By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --ABC will air a short-run series "Women of the Movement" next season about Mamie Till-Mobley, whose son Emmett Till became a symbol of the civil rights movement after he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955.
The network, which announced its plans for the next television season on Tuesday, is also reviving "The Wonder Years," this time with a Black cast that will feature Don Cheadle as the adult narrator.
ABC said its popular comedy "black-ish" will conclude its run next year after eight seasons. It will return in midseason so the final episodes can run straight through.
Till-Mobley made sure Americans didn't forget about her son, a Chicago resident killed while visiting relatives in the South, and memorably insisted upon an open casket to display his broken body. Actor Will Smith and rapper Jay-Z are on the production team working on the midseason series.
Fred Savage, who starred in "The Wonder Years" when it ran originally on ABC from 1988 to 1993, directed the pilot episode of the new version and is a producer of the series.
It is one of two new series debuting on ABC in the fall. "Queens" features musicians Eve and Brandy in a series about four women from a 1990s-era hip-hop group who reunite in their 40s to try to recapture some of their glory years,
The network's other new series are "Abbott Elementary," a workplace comedy set in a Philadelphia public school, and "Maggie," about a woman psychic.
ABC's full schedule this fall, all times Eastern:
Monday:
8 p.m. — "Dancing with the Stars"
10 p.m. — "The Good Doctor"
Tuesday:
8 p.m. — "The Bachelorette"
10 p.m. — "Queens"
Wednesday:
8 p.m. — "The Goldbergs"
8:30 p.m. — "The Wonder Years"
9 p.m. — "The Conners"
9:30 p.m. — "Home Economics"
Thursday:
8 p.m. — "Station 19"
9 p.m. — "Grey's Anatomy"
10 p.m. — "Big Sky"
Friday:
8 p.m. — "Shark Tank"
9 p.m. — "20/20"
Saturday:
8 p.m. — "Saturday Night Football"
Sunday:
7 p.m. — "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8 p.m. — "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune"
9 p.m. — "Supermarket Sweep"
10 p.m. — "The Rookie"
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More