This fall, ABC returns a very familiar line-up. I do not yet have premiere dates for the shows, but here are the set timeslots.
Monday
8/7c Dancing With the Stars
9:30/8:30c Samantha Who?
10/9:00c
Dancing with the Stars, television's 3rd most watched show of last season, is coming back for its 7th installment. Samantha Who? is back for a second season after performing well in its cushy timeslot. Boston Legal, the spin off of The Practice, is now in its 5th season behind the star power of William Shatner, Candice Bergen, and James Spader. It moves from Tuesday to Monday nights this fall.
Tuesday
8/7c Opportunity Knocks - New Show
9/8c Dancing with the Stars (Results Show)
10/9c Eli Stone - New Time
Opportunity Knocks is a new game show that will travel the country knocking on people's doors to invite them to play on the show. Their next contestants could be your family.
Wednesday
8/7c Pushing Daisies
9/8c Private Practice
10/9c Dirty, Sexy Money
For ABC this fall, I am most excited about the returns of Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money. Both come back for second seasons after good freshman runs. Pushing Daisies is a sensual dark comedy that will have to be further explained in a future posting. Dirty Sexy Money's plot revolves around a lawyer, Nick, who takes his father's former job as family attorney for the wealthiest family in
Thursday
8/7c Ugly Betty
9/8c Grey's Anatomy
10/9c Life on Mars - New Show
Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy come back for their 4th and 5th seasons, respectively. However, the most intriguing part of the ABC fall line-up may be the new show Life on Mars. The show is a remake of a BBC police/science-fiction drama. After being hit by a car in the present day, Captain Sam Tyler wakes up in the year 1973.
Friday
8/7c Wife Swap
9/8c Supernanny
10/9c 20/20
Sunday
8/7c Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9/8c Desperate Housewives
10/9c Brothers and Sisters
Ty Pennington's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition comes back for a 6th season of home remodeling. The Juggernaut Desperate Housewives returns for a 5th season. The juicy stories of the women of
Perhaps ABC's biggest news is that it has picked up the beloved comedy Scrubs after it was discontinued by NBC. Scrubs is set to premiere in January 2009, and many of the details are still unknown. One thing we do know is that Courtney Cox will be joining the cast as the new Head of Medicine at Sacred Heart. I'm sure I'll be talking a lot about Scrubs between now and its network-jumping comeback this winter.
Last night's pick My Boys, turned out a good but not great episode. Jim Gaffigan seems kind of handcuffed by the situation the script has put him in, and he is not allowed to be as funny as he can be. P.J. continues to be frustrating in her inability to tell her true feelings to Bobby. This is often a good way to create sexual tension, but the lack of feelings from Bobby's end just makes it kind of exhausting. That said, Brando's situation as being forced to work a job he is overqualified for with some crazy co-workers is inherently funny and Mike's jealousy of Kenny's new found luck with women has a great poetic justice to it. I expect My Boys may have some tricks up its sleeve in the coming weeks, as this episode did not further the overall story arch much. I guess we will have to just wait and see.
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Until next time, happy viewing!
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