Here's the list of new shows that have black people starring, featured or in supporting roles in t5he 2012 season on network TV.
the complete show list is here
KEEP IN MIND ALOT OF THESE SHOW MAY BE CANCELLED IN UTERO
ABC
Drama
Last Resort
Logline: Centers on the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world's smallest nuclear nation.
Cast: Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher, Daisy Betts, Autumn Reeser, Jessy Schram Daniel Lissing, Camille de Pazzis, Sahr Ngaujau, Dichen Lachman, Omid Abtahi (recurring), Matt Gerald (recurring), Bruce Davison (recurring), Robert Patrick, Max Adler (guest)
CBS
Comedy
Untitled Martin Lawrence project
Logline: Lawrence stars as a widowed father of two teenagers who, after losing his job in construction, decides to go to the police academy and become a cop at the age of 46.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, P.J. Byrne
Drama
Baby Big Shot
Logline: A legal drama that centers on a working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm.
Cast: Janet Montgomery, Stephanie March, Kyle MacLachlan, Erin Cummings, Toni Trucks, Felix Solis, Pablo Schreiber, Donna Murphy
Untitled Wootton/Berlanti (previously Golden Boy)
Logline: Revolves around the making of a man and tracks one cop's meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.
Cast: Holt McCallany, Bonnie Somerville, Theo James, Chi McBride, Kevin Alejandro,
Widow Detective
Logline: A decorated police detective becomes a surrogate husband, lover and father to the families of three partners lost in the line of duty.
Cast: John Corbett, Jennifer Beals, Paula Marshall, Eriq La Salle (guest/recurring), Elyes Gabel, Conor Leslie, Jason Hernandez, Natalie Martinez, Michael Irby (guest star)
NBC
Comedy
Downwardly Mobile
Logline: The proprietor of a mobile home park serves as a surrogate mother to all the unique people who live there in a challenging economy.
Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Romy Rosemont, Mary Birdsong, Salli Richardson,
Untitled Jimmy Fallon
Logline: Three thirtysomething guys who enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact that they haven't grown up themselves.
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Anthony Anderson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe, Zach Cregger, Courtney Henggeler
Drama
Bad Girls
Logline: Adapted from the long-running U.K. series, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates -- some mothers, some friends -- who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and outside.
Cast: Jaime Pressly (second position to Fox's I Hate My Teenager Daughter), Jurnee Smollett, Amy Smart, Karolina Wydra, Rick Gonzalez, Zoe Boyle, Tracee Ellis Ross
Chicago Fire
Logline: Action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department
Cast: Taylor Kinney, Jesse Spencer, Eamonn Walker, Monica Raymund, David Eigenberg, Charlie Barnett, Lauren German, Teri Reeves, Merle Dandridge
County
Logline: Revolves around the lives of a group of young doctors, nurses and administrators in a frenetic underfunded and morally compromising L.A. County hospital.
Cast: Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Aimee Garcia, Michael B. Jordan, Jess Weixler, Agam Darshi, Norbert Leo Butz
Do No Harm
Logline: A brilliant neurosurgeon wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and processional life.
Cast: Steven Pasquale, Phylicia Rashad, Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas
The Frontier
Logline: Revolves around a group who follows their dreams and heads West from Missouri across the uncharted country in the 1840s.
Cast: Ethan Embry, Megan Ferguson, Jake McLaughlin, Bridget Regan, Al Weaver, Gina Bramhill, Chaske Spencer, Erik Jensen, Clancy Brown, Mustafa Shakir, Nathan Gamble
Notorious
Logline: An opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in -- as the maid's daughter -- to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
Cast: Meagan Good, Tate Donovan, Victor Garber, Neil Jackson, Katherine LaNasa,
Untitled J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke project (previously Revolution)
Logline: Follows a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Billy Burke, Tracy Spiradakos, Graham Rogers, Anna Lise Phillips, Tim Guinee, Andrea Roth, JD Pardo, Zak Orth
FOX
Comedy
Like Father
Logline: Comedy centering on a father-son relationship, inspired by Lawrence's real-life experience.
Cast: Colin Ferguson, Robbie Amell, Kevin Michael Martin, Phil Lewis, Erin Daniels
Living Loaded
Logline: A partying blogger is forced to change career plans when he becomes a radio host.
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mike Vogel (second position to Pan Am), Michael Friedman, Larry Wilmore, Anna Marie Horsford, Kaitlyn Black, Sugar Lyn Beard
Drama
Guilty
Logline: Centers on a smart and ethically questionable defense attorney who uses his unique methods to solve cases he's been banned from handling after he's stripped of his license to practice law after being falsely convicted of fraud.
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Eva Amurri Martino, Jay Harrington, Julian Morris, Sharon Leal
Untitled Karyn Usher project
Logline: The orphaned 14-year-old daughter of a CIA operative encounters a mysterious rogue agent/assassin who serves as both her surrogate father and professional mentor in the spy world.
Cast: Angela Bassett, Julian McMahon, Rick Schroder, Saxon Sharbino, Louise Lombard
CW
Joey Dakota
Logline: Based on the Israeli format Danny Hollywood. In this romantic-time-travel-musical, a documentary filmmaker travels back in time to the 1990’s where she meets and falls in love with the rock star subject of her film. When she unexpectedly returns to present day, she must find her way back to the past to reunite with her love and prevent his untimely death.
