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2|Cover story A bounty of new faces This season's comedies and dramas boast fresh faces By Kyla Brewer TV Media T millions of TV fans prepare to sit back, relax and enjoy every- thing the new television sea- son has to offer. But while there's no short- age of famous faces hitting the airwaves, the season's slate is also chock-full of fresh faces on every major network. Although many of these performers have appeared on television before, they have yet to break through the fame barrier. Now that they've paid their dues in supporting roles and on the guest-starring cir- cuit, they are poised to make their mark and become stars in their own right. here's no denying it's that time of year again. Familiar faces return to prime time this fall as Sitting at the top of the rat- ings heap, Fox and CBS seem content to debut just a few new series this fall, but NBC has lined up an aggressive new slate with several new comedies and dramas featur- ing lots of up-and-comers. They lead the charge with a thinly veiled attempt to capi- talize on the popularity of "The Hunger Games" (2012), as a strong-willed young hero- ine treks across the country- side with a crossbow in "Rev- olution."Young Canadian ac- tress Tracy Spiridakos stars as said heroine in the new J.J. Abrams drama. She's ap- peared in such shows as "Su- pernatural,""Hellcats" and "Psych," as well as the tween Canadian series "Majority Rules!" Scheduled to premiere Monday, Sept. 17, "Revolu- tion" takes a look at an apoca- lyptic world in which every piece of technology has mys- teriously blacked out. As for comedies, one of the peacock network's most prom- ising new offerings features homegrown talent."Guys with Kids," premiering Wednesday, Sept. 26, follows three thirtysomething new dads grasping at their youth while taking on the new re- sponsibilities of parenthood. Jimmy Fallon serves as execu- tive producer, but the success or failure of the series rests on the shoulders of its stars. All three "dads" have been seen on NBC before.Anthony An- derson is perhaps the best known of the three, having joined the cast of "Law & Or- der" in 2008. Jesse Bradford appeared as a White House in- tern in "The West Wing," while Zach Cregger was more re- cently seen in NBC's "Friends With Benefits." Over on ABC, the lineup is filled with programs featuring a mix of rising American stars and international talent.While lots of viewers might recog- nize '80s star Jami Gertz as Debbie Weaver in ABC's new comedy "The Neighbors," few likely know leading man Lenny Venito.Although he's made appearances in such hits as HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the native New Yorker hasn't found prime-time fame.That may change as he takes the helm of "The Neighbors" (pre- miering Wednesday, Sept. 26) as Marty Weaver, a man who packs up his wife and kids and moves them to the gated com- munity of Hidden Hills, only to discover their new neighbor- hood is populated by aliens from the planet Zabvron. Shakespearean actor Simon Templeman has made his mark in the theater world across the pond, and he's now poised to make an impression on TV au- diences as the alien leader in "The Neighbors." Nigerian Toks Olagundoye may be rela- tively new to Los Angeles, but TV Media Weekly|September 1 - 7, 2012 CHANNEL GUIDE Comcast Walton Cable- Vision `uWTTV CW Indianapolis " WRTV ABC Indianapolis $ WISH CBS Indianapolis h WTHR NBC Indianapolis r WLFI CBS Lafayette y WFYI PBS Indianapolis d WPTA ABC Ft. Wayne g WNDY MNT Indianapolis WHMB IND Indianapolis WIPB PBS Muncie R WFFT FOX Ft. Wayne G WXIN FOX Indianapolis Arts and Entertainment American Movie