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2015 Spring Television Season Preview

John Mayo, of ComicBookPage, and Kay Kellam, of PopArtsPlace, discuss the 2015 spring fall television season.

The short version — the primary focus of this podcast is on the new shows starting up in the spring on “major” networks and cable channels. The shows are in order they are expected to premiere.

With a strong 2014 fall season having resulted in few cancelled shows, the mid-season offerings feel like fewer than expected, for instance iZombie does not yet have a premiere date that we could find.

Keeping that in mind, we covered as many of the December through May offerings we found of interest, and had available to us when we sat down to discuss the upcoming premieres and returning shows: The Librarians, Galavant, Agent Carter, Empire, Hindsight, Expedition Unknown, Melissa & Joey, Switched At Birth, 12 Monkeys, Musketeers, Chasing Life, The Fosters, Justified, Backstrom, Suits, Allegiance, Perception, Rizzoli & Isles, Odd Couple, Vikings, Battle Creek, Secrets and Lies, CSI Cyber, DIG, The Royals, AD, Orphan Black, and Wayward Pines. The episode includes shows from ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, and NBC, as well as ABC Family, History, SyFy, TNT, Travel Channel, USA and VH1.

During the discussion of upcoming mid-season replacements, returning shows, and event series, we also discussed the available trailers, and commercials and how effectively some sold their shows, while others left us needing to find more information.

After recording the episode Kay Kellam discovered PIVOT is moving into scripted programming with Fortitude, just one of many examples of the shows that unfortunately did not make it onto our radar, and the list in time to be included.

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Detective Frost – Rizzoli & Isles – Lee Thompson Young

It has been a year since Lee Thompson Young passed away.

For those who have read the Tess Gerritsen novel The Apprentice that Rizzoli & Isles, Lee Thompson Young’s most recent show, was based on, you may recall this description of his character Detective Barry Frost:

{Rizzoli}’d always liked Frost, had always appreciated his sunny and uncomplaining nature, and she hated to see his pride laid low.  She gave him a pat on the shoulder, a motherly smile.

It was an early description of a character Lee Thompson Young brought to life so powerfully over the course of 56 episodes.

He was a talented child actor on The Famous Jett Jackson who transitioned into adult work, charming audiences in Rizzoli & Isles.  Having recently read this passage in The Apprentice we wanted to take a moment to share it with you, and encourage you to read the books, and tune in to Rizzoli & Isles on TNT Tuesdays 9 PM ET/ 8 PM CT, and watch for Lee Thompson Young’s episodes on DVD or in re-runs.

We also encourage you to take a moment to visit the website for the Lee Thompson Young Foundation