ABC Renews ‘The Catch’; Orders New Shonda Rhimes Series ‘Still Star-Crossed’

Rob Moynihan May 12, 2016, 6:30 pm

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The Catch - Peter Krause and Mireille Enos — Richard Cartwright/ABC

THE CATCH - "Pilot" - Alice Vaughan (Mireille Enos) is LA's top private investigator - and the one woman you don't want to mess with. But when her fiancé (Peter Krause) cons her out of millions and disappears, Alice goes on a private mission for payback. No matter where it leads or the secrets she must keep along the way, Alice will stop at nothing to catch her man. From the producers of "Scandal," "Greys Anatomy" and "How to Get Away with Murder," "The Catch" is a one-hour drama starring Mireille Enos, Peter Krause, Alimi Ballard, Jay Hayden, Jacky Ido, Rose Rollins, Elvy Yost and Sonya Walger. It is executive-produced by Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Allan Heinberg and Julie Anne Robinson. "The Catch" premieres Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Richard Cartwright) PETER KRAUSE, MIREILLE ENOS

ABC is staying in the Shonda Rhimes business.

The network has ordered a second season of The Catch starring Mireille Enos as LA private investigator Alice Vaughan. The Catch joins previously renewed Shondaland shows Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder on ABC’s 2016-17 slate.

ABC is also adding new series from Shondaland to their lineup called Still Star-Crossed, a period drama that picks up at the end of Romeo and Juliet and tells the story of the Montague and Capulet families after the deaths of the infamous young lovers. Based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed stars Wade Briggs as Benvolio Montague, Anthony Head as Lord Silvestro Capulet, Zuleikha Robinson as Lady Guiliana Capulet, Lashana Lynch as Rosaline, Ebonee Noel as Livia, Sterling Sulieman as Prince Escalus, Medalion Rahimi as Princess Isabella, Grant Bowler as Damiano Montague, Susan Wooldrigde as Nurse, Torrance Coombs as Paris and Dan Hildebrand as Friar Lawrence.

Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy vet Heather Mitchell serves as writer and executive producer, with Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, and Michael Goldstein as executive producers and Michael Offer as executive producer and pilot director.