - or worse .

What to Know : Marvel might dyad Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , writers ofCaptain America : The First Avenger , Captain America : The Winter Solider , and the approaching Phase III filmCaptain America : Civil War , head to the small screen with a Modern adventure pep up by their marvelous Marvel One - Short of the same name . Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.is now hold until March , while your favorite supporting part from Cap ’s forgotten past - as well as a few young side - return for an 8 - sequence event . Do n’t be surprised if there ’s also a snatch of backstory which play in toThe Avengers : Age of Ultron ; it ’s all connected , after all . ( Also : trance up onAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , if you already have n’t . )

Empire (Fox)

What to Know : Oscar - nominated managing director Lee Daniels ( Precious ) reunites withThe Butlerwriter Danny Strong ( Game Change , Recount ) , for a melodic drama which , as withSons of Anarchy , is very much inspired by one of Shakespeare ’s iconic familial tale . lend Terrence Howard ( Hustle & Flow , The Butler ) , Tarji P. Henson ( Think Like a Man ) , and a reoccurring use for Gabourey Sidibe as Howard ’s assistant ? Now this is quickly becoming a very exciting show to follow . One enquiry : Fox ?

Babylon (Sundance)

Description : An earnest public relations executive who attempts to modernize London ’s practice of law enforcement cultivation , only to discover her certainty shattered and herself undermined in the muddy realpolitik of present-day policing . London ’s police force - the old in the man - is in need of a public image revamp . And Chief Constable Richard Miller ( James Nesbitt ) has found just the charwoman to do it - Liz Garvey ( Brit Marling ) . She ’s an American visionary from the earth of new media parachute in to revolutionize the force ’s Commonwealth of Puerto Rico section . In an historic period of rolling news , smart phone and an information - thirsty public , Liz advocate transparency and honesty .

What to acknowledge : This is an all - adept signification dramady from the UK , create by Oscar - winning director Danny Boyle ( Slumbdog Millionaire ) and the writing duo behind the beloved British comedyPeep Show , Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain . Sci - fi darling Bri Marling ( Another Earth , audio of My Voice ) put down her penitentiary and joins Golden Globe Award - nominated James Nesbit ( Jekyll , The Missing ) in a quirky comedy very much animate by Armstrong and Bain ’s former writing gig onThe Thicke of It , which is what HBO ’s laurels - winningVeepis base off of . ( Do n’t expectVeep , however . )

Togetherness (HBO)

Description : Brett ( Mark Duplass ) and Michelle ( Melanie Lynskey ) are struggling to rekindle the spark in their kinship , which has monkey out from the focus of marriage and child . When Brett ’s supporter Alex ( Steve Zissis ) and Michelle ’s sis , Tina ( Amanda Peet ) , move in with them , the foursome engage in a tragically comedic struggle to watch over their personal dream , while still remaining good acquaintance , siblings and spouse to each other .

What to live : created by Mark and Jay Duplass , who may very - well be the hardest operate brothers in show byplay right now , and for undecomposed rationality . With motion-picture show likeSafety Not Guaranteed , Cyrus , The Puffy Chair , Jeff , Who Lives at Homeunder their smash - and while Mark has been star inThe Leagueon FX for 6 years - the brothers have more than proven their ability to invariably knock out merriment and original indie films at a shocking pace . What happens what these honed aesthesia head to the so - called holy land of HBO ? We ’re about to found out !

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2015 Winter Preview

Man Seeking Woman (FXX)

Description : A sweet-flavored and surreal looking at the life - and - decease bet of geological dating , Man Seeking Woman come after naïve twenty - something " Josh Greenberg " ( Jay Baruchel , How to groom Your Dragon ) on his brutal quest for love . Josh soldiers through one - Nox stands , painful rupture - ups , a blind date with a troll , time locomotion , sex aliens , many death and a Nipponese phallus monster make Tanaka on his fantastic journeying to regain love . Starring alongside Baruchel are Eric Andre ( The Eric Andre Show ) as " Mike , " Josh ’s confident and daring good friend ; Britt Lower ( Unforgettable ) as " Liz , " Josh ’s intimidate honest-to-god sis ; and Maya Erskine ( Betas ) as " Maggie , " the ex - girlfriend Josh can never quite bury .

