The crew of LaughingPlace have made their predictions for the new series coming to ABC this season. Each member (Doobie, FanBoy, Alex, and Kyle) have predicted whether a show will be a hit or miss. (A hit is a series that gets a second season). They also made their predictions for the first series to be cancelled as well as shared their most anticipated comedy and drama.
Do you agree with their picks?
COMING SOON
From Shondaland’s Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, this thriller centers on the strong, successful Alice Martin (Mireille Enos). She’s a fraud investigator who’s about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career.
Starring: Mireille Enos | Alimi Ballard | Jay Hayden | Jacky Ido | Rose Rollins | Elvy Yost
Predictions:
Kyle’s Most Anticipated Drama
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Hit
Kyle: Hit
SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY OCT 2 8:30|7:30c
Doctor turned actor/comedian Ken Jeong plays Dr. Ken, a brilliant physician with no bedside manner. He is always trying to be a good doctor, as well as a good husband and dad to his two kids. Luckily, his therapist wife Allison is just the right partner to keep things sane.
Starring: Ken Jeong | Suzy Nakamura | Tisha Campbell-Martin | Dave Foley | Jonathan Slavin | Albert Tsai | Krista Marie Yu
Predictions:
Doobie’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Hit
COMING SOON
This thriller follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge—is he really who he says he is?
Starring: Joan Allen | Allison Pill | Margot Bingham | Zach Gilford | Liam James | Floriana Lima | Madeleine Arthur | Rarmian Newton | Rupert Graves | Andrew McCarthy
Predictions:
Alex’s Most Anticipated Drama
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex:Hit
Kyle: Hit
SERIES PREMIERE September 22 8|7c
The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires.
Predictions:
FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Alex’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Kyle’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Kyle: Hit
COMING SOON
An epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.
Starring: Ray Winstone | Haaz Sleiman | Maisie Richardson-Sellers | Oliver Rix | Simone Kessell | James Floyd | Mohammad Bakri | Tomer Kapon
Predictions:
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Miss
SERIES PREMIERE September 20 9|8c
Billy and Cody Lefever dream of a new life and move to “The Bakken” in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history. They’re soon pitted against a ruthless tycoon who forces them to put everything on the line, including their marriage.
Starring: Don Johnson | Chace Crawford | Rebecca Rittenhouse | Delroy Lindo | Amber Valletta | Scott Michael Foster | India de Beaufort |
Predictions:
FanBoy’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Miss
SERIES PREMIERE September 20 10|9c
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Starring: Priyanka Chopra | Jake McLaughlin | Aunjanue Ellis | Yasmine Al Massri | Johanna Braddy | Tate Ellington | Graham Rogers
Predictions:
Doobie’s Most Anticipated Drama
FanBoy’s Most Anticipated Drama
Doobie: Hit
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Hit
COMING SOON
A fresh take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.
Starring: Martha Plimpton | Jay R. Ferguson | Noah Galvin | Matthew Shively | Bebe Wood | Mary Hollis Inboden
Predictions:
Doobie: Miss
FanBoy: Hit
Alex: Hit
Kyle: Miss
COMING SOON
Based on the hit movie of the same name, Uncle Buck (Mike Epps) is a fun-loving but irresponsible guy who needs a job and a place to stay. His brother and sister-in-law need some help around the house. And they just might be the answer to each other’s problems.
Starring: Mike Epps | Nia Long | James Lesure | Iman Benson | Sayeed Shahidi | Aalyrah Caldwell
Predictions:
Doobie’s Most Anticipated Comedy
Doobie: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Hit
SERIES PREMIERE TUESDAY OCT 27 10|9c
“Wicked City” follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed to solve a serial murder case.
Starring: Ed Westwick | Erika Christensen | Taissa Farmiga | Gabriel Luna | Karolina Wydra | Anne Winters
Predictions:
Alex’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Kyle’s Pick for 1st Cancelled
Doobie: Hit
FanBoy: Miss
Alex: Miss
Kyle: Miss