Fall TV Preview 2016: The Scoop on 58 Returning Shows

Fall TV Preview 2016: The Scoop on 58 Returning Shows

A new season of The Walking Dead would be enough to get us excited for TV this fall, but add to it new installments of everything from Empire to Arrow to Black-ish to reality TV staple Survivor, and we may not find any reason to leave the house this season.

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From Yahoo's Fall TV preview:

‘Code Black’ (Sept.. 28, 10 p.m., CBS)

This Season’s Theme: According to creator Michael Seitzman, Season 2 of CBS's medical procedural will follow the two R's: refresh and reboot. "We've done a reset the same way a real hospital would," Seitzman says, acknowledging the personnel shuffle that occurred between seasons, which saw freshman year cast members Bonnie Somerville and Raza Jaffrey departing Angels Memorial, as newbie Rob Lowe arrives.

Where We Left Off: Boris Kodjoe joined the staff in the final four episodes of Season 1 as chief of surgery, Mike Campbell, who regularly clashes with Marcia Gay Harden's hard-charging ER Dr. Rorish. "This is the first time where I could explore the darker side of a character," Kodjoe says. "Campbell is an alpha dog; he may not be as socially skilled other doctors, but he knows what needs to be done and does it."

Coming Up: "The big twist of Season 2 is that Campbell is now the head of both the ER and the OR, so he everyone's boss," Seitzman says, noting that this development is sure to elevate Leanne's already high stress level. Good thing she'll have a friend in Lowe's Colonel Ethan Willis, an active army doctor stationed at Angels Memorial to train the ER staff in the ways of combat medicine. "Ethan and Leanne believe in a certain kind of cowboy medicine — they do whatever it takes to save the patient."

Jaws, Too: What better way to hook audiences, and introduce Lowe's character, than with a good old-fashioned shark attack? The Season 2 premiere dispatches the staff, plus Col. Willis, to a Malibu beach that's been stained red by a sharp-toothed fish. "We poured gallons of fake biodegradable blood all over the beach," Seitzman says of the premiere's set-piece. "With the express approval of the California government! We were very environmentally conscious about it." — EA

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