--- description: Check out the previews for 'Last Man on Earth,' 'How to Get Away With Murder' and 'Empire' title: Fall 2014 New TV Shows We're Excited About image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5912fcfbf3e79401/69868f233bc9999a531a36ff/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-3-01-00-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Watch Trailers for 3 New TV Shows We're Already Excited About  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 13, 2014 4:34 PM CUT   by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 13, 2014 4:34 PM CUT We’re only halfway through this week’s network upfronts — the events at which TV networks present the upcoming season’s slate of show — but Fox, ABC and NBC already have us excited for 2015\. Well, for some things, at least. Like, for example, **_The Last Man on Earth_**_,_ which isn’t slated to air until 2015**.** In the trailer above, Will Forte is the star of a new comedy about a guy who finds himself, less than a decade from today, the titular last man on earth. The show follows him as he travels around the continent searching for other survivors, and then as he realizes that there’s no one else left and he can do whatever he wants. Based on the trailer, Forte will show off some of the depressing/funny skill he demonstrated in the acclaimed movie _Nebraska_. As James Poniewozik [reports](http://time.com/97016/upfronts-watch-with-idol-fading-fox-needs-to-make-noise/ "undefined"), not everything is great over at Fox, the land of _American Idol_. But there’s at least one other mid-season Fox show that’s piqued our interest: **_Empire_** **,** the Lee Daniels/Danny Strong drama that stars Terrence Howard as a record-company executive with a terminal illness who’s trying to decide which of his sons should take over the business. Daniels [has said](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lee-daniels-foxs-empire-i-701855 "undefined") his goal is to create a “black _Dynasty_” but the cast and concept seem interesting enough even without the point of comparison: Over at NBC, trailers for midseason shows aren’t available online yet (but we’ll take [Poniewozik’s word](http://time.com/96294/upfronts-watch-nbc-doing-best-by-doing-least-worst/ "undefined") that _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_ is the one to watch for), and we’ve already gotten pumped up for [**_A to Z_**](http://time.com/93212/cristin-milioti-a-to-z/ "undefined")**.** As for ABC, the trailer that packs the most bang is for **_How to Get Away With Murder_**, the Viola Davis-starring drama from Shonda Rhimes, about a law professor and her students who, according to the press release, “have to apply what they learned to real life.” Uh-oh: CBS and the CW have yet to make their fall-schedule announcements, so check back later for more info on more new TV. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Watch Trailers for 3 New TV Shows We're Already Excited About","datePublished":"2014-05-13T16:34:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:47:39.546Z","description":"Check out the previews for Last Man on Earth, How to Get Away With Murder and Empire","url":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/","keywords":["Television","NBC","Fox","abc","TV","CBS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5912fcfbf3e79401/69868f233bc9999a531a36ff/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-3-01-00-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5912fcfbf3e79401/69868f233bc9999a531a36ff/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-3-01-00-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-05-13 at 3.01.00 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/","name":"VIDEO: Watch Trailers for 3 New TV Shows We're Already Excited About"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Empire TV Show - Official Trailer","description":"From Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels comes EMPIRE, a sexy and powerful new drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2o9zU1JP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-13T00:24:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2o9zU1JP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/","duration":"PT2M42S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How to Get Away With Murder - First Look","description":"How to Get Away With Murder - First Look","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zyfZQjCO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-13T16:55:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zyfZQjCO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/","duration":"PT1M33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/96773/new-tv-shows-to-watch/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```