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BOOM - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
The largest oil discovery in U.S. history is happening right now in North Dakota
and people are coming from all over the country to strike it rich. Heading there
with big dreams and sky-high ambition are the young married couple of Billy
and Cody Lefever (Rebecca Rittenhouse), pulling their truck full of washers and
dryers to start their first laundromat. Their plan: to lever-up, and step-by-step,
build their fortune from scratch.
The growing boomtown of Winslow, ND has 100% employment with oilrig jobs
paying $100/per hour. While the champagne is flowing and the clubs and
restaurants are packed, living here is shockingly expensive and everyone is too
ambitious for a normal paying job.
Just ask Sheriff Tip Hamilton - whose department is understaffed as the crime
rate is rising - not a good thing in a town full of roughnecks, grifters and newly
made millionaires with cash to burn on anything. This really is a modern-day
Wild West.
The town's wealthiest and most powerful man is Hap Briggs. This iconic selfmade
oil baron has made billions and lost them too, and he's married to Carla
Briggs, as brilliant in business as she is beautiful. Together, they have the
inside track on everything oil, turning that world to their advantage. This power
couple is out to charm Oil And Gas Commissioner, Myron Stipple, a Mormon
and not easily seduced by the decadence of the Briggs' lifestyle.
Hap's children, Wick (Scott Michael Foster) and Lacey, have their major
challenges with stepmother Carla, but it is Wick's complicated relationship with
his successful father that leads to the ultimate showdown between father and
son.
In the pilot, Hap cuts Wick off, taking him out of his will. Wick gets help from his
lover, and ambitious businesswoman, Jules Jackman. Spurned by his father,
Wick's choice is to become a dangerous wild card in the oil game, building his
own Cowboy Mafia from scratch.
Hap's daughter, Lacey, is on the opposite side of the oil business: a fracktivist.
She's a bleeding-heart environmentalist - with a brain. Job one is to stop the
drilling before it destroys the land, which includes sacred Native American burial
grounds the oil is buried two miles under.
Lacey and AJ Menendez, Hap's driver, are having a secret affair, and he takes
Lacey's side in this oil debate. But AJ has his own agenda and is not who he
seems to be.
Billy and Cody's dreams are derailed right from the jump when their truck is hit
and their washers and dryers are destroyed, strewn like tumbled dice across the
highway. But oil fever is contagious, and after hearing a tip, they leverage
everything they have to make a last-ditch play to be become part of the boom,
putting them squarely in bed with the Brigg's family, way over their heads.
CAST LISTING
Scott Michael Foster
Rebecca Rittenhouse
Chace Crawford
India de Beaufort
Delroy Lindo
Don Johnson
Amber Valetta
Caitlin Carver
Yani Gellman
CREDITS LISTING
WRITERS
Rodes Fishburne
Josh Pate
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Rodes Fishburne
Josh Pate
Tony Krantz
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
BROAD SQUAD - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
It is 1978 and the Boston PD has just graduated its first class of female police
officers as fully equal to the men. The press calls these extraordinary women,
"The Broad Squad." They don't think of themselves as heroes, but they are
nothing less - defying society's expectations and shaking up the ultimate old
boys' club.
There's 28-year-old Eileen Pearce (Lauren Ambrose), who was born into a
family of cops and is married to one. Her marriage to Jim is beginning to feel the
strain of his recent injury that is keeping him at home, taking care of their son
while she fulfills a lifelong dream of joining the force. She'll learn how
complicated it is for a woman to "wear the pants" in the family - much less when
those pants come with a badge and gun.
Molly Callahan (Charlotte Spencer) is a 22 year old who grew up in a family with
mob connections, and joined the force to escape the life of crime her brothers
lead. Still, her juvenile rap sheet is coming back to haunt her, used against her
by the Captain who wants to enlist her in a covert war - against her own family.
Joanne Jones (Rutina Wesley), 26, has to work twice as hard to get respect,
since the cops call her a "two-fer," as in female and black. She's fighting for Dr.
King's dream of freedom, even at the cost of her own brother, who is badly
beaten as payback for her being a cop. She's shunned by family and
community, who hate cops - and further isolated by a secret: that she has a
girlfriend.
Lisa Osgood (Cody Horn), 30, was a Beacon Hill rich girl, estranged from her
family as a teen and forced to fend for herself in the world. She's battling the
trauma of a sexual assault in her past, and has joined the force to help other
women like her. But when she arrives on her first day, her past is shoved in her
face - another cop in her district is the man who assaulted her.
