Geico cavemen seek respect in ABC's new fall lineup
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Posted: 11:29 AM- ABC is piling on 11 new dramas and comedies for the upcoming fall television season, including four buddy series that separate the men from the women.

And, as expected, the Alphabet Network also introduced at the "upfronts" presentation in New York City Tuesday a new comedy based on the Geico cavemen commercials. The week-long presentations are when networks introduce their fall TV lineups to advertisers.

Here's ABC's list of new shows:

Dramas

"Big Shots" - Four dysfunctional CEOs seek out each other for support and to share business secrets, until the women in their lives intervene.

"Cashmere Mafia" - NBC has "Lipstick Jungle," ABC has this similarly-themed drama about four "ambitious and sexy" women who balance careers and personal lives. Produced by "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star.

"Dirty Sexy Money" - Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under") plays an idealistic lawyer who suddenly becomes the personal attorney for a wealthy and controversial New York family.

"Eli Stone" - Another drama about a lawyer, this time a powerful corporate attorney who discovers he has an aneurysm in his brain, along with a higher calling to do good.

"Private Practice" - Addison Forbes (Kate Walsh) of "Grey's Anatomy" moves to Los Angeles where she finds even more hot surgeons in this spin-off of the smash medical drama.

"Pushing Daisies" - Another murder investigator who sees dead people (remember "Raines"?) Ned can bring things back to life with a touch. So he revives his dead childhood sweetheart to help him catch killers. The one caveat - he can't touch her again or she dies again for good.

"Women's Murder Club" - Based on the books, this involves four women - a reporter, district attorney, detective and medical examiner - who solve crimes.

Comedies

"Carpoolers" - Four guys take the daily commute and cherish the time they have together to and from work.

"Cavemen" - Based on the Geico Insurance commercials, three cavemen in the modern era struggle to be accepted while Hollywood struggles for new ideas.

"Miss/Guided" - Judy Greer ("Two and a Half Men") is a guidance counselor at her former high school only to encounter the same insecurities and politics she saw as a teen.

"Sam I Am" - TV regular Christina Applegate stars as a coma victim who wakes up with no memory but begins to realize she wasn't very nice in her former life.

"Oprah's Big Give" - The Queen of All Media creates a competition reality show in which millions of dollars are given away to make a difference in people's lives.

Meanwhile, the network cancelled "Knights of Prosperity," "What About Brian" and "George Lopez" while keeping "October Road" and sitting on "According to Jim."

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