ABC added to its pilot pickups Monday, adding dramas from established production companies (Shondaland, Fake Empire) and comedies from "It Gets Better" LGBT activist Dan Savage and a half-hour that reteams the stars of National Lampoon's Vacation.
On the drama side, The Catch hails from Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. Written by Jennifer Schuur (Hannibal) and exec produced by Shondaland duo Rhimes and Beers, the drama centers on a gutsy female forensic accountant who exposes fraud for a living and has finally found fulfillment both at work and in love until a case comes along that threatens to turn her world upside down.
Broad Squad, meanwhile, hails from Fake Empire's Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl) and marks the company's second project at the network following Astronaut Wives Club. The drama is inspired by true stories and follows the first four women to graduate from Boston's Police Academy in 1978.
On the comedy side, the untitled Savage comedy is a single-camera semi-autobiographical entry based on the LGBT activist/boundary-pushing columnist's life. It centers on a picture-perfect family that is turned upside down when the youngest son comes out of the closet. What seems like the end of their idyllic life turns out to be the beginning of a bright new chapter when everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real. Savage is responsible fororganizing the It Gets Better photo campaign following the passage of Prop. 8 and numerous other anti-gay legislation.
Rounding out the four pilot pickups is Chev & Bev, a single-camera comedy starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as two baby boomers who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren.
On the drama side, The Catch hails from Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. Written by Jennifer Schuur (Hannibal) and exec produced by Shondaland duo Rhimes and Beers, the drama centers on a gutsy female forensic accountant who exposes fraud for a living and has finally found fulfillment both at work and in love until a case comes along that threatens to turn her world upside down.
Broad Squad, meanwhile, hails from Fake Empire's Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl) and marks the company's second project at the network following Astronaut Wives Club. The drama is inspired by true stories and follows the first four women to graduate from Boston's Police Academy in 1978.
On the comedy side, the untitled Savage comedy is a single-camera semi-autobiographical entry based on the LGBT activist/boundary-pushing columnist's life. It centers on a picture-perfect family that is turned upside down when the youngest son comes out of the closet. What seems like the end of their idyllic life turns out to be the beginning of a bright new chapter when everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real. Savage is responsible fororganizing the It Gets Better photo campaign following the passage of Prop. 8 and numerous other anti-gay legislation.
Rounding out the four pilot pickups is Chev & Bev, a single-camera comedy starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as two baby boomers who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren.
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