When: Special preview on Monday, March 10 Where: NBC Why: The latest ambitious drama from JJ Abrams finds him teaming up with Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón to tell the epic story of a young girl named Bo, who has supernatural abilities, and the death-row inmate chosen to protect her by a group known as the True Believers. Just the preview for this one gave us chills, so we're already stocking up on blankets for the premiere.
When: Monday, March 3 Where: A&E Why: Serial killers, so hot right now. Chloë Sevigny and James D'Arcy team up in this gritty drama based on a Danish crime series as a detective and a forensic profiler who both possess a dark understanding of how serial killers work. So yeah, they're super-damaged, but super-compelling.
When: Monday, Feb. 17Where: the CWWhy: It's Roswell meets District 9 in this epic romance drama starring Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden and 90210's Matt Lanter as a human girl and alien boy who are, you guessed it, star-crossed lovers as a group of alien teens are sent to high school to foster peace between the two species. Ignore the lackluster title and stereotypical logline and tune in for the sci-fi goodness as it's the network's most genre-heavy swing yet.
When: Special preview on Saturday, Feb. 22, timeslot premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 25 Where: NBC Why: Because we loved the 2001 film starring Hugh Grant. Because it's from Jason Katims, the creator of Friday Night Lights and Parenthood. Because David Walton should already be a big star by now.
When: Sunday, March 9 Where: ABC Why: Zombies are so the new vampires…except the dead aren't returning as Walkers on this Omar Epps-fronted drama; they are returning exactly as they were when they died, even if it was decades ago. The series centers on the impact the loved ones' returns have on a small town and the immigration agent, played by Epps, brought in to investigate what the hell is going on.
When: Monday, Feb. 24 Where: NBC Why: Sure, Jimmy Fallon is also on the move, but we already know what he's capable of. We're super intrigued to see how Meyers, who was so, so great at the Weekend Update desk, handles the transition from Saturday Night Live to late-night talk-show territory, where so many before him have stumbled.
When: Monday, March 31 Where: CBS Why: Just look at this roster of actors: James Van Der Beek, Kevin Connolly, Brooklyn Decker and Majandra Delfino. Awesome, right? They all star as a group of friends in various stages of relationships and all with some form of Instagram-envy. (Hey, it's hard work making your not-so-perfect life seem just grand on social media!) Could FWBL take over for How I Met Your Mother as TV's favorite group of friends when the long-running series signs off on the same night? CBS is counting on it.
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When: Tuesday, Feb. 25 Where: ABC Why: If you loved the critically acclaimed but criminally short-lived Awake and Lone Star, convince all ofyour friends to watch this procedural, which hails from the same creator, Kyle Killen. Starring Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as damaged brothers who use psychological manipulation to help their clients, our fingers are crossed that this lighter-but-still-whip-smart fare from Killen could finally be the one to stick it out.
When: Wednesday, Feb. 26 Where: ABC Why: We're tuning in to see if the series can pull off its ambitious premise: The entire first season takes place over the course of one night and follows 10 people's adventures in a single bar. It's like Lost…but with cocktails. And bar fights. And we're pretty sure there's no smoke monster.
When: Sunday, March 16Where: NBCWhy: No, you smartasses, we didn't mean Hostages, though we can see why people are making the comparisons: Both are dramas set in Washington, D.C., about people being kidnapped. Plus, Hostages had Dylan McDermott, while Crisis has Dermot Mulroney. But we're hoping Crisis can succeed where Hostages failed by expanding the universe to more than just one family by focusing on a group of high school kids, all with pretty powerful parents, being abducted and used as leverage. Plus, Gillian Anderson on our TV screens is never a bad thing.