Pilots for new ABC and CBS series will be shown Saturday at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills along with two panel discussions in separate PaleyFest Fall TV previews programs.
The ABC event will begin at noon with a reception.
The pilot of the comedy “Dr. Ken” will be shown at 1 p.m.
A panel discussion with series star Ken Jeong, who was among the three writers of the pilot and is one of the series co-executive producers, executive producer Mike Sikowitz, and cast members Tisha Campbell-Martin, Dave Foley, Suzy Nakamura, Kate Simses, Jonathan Slavin, Krista Marie Yu and Albert Tsai, will follow at 1:30 p.m.
The pilots of the new ABC dramas “Blood & Oil” and “Quantico” will be shown after the panel discussion.
The CBS program is sold out.
A panel discussion on the medical drama “Code Black” will begin at 7:15 p.m. with executive producers Michael Seitzman and Ryan McGarry and cast members Marcia Gay Harden, Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jeffrey, Luis Guzman, Melanie Chandra, Harry M. Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth and William Allen Young.
The panel discussions will be live streamed on Yahoo Live, where video on demand content will be offered following each event.
Live streaming on Yahoo also can be accessed on mobile platforms through the Paley App and Yahoo Screen App.
Tickets for the ABC program are $15 for center members and $20 for the general public and can be purchased on the center’s website, Paleycenter.org.
Jeong, a physician turned comedian, said at last month’s Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour that he views “Dr. Ken” as “an ensemble show with the specificity based on my life (as) a doctor in an HMO.”
“What I think will carry the show and will be the key ingredient to its success is the writing led by Mike Sikowitz, the showrunner, and … the emphasis on cast,” said Jeong, best known for his roles in “The Hangover” trilogy and the NBC comedy “Community.”
“It really isn’t the emphasis on me. I think I’m more the building block of this specific universe,” he said.
“Code Black” was inspired by County+USC Medical Center, Seitzman said at the TV critics’ press tour.
The title stems from the term for “the moment when the influx of patients is so great that it overwhelms the hospital staff and they can’t treat everybody properly,” said Seitzman, who created the 2014 CBS drama “Intelligence.”
Here is the schedule for the remainder of the festival:
Monday (CW) — Screening and panel discussion of “Crazy Ex- Girlfriend.” Screening of “Containment” and a special preview of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”;
Tuesday (Fox) — Screenings of “Grandfathered,” “The Grinder” and “Scream Queens,” followed by a panel discussion with members of their casts and creative teams; and
Thursday — “CSI” Farewell Salute.
All programs will begin at 7 p.m., with receptions preceding The CW and Fox events at 6 p.m.
—City News Service