The new series follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by Madeline Scott (Rachelle Lefevre), a fierce and uncompromising lawyer with a hunger for justice. There is no one who understands the power of setting an innocent person free more than Madeline. At age 18, she was wrongfully convicted, along with her brother, Levi (Riley Smith), in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession, a household name and a national cause célèbre.

Madeline runs the firm with her partner, Easy Boudreau (Russell Hornsby), the very lawyer who helped set her free after 10 years in prison. Their team also includes investigator Bodie Quick (Vincent Kartheiser) and communications director Violet Bell (Nikki M. James), who runs a true-crime podcast that follows each investigation.

While a hero and a victim to some, Madeline’s bold and bullish tactics earn her a number of enemies – especially Gore Bellows (Kelsey Grammer), the prosecutor who initially put her away and still believes in her guilt. Despite Bellows’ ceaseless quest to see her behind bars again, Madeline will continue to defend others, even as she fights to maintain her innocence and searches for the real killer in her own case.

Starring Rachelle Lefevre (Under The Dome), Kelsey Grammer (Fraiser), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Riley Smith (Frequency), Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), and Nikki M. James (The Good Wife). The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, in association with Danny Strong Productions. The pilot is written by David Elliot. Strong, Elliot and Stacy Greenberg are executive producers. Adam Armus is an executive producer and showrunner.

Proven Innocent premieres February 15th 9/8c on FOX.

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The Passage

The Passage is an epic, character-driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The series focuses on a 10-year-old girl named Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney, Hidden Figures), who is chosen to be a test subject for this experiment, and Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Nobodies), the federal agent who becomes her surrogate father as he tries to protect her. Brianne Howey, Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire), Jamie McShane (Scorpion), Caroline Chikezie (The Shannara Chronicles), and Emmanuelle Chriqui also star.

Proven Innocent

A legal drama set in a wrongful-conviction firm. Led by a fierce and fearless female lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre, Under The Dome) with a hunger for justice, the team reopens investigations, putting their own lives in danger to exonerate the innocent that were ‘proven’ guilty. Our lead’s motivation comes from her infamous past; as a young adult she was found guilty and later exonerated in a high-profile case in which she became a tabloid sensation, household name, and national celebrity. While a hero and a victim to some, her bold and bullish tactics garner her some enemies — one of whom will do anything to see her go down for a crime we know she did not commit. We will watch her defend others as she fights to maintain her own innocence. Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Nikki M. James (The Good Wife), Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Riley Smith (Life Sentence), and Clare O’Connor also star.

Rel

In a setup that’s inspired by his real life, Howery plays Lil Rel, a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to “always believe in yourself and great things will come.” He finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the South Side of Chicago who’s on a quest for love, respect, and a new barber. Sinbad, Jordan L. Jones, and Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore also star.

The Cool Kids

Three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community — a female rebel who’s ready to challenge their place. It’s high school with seventysomethings. The project stars comedy veterans Vicki Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, and Martin Mull.

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