'Sleepy Hollow,' 'Once Upon a Time in Wonderland' and 'Dracula' among new fantasy shows

September 7, 2013 at 7:00PM
ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND - "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" stars Sophie Lowe ("Beautiful Kate") as Alice, Michael Socha ("This Is England") as Knave of Hearts, Peter Gadiot ("The Forbidden Girl") as Cyrus, Emma Rigby ("Hollyoaks") as Queen of Hearts and John Lithgow ("3rd Rock from the Sun") as the voice of the White Rabbit. "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Once Upon a Time"), who serve as executive producers. Steve Perlman and Zack Estrin
ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND - "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" stars Sophie Lowe ("Beautiful Kate") as Alice, Michael Socha ("This Is England") as Knave of Hearts, Peter Gadiot ("The Forbidden Girl") as Cyrus, Emma Rigby ("Hollyoaks") as Queen of Hearts and John Lithgow ("3rd Rock from the Sun") as the voice of the White Rabbit. "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Once Upon a Time"), who serve as executive producers. Steve Perlman and Zack Estrin also serve as executive producers, and the pilot was directed by Ralph Hemecker. "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" is produced by ABC Studios. (ABC/Jack Rowand) SOPHIE LOWE (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Looking for TV that's literally unreal? Here's what to look for.

« "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.": Government agents track down superhuman villains in a supercool jet, but without the aid of the Avengers. (7 p.m. Sept. 24, KSTP, Ch. 5.)

"Sleepy Hollow": Ichabod Crane wakes up from a 250-year nap to face the Headless Horseman and the potential end of the world. (Premieres 8 p.m. Sept. 16, KMSP, Ch. 9.)

"Almost Human": Turns out that we're only 35 years away from having robot cops in patrol cars, at least in this series from the team behind "Fringe." (7 p.m. Nov. 4, KMSP, Ch. 9.)

"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland": "Through the Looking Glass" meets "Aladdin," with John Lithgow and Roger Daltrey among those providing voices for some iconic characters. (7 p.m. Oct. 10, KSTP, Ch. 5.)

"Dracula": Jonathan Rhys Meyers wants to suck your blood, especially if you're a late-19th-century Londoner who's from a family that cursed him centuries earlier. (9 p.m. Oct. 25, KARE, Ch. 11.)

"The Originals": This spinoff of "The Vampire Diaries" finds vampires and werewolves battling for beignets in modern-day New Orleans. (8 p.m. Oct. 3, WUCW, Ch. 23.)

"Tomorrow People": A teenager joins members of a genetically advanced race, hunted by scientists who want to use them as lab rats. (8 p.m. Oct. 9, WUCW, Ch. 23.)

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SLEEPY HOLLOW: A Revolutionary-era Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) is resurrected and awakes in present day Sleepy Hollow, in the premiere episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW premiering Monday, Sept. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2013 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Kent Smith/FOX
SLEEPY HOLLOW: A Revolutionary-era Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) is resurrected and awakes in present day Sleepy Hollow, in the premiere episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW premiering Monday, Sept. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2013 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Kent Smith/FOX (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
DRACULA -- Episode 2 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Alexander Grayson, Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne Wetherby -- (Photo by: Jonathon Hession/NBC) ORG XMIT: Season:1
DRACULA -- Episode 2 -- Pictured: (l-r) Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Alexander Grayson, Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne Wetherby -- (Photo by: Jonathon Hession/NBC) ORG XMIT: Season:1 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
ALMOST HUMAN: Executive-produced by Emmy Award winner J.J. Abrams and creator J.H. Wyman and starring Michael Ealy, ALMOST HUMAN is a high-tech, high-stakes action drama set 35 years in the future, when police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. An unlikely partnership is forged when a part-machine cop (Urban) is forced to pair with a part-human robot (Ealy) as they fight crime and investigate a deeper cover-up in a futuristic new world. The high-tech, high-stakes act
ALMOST HUMAN: Executive-produced by Emmy Award winner J.J. Abrams and creator J.H. Wyman and starring Michael Ealy, ALMOST HUMAN is a high-tech, high-stakes action drama set 35 years in the future, when police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. An unlikely partnership is forged when a part-machine cop (Urban) is forced to pair with a part-human robot (Ealy) as they fight crime and investigate a deeper cover-up in a futuristic new world. The high-tech, high-stakes action drama ALMOST HUMAN premieres late fall on FOX. ©2013 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Liane Hentscher/FOX (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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