Selfie, ABC’s new comedy updates the class tale of Pygmalion (or My Fair Lady) for the Twenty-First Century. Rather than a woman who’s low-born who wants to be a shopgirl – going one step above her station – Eliza’s a self-absorbed young woman who’s trying to overcome years of being unpopular as a tween. But that doesn’t change what’s wrong …

black-ish, ABC’s new family show about an African-American family living in Los Angeles in 2014 has at its core a strong couple, Dre and Rainbow Johnson. Rainbow, an anesthesiologist, has her own job and still focuses on her children, her husband and her father-in-law. In the show’s premiere, Rainbow is seen both before work and around her home. In the …

How can Charlie and Frank work together with their shared project while so much else is going on? What can Liza do with what she learned last week at the clinic? Synopsis “The Understudy” – Old demons resurface for Frank when Annie Liao shows up to The Hill to uncover the truth about what happened to her husband. Abby is …

WGN America has given us at Nice Girls a sneak peak of a promo from the series so far featuring “Bang Bang Bang” from British ban The Virginmarys. What makes you more nervous? The tone of the song or the images of all the work being done?

With so many aspects of life on The Hill in flux, what else can change? Synopsis “Spooky Action at a Distance” – Pivotal changes are made to the teams when Charlie accepts Akley’s offer as part of his and Frank’s plan and Helen is part of the deal. Frank is blackmailed, and as he’s distracted trying to find a solution, …

On the last night of the Paley Center’s Fall Preview Nights in Los Angeles, the Center showcased two of ABC’s new comedies that center around the ever evolving idea of families in America. Cristela and black-ish each focus on multi-generational family situations, from two different perspectives; Cristela examines a working-class Hispanic family and how they interact within different expectations and …

A power plant going critical – in all the wrong ways – and life back on The Hill being as normal as ever. Just another week on Manhattan, where the fate of more than just the town rests upon the shoulders of nuclear specialists. Synopsis “The New World” – As Helen and Charlie remain at the reactor in Tennessee, something …

What are acceptable limits for everyone on The Hill? It seems breaking points are fast approaching, at least for some. Synopsis “Acceptable Limits” – When Charlie is chosen to go on an important trip to Tennessee to see the country’s first plutonium reactor, tensions in the Isaacs’ marriage only deepen when Abby learns that Charlie is accompanied by Helen on …

Following Niels Bohr’s visit, nothing is right up on The Hill, and nothing seems like it’ll improve. Or will it? Synopsis “A New Approach to Nuclear Cosmology” – Tensions between Charlie and Frank escalate after Charlie takes a public jab at Babbit’s past, raising red flags and drawing the attention of Occam — leading Frank to find creative ways to …

Last week, just before D.W. Moffett’s first episode as director of Switched at Birth aired, the actor took the time to talk to a few reporters about the show, the challenges of direction and more. Below is the transcript from that call, which has vague mentions about the end of this season as well as particular facets of the episode …