Upfront week - ABC announces fall schedule
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 by Albert ChingAnd it looks like this:
MONDAY:
7 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
8:30 p.m. “Samantha Who?”
9 p.m. “Boston Legal”
TUESDAY:
7 p.m. “Opportunity Knocks”
8 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”
9 p.m. “Eli Stone”
WEDNESDAY:
7 p.m. “Pushing Daisies”
8 p.m. “Private Practice”
9 p.m. “Dirty Sexy Money”
THURSDAY:
7 p.m. “Ugly Betty”
8 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9 p.m. “Life on Mars”
FRIDAY:
7 p.m. “Wife Swap”
8 p.m. “Supernanny”
9 p.m. “20/20″
SATURDAY:
7 p.m. “Saturday Night College Football”
SUNDAY:
6 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
7 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
8 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”
9 p.m. “Brothers & Sisters”
Given all the info that’s already leaked, no real surprises here. Only two new scripted shows in the fall - “Opportunity Knocks,” which is an Ashton Kutcher-produced reality show, and “Life on Mars,” a remake of an acclaimed BBC series executive produced by David E. Kelley (and showrun by the folks behind “October Road”). Sundays remain exactly the same, again. “Lost” is back in January, again.
Of note is that there is only ONE comedy on the fall lineup, which has to be something of a first. Apparently, “Scrubs” (now officially-officially confirmed to be going to ABC) is headed for midseason (things are so much better on ABC!), as is a new Mike Judge cartoon (”The Goode Family”), and inexplicably, the eighth season of “According to Jim.”



