Introducing Red Band Society

On September 17, the new FOX drama Red Band Society will debut at 9 PM.

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters and 666 Park Avenue) star in the provocative, unconventional and unique coming-of-age dramedy about a group of rule-bending friends and the adults who mentor them through the ups and downs of adolescence at the Los Angeles Ocean Park Hospital.

Twelve-year-old narrator Charlie (Griffin Gluck from Private Practice) is in a coma and introduces us to this band of unlikely friends, including the “new kid,” Jordi Palacios (Nolan Sotillo from the box office film Prom), a 16-year-old who comes to California to seek out treatment at the renowned hospital. What Jordi soon discovers is that it’s not his illness that’s going to change his life, but his new friends. Also at Ocean Park is Leo Roth (Charlie Rowe from Neverland and Pirate Radio), the 16-year-old, charming and independent “leader” of the group. Leo’s best friend is Dash Hosney (Brian Bradley (aka Astro) from The X Factor and the box office film Earth to Echo), a 16-year-old “rebel” with a big personality, who is determined not to let his cystic fibrosis stop him from living his life. Also on the ward is 15-year-old “know-it-all” Emma Chota (Ciara Bravo from Big Time Rush), Leo’s on-again-off-again girlfriend who is coping with an eating disorder. Rounding out this group of patients is Kara Souders (Zoe Levin from the box office film The Way Way Back), a “mean girl” cheerleader who shares a room with Charlie. Although her heart is failing, she is realizing for the first time that she actually has one and begins opening it up to her new friends.

The pediatric ward is run by Nurse Jackson (Spencer), a caregiver with a take-no-prisoners approach to helping these teens get the most from their lives. Little do they know that she puts her own life second, and her stern manner hides her incredible heart that secretly makes their lives more ordinary. Overseeing much of their treatment is Dr. Jack McAndrew (Annable), the country’s top pediatric surgeon. Also attending to the patients is the naïve and gullible Nurse Brittany Dobler (newcomer Rebecca Rittenhouse), who allows the teens to get away with things they probably shouldn’t. These mentors’ lives are more complicated than they seem. They are the guiding force for these teens, but in their own personal lives, things might not be so easy.

Viewers should also look out for veteran actor Griffin Dunne (An American Werewolf in London, My Girl, Dallas Buyers Club and House of Lies), Thomas Ian Nicholas (the American Pie movie franchise) and Wilson Cruz (My So-Called Life) in the pilot episode and future episodes.