ABC will unveil its fall schedule later today reports Variety. Among the highlights are a Thursday night time slot for the promising drama, “Flash Forward” and a mid-season pick-up for the reimagined version of “V.” The network granted Nathan Fillion’s “Castle” a second season and will add the new series “Witches of Eastwick” on Wednesdays.
“Our focus is always on delivering the best stories with the most memorable characters on TV, whether that’s established audience favorites or innovative new shows,” said ABC Entertainment prexy Steve McPherson. “This year we’ve got the best of both. We’re headed into the season with a strong slate of returning series as well as great new shows from one of our best development seasons ever.”
Here’s a glance at the schedule ABC is set to unveil to advertisers this afternoon in New York:
Mondays: 8 p.m., “Dancing with the Stars” (“The Bachelor” after “Dancing” completes its run); 10 p.m., “Castle”
Tuesdays: 8 p.m., “The Shark Tank” (new reality show); 9 p.m., “Dancing with the Stars Results Show” (“Scrubs” and “Better Off Ted” after “Dancing” completes its run); 10 p.m., “The Forgotten” (new drama)
Wednesday: 8 p.m., “Hank” (new comedy); 8:30 p.m., “The Middle” (new comedy); 9 p.m., “Modern Family” (new comedy); 9:30 p.m., “Cougar Town” (new comedy); 10 p.m., “Eastwick” (new drama)
Thursday: 8 p.m., “Flash Forward” (new drama); 9 p.m., “Grey’s Anatomy”; 10 p.m., “Private Practice”
Friday: 8 p.m., “Supernanny”; 9 p.m., “Ugly Betty”; 10 p.m., “20/20”
Saturday: 8 p.m., College Football
Sunday: 7 p.m., “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; 8 p.m., “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”; 9 p.m., “Desperate Housewives”; 10 p.m., “Brothers & Sisters”
New shows on the bench for midseason include the dramas “Deep End,” “Happy Town” and “V.” Also waiting in the wings: “True Beauty” and “Wife Swap.”
So… where does LOST fit in this schedule?
Lost won’t return until January.
Where does Reaper fit in the new schedules, or do the networks once again think that all americans love reailty shows .I read that abc was looking at picking up Reaper from CW.Please respond to this .
Wow, ABC has almost nothing worth watching with Lost not on that list.
Cool. I’m glad “Better off Ted” is coming back!
Reaper was being looked at by ABC Family, but no word on whether that’s a go yet.
I’m glad for Castle coming back, and I want to see what they do with Flash Forward and the remake/reimagining of “V”.
What no V? Not that I’m looking forward to it or anything but I want to see it 🙂
“V” and “Lost” will be mid-season for ABC.
“Reaper” is produced by ABC Family who is looking at syndicating the show to CW stations who are getting back Sunday nights.
Glad to see that Nathan’s “Castle” was picked up for a second season.