Cast: Scott Wolf, Craig Horner, Amber Stevens, Leah Renee, Erich Bergen, Brooklyn Sudano (guest)
the complete show list is here
KEEP IN MIND ALOT OF THESE SHOW MAY BE CANCELLED IN UTERO
ABC
Drama
Last Resort
Logline: Centers on the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world's smallest nuclear nation.
Cast: Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher, Daisy Betts, Autumn Reeser, Jessy Schram Daniel Lissing, Camille de Pazzis, Sahr Ngaujau, Dichen Lachman, Omid Abtahi (recurring), Matt Gerald (recurring), Bruce Davison (recurring), Robert Patrick, Max Adler (guest)
CBS
Comedy
Untitled Martin Lawrence project
Logline: Lawrence stars as a widowed father of two teenagers who, after losing his job in construction, decides to go to the police academy and become a cop at the age of 46.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, P.J. Byrne
Drama
Baby Big Shot
Logline: A legal drama that centers on a working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm.
Cast: Janet Montgomery, Stephanie March, Kyle MacLachlan, Erin Cummings, Toni Trucks, Felix Solis, Pablo Schreiber, Donna Murphy
Untitled Wootton/Berlanti (previously Golden Boy)
Logline: Revolves around the making of a man and tracks one cop's meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.
Cast: Holt McCallany, Bonnie Somerville, Theo James, Chi McBride, Kevin Alejandro,
Widow Detective
Logline: A decorated police detective becomes a surrogate husband, lover and father to the families of three partners lost in the line of duty.
Cast: John Corbett, Jennifer Beals, Paula Marshall, Eriq La Salle (guest/recurring), Elyes Gabel, Conor Leslie, Jason Hernandez, Natalie Martinez, Michael Irby (guest star)
NBC
Comedy
Downwardly Mobile
Logline: The proprietor of a mobile home park serves as a surrogate mother to all the unique people who live there in a challenging economy.
Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Romy Rosemont, Mary Birdsong, Salli Richardson,
Untitled Jimmy Fallon
Logline: Three thirtysomething guys who enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact that they haven't grown up themselves.
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Anthony Anderson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe, Zach Cregger, Courtney Henggeler
Drama
Bad Girls
Logline: Adapted from the long-running U.K. series, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates -- some mothers, some friends -- who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and outside.
Cast: Jaime Pressly (second position to Fox's I Hate My Teenager Daughter), Jurnee Smollett, Amy Smart, Karolina Wydra, Rick Gonzalez, Zoe Boyle, Tracee Ellis Ross
Chicago Fire
Logline: Action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department
Cast: Taylor Kinney, Jesse Spencer, Eamonn Walker, Monica Raymund, David Eigenberg, Charlie Barnett, Lauren German, Teri Reeves, Merle Dandridge
County
Logline: Revolves around the lives of a group of young doctors, nurses and administrators in a frenetic underfunded and morally compromising L.A. County hospital.
Cast: Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Aimee Garcia, Michael B. Jordan, Jess Weixler, Agam Darshi, Norbert Leo Butz
Do No Harm
Logline: A brilliant neurosurgeon wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and processional life.
Cast: Steven Pasquale, Phylicia Rashad, Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas
The Frontier
Logline: Revolves around a group who follows their dreams and heads West from Missouri across the uncharted country in the 1840s.
Cast: Ethan Embry, Megan Ferguson, Jake McLaughlin, Bridget Regan, Al Weaver, Gina Bramhill, Chaske Spencer, Erik Jensen, Clancy Brown, Mustafa Shakir, Nathan Gamble
Notorious
Logline: An opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in -- as the maid's daughter -- to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
Cast: Meagan Good, Tate Donovan, Victor Garber, Neil Jackson, Katherine LaNasa,
Untitled J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke project (previously Revolution)
Logline: Follows a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Billy Burke, Tracy Spiradakos, Graham Rogers, Anna Lise Phillips, Tim Guinee, Andrea Roth, JD Pardo, Zak Orth
FOX
Comedy
Like Father
Logline: Comedy centering on a father-son relationship, inspired by Lawrence's real-life experience.
Cast: Colin Ferguson, Robbie Amell, Kevin Michael Martin, Phil Lewis, Erin Daniels
Living Loaded
Logline: A partying blogger is forced to change career plans when he becomes a radio host.
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mike Vogel (second position to Pan Am), Michael Friedman, Larry Wilmore, Anna Marie Horsford, Kaitlyn Black, Sugar Lyn Beard
Drama
Guilty
Logline: Centers on a smart and ethically questionable defense attorney who uses his unique methods to solve cases he's been banned from handling after he's stripped of his license to practice law after being falsely convicted of fraud.
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Eva Amurri Martino, Jay Harrington, Julian Morris, Sharon Leal
Untitled Karyn Usher project
Logline: The orphaned 14-year-old daughter of a CIA operative encounters a mysterious rogue agent/assassin who serves as both her surrogate father and professional mentor in the spy world.
Cast: Angela Bassett, Julian McMahon, Rick Schroder, Saxon Sharbino, Louise Lombard
CW
Joey Dakota
Logline: Based on the Israeli format Danny Hollywood. In this romantic-time-travel-musical, a documentary filmmaker travels back in time to the 1990’s where she meets and falls in love with the rock star subject of her film. When she unexpectedly returns to present day, she must find her way back to the past to reunite with her love and prevent his untimely death.
Cast: Scott Wolf, Craig Horner, Amber Stevens, Leah Renee, Erich Bergen, Brooklyn Sudano (guest)
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