Working together, these women will try to change all the rules of one of the
toughest, most tradition-infused police departments in the country, all set
against the tumultuous, explosive and ever-changing world of Boston in the late
1970s.
From Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz (The O.C., Gossip Girl)
CAST LISTING
Charlotte Spencer
Cody Horn
Rutina Wesley
Alberto Frezza
Kenneth Mitchell
Michael Gaston
Lauren Ambrose
Morgan Spector
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Bess Wohl
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Bess Wohl
Aaron Kaplan
Len Goldstein
Josh Schwartz
Stephanie Savage
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
KINGMAKERS - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
Jacob Darlow has just transferred from Oxford to Braddock, an elite Ivy League
University. He starts to ingratiate himself with the privileged students,
professors, and alumni. Jacob has ambitions to become a member of
Braddock's secret society, Skull and Key.
Jacob strikes up a friendship with fellow rower and student, Max Walden. Max is
definitely in the inner circle. His father, alumnus Adam Walden, is a Senator and
considering a run for President. Max's mother is Helen, the perfect politician's
wife.
A member of Skull and Key, and someone Jacob should get close to, is Vivian
Vandemeer. Her father, Simon Vandemeer, is the Dean at Braddock and her
mother, Maeve, a professor. Maeve used to date Senator Walden back in the
day.
Vivian's fellow student and lover, Taylor Collins, is an assistant to the Dean.
The two keep their affair secret, like so many things on this campus.
Before Jacob came to Braddock, there was a murder of a freshman, scholarship
student named Julia. The investigation into her death lead to Professor Radha
Mittal (Parminder Nagra) who believes she was set up by Skull and Key to take
the fall. Before being taken into custody, Radha contacted Julia's brother, Eli, to
help her prove her innocence.
Radha thinks that Julia lost her life because she found out something that would
compromise the secret society. Radha cannot rely on the legal system or police
to help her; Skull and Key is a powerful organization, not only on campus, but in
the highest places across the country. She wants Eli to uncover the truth by
going undercover at the school.
Eli agrees to help and takes on the persona of the pedigreed Brit, Jacob
Darlow, our new transfer student. As he infiltrates his way into the inner circles,
he's poised and ready to expose whoever is responsible for the death of his
sister.
Written and exec produced by Sallie Patrick (Revenge).
CAST LISTING
Colm Feore
Tracey Fairaway
Khary Peyton
Parminder Nagra
Megan West
Kristin Bauer
Michael A. Trevino
Gus Halper
Adrian Pasdar
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Sallie Patrick
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
LA CRIME - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
LA's legendary Sunset Strip in 1982 was the epicenter of sex, drugs and rock
and roll. Here at the Whisky A Go Go, you can be anybody you choose to be
because anything goes at the most iconic club on the strip. Girls like Emily are
looking for high rollers with deep pockets so it wasn't hard for club regular, Kent
Galloway to pick her up. But it will be the last date for Emily; her murder is all
over the news.
Two detectives, Jack Roth (Adam Rothenberg) and his newly assigned partner,
Paco Contreras, are on the case. They suspect it could be part of a bigger
murder spree... after all LA is the serial killer capital of the world - the Hillside
Strangler, Freeway Killer, and the Zodiac Killer.
Jack Roth's wife Liz notices his preoccupation and realizes it's a big case.
Having been down this road before, she worries that he will stray again with
Detective Dianne Garrett or someone else. She also worries about their 16-year
old daughter, Vicki, who is dead set on going to a party with her boyfriend in the
area where the Hillside Strangler attacked.
Wannabe journalist, Karen McClaren (Taissa Farmiga) may have stumbled onto
a big story when she saw Emily at the Whisky the night she died. What she
doesn't know is that John, the guy she met that very night, is the same Kent
Galloway who killed Emily. Desperate to jump start her career, she begins
working with Diver Hawkes, a crime scene photographer who shows her the
ropes.
In the meantime, Kent has picked up another unsuspecting rocker chick, Betty
(Erika Christensen), whom to his dismay, is the mother of two young kids. This
saves her from being his next victim and eventually, their twisted sexual
connection will lead to her becoming his partner in crime a la Bonnie and Clyde.
