It’s been a particularly weak season for ABC drama, as aside from the trio of Tuesday failures, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Betrayal, and The Assets were all non-starters and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD hasn’t been the type of performer that most were expecting it to be. Without Resurrection, which has already begun a steady descent in the ratings, the ABC 2013-2014 drama slate would have nearly been a total bust, which makes their pilot choices all the more interesting. The network could very well become gun-shy about launching new dramas and opt to kept a mediocre in-house produced performer like Nashville vs. taking a risk on an additional freshman drama, while the four hours of comedy that were on the fall schedule might evolve in some way as a response to the weakened drama slate.

Mind Games starred Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as two brothers who run a problem solving firm that employs solutions based on the art of psychological manipulation. The show featured the likes of Jaime Ray Newman, Megalyn Echikunwonke, and Wynn Everett.

Do you think ABC should have allowed Mind Games to play out its episode order? What should the network do next season when it comes to Tuesdays at 10:00? Why has ABC has such a difficult time launching a drama in this particular time slot this season?

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Following an eight-episode uninterrupted run for Scandal that concludes April 17th, The Black Box is set to premiere Thursday, April 24th at 10:00. The series, written by Amy Holden-Jones (Mystic Pizza) and showran by Ilene Chaiken (The L Word), stars Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) as world-famous neurologist Catherine Black, who’s hiding the fact that she’s bipolar from her co-workers. Also featured on The Black Box are Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), Terry Kinney (Oz), and Vanessa Redgrave (Howard’s End).

The 18th season of Dancing with the Stars will premiere Monday, March 17th at 8:00, retaining the same once per week scheduling it had during the fall. However, the cast of celebrities that will compete for the Mirrorball has yet to be revealed. Finally, Mind Games, originally slated to premiere Tuesday, March 11th, will now bow Tuesday, February 25th at 10:00, where it will replace Killer Women. Starring Steve Zahn (Treme) and Christian Slater (Breaking In), the series follows two brothers who run a problem solving firm that uses solutions based in psychological manipulation. In addition to Zahn and Slater, Mind Games stars Megalyn Echikunwoke (Spyder Games), Jaime Ray Newman (Red Widow), and Gregory Marcel (The Good Shepherd).

You can check out the official series trailer for Mind Games below. ABC has yet to release any footage for The Black Box but should in the coming months.

Are you disappointed that Scandal will be concluding early this season? Will you be watching The Black Box or Mind Games? Which celebrities would you like to see parading around the dance floor on Dancing with the Stars?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2P9Qc5tgzo

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You can check out ABC’s 2013-2014 schedule here.

Which trailer do you think looks the best? Which looks the most disappointing? What will you be watching on ABC next season?

Back in the Game
Who’s in it: James Caan, Lenora Crichlow, Maggie Lawson, Ben Koldyke, and Griffin Gluck
What’s it about: Baseball might be America’s favorite pastime, but for the Gannon family it’s also in their blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf3ttSBq09g

Betrayal
Who’s in it: James Cromwell, Stuart Townsend, Hannah Ware, Henry Thomas, and Chris Johnson
What’s it about: It started with a chance meeting at an art gallery. Photographer Sara Hayward and Attorney Jack McCutchen both felt it, a sudden spark and with it, an undeniable feeling of instant attraction. Both are married, albeit, unhappily to other people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zR0A09sYrU

The Goldbergs
Who’s in it: George Segal, Jeff Garlin, Hayley Orrantia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Troy Gentile
What’s it about: Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, or peanut allergies, there was a simpler, awesome time called the ’80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam (Darien Provost) these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhksMq75mj8

Killer Women
Who’s in it: Marc Blucas, Tricia Helfer, Michael Trucco, Alex Fernandez, and Marta Milans
What’s it about: Of all the notorious lawmen who ever patrolled the violent Texas frontier, none are more storied than the Texas Rangers. And none could be more macho. While the once all-male bastion now allows “lady rangers”, no one can say they are welcomed. Being the only female ranger in this elite squad isn’t going to stop Molly Parker (Tricia Helfer), she’s ballsy and badass enough to get the job done despite a good-ole network filled with harassment and discrimination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fgv9oxexoU

Lucky 7
Who’s in it: Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Christine Evangelista, Lorraine Bruce, and Luis Antonio Ramos
What’s it about: Every day, across the country, Americans imagine what it would be like to strike it rich. They dream of new houses, new cars, new everything. It’s just a pipe dream. It could never happen to them……but what if it did?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKZifrUKXJk

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Who’s in it: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Brett Dalton, and Elizabeth Henstridge
What’s it about: From executive producers Joss Whedon who also co-writes and directs the pilot, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell, and Jeph Loeb comes Marvel’s first TV series. Witness the astonishing return of Agent Phil Coulson as he puts together a small, highly select, team to investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown secrets of our world as Agents of Shield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjoPRvSd7k

Mind Games
Who’s in it: Christian Slater, Steve Zahn, Wynn Everett, Megalyn Echikunwoke, and Cedric Sanders
What’s it about: Need help getting a job? How about convincing your daughter not to marry her loser boyfriend? Whatever it is you want, Clark (Steve Zahn) and Ross Edwards can help you get it. They’re not magicians, nor wishful thinkers. Clark and Ross are brothers and partners in a unique agency committed to solving clients’ problems using the hard science of psychological manipulation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naTMrFcHy2I

Mixology
Who’s in it: Sarah Bolger, Adam Campbell, Alexis Carra, Katie Simses, and Blake Lee
What’s it about: One bar. One night. Ten single people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sXkzoNOw5E

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Who’s in it: Emma Rigby, Michael Socha, Sophie Lowe, and Peter Gadiot
What’s it about: Potential spin-off of the drama told through the point of view of Alice, of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” fame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ir6JhV2Zs

Resurrection
Who’s in it: Kurtwood Smith, Frances Fisher, Nicholas Gonzalez, Omar Epps, and Samaire Armstrong
What’s it about: What happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day’s gone by? Would it be a miracle, madness and is it even real? The people of Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to return.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3dGcgHKru4

Super Fun Night
Who’s in it: Rebel Wilson, Liza Lapira, Kelen Coleman, Kevin Bishop, and Lauren Ash
What’s it about: All work and no play makes Kimmie a dull girl. No chance of this young junior attorney being called that. Kimmie Boubier (Rebel Wilson) and her two best friends Helen-Alice (Lauren Ash) and Marika (Liza Lapira) have a standing date every Friday night for the last 13 years. They even have a motto for what they call Friday Night Fun Night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg1RtDr-cHE

Trophy Wife
Who’s in it: Bradley Whitford, Malin Akerman, Marcia Gay Harden, Michaela Watkins, and Natalie Morales
What’s it about: They say the third time’s the charm and reformed party girl Kate (Malin Akerman) is hoping that’s true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete (Bradley Whitford).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpB5bbJthc

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