PREVIEW: RED WIDOW Two-Hour Premiere

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From the screenwriter of the Twilight Saga films and the hit series DEXTER, Melissa Rosenberg, comes the gripping and danger-filled, new family drama series, "Red Widow," about a mother who will stop at nothing to protect her family following the brutal murder of her husband. RED WIDOW premieres Sunday, March 3 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC.

In the first hour of the premiere, "Pilot" (9:00-10:00 p.m.), Marta Walraven, a stay-at-home mom in tony Marin County, near San Francisco, has spent most of her life staying out of her father's world of organized crime. But when her loving husband, Evan, who supports the family by exporting marijuana, is brutally murdered in their driveway, everything changes. Marta's primary concern is to protect her three children - and yet when an FBI agent promises justice in exchange for her cooperation, she hesitates to go against the "Bratva" (Russian mob) code. Evan's business partners - Marta's scheming brother, Irwin Petrov, and their best friend, the hapless Mike Tomlin - were involved in the theft of millions of dollars of cocaine from a formidable international crime boss, Nicholae Schiller. Evan paid with his life, but as far as Schiller is concerned, his debt is not clear. It is up to Marta, as Evan's widow, to navigate the criminal underworld in order to repay this debt - whatever way Schiller sees fit.

ABC Midseason Premiere Dates: ZERO HOUR February 14, RED WIDOW March 3

ABC announced midseason premiere dates for new dramas RED WIDOW and ZERO HOUR today, along with new comedies How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life) and FAMILY TOOLS, and new alternative series THE TASTE and CELEBRITY DIVING. Returning series DANCING WITH THE STARS and BODY OF PROOF will rejoin the schedule will all-new seasons in the new year, and Suburgatory will move to Wednesday nights at 8:30 p.m., beginning April 3, 2013.