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You may see some of these in 2015—if not sooner. Or, possibly, never.

American Crime
(ABC) Drama
Sure to still be timely in 2015, American Crime follows the toll taken on those affected by a racially motivated crime and trial. If TV audiences are clamoring for anything, it's to be lectured on race and class politics every week.

The Astronaut Wives Club
(ABC) Drama
From the book of the same name, the true-ish story of the '60s women behind the men who went into space, back when 'Merica did that. The series was supposed to debut in July 2014, but was pushed to 2015. Not a good sign.

Fresh Off the Boat
(ABC) Comedy
A '90s coming-of-age tale about a young Asian-American boy and his family moving from Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown to Orlando, Fla.—a trip that requires no boat, but whatever.

Galavant
(ABC) Comedy
A "musical fairytale comedy"(!) about a knight's quest to rescue his true love from the clutches of an evil king. Think Men in Tights meets Game of Thrones meets ABC hopes everyone will have forgotten about The Quest by 2015.

Marvel's Agent Carter
(ABC) Drama
In this 1946-set spin-off of Captain America, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) takes on spy missions for Stark Industries, because she's a skilled, capable woman (yay), and she needs a distraction from pining over Cap (boo). Unlike S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter has only eight episodes to get it right.

Secrets & Lies
(ABC) Drama
A cat & mouse mystery thriller pitting a possibly innocent family man (Ryan Phillippe) against a determined homicide detective (Juliette Lewis) in what sounds like a direct-to-VHS (look it up) potboiler from the '90s.

Members Only
(ABC) Drama
Get ready to fall in indifference with the Holbrooke family, a wealthy clan of beautiful people whose lives aren't as perfect as they seem—being rich and living at the country club is hard, you guys.

The Whispers
(ABC) Drama:
A sci-fi epic (starring American Horror Story's Lily Rabe) about an alien invasion targeting Earth's children, because executive producer Steven Spielberg apparently forgot that he's already done that with Falling Skies.

Battle Creek
(CBS) Drama
Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan created Battle Creek over a decade ago, and it's finally being produced for a network—too bad, it should be on cable. Dean Winters (Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me) and Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas) star as mismatched cop partners in a bankrupt Michigan city, and it's way too dark-humored and subversive for CBS. If it ever makes the schedule, watch it hard.

CSI: Cyber
(CBS) Drama
This is more like it for CBS: an IT version of CSI, starring network vets Patricia Arquette and Peter MacNicol. Tell your parents about it the next time you have to reset their wireless router again.

The Odd Couple
(CBS) Comedy
Oscar (Matthew Perry) is a slob; Felix (Thomas Lennon) is a neat freak. See, kids, in the '70s, this is all the plot you needed to pitch a sitcom.

Zoo
(CBS) Drama:
Remember that reality show When Animals Attack? Now it's a sci-fi drama, based on the James Patterson novel about the world's animal life finally turning on mankind. Pick a stance on this one, PETA.

Backstrom
(Fox) Comedy
A self-destructive-but-brilliant Portland detective (Rainn Wilson, The Office) is given one last chance to get his shit together by leading a special-crimes unit. At least it's not called Special Crimes Unit.

Bordertown
(Fox) Comedy
Seth MacFarlane and some Family Guy/American Dad/Futurama alumni team with Mark Hentemann, Gustavo Arellano (Ask a Mexican) and Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucharacha) for an animated Tex-Mex comedy. They're gonna hate it over at Fox News.

Empire
(Fox) Drama
Terrence Howard stars as an ex-street-thug-turned-hip-hop-mogul who has to groom one of his three sons to take over the business before a debilitating disease incapacitates him and his insane ex-wife takes it all. Oh, and his character's name is Luscious Lyon. Still in?

Weird Loners
(Fox) Comedy
Underutilized comic actors Becki Newton (Ugly Betty) and Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) should probably be able to perk up the tired sitcom format of Chronically Single New York Pals ... or at least upstage Undateable.

The Last Man on Earth
(Fox) Comedy
Saturday Night Live's Will Forte is, literally, the last man on Earth. No one will ever see this.

Wayward Pines
(Fox) Drama
Trapped in Idaho! might have been a better title, but this M. Night Shyamalan production—don't run away yet—about a pleasant small town from which no one can escape already has enough weirdness going for it. Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino bring the star power, as do the TV-overextended Juliette Lewis and Terrence Howard.

Allegiance
(NBC) Drama
Decades ago, KGB agent Katya (Hope Davis) was given the mission to recruit an American businessman (Mark Cohen). Instead, she fell in love with him and the Kremlin just said, "Go ahead and move to the U.S.; we'll be in touch." Guess who now wants a favor from the couple and their newbie CIA analyst son? Ripped from today's headlines about The Americans.

Aquarius
(NBC) Drama
A 1967 Los Angeles detective (David Duchovny) deals with hippies, cultural upheaval and a certain amateur cult leader named Charles Manson—it's Hannibal meets Mad Men. Another obvious Shoulda Been on Cable candidate, though Aquarius might contain too much actual history for the History channel.

Mission Control
(NBC) Comedy
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay produce a David Hornsby (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) comedy about a female 1960s astronaut (Krysten Ritter) trying to break into the NASA boys club. Even in space, you can already hear this being canceled.

Mr. Robinson
(NBC) Comedy
The Office's Craig Robinson stars in the Bad Teacher/School of Rock mashup that was originally produced by the Office team, who have all since quit. But hey, it'll be fine ...

The Odyssey
(NBC) Drama
A soldier (Anna Friel) uncovers a corporate/military conspiracy after being left for dead behind enemy lines in the Homeland-meets-Traffic-meets-Strike Back drama that's as confusing and ugly as the hyphens suggest.

One Big Happy
(NBC) Comedy
Lesbian Lizzy (Elisha Cuthbert) and straight dude Luke (Nick Zano) are BFFs trying to have a baby (just go with it), which is cool until Luke meets a ridiculously hot Brit girl (ridiculously hot Kelly Brook) and impetuously marries her. It's more acceptable than The New Normal because there's only one gay character.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (NBC) Comedy
Ellie Kemper (The Office) stars as a woman starting her life over after escaping a doomsday cult. No one will ever see this, either.

iZombie
(The CW) Comedy
When medical resident Liv (Rose McIver) is attacked by, and then turned into, a zombie, she takes a job at the coroner's office to feed her hunger for brains and passes herself off as a goth. Sounds insane, but if anyone can make it work, it's creator/writer/director Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, Party Down).

The Messengers
(The CW) Drama
A group of strangers are brought together by a mysterious object that's fallen from the sky, and then charged with stopping (or is it starting?) The Rapture. OK, iZombie—or for that matter, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt—doesn't sound so effdup now.