When Jack and Paco get a lead from an anonymous caller about some
evidence from the murder, Diver and Karen hear the call on the police radio
band and get there as fast as they can. She talks to the detectives about what
she saw at the club the night of the murder and an alliance forms between them.
This crime thriller follows a different case each season set in a different notable
era of LA history. Written by Steven Baigelman (Upcoming Miles Davis biopic
Miles Ahead) who executive produces with David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman
and Laurie Zaks.
CAST LISTING
Erika Christensen
Taissa Farmiga
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Karolina Wydra
Holley Fain
Adam Rothenberg
Gabriel Luna
Anne Winters
Ed Westwick
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Steven Baigelman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Steve Baigelman
Todd Lieberman
David Hoberman
Laurie Zaks
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
MIX - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
Welcome to Mix, a family-owned restaurant in Austin, Texas. It's a special
day... or perhaps the eye of the storm for the Castillos, a multicultural and
multigenerational family.
Owner and larger-than-life chef Ray Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida) is doing
what he does best: cooking. He's juggling running the restaurant, catering his
son Mateo's commitment ceremony to his boyfriend Finn and preparing the
kitchen for the return of his daughter Remy, home from a three year stint in
prison for drug possession. His ex-wife but best friend, Stella Knox, is always
around, running an offshoot of Mix called Mix Plus and lending a hand at Mix
when she can. The food, family, and frenzy makes Ray long for the days when
the Wells clan was one big happy family. He even wants to get remarried to
Stella for a third time!
Ray and Stella's adult children are pediatrician and groom-to-be, Mateo and
photographer and new mom, Lola. Lola's new daughter is an adopted 7-yearold
Ethiopian girl named Yeshi. Shee's only been in the US for six months and
is having a hard time adjusting to the culture, the language, and much to the
chagrin of Ray, the food. Remy, Ray's youngest and a skilled chef like her
father, is Ray's daughter from an affair he had during his marriage to Stella.
Although Ray and Stella raised Remy, Remy has always felt different than her
siblings. There's always been an underlying tension between her and Stella and
an outspoken one with her sister Lola.
On the eve of Mateo's wedding, things fall apart when Stella discovers Ray
secretly has leveraged the restaurant in order to pay for Remy's early release
from prison, Finn reveals a lie to Mateo that threatens the wedding and Lola
reveals a secret she's been carrying since Remy was arrested. This family will
be tested in more ways than one as they struggle find a way to save their
restaurant and more importantly, to save their family.
Mix is written by Jennifer Cecil (Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters, One
Tree Hill), directed by Daniel Barnz (Cake), and executive produced by Rashida
Jones and Will McCormack.
CAST LISTING
Joaquim de Almeida
Sharon Lawrence
Britne Olford
Walter Perez
Camille Guaty
Blake Lee
Yobdee
Sam Page
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Jennifer Cecil
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Jennifer Cecil
Rashida Jones
Will McCormack
Jeff Grosvenor
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Warner Bros. TV Studios
OF KINGS AND PROPHETS - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
An epic Biblical saga that begins during the reign of Saul, first King of Israel -
and follows his dramatic fall from grace and the rise of his successor, David.
Living in the land of milk and honey isn't easy when enemies circle on all sides.
Circumstance has pushed King Saul (Ray Winstone) into countless wars to
defend his reign and brought him to the edge of madness - so much so, that
he even threatens to kill his son Jonathan who he fears is a traitor.
But there are indeed real enemies at every gate - among them, the
Amalekites. God's prophet, Samuel, demands that King Saul kill every
Amalekite man, woman and child. The King, now war weary, does not want to
go into battle once more, but Samuel insists that he must destroy them to save
his crown.
In the meantime, shepherd David is upset that a lion who prowls the wilderness
has decimated his flock. Because of this, he cannot deliver on the monthly tithe
his family owes to King Saul's wife, Queen Ahinoam. The Queen however, is
willing to barter with this handsome shepherd. After all, her husband has never
been loyal to her, taking up with other women and fathering their children.
David finds new confidence when he uses his cunning to defeat the lion, despite
the lion's superior strength. He secures his flock of sheep and the safety of his
people, and in so doing, proves his ability to lead.
In battle with the Amalekites, Jonathan saves his father King Saul's life and
proves his loyalty. But when Saul spares the life of the Amalekite king, Samuel
predicts that a new king will dethrone Saul.
