Austinite Stars in ABC Comedy-Drama "My Generation"

Austinite Mehcad Brooks stars in ABC's "My Generation" premiering this Thursday at 7 PM.

My Generation is a one-hour comedy-drama, which is being produced by ABC Studios, follows a group of high school classmates in Austin, Texas in 2000, then revisits their lives ten years after graduation.

The series follows an eclectic group of young adults whose lives were being filmed for a documentary just before their graduation from Greenbelt High School in Austin, Texas in 2000. The group includes the Overachiever, the Beauty Queen, the Nerd, the Punk, the Jock (Mehcad), the Brain, the Rich Kid, the Rebel, and the Wallflower. Their hopes and dreams for the future were recorded, and as they meet up ten years later, they realize that things don't always go as planned. The series is set in present-day with flashbacks to the past.

Filming began in mid-March.[13] Craig Gillespie directed the pilot. In May 2010, ABC announced it has added the series to the 2010-11 schedule with a fall 2010 premiere planned.[14]

So tune in this Thursday at 7 PM for "My Generation" on ABC. Let us know what you think about the show and our own Mehcad Brooks' performance.