Originally posted by xwiseguyx: At least DSM beat out LJ! Before yanking, it deserves a Sunday post DH try.
Both 'Lipstick Jungle' and 'Dirty Sexy Money' are excellent shows. It is too bad that they are skedded against one another.
I think a one-off behind 'Desperate Housewives' as part of a timeslot change to Mondays (moving 'Boston Legal' to Wednesday, where it did OK last May) might be what is needed to save 'Dirty Sexy Money'.
DSM fits much better after DH...I agree the show would do better if not being leeched by LG
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ABC remained out of the competitive loop with its line-up of Pushing Daisies (#4: 4.2/ 6), Private Practice (#3, 5.6/ 9) and Dirty Sexy Money (#3: 4.2/ 7). What could air on ABC smack in the middle of Wednesday is a whole other issue, of course. Any ideas out there?
I'll do a short answer for now:
two options:
option #1: build Wednesdays around LOST again, returning it in midseason at either 8pm or 9pm on Wednesday and building the night around a show that can truly anchor the night (and has shown it can do it in the past). There are several midseason shows that would pair up with LOST, as well as the possibility of relocating Life on Mars as well.
option #2: return Dancing With the Stars to its original cycle of Wednesday performances and Thursday results. That kills 2 or 3 birds with one stone. bird 1: it brings a strong anchor to Wednesdays. bird 2: its results show would replace weakening Ugly Betty on Thursdays and strengthen that night as well, providing a better/stronger lead-in for Grey's. bird 3: it could allow ABC to keep Private Practice on Wednesdays, push it back to 10pm, and pair it up with DWTS as its lead-in, which could resurrect the strongest of ABC's newbie Wednesday shows.
Take your pick--I'm leaning towards option #2.
So basically you want Monday and Tuesday to die with option one. No way that's happening. ABC wants to keep Dancing performance night away from Idol. Monday is the best option there. Plus, Greys doesn't need a Thursday lead in. Its does fine anchoring the night. Betty may be down but its still finishing second in its timeslot most weeks. Private Practice can simply go to Thursdays at 10. I would like a Wed. lineup centered around Lost along with The Unusuals and Life on Mars. Dirty Sexy Money could perhaps go on hiatus this January and return in March after Dancing results on Tuesdays. Mondays could be Dancing/the Bachelor into SW? and the new Cupid. Sundays could see Nathan Filion's sure to die piece Castle airing in place of Housewives and B&S repeats. Fridays remain the same. Tuesdays from Jan-Mar could be a comedy block with Jim, a new comedy, Scubs, and the Goode Family into Primetime. Sure it will be lucky to stay in fourth place but at this time its better off putting the sure failures on one night and letting Primetime self start at 10 instead of giving Lost comedies for a lead in again (we all know how well that's worked).
That's the problem with ABC. They don't understand how to spread the wealth. They just have big hit nights and then die on others. Lost would be a good fix for Wednesdays thsi midseason. Slot it in that easy Wed. 8pm hour where it would easily lead the troops and give newcomers the Unusuals and Life on Mars the 9 to 11 slots. Tuesdays will probably got to a comedy block of unfunny comedies, but what's new with that right? Primetime could fill that 10pm hour then unless they give Eli Stone more eps. Come March, should the comedies click, Dancing results could air at 10 or when the comedies likely fail, Primetime could move up to 8 and DSM could then get a second chance at 10 behind Dancing.
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Originally posted by TV-aholic: ABC may need to take a step backwards in order to become stronger down the road. Moving PP to after Grey's On Thursdays would help accomplish that.
Yes, they may be completely sacraficing Wednesdays, but keeping one of their better performing series in the middle of all that dead weight is only going to kill it sooner, rather than later.
Then when things do start turning around for ABC, then thay can move PP to another night to spead out some of their "Wealth", so to speak.
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While overnight growth for Private Practice out of Pushing Daisies -- 33 percent -- warrants the recent back-nine episode order, a better idea is to move it to Thursday at 10 p.m. out of parent show Grey’s Anatomy (if ratings for current occupant Life on Mars keep plummeting). What could air on ABC smack in the middle of Wednesday is a whole other issue, of course. Any ideas out there?
SW really needs to just go off the air once Dancing does and then return in March for a few more eps behind Dancing again. That or the Bachelor could be extended to a 90 minute airing each week this January and lead into SW or another new comedy. Perhaps Dancing could be only 60 minutes this spring at 8 on Mondays and a new comedy could air at 9 into SW and perhaps the new Cupid.
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Originally posted by lambertman: Looks like they also have "Better Off Ted" and the Alyssa Milano-led "Single with Parents."
Of course, one of them needs to be paired with Samantha Who?, or SW? needs to move once DWTS goes back to 60 minutes. (If it ever does. I'm sur ethey could stretch if need be.)
