15 New Fall TV Shows You Need To Know About

13. Speechless

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Oscar nominee Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) is leading this comedy, which will focus on a family with three children, one of whom has cerebral palsy, and look at the challenges they face day-to-day.

Aside from Driver, the other casting of note is Micah Fowler, who has cerebral palsy in real life. The show is created by Scott Silveri (who worked as a writer and producer on Friends), with Jake Kasdan (New Girl) and Melvin Mar (Fresh Off The Boat) executive producing. The trailer makes it look pretty sweet, and it looks like it's doing a god job of handling the disability, and actually making him a character rather than purely being defined by it.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.