ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates
Published on July 16, 2014.ABC/Kelsey McNeal
(LOS ANGELES) — ABC announced its fall premiere dates on Tuesday for new and returning shows, including Dancing with the Stars, Modern Family, Scandal and Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming series How to Get Away With Murder.
The 19th season of Dancing with the Stars will debut with a two-hour performance show on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET. DWTS will have two special results shows on Sept. 16 and Sept. 23.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premieres Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. ET, and Modern Family returns on Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET.
Scandal will kick off its fourth season on Sept. 25, the same night How to Get Away With Murder will bow. The latter stars Viola Davis, who will play a law professor with a questionable moral compass. While promoting the show at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, she compared her new gig to being invited to a “really fabulous party.”
Also at the TCAs, when ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee was asked whether the network’s singing competition Rising Star will return for a second season, he replied, “We’ll see.”
Here’s a rundown of ABC’s fall premiere schedule:
Monday, September 15
Dancing With the Stars
Monday, September, 22
Forever (Special Sneak Preview)
Tuesday, September 23
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Wednesday, September 24
The Middle
The Goldbergs
Modern Family
Black-ish
Nashville
Thursday, September 25
Grey’s Anatomy
Scandal
How to Get Away With Murder
Friday, September 26
Shark Tank
Sunday, September 28
Once Upon a Time
Resurrection
Revenge
Monday, September 29
Castle
Tuesday, September 30
Selfie
Manhattan Love Story
Friday, October 3
Last Man Standing
Sunday, October 5
America’s Funniest Home Videos
Friday, October 10
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