Sorry if I’m being overly pessimistic, but is it really possible for No Ordinary Family to have a fresh take on the overused “family gets superpowers” clichéd story? God I hope so! If not, Hollywood is about to have another comic book inspired bust on their hands. Sadly, the marketing campaign for No Ordinary Family has been pretty lackluster so far (in my opinion at least). As you can see from No Ordinary Family Season 1’s one sheet television poster above, all of the show’s posters and billboards revolve around the Chiklis’s onscreen family standing in front of a blue sky…doesn’t exactly scream excitement does it? I guess we’ll learn if the show can live up to the hype soon enough. It premieres on Tuesday, September 28th at 8/7c on ABC.
Official Show Description: The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim (Michael Chiklis) feels disconnected from his workaholic wife, Stephanie (Julie Benz) and two teenage children, Daphne (Kay Panabaker) and JJ (Jimmy Bennett). To encourage family bonding time, Jim decides the family will join Stephanie on her business trip to South America. When their plane crashes into the Amazon River, they barely enjoy a moment to celebrate their survival before returning to the grind of everyday life. But they will soon realize that their lives have been forever changed. Each member of the family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers. Will their newfound abilities finally bring them together or push them further apart?
For the Powells, embarking on a mission to understand their new abilities becomes the key to rebuilding their family life, as they learn what defines and unifies them. Despite the fact they can collectively lift a car, run at lightning speed, read your mind and calculate the dimensions of the Eiffel Tower -- all before you say "superhero" - they are first and foremost an average family with everyday problems. No Ordinary Family also stars Romany Malco, Stephen Collins and Autumn Reeser.
