Posted at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2

Watch for Nathan Fillion and Bobby Cannavale on ABC in the spring. ABC photos

Two well-liked TV stars are returning mid-season in ABC shows.

Nathan Fillion of “Firefly” fame plays the title role in “Castle,” which will have its premiere at 9 p.m. Monday, March 9. Bobby Cannavale, who viewers might remember from “Will & Grace,” stars in “Cupid,” which debuts at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24. Also on Tuesday, ABC announced that the new series “The Unusuals,” starring Amber Tamblyn, will premiere at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 8.

I guess these are the series that will be replacing the recently shuttered “Pushing Daisies,” “Eli Stone” and “Dirty Sexy Money.”

You can read ABC’s descriptions of each series below. I’m not convinced any of them will fare in better than the canceled series. Whatdo you think?

CASTLE
Wildly famous mystery novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion, “Desperate Housewives”), who is bored with his own success, learns that a real-world copycat killer has started staging murder scenes depicted in his novels. Rick is soon questioned by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic, “The Spirit”), a very bright, aggressive detective who keeps her investigations under tight rein. Rick and Kate’s styles instantly clash, yet sparks begin to fly, leading both to danger and a hint of romance as Castle steps in to help find the killer. And once that case is solved, he and Beckett build upon their new relationship as they look to solve strange homicides in New York—as much fun as one can have with death & murder. Castle is kept grounded by his Broadway diva mother, Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan, “Dharma and Greg”) and quick-witted teenage daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”).

Also starring in the series are Ruben Santiago-Hudson (“Law & Order”) as NYPD Captain Roy Montgomery, Tamala Jones (“Daddy Day Camp”) as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas (“Generation Kill”) as NYPD Detective Tony Esposito and Seamus Dever (“Army Wives”) as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan.

CUPID
“Cupid” is a romantic dramedy about Trevor Pierce (Bobby Cannavale, “Will & Grace”), a larger than life character who may or may not be the Roman god of love, Cupid, sent to earth to bring 100 couples together before he is allowed to return to Mt. Olympus. As fate would have it, Trevor is under the care of psychiatrist and self-help author Dr. Claire McCrae (Sarah Paulson, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”), who is also dedicated to helping lonely hearts find their soul mates. When it comes to true love, Claire believes it’s all about friendship and compatibility, but for Trevor, heat and passion conquer all. Only time will tell who will win the battle for love. “Cupid” also stars Rick Gomez as Felix and Camille Guaty as Lita.

THE UNUSUALS
In “The Unusuals,” it helps if a cop has a twisted sense of humor, because every moment could be your last. Just ask Casey Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), who started her day as an NYPD vice detective before unexpectedly being transferred to the homicide division. She quickly realizes that, not only does everyone in her new department have a distinct sense of humor, but also their own dirty little secrets.

The series stars Jeremy Renner as Detective JasonWalsh, Harold Perrineau as Detective Leo Banks, Josh Close as Detective Henry Cole, Monique Gabriela Curnen as Detective Allison Beaumont, Kai Lennox as Detective Eddie Alvarez, with Terry Kinney as Sergeant Harvey Brown and Adam Goldberg as Detective Eric Delahoy.

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