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We Ranked the New Fall Shows From Most Promising to Complete Crapola

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May 23, 2014 1:30 PM
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1. The Flash—Drama, the CW

What It's About: Glee star Grant Gustin plays the iconic DC character in this Arrow spinoff from producer extraordinaire Greg Berlanti. The trailer looks like a movie, and we're pretty sure it broke the CW's bank. Love.
Who's In It: Grant Gustin, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin.
Trailer Rating: A+. The #1 trailer of the season. Congrats, guy we once hated for trying to steal Blaine away!
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2/27
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2. How To Get Away With Murder—Drama, ABC

What It's About: This new drama series from Shonda Rhimes centers around a  group of law school students who get sucked into the tangled web of a real-life murder.
Who's In It: Viola Davis
Trailer Rating:
A. Hands down the surest bet of the season, what with Rhimes owning all of Thursday night and all.
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3/27
FOX

3. Gotham—Drama, Fox

What It's About: Batman origin series, following Det. Jim Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department. Catwoman and The Penguin are there, too, and look crazy-ass cool.
Who's In It: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and Jada Pinkett-Smith
Trailer Rating: A. So much yes.
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4/27
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4. Marry Me—Comedy, NBC

What It's About: It's Happy Endings 2.0! (Basically.) Ken Marino and Casey Wilson play a long-time couple looking to get married.
Who's In It:
 Ken Marino, Casey Wilson
Trailer Rating: A. The casting is spot on, the writing comes from the guys who wrote Happy Endings, and the trailer looks amaahhhhzing. Win!
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5/27
CBS

5. Stalker—Drama, CBS

What's It About: Two super-hot detectives who investigate dangerous stalker incidents. (‘Cause when you look like Maggie Q, you want to surround yourself with stalkers. Duh.)
Who's In It: 
Maggie Q, Dylan McDermott
Trailer Rating: A. $%*&#! Scary. As. Hell.
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6/27
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6. Gracepoint—Fall Event Series, Fox

What It's About: Based on the UK's flawless series Broadchurch, this Fox reboot centers on a murder in a small town.
Who's In It: David Tennant and Anna Gunn
Trailer Rating: A- We still don't get it. (Is it the same plot? Different? How?!) But we don't even care. The UK version, Broadchurch, was so insanely good, we are in.
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7/27
ABC

7. Fresh Off The Boat—Comedy, ABC

What It's About: Centers on a 12-year-old boy as he and his immigrant family adjust to life in suburban Florida.
Who's In It: Randall Park, Paul Sheer, Constance Wu, and Aubrey K. Miller
Trailer Rating: A-. Surprisingly...funny. We laughed a lot. The mom for all the awards.
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8/27
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8. Galavant—Comedy, ABC

What It's About: A musical fairy tale that follows a prince's quest for revenge. You read that right.
Who's In It: Vinnie Jones, Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson, Mallory Jansen, Karen David and Luke Youngblood
Trailer Rating: A for the cajones alone, ABC. This will either be a huge breakout hit or the season's biggest flop.
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9/27
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9. Scorpion—Drama, CBS

What's It About: Eccentric genius and his team of misfits battle against high tech threats to national security.
Who's In It: Elyes Gabel, Robert Patrick, Katharine McPhee
Trailer Rating: B. (Don't worry, Kat McPhee is not playing one of the geniuses.)
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10/27
ABC

10. Secrets And Lies—Drama, ABC

What It's About: A man who looks a lot like Ryan Phillipe (OK, it is) discovers the body of his neighbor's son and things don't go well from there.
Who's In It: Ryan Phillipe, KaDee Strickland and Juliette Lewis
Trailer Rating: B. We're pretty sure this is a complete rip-off of Broadchurch but we're still intrigued.
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11/27
FOX

11. Red Band Society—Dramedy, Fox

What It's About: Like the Breakfast Club, in a kids' hospital. Whee! The premise sounds terribly depressing, but trailer looks inspirational.
Who's In It: Octavia Spencer, Griffin Gluck, Charlie Rowe, Dave Annable, Brian Bradley, Ciara Bravo and Zoe Levin
Trailer Rating: B-. Promising. Also, Dave Annable. Also, Dave Annable's dimples.
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12/27
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12. Mulaney—Comedy, Fox