What to Know : Based on Simon Rich ’s book “ The Last Girlfriend on Earth ” , the former SNL author squad with the director ofPortlandia , Jonathan Krisel , in what we ’re told may be the first show FXX does n’t offset . With Eric Andre ( The Eric Andre Show;Community ) serve as co - champion to Baruchel , it ’s very potential that the fledgling meshing has found its new hit comedy . ( Though the raceway record of canceling shows – most recentlyThe League- does n’t leave much elbow room Bob Hope . )

12 Monkeys (Syfy)

verbal description : A time traveler ( Aaron Stanford ) from a decimated future tense is in a high - stakes raceway against the clock . Utilizing a severe and untested method of time travel , he journeys from 2043 to the present sidereal day on a commission to locate and annihilate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human airstream .

What to Know : Terry Matalas and Travis Ficket created an exciting Modern , original newfangled sci - fi series for Universal , which the studio then slapped their own - franchise title12 Monkeyson . Since then the show has been known as a reimagining of Terry Gilliam ’s iconic flick . ( Now you know the sleep of the report . ) Fortunately , it does n’t interchange the fact that Matalas and Ficket are fueling this clever shell game with the intent of creating their own macrocosm , and most viewers wo n’t even mark the fleck job . The name change is more a star sign of the times we ’re in now , than anything else ; something which Syfy ’s reappearance to true sci - fi programming will hopefully conclude .

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central)

Description : The Nightly Show will supply witness with Larry Wilmore ’s distinguishable point of view and comedic take on current events and pop culture . Hosted by Wilmore , the series will feature a divers panel of voices , providing a position largely missing in the previous night television landscape .

What to be intimate : make by Jon Stewart and originally known asThe Minority Report with Larry Wilmorebefore being retitled , this is Comedy Central ’s try at replacing Steven Colbert , who leave to replace Dave Letterman as host ofThe recent Showlater this yr . Just 10 age agoTough Crowd with Colin Quinnwas cancel for being open and true about race and politics . There are young , comic - well-disposed executives at Comedy Central now ; but even they have to walk that corporate line of work . Luckily , Comedy Central does n’t mess with Jon Stewart , ever .

Backstrom (Fox)

Description : The offbeat law-breaking follows Detective Everett Backstrom ( Rainn Wilson ) , an unhealthy , nauseating , irascible - albeit brilliant - detective who sees the worst in everyone , and he ’s usually correct .

What to lie with : Creator Hart Hanson , who is well known for his underrated juggernautBones , yield with Rainn Wilson , who himself is come off of the juggernautThe Office . These two both have something to testify to the world with their next project , and they ’re using Leif G.W. Persson ’s playscript series to do just that . Backstromis 100 % unapologetic for its cynical soul and coarse tone , and audiences will likely know it or hate it because of it . After years of watching Hanson dodge a neverending fuss of fanatical messages on Twitter , there ’s something refreshing about see him , as well as Wilson , in conclusion having a chopine to … not always have to be nice , even if it is in a fictional environment .

This Is Not Happening (Comedy Central)

Description : This Is Not Happening is a strident series featuring long - form storytelling from stand - up comedians . From Moshe Kasher ’s running - in with an anti - Semite at an Israeli comedy club to Steve Rannazzisi cave in up a fight between Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir over Natasha Leggero , these comedian ’ unbelievable stories prove that there is nothing as demented as the truth .

What to Know : Comedian Ari Shaffiar is well - known for his narrator show , and for two season on YouTube , Comedy Central ’s digital arm has test out this format on the net . try out to be a buff favorite on Comedy Central ’s own YouTube TV channel , This Is Not Happeningis now making it ’s leaping to video . Take note : When comedians are allow to be themselves on television , watch it . Otherwise you ’re but watching a carrying out .

