This show looks somewhat promising – a mute kid that can see the future and Kiefer Sutherland as his single dad. Anything with Kiefer Sutherland should be good and the trailer is intriguing. I am looking forward to it. It was expected early 2012 but the press release now says Spring.

(from Fox’s press release, September 2011) Fox has ordered 13 episodes of the new drama series Touch, created and written by Tim Kring (“Heroes”), it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Comp

“Touch is another ambitious series from Tim Kring that is beautifully executed and has incredibly resonant themes for our times,” said Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. ”With Kiefer back on the network as the face and force behind this creative new series, I’m confident it will resonate with viewers this spring.”

Touch, starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland, will join the schedule in the spring of 2012. The pilot was directed and executive-produced by Francis Lawrence (“Water for Elephants”), and the show comes from Chernin Entertainment and Tailwind Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Touch is a distinct and colorful drama in which science and spirituality intersect with the hopeful premise that we are all interconnected, tied in invisible ways to those whose lives we are destined to alter and impact. At the center of Touch is Martin Bohm(played by Sutherland), a widower and single father, haunted by an inability to connect to his mute 11-year-old son, Jake (David Mazouz). After multiple failed attempts at keeping Jake in school, Martin is visited by Clea Hopkins (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a social worker sent to evaluate Jake’s well-being. Everything changes when Martin discovers that Jake possesses the gift of staggering genius – the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. Jake is indeed communicating. But it’s not with words, it’s with numbers. Martin meets Artur Dewitt (Danny Glover), a professor and an expert on children who possess special gifts when it comes to numbers. Now, it’s up to Martin to decipher the meaning and connect the numbers to the cast of characters whose lives they affect.

Cast:

Danny Glover as Arthur DeWitt

David Mazouz as Jake Bohm

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Clea Hopkins

Kiefer Sutherland as Martin Bohm

Problem-solving with Powers

Alphas (Syfy)
New Series – July 11 (12 episodes)

Five ordinary people becomes an extraordinary team of Alphas – imbued with hyper-normal mental and physical abilities. Working for the Defense Department they investigates cases involving other Alphas. Sounds familiar and the early trailers was plain action. So at first I thought of it as less brainy Heroes but the more I see of it the more positive and expectant I become. I am definitely going to tune in.

Here is the latest trailer:

For more summer TV check out The New TV Season for SciFi Fans [Summer 2011]

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There is a bit more action in this latest trailer for Falling Skies. It looks really promising and I like what I read about that they will learn a bit more every week about the aliens and why they are here.

Falling skies is from DreamWorks Television and Steven Spielberg and it stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies). The series opens shortly after aliens have wiped out most of the human population. The aliens are now rounding up the few people left, but they are met with strong resistance from a group of soldiers and civilians who fight for their survival – all while struggling to maintain their humanity.

Wyle plays Tom Mason, a former college history professor who becomes the reluctant leader of one of the resistance groups. Also starring in the series are Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation;
Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons;
Jessy Schram (Crash) as Karen, who is one of the survivors’ motorcycle scouts; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary.

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Heroes Ripoff?

This is the first trailer from Syfy’s upcoming summer show Alphas. Syfy has picked up Alphas for a 13 episodes (90 minute pilot + 11 episodes) for a release in July this summer.

It is easy to think of this is yet another superhero show but it has some redeeming features, with the connection to CIA, FBI and Pentagon, the quirky members and the different kind of superpowers the heroes have. On the other hand it is just another plain-cloth superhero drama and the trailer reminds me of Heroes. The first season of Heroes was great even if I usually don’t go for superheroes shows. I am reluctantly positive to what they are doing here and it looks a bit more action oriented which I like. I will watch it, will you?

Alphas started life as Section 8 which went to ABC after a bidding war in 2007 but there it cooled off during the writer’s strike and now Syfy has dusted it off and renamed it. Will the writer behind X-Men: The Last Stand make this a great show? The pilot was directed by Jack Bender (Lost).

Alphas follows a team of ordinary citizens who possess extraordinary and unusual mental skills. Using physical feats and uniquely advanced mental abilities, this unlikely team takes the law into their own hands and uncovers what the CIA, FBI and Pentagon have not been able or willing to solve. These gifted individuals must balance their quirky personalities and disparate backgrounds with their not always visible powers as they work to solve crimes, stop the ticking time bomb and catch the enemy

Cast

The following contains spoilers!

David Strathairn as Leigh Rosen the overseer/team leader/prescribing doctor and all around mother hen to the team: an eccentric, absent-minded professor at times, who is also a cunning and manipulative power-player willing to bend the rules in pursuit of his objectives.
Ryan Cartwright (Bones) as Gary Bell a member of the team who has Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. His Alpha ability allows him to “read” wireless transmissions passing through the ether – e-mails, cell phone communications, television signals, etc.
Warren Christie (Happy Town, October Road) as Christian Hicks a new recruit on the team with a history of psychological problems, drug abuse and an anti-authoritarian streak whose Alpha skill is hyperkinesis – near-perfect dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
Malik Yoba (Defying Gravity, New York Undercover) as Bill Harken a former FBI agent from working class roots. Harken’s Alpha skill allows him to intentionally activate a “fight-or-flight mechanism” producing a power surge of adrenaline giving him increased strength, speed and immunity from pain.
Laura Mennell (Watchmen) as Nina Theroux a complicated team member, seductive, intelligent and confident, Nina’s Alpha ability allows her to influence people into doing whatever she wishes but her power can sometimes spin out of control. Her skill also comes with a personal drawback in that she can never be sure if anyone’s feelings for her are real. Nina was the first team member enlisted by Dr. Rosen to whom she remains extremely loyal.
Azita Ghanizada will have a regular role if the show goes forward as a series. She plays Rachel who, from an early age, has been able to “hyper-intensify” her senses, one at a time—vision, hearing, taste, and smell. Her mother and father—who are conservative parents—thought she was cursed and discouraged this unique and amazing ability. Overly sensitive—literally—Rachel has always felt ashamed and rejected. With Dr. Rosen’s help and encouragement, she’s learning to appreciate her skill and grow increasingly confident and adventurous.
Callum Keith Rennie plays Don Wilson, a Washington bureaucrat, and Lee Rosen’s superior and contact inside the Pentagon.