2009 Summer TV Preview: Ruby And The Rockits

Who better to star in a show about a former teen idol and a young up and coming star than a former teen idol and a young, up and coming star? ABC Family’s new half-hour comedy Ruby & the Rockits stars the one heartthrob, David Cassidy and Spy Kids’ Alexa Vega and will premiere it’s first episode tonight.

Below is ABC Family’s description of the series and further down you’ll find a promo, a couple of video clips and some promotional photos for the series.

"Ruby & the Rockits" is an ABC Studios half-hour multi-cam comedy executive-produced by Shaun Cassidy (Invasion) and Marsh McCall (Carpoolers). Ruby & the Rockits follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help in raising Ruby while he continues to perform. Patrick must now put the past with David behind them in order to help raise Ruby and keep order within the rest of the Gallagher clan. Ruby & the Rockits story by Shaun Cassidy and Ed Yeager, with teleplay by Ed Yeager and Marsh McCall. The pilot was directed by Ted Wass.) Alexa Vega (Spy Kids, Patrick Cassidy (Smallville), Katie Amanda Keane (Eli Stone), Austin Butler (Zoey 101), Kurt Doss (Role Models), and former teen idol David Cassidy ("The Partridge Family") star. Ruby & the Rockits premieres on Tuesday, July 21 at 8:30PM ET/PT.