His destiny and David's are now intertwined in this epic drama from the writers
of Exodus: Gods and Kings, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and producers
Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi.
CAST LISTING
Ray Winstone
Haaz Sleiman
Maisie Richardson-Sellers
Oliver Rix
Simone Kessell
James Floyd
Mohammad Bakri
CREDITS LISTING
WRITERS
Adam Cooper
Bill Collage
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Adam Cooper
Bill Collage
Jason Reed
Reza Aslan
Mahyad Tousi
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
ORIGINAL SIN - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
It's been ten years since 9-year-old Adam Warren (Liam James) disappeared
from Red Pines, Maine and the world has changed a lot in his absence. His
mother, Claire (Joan Allen), who was then just starting her first City Council
campaign, has been elected mayor. His father, John, is now the bestselling
author of "Grieving with Grace" a book series on coping with loss.
Adam's siblings, Danny (Zach Gilford) and Willa (Alison Pill), who were
supposed to be watching Adam when he disappeared, have each dealt with
their guilt in their own way. Willa turned to religion and busied herself with work,
playing a huge role in her mother's political career, while Danny gave up his
bright athletic future for a life of booze-fueled floundering.
Nina Meyer (Margot Bingham), the young cop who put the Warren's neighbor,
Hank, in jail for Adam's murder, is now a hotshot detective and next in line for
Chief.
Everyone has managed to piece together a new life in the wake of Adam's
disappearance. So, when a young man appears in Red Pines claiming to be
Adam, it throws everyone into a tailspin.
The man sitting in jail for Adam's death is released as the Warrens struggle
beneath the emotional weight of Adam's return. John and Claire's marriage is
tested as they disagree on how to deal with Adam and past indiscretions are
brought to light.
Danny is slow to welcome Adam, who is so drastically different than the brother
he once knew, back into the family, while Willa tries to hold the family together
as she hides secrets of her own.
As Adam's DNA test is called into question and a guilt-ridden Nina reopens the
case, we start to wonder what really happened ten years ago. Is Adam really
who he says he is? And if not, what evil has been unleashed on the city of Red
Pines?
Grey's Anatomy/Scandal alum producer Jenna Bans will pen the project and
executive-produce.
CAST LISTING
Zach Gilford
Liam James
Margot Bingham
Joan Allen
Floriana Lima
Allison Pill
Madeleine Arthur
Rarmian Newton
Andrew McCarthy
Rupert Graves
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Jenna Bans
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Jenna Bans
Todd Liberman
David Hoberman
Laurie Zaks
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
QUANTICO - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
The new recruits have just arrived at Quantico Base in Virginia and Special
Agent Liam O'Connor (Dougray Scott) tells them that the FBI Academy is the
toughest boot camp and hardest grad school rolled into one.
The agent hopefuls include Bay Area beauty Alex Weaver (Priyanka Chopra),
Brooklyn hipster Simon Asher (Tate Ellington), clean cut Mormon Eric Packer,
golden boy Caleb Haas (Graham Rogers), southern belle Shelby Wyatt
(Johanna Braddy), hijab wearing Nimah Anwar (Yasmine Al Massri), and good
looking Ryan Booth (Jake McLaughlin) who manages to seduce Alex before
classes begin.
Some come from FBI families, others have been victims of terrorism. Whatever
their reason for joining, these recruits only have a 50/50 chance of finishing and
there are no second chances. Between target practice and tests of physical
endurance, they have to learn the art of investigation. Their first exercise is to
find secrets about their fellow trainees. This task proves to be very
enlightening- exposing more than they would like. But it pushes one of the
recruits tragically too far.
This tragedy will reflect poorly on supervisor Liam and his friend and boss,
Miranda Shaw (Aunjanue Ellis), the director of Quantico. But they're about to
face something even bigger -a recruit is suspected of masterminding the
biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Smash showrunner Josh Safran writes and executive produces with Mark
Gordon and Nick Pepper.
CAST LISTING
Tate Ellington
Graham Rogers
Dougray Scott
Priyanka Chopra
Aunjanue Ellis
Johanna Braddy
Yasmine Al Massri
Jake McLaughlin
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Josh Safran
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Josh Safran
Mark Gordon
Nick Pepper
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
RUNNER - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
Lauren Marks (Paula Patton) is a sexy wife, loving mom, and career woman.
