ABC ANNOUNCES PREMIERE DATE FOR NEW COMEDY SERIES “FRESH OFF THE BOAT,” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Previewed in Wednesday night hit comedy block February 4
ABC announced the premiere date today for new half hour comedy “Fresh Off the Boat.” Inspired by Eddie Huang’s best-selling memoir by the same name, “Fresh Off the Boat” will be sampled twice in ABC’s Wednesday night comedy block on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at both 8:30 and 9:31 p.m., followed by its time slot premiere on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET).
It’s 1995 and 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there. Orlando doesn’t even have a Chinatown -- unless you count the Huang house. Eddie’s dad, Louis (Randall Park), has dragged the family to the ‘burbs to pursue his version of the American dream, opening Cattleman’s Ranch Steakhouse, a struggling western-themed restaurant. Louis thinks that the best way to get customers in the door is to hire a white host to greet them and make them feel comfortable. Eddie’s mom, Jessica (Constance Wu), has agreed to the move, but she finds Orlando a strange place -- from the rollerblading stay-at-home moms, to the hospital-like grocery stores, to the fact that the humidity has ruined her hair.
Inspired by a true story, “Fresh Off the Boat” stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan. Eddie Huang provides The Voice over narration.
“Fresh Off the Boat” was written by Nahnatchka Khan, who also serves as executive producer. Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar are executive producers, and Eddie Huang is producer. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015
8:00 PM THE MIDDLE
8:30 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT
9:00 PM Modern Family
9:31 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT
10:00 PM Nashville
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
8:00-8:30 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT (time slot premiere)
Previewed in Wednesday night hit comedy block February 4
ABC announced the premiere date today for new half hour comedy “Fresh Off the Boat.” Inspired by Eddie Huang’s best-selling memoir by the same name, “Fresh Off the Boat” will be sampled twice in ABC’s Wednesday night comedy block on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at both 8:30 and 9:31 p.m., followed by its time slot premiere on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET).
It’s 1995 and 11-year-old hip-hop loving Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) has just moved with his family from Chinatown in Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando. They quickly discover things are very different there. Orlando doesn’t even have a Chinatown -- unless you count the Huang house. Eddie’s dad, Louis (Randall Park), has dragged the family to the ‘burbs to pursue his version of the American dream, opening Cattleman’s Ranch Steakhouse, a struggling western-themed restaurant. Louis thinks that the best way to get customers in the door is to hire a white host to greet them and make them feel comfortable. Eddie’s mom, Jessica (Constance Wu), has agreed to the move, but she finds Orlando a strange place -- from the rollerblading stay-at-home moms, to the hospital-like grocery stores, to the fact that the humidity has ruined her hair.
Inspired by a true story, “Fresh Off the Boat” stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan. Eddie Huang provides The Voice over narration.
“Fresh Off the Boat” was written by Nahnatchka Khan, who also serves as executive producer. Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar are executive producers, and Eddie Huang is producer. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015
8:00 PM THE MIDDLE
8:30 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT
9:00 PM Modern Family
9:31 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT
10:00 PM Nashville
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
8:00-8:30 PM FRESH OFF THE BOAT (time slot premiere)
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I hope this does really well, I have been looking forward to it for a long time :)
ReplyDeleteHopefully It can be awesome on Tuesday.
That's nice of ABC to give it a sampling on the two coveted Wednesday slots before moving to Tuesdays at 8. Really hope it can survive in its regular timeslot.
ReplyDeletePerfect scheduling!
ReplyDeleteHope Cristela will be move with it at 8.30.
So, what are they going to air at 8:30? Repeats?
ReplyDeleteYep, Agent Carter really has it's work cut out for it.
ReplyDeleteAnd what follows LMS?
ReplyDeleteReruns. Modern family reruns would probably have 100% retention after LMS.On a Friday that could be tolerated.
ReplyDeleteDo they have another comedy to pair it with?
ReplyDeletethats terrible planning on ABC's part
ReplyDeleteLMS is better rated and deserves the move to Tuesday more than Cristela
ReplyDeleteI highly doubt LMS and Modern Family have much crossover audience.
ReplyDeleteYES YES YES! Glad they're giving it a chance for its first two episodes! Not sure about the timeslot but hey, it's better than the Thursday in January some of us had speculated. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI don't think ABC have much to lose by giving that a go. They can double-pump LMS on Fridays or have LMS repeats at 8.30 Fridays, seeing as it's been on for a good few years. Cristela and FOTB would be a decent enough fit thematically, even though I do think it's preferable to have mutlicams together, not a deep bench at ABC for comedy.
ReplyDeleteIt follows itself, with "Beyond the tank" replacing it this spring.
ReplyDeleteBut Cristela needs it more. LMS is already on its 4th season and doesn't any push.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I think.
ReplyDeleteYes! Looking forward it :)
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