2021-22 TV Preview: Watch Trailers
With Upfronts week officially under way, the broadcast networks have started to unspool trailers for the new shows coming out during the 2021-22 TV season.
Fox kicked things off on Monday with first looks at its fall drama The Big Leap, as well as its midseason offerings, the remake The Cleaning Lady and comedies Pivoting and Welcome to Flatch. ABC followed on Tuesday with teasers for its Wonder Years reboot, the high-energy musical sudser Queens and others. On Wednesday, CBS shared first looks at the revival CSI: Vegas, the comedy Ghosts and more of its upcoming lineup.
Below, TVLine has gathered trailers for all of the freshman offerings released thus far, and we'll be updating this guide as more previews from the other networks go out, so bookmark this page and check back often! And to get details about every single new scripted and unscripted series coming out next season, check out TVLine's Fall TV Preview Gallery.
Note: NBC, which also had its Upfront presentation on Monday, has not yet released trailers.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC, Midseason)
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
CAST: Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Tyler James Williams (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Everybody Hates Chris), Chris Perfetti (In the Dark), Lisa Ann Walter (Emeril), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Ray Donovan, Instant Mom), Janelle James
THE BIG LEAP (Fox, Mondays at 9/8c)
A group of diverse underdogs from all different walks of life compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of Swan Lake. What they lack in the traditional dancer body type, they make up for with their edge, wit and desire to reimagine an iconic story to fit their own mold.
CAST: Scott Foley (Scandal, Whiskey Cavalier), Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs), Teri Polo (The Fosters), Mallory Jansen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Kevin Daniels (Council of Dads), Ser'Darius Blain (Charmed), Ray Cham (Five Points), Jon Rudnitsky (Catch-22), Simone Recasner
THE CLEANING LADY (Fox, midseason)
Based on the Argentine series La Chica que Limpia, this darkly aspirational character drama follows a whip-smart doctor who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules.
CAST: Élodie Yung (Marvel's Daredevil, The Defenders), Adan Canto (Designated Survivor), Oliver Hudson (Rules of Engagement), Martha Millan (The OA, As the World Turns), Sebastien LaSalle & Valentino LaSalle
CSI: VEGAS (CBS, Wednesdays at 10/9c)
The series opens a brand new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where it all began. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Newsome) must enlist the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (Petersen), Sara Sidle (Fox) and David Hodges (Langham). This combined force will deploy the latest forensic techniques to do what they do best —follow the evidence — in order to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
CAST: Original CSI stars William Petersen, Jorja Fox and Wallace Langham, plus Paul Guilfoyle, who will guest-star. New cast includes Matt Lauria (Friday Night Lights, Kingdom), Paula Newsome (Chicago Med, Barry), Mel Rodriguez (The Last Man on Earth) and Mandeep Dhillon (After Life).
GHOSTS (CBS, Thursdays at 9/8c)
In the single-camera comedy, a struggling young couple's dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it's both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents.
CAST: Rose McIver (iZombie), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brockmire, The Mindy Project), Brandon Scott Jones (The Good Place)
MAGGIE (ABC, Midseason)
The comedy follows a young woman trying to cope with life as a psychic. Maggie regularly sees the fate of her friends, parents, clients, and random strangers on the street, but when she suddenly sees a glimpse of her own future, Maggie is forced to start living in her own present. Based on the short film of the same name by Tim Curcio.
CAST: Rebecca Rittenhouse (The Mindy Project), Nichole Sakura (Superstore), Angelique Cabral (Life in Pieces), Chloe Bridges (The Carrie Diaries), Kerri Kenney (Reno 911), David Del Rio (The Baker and the Beauty), Chris Elliott (Schitt's Creek), Ray Ford (Grey's Anatomy), Leonardo Nam (Westworld)
NCIS: HAWAI’I (CBS, Mondays at 10/9c)
The franchise expands to the Aloha State, where the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, Jane Tennant (Lachey), has thrived and risen through the ranks by equal parts confidence and strategy in a system that has pushed back on her every step of the way. Together with her unwavering team of specialists, they balance duty to family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
CAST: Vanessa Lachey (BH90210, Call Me Kat), Yasmine Al-Bustami (The Originals), Jason Antoon (Claws), Noah Mills (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Brave), Tori Anderson (No Tomorrow), Alex Tarrant (800 Words, New Zealand's Vegas)
PIVOTING (Fox, midseason)
The single-camera comedy follows three women after the death of their childhood best friend. Faced with the reality that life is short, in desperate attempts to find happiness, they make a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions, strengthening their bond and proving it's never too late to screw up your life.
CAST: Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings), Ginnifer Goodwin (Why Women Kill, Once Upon a Time), Maggie Q (Designated Survivor), Tommy Dewey (Casual, The Mindy Project), JT Neal (Bless This Mess), Marcello Julian Reyes (Modern Family)
QUEENS (ABC, Tuesdays at 10/9c)
In the drama, estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches, their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
CAST: Eve (Eve), Brandy (Moesha), Naturi Naughton (Power), Nadine Velazquez (My Name Is Earl), Pepi Sonuga (Famous in Love), Taylor Selé (P-Valley)
WELCOME TO FLATCH (Fox, midseason)
In this half-hour mockumentary inspired by the BBC's This Country, a documentary crew goes to a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly (Holmes) and Shrub Mallet (Straley) and their idiosyncratic surroundings. We follow the cousins as they pursue their dreams, confront challenges, and fight each other for frozen pizza. These two don't have much, but they do have each other.
CAST: Chelsea Holmes, Sam Straley (The Kids Are Alright), Seann William Scott (Lethal Weapon), Aya Cash (You're the Worst), Taylor Ortega (Kim Possible movie), Krystal Smith, Justin Linville
WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT (ABC, Midseason)
The limited series tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risks her life to find justice after her son Emmett is brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett's murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chooses to bear her pain on the world stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today.
CAST: Adrienne Warren, Tonya Pinkins, Cedric Joe, Ray Fisher, Glynn Turman, Chris Coy, Carter Jenkins, Julia McDermott
THE WONDER YEARS (ABC, Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c)
The reboot is a coming of age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the point-of-view of imaginative 12 year-old Dean. With the wisdom of his adult years, Dean's hopeful and humorous recollections show how his family found their "wonder years" in a turbulent time.
CAST: Elisha "EJ" Williams, Dulé Hill (Suits, Psych), Saycon Sengbloh (In the Dark), Laura Kariuki (Black Lightning), Milan Ray, Julian Lerner, Amari O'Neil, narrator Don Cheadle