The LPP Crew Share Their ABC Predictions

As ABC announces their 2014-15 schedule, the LaughingPlace Podcast Crew shares their thoughts of ABC’s new offering. Each member shares whether they think each show will be a hit or miss (regardless if they are interested in the show), their most anticipated comedy and drama, and finally the first show they expect to be cancelled. For more on their thoughts on ABC’s lineup listen to the next edition of the LaughingPlace Podcast.

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American Crime: (@AmericanCrimeTV) Midseason

All over the news are reports about a young couple in Modesto, California, who were attacked in their home. The case sends shock waves into the community stirring up tensions across racial lines in this gritty drama.

Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss

agentcarter

Agent Carter: (@ABCAgentCarter) Midseason

Doobie’s Most Anticipated Drama

FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Drama

It’s 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve),  Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit

blackish

Black-ish: (@Black_ishABC) Wednesdays at 930/830c

Doobie’s Most Anticipated Comedy

Rebekah’s Pick For 1st Cancelled

Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family?

Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family?

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Miss

cristela

Cristela: (@CristelaABC) Fridays at 830/730c

Doobie’s Pick for 1st Cancelled

In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family thinks is appropriate.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit

Forever

Forever: (@ForeverABC) Tuesdays at 10/9c

Alex’s Most Anticipated Drama

Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret.  He doesn’t just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit

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Fresh Off the Boat: (@FreshOffABC) Midseason

It’s the ’90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents. It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit

glavant

Galavant: (@GalavantABC) Midseason

Rebekah’s Most Anticipated Comedy

FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Comedy

Alex’s Most Anticipated Comedy

Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love; Tangled; Cars) teams up with the award-winning musical duo of composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid; Beauty and the Beast) and lyricist Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid; Tangled) for a musical comedy fairytale of epic proportions.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit

lovestory

Manhattan Love Story: (@ManhattanABC) Tuesdays at 830/730c

FanBoy’s Pick for 1st Cancelled

Alex’s Pick for 1st Cancelled

Have you ever wondered what your date was thinking?  This romantic comedy exposes the differences between men and women through the unfiltered thoughts, and often contradictory actions, of a new couple who have just begun dating.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss

Murder

How to Get Away With Murder: (@HowToGetAwayABC) Thursdays at 10/9c

The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class “How to Get Away with Murder.” Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.

Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit

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Secrets & Lies: (@SecretsLiesABC) Midseason

Ben Garner is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect, after he discovers the body of his neighbor’s young son in the woods. As Detective Andrea Cornell digs for the truth, the secrets and lies of this town come to the surface and no one is above suspicion.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit

selfie

Selfie: (@SelfieABC) Tuesdays at 8/7c

Eliza Dooley has 263,000 followers who hang on to her every post, tweet and selfie.   But one lonely day she has a revelation: being friended is not the same as having actual friends.  She asks marketing guru Henry to ‘rebrand’ her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connec

Doobie: Hit
Rebekah: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss

Thewhispers

The Whispers: (@TheWhispersABC) Midseason

Rebekah’s Most Anticipated Drama

Aliens have invaded Earth by using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination—our children.  As the kids unwittingly help these unseen enemies, the clock counts down in this suspenseful race to save humanity.

Doobie: Miss
Rebekah: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss