The former stars Emily Osment (Hannah Montana) as excitable food blogger Gabi, who gets hired on as the personal chef to tech magnet Josh (Jonathan Sadowski). However, Josh’s personal assistant Elliot (Rex Lee) doesn’t think that she’s qualified enough for the job, preferring a celebrity chef to work with his client rather than a young amateur, and Gabi is forced to prove her talents and give herself enough cushion to learn on the job. Young & Hungry also stars Aimee Carrero (The Americans) as Gabi’s best friend Sofia and Kym Whitley (Animal Practice) as Josh’s housekeeper Yolanda.

The latter tells the story of Charlie Contour (Jennie Garth) and Holly Hamilton (Tori Spelling), former co-stars of a detective series who have gone their separate ways since the show wrapped. While Charlie has settled into the suburbs, becoming a wife and mother, Holly is still hanging on to the notion that she can regain the fame she’s lost. Both of their lives are disrupted, though, when they’re called in on a real crime, as a superfan of their series (Miguel Pinzon) who witnessed a crime will only confide in them. Will this be the catalyst for Holly and Charlie to put decades of silence behind them and fall back into their old dynamic? Or is Charlie simply too far removed from the Hollywood scene to be willing to engage her former friend?

Young & Hungry is set to premiere Wednesday, June 25th at 8:00 on ABC Family, with Mystery Girls following at 8:30. You can check out an additional preview for each series here.

Will you be watching Young & Hungry and/or Mystery Girls? Do the extended previews give you a better idea about what to expect from each series? Should ABC have paired their upcoming summer comedies with both Baby Daddy and Melissa & Joey, creating a full night of comedy?

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The first, based on Mexican telenovela Terminales, tells the story of April, an ambitious 20-something journalist whose life seems to be coming together. She’s landed her dream job at a local newspaper; her relationships with her family have strengthened since she made it out of her teens and struck out on her own, finding herself while in college; and she’s begun a relationship with a co-worker that seems like it could turn into something special. However, once she discovers she has cancer, her world crashes in around her and she realizes that there’s a chance she might lose everything she’s worked so hard for.

The second stars Emily Osment (Hannah Montana) as enthusiastic food blogger Gabi, who gets hired as the personal chef of tech whiz Josh (Jonathan Sadowski). Gabi must then prove that her knowledge of food extends beyond the internet and that she, not the celebrity chef that Josh and his personal assistant Elliot (Rex Lee) want, is the right person for the job.

Finally, Mystery Girls tells the story of Charlie (Jennie Garth) and Holly (Tori Spelling), two former co-stars of a mystery series who are reunited after decades apart by a real life crime. The witness, a fanatic of the show Charlie and Holly starred in, will only speak to them and the two will have to use their crime-solving skills to help bring the culprit to justice and repair their friendship in the process.

Chasing Life premieres Tuesday, June 10th at 9:00 on ABC Family, with Young & Hungry debuting Wednesday, June 25th at 8:00 and Mystery Girls following at 9:00.

Which new ABC Family shows will you be watching this summer? Do you think Chasing Life can find an audience on a network known for its sudsier fare? Are you excited to see Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling reunited on television?

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On Tuesday, June 10th, the fifth season of Pretty Little Liars premieres at 8:00, with new drama Chasing Life to follow at 9:00. The series, which already received a back order and will have a 20-episode first season, follows April (Italia Ricci), an ambitious 20-something journalist whose life is looking up. She’s got the career that she wants; she has an excellent relationship with her family; and she’s formed a connection with a co-worker that could turn into something special. However, the life path that she had in mind becomes all the more twisty when she learns that she has cancer from her oncologist uncle. In addition to Ricci, Chasing Life stars Mary Paige Keller, Rebecca Schull, Richard Brancatisano, Steven Weber, and Scott Michael Foster.

Monday, June 16th will see the return of Switched at Birth at 8:00 and the second season premiere of The Fosters at 9:00. The former will pick up the day after the events of the winter finale, with Kathryn dealing with the reality of being a herotica novelist and Regina feeling torn between her old neighborhood and her new life, while the latter finds Callie and Jude adjusting to their new roles in the family.

The network will be premiering two new comedies this summer in Young & Hungry and Mystery Girls. The former, to debut Wednesday, June 25th at 8:00, follows Gabi (Emily Osment), a food blogger who becomes the personal chef of wealthy young entrepreneur Josh (Jonathan Sadowski). The series also stars Rex Lee, Aimee Carrero, and Kym Whitley. At 8:30 will be Mystery Girls, the tale of two former TV detectives brought back together by a real life mystery. Starring on Mystery Girls will be Tori Spelling as Holly, a starlet longing for her glory days; Jennie Garth as Charlie, a suburban wife and mother who has put her days of fame behind her; and Miguel Pinzon as Nick, a Mystery Girls super fan who witnesses a crime and will only speak to Holly and Charlie.

Do you think Twisted‘s absence from the summer schedule is a sign of cancellation? Will you be watching either Young & Hungry or Mystery Girls? Is Chasing Life going to be a good fit behind Pretty Little Liars?

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“We are excited to expand our comedy brand with two new series that build on our already solid comedy block of hits, Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy. Viewers are excited to see Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth back on television together again, and will fall in love with Young & Hungry star Emily Osment in these comedies that bring us fun, new characters with which to laugh out loud.” said Kate Juergens, Chief Creative Officer and Executive Vice President of Programming and Development, ABC Family.

The comedies join Melissa & Joey, which was recently renewed through its 100th episode, and Baby Daddy in ABC Family’s promising roster of comedies, with a summer premiere seemingly likely for the two multi-cams. It’s unclear how the network will be airing each series, though, as the options are to either expand into the 9:00 hour on Wednesday nights, an hour that has been difficult for ABC Family to find footing in, or move comedies into Thursdays, a night they haven’t had original scripted programming on.

In addition to Spelling and Garth, Mystery Girls will star Miguel Pinzon, while Young & Hungry features the likes of Jonathan Sadowski, Rex Lee, and Kym Whitley.

Will you be watching either Mystery Girls or Young & Hungry? Do you think that either sound like potential successes for ABC Family? What type of comedies would you like to see the network go after in the future?

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Says the site, Jennie Garth is currently in talks to join Tori Spelling in the pilot, which was greenlit by the network in August.

Mystery Girls follows a former starlet (Spelling) who’s life turns to crime-solving with a former co-star after a witness to a crime refuses to talk to anyone but the “Mystery Girls.”

Garth and Spelling were last seen onscreen together six years ago during The CW’s 90210 reboot, reprising their roles as Kelly and Donna.

What do you think?

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