American Crime Set to Premiere January 6th

Look out everyone, American Crime is coming back.

ABC announced on Friday that American Crime will be taking over Nashville’s time slot starting January 6th.

In case you missed the first season, American Crime explored the repercussions a violent crime has on its victims, their families, and the accused. Felicity Huffman starred as Barb Harmon, the mother of the victim, who decided to stop at nothing to get justice for her son. Timothy Hutton starred as Barb’s ex-husband Russ, an absentee father, who set out to uncover the truth about his son’s past involvement with drugs.

Both actors, along with Regina King, are returning in new roles. The show is taking place in a new setting — Indianapolis, at two schools one private and one public.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Issues of sexual orientation and socioeconomic disparity come to a boil when lurid photos of a high school boy, Taylor Blaine (Falling Skies‘ Connor Jessup), are posted on social media following a school party.

Circumstances become more complicated when Taylor accuses two players on an elite private high school’s championship basketball team, Kevin LaCroix (Eureka‘s Trevor Jackson) and Eric Tanner (The Inbetweeners’ Joey Pollari), of drugging, assaulting and then posting the pictures of him online. The team’s Head Coach, Dan Sullivan (Hutton), tries to unite the players, while overlooking the dysfunction of his own family. Headmistress Leslie Graham (Huffman) struggles to maintain the school’s reputation in the face of accusations of privilege and cover up.

Taylor’s mother, Anne (Taylor), remains a steadfast supporter of her son, despite being publicly assailed by the school’s wealthy families, principle among them the LaCroixs. Taylor’s girlfriend, Evy (newcomer Angelique Rivera), deals with racial tension at her own school, led by Principal Chris Dixon (Nolasco). While the two schools at the center of the story are worlds apart in status, the lives of the students and teachers at both become inextricably linked.

Ultimately, support for Taylor comes from an unlikely place; a person who Taylor and his mother have never previously met, and who inhabits the fringes of the online community.

The new season sounds amazing. I’ll be watching. Will you?

American Crime premieres Wednesday, January 6th at 10/9c on ABC.