Premiering on Tuesday, January 12, is the new Freeform/ABC Family original series Shadowhunters based on the young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments and starring Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, David Castro and Harry Shum Jr. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Decter (CSI: Cyber, Hostages, Extant). To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on Freeform, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Wednesday, January 13, is the new Fox drama Second Chance created by Rand Ravich, produced by Howard Gordon and starring Rob Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Tim DeKay and Ciara Bravo. John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Where the Game Stands Tall, Dragons: Riders of Berk) is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which follows a morally corrupt cop who is given a second chance when he’s brought back, visit the official show website. Second Chance will air Wednesday nights on Fox.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the new TV Land original series Teachers executive produced by Alison Brie, Ian Roberts & Jay Martel and starring Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O’Brien and Katie Thomas. The show’s original music is composed by Joshua Funk (Key and Peele). To learn more about the comedy, which is based on the web series of the same title, check out our previous news article. Teachers will air every Thursday night on TV Land.
Premiering on Thursday, January 14, is the new USA original series Colony created by Carlton Cuse & Ryan J. Condal and starring Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Amanda Righetti, Tory Kittles, Alex Neustaedter and Isabella Crovetti-Cramp. Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, 2 Guns, House of Lies, Code Black) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which is set in the near future and centers on one family’s struggle to survive and bring liberty back to the people of an occupied Los Angeles.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new NBC drama Shades of Blue created by Adi Hasak and starring Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo, Warren Kole, Dayo Okeniyi, Vincent Laresca, Hampton Fluker and Sarah Jeffery. The show’s original music is composed by Wendy Melvoin (Heroes, Crossing Jordan, Touch, Dangerous Minds) and Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, Manhattan). Check out our news article from earlier this week for more information about the series, which will air every Thursday night on NBC.