PREMIERE

AN INNOVATIVE NEW DRAMA ABOUT HOPES, DREAMS, LOVE AND LOSS EXPERIENCED BY A GROUP OF FRIENDS ON THEIR JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD, ON THE PREMIERE OF ABC'S "MY GENERATION"

Jaime King ("Sin City," "Pearl Harbor"), Mehcad Brooks ("True Blood"), Kelli Garner ("Going the Distance," "Lars and the Real Girl"), Julian Morris ("Pretty Little Liars") and Michael Stahl-David ("Cloverfield") Star Alongside a Talented Ensemble Cast

"My Generation," a new scripted drama series following the stories of nine friends and the promise of what their futures could bring, how far they've come and how they got here, as told through the camera of a documentary film crew, premieres THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

In the premiere episode, "Pilot," a documentary crew follows a disparate group of high school seniors from Greenbelt High School's class of 2000 in Austin, TX as they prepare for graduation, and revisits these former classmates ten years later in 2010 to see where they are now, what they've become and where they're still headed. The camera lenses reconnect with Steven Foster, "the overachiever" in high school, who succumbed to pressures and ended up escaping to Hawaii to surf and be a free spirit. However an unexpected call from Caroline Chung, the shy "wallflower," has Steven returning to Austin after discovering that they have a nine-year-old son together, conceived on prom night. Upon returning, he bumps into Jackie Vachs, the high school "beauty queen" who went to Hollywood to become a starlet but came back and got married when that didn't pan out. Their chance encounter exposes some chips in her veneer of marital bliss with Anders Holt, "the rich kid" whose charmed life took an unexpected turn after breaking up with his high school sweetheart and first love, Brenda Serrano. Brenda was the class "brain" who is now doing very well for herself as a high-powered Congressional aide in DC.

The documentary filmmaker also catches up with Kenneth Finley, "the nerd," who stayed in Austin and became a teacher and dreams of starting a family of his own. He's created a sort of surrogate family when by allowing his former high school girlfriend, Dawn Barbuso, "the punk," to stay at his house until her baby is born, since her husband, Rolly Marks, is away in Afghanistan serving a tour of duty. Rolly, "the jock," ended up forgoing his athletic scholarship and joined the army after the 9/11 attacks. And Falcon, "the rock star" who is everyone's friend, is on track to become a music producer. It's his ties to his old friends that keep him rooted. As the lives of these nine friends are documented, we get an intimate look at how much can change over ten years and all that still lies ahead for them.

"My Generation" stars Michael Stahl David as Steven, Jaime King as Jacqueline, Kelli Garner as Dawn, Keir O'Donnell as Kenneth, Mehcad Brooks as Rolly, Julian Morris as Anders, Daniella Alonso as Brenda, Anne Son as Caroline, Sebastian Sozzi as Falcon and Elizabeth Keener as the filmmaker.

Guest cast include True Pham as Tom, Babs George as Joyce Foster, Jeffrey Schmidt as Ben Watts, Deana Ricks as Fay Roscoe, John Hafner as Private Harper, Steven Walters as Mickey Cooper, Ben Taylor as Bartender, Melissa Cordero as Hot Girl, Laurence Hines as Photographer, Steve Alberts as Newscaster and Jessica Vess as ABC News Anchor.

"Pilot" was written by Noah Hawley and directed by Craig Gillespie.

Based on a Swedish format entitled "On God's Highway," "My Generation" was created and written by Noah Hawley ("The Unusuals," "Bones"), who is also an executive producer, along with Warren Littlefield, Henrik Bastin, Peter Magnusson and Martin Persson. The project is from ABC Studios.

The series is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-14,D,L,V parental guideline.

For more information on "My Generation" please visit ABC.com.