She's married to pediatric surgeon Adam Marks, a smart, doting and reliable
husband. Sparks still fly between them and they are worshiped and adored by
their 7-year-old son, Jackson. But Lauren's entire life is turned upside down
when she drops Adam off at the airport for a work related trip and his flight
crashes with no survivors. After a day of devastating grief, Lauren receives a
strange phone call: her husband never boarded his flight.
Relief turns to suspicion when Lauren asks Adam's brother Simon (Brent
Sexton), a Chicago police detective, to investigate. After getting access to the
airport security footage, Lauren watches Adam being dropped off on the
morning of his flight, only to meet with a Latina woman and her son, and exit the
airport with them. Even stranger, a facial recognition search identifies the
mysterious Latina woman as Lauren Marks. She has stolen Lauren's identity.
With no word from Adam, Lauren must rely on her family, including Simon,
Adam's younger brother Josh, and their respective wives Emily and Rebecca, to
follow the clues of Adam's disappearance. The investigation takes her straight
to the heart of Mexico City, where she begins to realize that her husband may
be connected to a dangerous Mexican cartel and an international gun running
operation. Lauren quickly finds herself in a world she knows nothing about,
where any mistake could turn deadly.
Runner is a soapy thriller that explores the dangerous world of gun running
through the eyes of a wife and mother who is thrown violently into this world as
she uncovers the mystery of her husband's disappearance. Based on a Turkish
format, it is executive produced by Ghost Whisperer alums Ian Sander and Kim
Moses; directed by Michael Offer; and written by feature writer Michael Cooney (
Identity).
CAST LISTING
Paula Patton
Brent Sexton
Adam Rodriguez
Vondie Curtis Hall
Megan Dodds
Matt Le Nevez
Chris J. Johnson
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Michael Cooney
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Mike Cooney
Kim Moses
Ian Sander
Peter Horton
Jon Cowan
PRODUCTION COMPANY
20th Century Fox
SMOKE AND MIRRORS - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
From Shondaland, comes a new thriller centered on the strong successful, Alice
Martin (Mirelle Enos).
She's a fraud investigator, fighting crime by the numbers and exposing
embezzlers, money launderers and even cartels. Follow the money... that's how
Al Capone was brought down.
Alice is a partner in a Los Angeles firm and attracts top clients, which affords
her a nice lifestyle she shares with her fiancé, Kieran (Damon Dayoub). They
are getting married soon and about to buy their dream house.
A big case takes her on a first class flight to Japan where she engages a
suspected embezzler. But it's not all that it seems and Alice uses her honed
skills, and help from her junior associates, Maria and James, to uncover the
truth behind the numbers.
On the personal side, this ace investigator has her own blind spot-Kieran. Her
fiancé disappears with a valuable painting and two million dollars from her bank
account.
With her marriage off and her bank account drained, Alice is determined to find
Kieran and the truth. Even worse, if her clients find out that this fraud
investigator was a fraud victim herself, it could mean the end of her career.
What Alice doesn't yet know is that Kieran is married and he and his wife are
running scams on unsuspecting women. Yet when Kieran can still get out of
town, he decides to stay-Alice has gotten under his skin.
The twists and turns mount as the FBI uncovers some of Alice's own secrets.
From executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Grey's Anatomy,
Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder) and written by Jennifer Schuur (
Hannibal).
CAST LISTING
Mirelle Enos
Jacky Ido
Jay Hayden
Elvy Yost
Damon Dayoub
Alimi Ballard
Rose Rollins
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Jennifer Schuur
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Jennifer Schuur
Shonda Rhimes
Betsey Beers
Julie Anne Robinson
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
THE ADVERSARIES - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
For the past few decades, the Hayward family has been as close to a New York
City legal dynasty as it gets. This dynasty is put in turmoil when the patriarch is
indicted on federal charges and the daughter, a star prosecutor, finds herself in
a difficult position, stuck between the family she loves and the office she works
for.
Parents Charlie (Terry O'Quinn) and Maggie Hayward (Christine Lahti) built a
successful law firm on their dynamism, tenacity and brilliance as lawyers.
They've garnered well-earned respect from their peers and they've also
attracted numerous high-profile clients and cases. While Charlie and
Maggie may no longer live together, and are in the midst of a drawn out divorce,
they still love each other and operate their firm as unequivocal partners.