Classics Animal Planet [A&E] [AMC] [AP] [BET] [CMT] [CNBC] [CNN] [COM] [DISN] [E!] [ENC] [ESPN] [FAM] [FOXN] [FSN] [FX] [HALL] [HBO] [HIST] [HN] [LIFE] [MAX] [NICK] [OXY] [QVC] Black Entertainment TV [BIGTEN] Big Ten Network [BRAVO] Bravo County Music Television Consumer News & Bus. Ch. Cable News Network Comedy Central [CSPAN] CSPAN [DISC] Discovery Channel Disney Channel Entertainment TV Encore Entertainment Sports Net. [ESPN2] Entertainment Sports Net. 2 Family Channel Fox News Channel Fox Sports FX Hallmark Home Box Office History Channel CNN Headline News Lifetime Cinemax [MTV] Music Television Nickelodeon Oxygen [SHOW] [SPIKE] [STARZ] [SYFY] [TBN] [TMC] [TNT] [TOON] [TRUTV] Lenny Venito steps into a leading role in ABC's "The Neighbors" she's already guest starred in CBS's "CSI:NY"and NBC's "Law & Order."Teen actress Clara Mamet, who plays daughter Amber Weaver, is the daughter of famed playwright David Mamet.Young actors Tim Jo, Ian Patrick, Max Charles and Isabella Cramp round out the cast. Meanwhile, CBS gets serious with the new Friday night law drama "Made in Jersey,"pre- miering Sept. 28.The show cen- ters on a lawyer with working- class roots whose street smarts come in handy at a prestigious Manhattan law firm. American TV icon Kyle MacLachlan has a prominent role as firm founder Donovan Stark, but Janet Montgomery is the show's breakout star.The English actress started out as a child performer in the British children's show "Short Change" and later appeared in the teen drama "Skins" before landing a role in the horror flick "The Hills Run Red" [USA] [VH1] 4 6 7 12 8 20 10 21 11 9 39 43 30 32 67 55 59 36 34 50 14 28 38 49 70 26 27 44 52 53 54 65 700 40 35 29 730 31 37 61 Quality, Value, Convenience 18 Showtime Spike Starz Science Fiction [TBS] WTBS Atlanta [TLC] The Learning Channel The Movie Channel 750 57 650 56 Trinity Broadcasting Network 13 41 47 Turner Network Television Cartoon Network TruTV [TWC] Weather Channel USA Network Video Hits One [WGN] WGN Chicago Local Programming 785 42 45 66 25 24 33 22 3 (2009). North Americans may remember her as Madeline in "Black Swan" (2010) or as Ames on Fox's short lived "Hu- man Target." Speaking of Fox, the net- work is playing it safe with only a couple of new offering this season, one of which is the Monday night drama "The Mob Doctor," premiering Sept. 17. It stars New Yorker Jordana Spiro as a Chicago doctor torn between two worlds as she strives to save the lives of her 11 24 18 14 33 27 21 9 5 24 15 37 30 35 36 9 2 7 14 34 37 24 33 9 19 17 35 26 36 22 20 29 9 10 26 29 4 6 8 13 22 2 Indiana 4 6 8 Sammo ns of 13 22 20 21 7 12 10 18 3 40 41 Tipton Cable TV 4 6 8 13 2 12 3 5 10 11 35 26 Oak Hill Cable 4 6 8 13 2 32 10 40 21 12 28 15 4 6 8 13 2 22 10 55 53 12 41 30 44 34 3 32 20 35 23 28 25 33 26 38 17 27 31 36 21 39 27 16 28 22 18 30 25 23 24 3 22 38 18 47 14 28 34 21 20 3 26 33 16 39 30 19 7 16 31 24 18 29 34 14 32 15 30 29 17 31 20 42 18 32 7 33 5 16 14 27 2 7 42 19 46 5 39 16 50 14 27 48 17 29 15 35 23 31 40 9 35 4 6 8 13 20 10 40 11 166 795 252 155 650 181 525 216 202 140 230 120 302 134 619 606 178 210 734 128 176 270 203 360 502 314 368 9 145 151 560 112 250 108 325 225 124 518 180 99 patients while also secretly working to pay off her broth- er's gambling debt to the mob. Portraying the conflict be- tween the two worlds is a tall order, and Fox has placed its faith in Spiro, who previously starred in the TBS comedy se- ries "My Boys." All in all, there are plenty of rising stars hitting the air- waves this fall. Only time will tell which ones will shine bright, and which ones will fade away. Swayzee AT&T U-Verse

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