What It's About: An aspiring comic gets a job writing jokes for a narcissistic comedian.
Who's In It: John Mulaney, Martin Short, Nasim Pedrad, Seaton Smith and Elliott Gould
Trailer Rating: B- . Cute. Maybe? The premise feels a whole lot like Seinfeld. Wacky neighbor and all.
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13/27
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13. Madam Secretary—Drama, CBS

What's It About: Elizabeth McCord, the newly appointed Secretary of State, balances work and family life.
Who's In It:
 Téa Leoni, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller
Trailer Rating: C. We want to love it. We aren't sold.
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14/27
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14. State Of Affairs—Drama, NBC

What It's About: CIA analyst Charleston Tucker must decide which international crises need to be brought to the attention of the president.
Who's In It: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman
Trailer Rating:
C. The premise seems Scandal-ous, except, you know, no Olivia Pope. Izzie Stevens is back on TV, though!
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15/27
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15. A To Z—Comedy, NBC

What It's About: A romantic guy tries to win the girl of his dreams.
Who's in It:
 Ben Feldman, Cristin Milioti
Trailer Rating:
C. Cute. But the Mother deserved better. (Have you heard that one before, HIMYM fans?)
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16/27
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16. Constantine—Drama, NBC

What It's About: A drama about a demon hunter from the DC Comics' classic series Hellblazer.
Who's In It: Matt Ryan
, Lucy Griffiths, Harrold Perrineau
Trailer Rating: C. We do love Harold, though.
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17/27
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17. NCIS: New Orleans—Drama, CBS

What's It About: The local field office investigates criminal cases involving military personnel.
Who's In It: Scott Bakula
, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan
Trailer Rating: C. Did nothing for us.
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18. Forever—Drama, ABC

What It's About: A medical examiner who just happens to be immortal.
Who's In It: Ioan Gruffudd, Alana De La Garza and Judd Hirsch
Trailer Rating: C-. Instantly forgettable.
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19/27
ABC

19. Cristela—Comedy, ABC

What It's About: A law student is torn between her dream job and her traditional Mexican-American family. 
Who's In It: Cristela Alonzo, Carlos Ponce, Terri Hoyos, Andrew Leeds and Sam McMurray 
Trailer Rating:
C-. Jokes are decent. (Some.) Format feels as stale as that bag o' chips under your couch from 1998.
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20/27
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20. Bad Judge—Comedy, NBC

What It's About: Rebecca Wright (Kate Walsh) is a wild party girl who also happens to be L.A.'s toughest criminal judge.
Who's In It:
 Kate Walsh, John Ducey, Tone Bell, Theodore Barnes.
Trailer Rating: We love Kate Walsh and want to love this show. The project is undergoing some recasting, so...Not writing this one off just yet.
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21/27
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21. Jane The Virgin—Comedy, CW

What It's About: A smart young  woman is accidentally artificially inseminated, resulting in her getting pregnant even though she's a virgin.
Who's In It: Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni, Brett Dier, Andrea Navedo, and Ivonne Coll
Trailer Rating: D. Words cannot describe how much we hate this premise.
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22/27
FOX

22. Utopia—Fox, Unscripted Series

What It's About: 15 people move to an isolated, undeveloped location for a year (or two weeks, if the show is canceled) and attempt to build their own society from scratch.
Who's In It: TBD
Trailer Rating: D. Isn't this Big Brother camping?
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23/27
ABC/Craig Sjodin

23. Black-ish—Comedy, ABC

What It's About: An upper-middle class black man struggles to raise his kids with a sense of cultural identity.
Who's In It: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis-Ross and Laurence Fishburne
Trailer Rating: D. We are squirming so much it's hard to type.
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24/27
ABC/Eric McCandless

24. Selfie—Comedy, ABC

What It's About: After a 20-something woman finds herself the subject of an embarrassing viral video, she hires an image consultant to help her rescue her image.  
Who's In It: Karen Gillan and John Cho
Trailer Rating: D-. The trailer is confusing and odd, and looks like a college project.
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