letterten 2010-11 fall preview | abc

ABC Thursday 8:00pm

debuts Thursday, September 23, 8pm

concept from	What a difference ten years can make. In 2000, a documentary crew follows a disparate group of high schoolers from Greenbelt High School in Austin, TX as they prepare for graduation, then revisits these former classmates ten years later as they return home to rediscover that just because they're not where they planned doesn't mean they're not right where they need to be. These students couldn't wait to graduate and head out into the real world. But the world they were entering got very real very fast. As these classmates return home to revisit their old hopes for their future, they'll discover that, even if you don't get exactly what you thought you wanted out of life, it's not too late to get what you need.
stars	Michael Stahl-David (Black Donnellys), Kelli Garner, Jaime King, Keir O'Donnell, Sebastian Sozzi, Mechad Brooks (The Deep End), Anne Son, Daniella Alonso, Julian Morris
producers	Noah Hawley (The Unusuals, Bones), Warren Littlefield, Henrik Bastin, Peter Magnusson, Martin Persson
studio	ABC Studios, Stockholm-Copenhagen Productions

my take

My Generation is scripted programming pretending it's a real documentary. I suppose that's better than a reality show pretending it's really reality. No big stars here, which is appropriate considering we're supposed to be watching a documentary. If you can't tell already, I'm not sold at all. Doesn't seem like a good fit for ABC, much more like a CW or ABC Family show. It's got a very competitive slot and doesn't fit with the rest of ABC Thursday. Leading candidate for First to Die.