Recovery Road (TV) Hour-long series on Freeform, premiering on Jan. 26, 2016 and ending on Mar. 28, 2016. Maddie, a teenage girl dealing with addiction, has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she is confronted one day by her school counselor and is forced to choose between …

Real O’Neals, The (television) Series on ABC, debuting on Mar. 8, 2016 and ending on Mar. 14, 2017. In Chicago, the O’Neals appear to be your all-American perfect family, but mom, Eileen, is forced to admit that her marriage is on the rocks. Her soon-to-be ex-husband, a police officer, is the emotional center of the …

Parker, Mark G. A member of the Disney board of directors, beginning in 2016.

Of Kings and Prophets (television) Series on ABC, debuting on March 8, 2016 and ending March 15, 2016. An epic biblical saga of faith, ambition, and betrayal as told through the eyes of the battle-weary King Saul, the resentful prophet Samuel, and the resourceful young shepherd David, all on a collision course with destiny that …

Marvel’s Jessica Jones (television) Series released on Netflix beginning Nov. 20, 2015. After a tragic ending to her short-lived Super Hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City. Stars Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), David Tennant …

Marvel’s Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (television) Hour-long special, airing on ABC on January 19, 2016. The history of the Super Hero is covered from his creation in 1941 to recent big-screen adventures. Directed by Zak Knutson. Interviews include Stan Lee, Joe Quesada, Clark Gregg, Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, and family members of creators Jack …

Madoff (television) Four-hour mini-series, airing on ABC on February 3-4, 2016. Former investment advisor Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is considered to be the largest financial scam in U.S. history, but the impact was global, losing billions of dollars for clients worldwide. Madoff, three-time NASDAQ chair, dominated headlines in 2008-2009, and the mini-series explores the complicated …

Jungle Book, The (film) Live-action film, based on the Rudyard Kipling stories and inspired by the 1967 animated feature. Mowgli, a man-cub, has been raised by a family of wolves, but he finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate …

Freeform New name for the ABC Family network, beginning January 12, 2016, as it attempts to edge away from the family market and aim for those 14 to 34.

Family, The (television) Hour-long drama series on ABC, debuting on March 3, 2016 and ending May 15, 2016. A family is shaken to the core when a politician’s presumed dead son suddenly returns. After a disappearance a decade earlier, Adam Warren’s homecoming to Red Pines, Maine, is initially met with astonishment and joy, but suspicions …