Their eldest daughter Jaime has followed in, but deviated from, her parents'
footsteps as she pursues her career as an Assistant US Attorney. Like her
parents, Jaime is ambitious and intelligent - having already made a name for
herself working at the Department of Justice. She often hasn't seen eye to eye
with her father and she thought that by not joining his firm, she could finally
escape his shadow.
Jaime and Charlie find themselves facing off on opposite sides of the same
case when Charlie's longtime client and good friend, Cooper Landings, is
arrested for defrauding innocent investors to the tune of millions of dollars.
The line between business and family blurs even further when a new
development soon emerges: Charlie is sold out and framed by his own client,
and indicted as a co-conspirator in the case. He's accused of being a party to
mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering among other things. His arrest
causes a media firestorm, prompting Jaime to get to the bottom of the charges.
Sensing that her boss Southern District US Attorney Ted Fontana seems hellbent
on putting Charlie away for a long time, Jamie is faced with a tough gut
check of her loyalty: career or family?
With a little coaxing from Maggie, Jaime leaves her job and switches sides to
defend Charlie against the bogus charges. Her team includes the Haywards'
firm's third partner Danny Vasquez as well as rising young litigator Aisha Irby.
They get further help from another member of the Hayward family: Cam,
Jamie's little sister. Cam is a musician-turned-paralegal whose interest in the
law tends to waver as she wrestles over giving up her dream of being a singersongwriter.
While Charlie's case galvanizes the family, it also re-opens some old wounds -
specifically about Charlie and Maggie's only son, Kyle. Years earlier, Kyle fell in
with a bad crowd, which ultimately led to his disappearance and presumed
death. The loss of Kyle was a game-changer for this family, leaving unhealed
wounds and persistent tensions.
The resulting proceedings bring out all the tensions, frustrations and alliances
within a strong but difficult family in this compelling comedic drama, a family
show wrapped up in a procedural, from David Zabel (Detroit 1-8-7, ER).
CAST LISTING
Terry O'Quinn
Christine Lahti
Lenny Platt
Enuka Okuma
Christine Evangelista
Kristen Hager
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Zabel
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
THE ADVOCATE - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
Francis "Frankie" Reese (Kim Raver) knows everyone in Hollywood and they
know her. As a top talent agent, she thrives on pressure. But shortly after a
death in the family, part of her face becomes paralyzed. Doctors tell her that it is
stress related and should go away.
One day at a coffee house, while she talks to her ex-husband about their
teenage son, Tommy, a woman stares at her face. Frankie tells her, "It's called
Bell's Palsy." But this woman, Ryan (Joy Bryant), tells her that she doesn't
have Bell's Palsy and refers Frankie to a specialist who diagnoses the real
problem - a brain tumor.
After surgery and recovery Frankie returns to a warm welcome from her agency
and clients. But somehow she is over it.
Frankie wants to help others who are overlooked or misdiagnosed by the
medical system. She starts her own medical advocacy business with the
woman at the café who changed her life, Dr. Ryan Clarke.
The two make a good team. Ryan is the brains of the operation and Frankie is
the muscle. Ryan is a caring doctor and great researcher looking for what
doctors may have overlooked. Frankie puts her agent skills to work convincing,
charming, and negotiating with doctors, hospitals and insurance companies.
Frankie is not above using Ryan's beauty to get a hospital bed or a lifesaving
treatment.
Their team also includes receptionist Brett, the immaculately dressed
gatekeeper and money guy, Chris Holiday, who is involved with Ryan.
Whether they are well paid or working pro bono, this team will find a way to get
the right care and diagnosis for their clients.
Inspired by the true story of writer Sheldon Turner's (Up in the Air, X-Men: First
Class) former agent, Byrdie Lifson-Pompan, who will consult. Turner will
executive produce with Jennifer Klein (Pearl Harbor).
CAST LISTING
Elliott Knight
Kim Raver
Coby Bell
Freddie Thorpe
Joy Bryant
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Sheldon Turner
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Sheldon Turner
Jennifer Klein
Byrdie Lifson-Pompan
Val Ulene
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Warner Bros. TV Studios
WHEN WE RISE - ONE HOUR DRAMA
SHOW INFO
When We Rise chronicles the personal and political struggles, set-backs and
triumphs of a diverse group of men and women as they participate in the
movement for equal rights for the LGBT community.
CAST LISTING
TBA
CREDITS LISTING
WRITER
Dustin Lance Black
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Dustin Lance Black
Laurence Mark
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ABC Studios
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