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ABC sets 10 new series for next season; Muppets on board

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2014, file photo, Shonda Rhimes arrives at the The Hollywood Reporter's Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles. ABC is adding a fourth series next season from producer Shonda Rhimes, another drama topped by a tough female character. Rhimes' fraud investigation drama "The Catch" is one of 10 new series for ABC's 2015-16 schedule, the network announced Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2014, file photo, Shonda Rhimes arrives at the The Hollywood Reporter's Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles. ABC is adding a fourth series next season from producer Shonda Rhimes, another drama topped by a tough female character. Rhimes' fraud investigation drama "The Catch" is one of 10 new series for ABC's 2015-16 schedule, the network announced Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2014, file photo, Shonda Rhimes arrives at the The Hollywood Reporter's Women In Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles. ABC is adding a fourth series next season from producer Shonda Rhimes, another drama topped by a tough female character. Rhimes' fraud investigation drama "The Catch" is one of 10 new series for ABC's 2015-16 schedule, the network announced Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – ABC is adding a fourth series next season from producer Shonda Rhimes, another drama topped by a tough female character.

Rhimes’ fraud investigation drama “The Catch” is one of 10 new series for ABC’s 2015-16 schedule, the network announced Tuesday.

Her other series for ABC are “Scandal,” ”How to Get Away with Murder” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” which is returning for its 12th season without the dearly departed Dr. McDreamy.

The network also is bringing the Muppets to prime time with a series described as a documentary-style look at the famed puppets’ personal lives, for kids and adults.

ABC is extending the emphasis on diversity that brought “black-ish” and “Fresh Off the Boat” to its schedule last season.