Fresh off the Boat (ABC)

verbal description : It ’s 1995 and 11 - year - old articulatio coxae - record hop loving Eddie Huang ( Hudson Yang ) has just moved with his folk from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando . They quickly discover things are very different there . Orlando does n’t even have a Chinatown – unless you count the Huang theater . Eddie ’s papa , Louis ( Randall Park ) , has dragged the family to the ' burbs to pursue his version of the American dream , open Cattleman ’s Ranch Steakhouse , a fight western - themed eating place . Louis thinks that the good room to get customers in the threshold is to take a white boniface to recognize them and make them palpate well-heeled . Eddie ’s mom , Jessica ( Constance Wu ) , has agree to the move , but she finds Orlando a strange space – from the rollerblading stay - at - home moms , to the infirmary - like grocery storehouse , to the fact that the humidness has ruined her hairsbreadth .

What to Know : Based on chef Eddie Huang ’s memoir of the same name , Fresh Off the Boatis what happens when a creator struggle for his projection , in whatever way he can . Huang fill to Twitter in parliamentary procedure to force ABC to remove the original titleFar East Orlando , which belike helped make it a adept pick for a midseason placement . as luck would have it , if Huang ’s fights with ABC were anything like Margaret Cho ’s during the yield ofAll American Girlin 1994 , then the results should be quite telling to watch . Hopefully Huang ’s serial , unlike Cho ’s , will last more than a single season .

Allegiance (NBC)

Description : Alex O’Connor , a untried idealistic CIA psychoanalyst specialise in Russian intimacy , learns a disgraceful secret and his closely - knit , loaded family is about to be part apart when it ’s revealed that his parents , Mark ( Scott Cohen ) and Katya ( Hope Davis ) , are covert Russian spies deactivated tenner ago . But today the Kremlin has re - muster in them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. perimeter that will convey America to its knees .

What to Know : WriterGeorge Nolfi ( The Adjustment Bureau;The Bourne Ultimatum ) squad up withHomelandexecutive producer Avi Nir for a very familiar - sounding dramatic event serial . NBC saw what you liked -The Blacklist- and they ordered even more spy fun for you to enjoy . Nir also produces the FX showTyrant , which itself feel a bit too generic for its own good . If the formula put to work , correct ?

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Description : Set six year before Saul Goodman ( Bob Odenkirk ) meets Walter White . When we meet him , the human race who will become Saul is known as Jimmy McGill , a small - clock time lawyer searching for his destiny and pluck to make ends see . Working alongside and often against Jimmy is fixer Mike Ehrmantraut ( Jonathan Banks ) , a beloved reference first introduced in Breaking Bad . The new serial will track Jimmy ’s transformation into a man who puts the outlaw in “ criminal attorney . ”

What to Know : create by Gilligan , and fueled byBreaking Badwriter and manufacturer Peter Gould . Gould learned from Gilligan , evolved with Gilligan , and helped Gilligan bring his AMC show to a close after 5 time of year . Now , it ’s sentence to see what the asterisk schoolchild can do on his own . as luck would have it , in this case , " on his own " includes an award - acquire cast , returning favorites , and the always - present question : Will Walter White income tax return ?

The Odd Couple (CBS)

Description : Matthew Perry stars as sports writer , ladies ' man , and famous curmudgeon , Oscar Madison , in this half - hour comedy based on Neil Simon ’s classic , The Odd Couple . Oscar ’s life seems almost consummate … indisputable he ’s divorced and his flat is a mess , but he ’s the host of a well - known athletics show , and is enjoying his bachelor lifestyle in New York City . That is until his college protagonist , Felix , show up at Oscar ’s apartment having just been dumped by his wife . Oscar does his best to console his sometime chum and get him back on the dating horse , but his attempts bring out just how undecided his own feelings are about his ex .

What to Know : CBS ownsThe Odd Couple dealership , so this is why the show exists . That say : Matthew Perry developed this series withTwo Guys and a Girlcreator Danny Jacobson , who createdMad About Youwith Paul Reiser . Thomas Lennon ( Reno 911 ! ) - who has been quiet accumulating terrific guest spots on jolly much every show - is perhaps the good casting decision that could have been made , and the duos comedic sensibilities seem to logicall paroxysm . After project how intemperate Perry operate on ABC ’s short - livedMr . Sunshine- and knowing CBS ' power to flex any show in to a attain - this remaking is beginning to sound quite exciting .

That ’s it for the Winter 2015 boob tube preview - what will YOU be view ?

Galavant - ABC