Monday:
7:00 - Pushing Daisies
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Literary Superstar
10:30 - Literary Superstar / Untitled Kohan - Mutchnick Project
ABC gets pre-tune in on Tuesdays with their Dancing results, why not try to duplicate that on Mondays?

Tuesday:
8:00 - Samantha Who?
8:30 - Miss Guided
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars - The Results / Dirty Sexy Money
10:00 - Brothers & Sisters
Same Tuesday formula, just different players. Boston doesn't benefit much from the Dancing lead-in. So another show should be given the chance. DSM is on there because ABC has already renewed it.

Wednesday:
8:00 - Boundaries
9:00 - Private Practice
10:00 - Life on Mars
I think anchoring the night around Private Practice is smart, so let's surround it with shows we think will succeed.

Thursday:
8:00 - Ugly Betty
9:00 - Grey's Anatomy / Lost
10:00 - Section 8
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

Friday:
8:00 - Cedric the Entertainer
8:30 - Damon Wayans
9:00 - Boston Legal
10:00 - 20/20
Boston, I think would benefit from an earlier time, even if it is Friday, and some male oriented comedies can benefit.

Saturday:
Disney movies, sports, encores, whatever.

Sunday:
7:00 - America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 - Desperate Housewives
10:00 - Women's Murder Club
A new night should help the Club get those pesky younger viewers.

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Originally posted by Jonathan:
Monday:
7:00 - Pushing Daisies
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Literary Superstar
10:30 - Literary Superstar / Untitled Kohan - Mutchnick Project
ABC gets pre-tune in on Tuesdays with their Dancing results, why not try to duplicate that on Mondays?

Sitcoms that late a night? I don't know if that'll fly. There might be a reason nobody else shows sitcoms that late.

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Originally posted by Ginger:

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Originally posted by Jonathan:
Monday:
7:00 - Pushing Daisies
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Literary Superstar
10:30 - Literary Superstar / Untitled Kohan - Mutchnick Project
ABC gets pre-tune in on Tuesdays with their Dancing results, why not try to duplicate that on Mondays?

Sitcoms that late a night? I don't know if that'll fly. There might be a reason nobody else shows sitcoms that late.

7pm? They dont have that slot.

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Originally posted by Jonathan:
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

I don't know that LOST will ever serve as a good lead-in. Viewers seem enamored with it to the extent that they want to think about LOST after they watch it and not really watch anything else.

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Originally posted by tvfan300:

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Originally posted by Jonathan:
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

I don't know that LOST will ever serve as a good lead-in. Viewers seem enamored with it to the extent that they want to think about LOST after they watch it and not really watch anything else.

I agree to a degree with you tvfan300 -- but I also agree with Jonathan's specific recommendation: Section 8 can break that trend, especially if they case the right folks in it.

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by tvfan300:

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Originally posted by Jonathan:
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

I don't know that LOST will ever serve as a good lead-in. Viewers seem enamored with it to the extent that they want to think about LOST after they watch it and not really watch anything else.

I agree to a degree with you tvfan300 -- but I also agree with Jonathan's specific recommendation: Section 8 can break that trend, especially if they case the right folks in it.

Please. People said the same thing about the Nine. That flopped miserably. Invasion was another show that was good but failed. Lost fans are way too excited about going online and chatting afterwards. The best show to ever air after Lost was Alias.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by tvfan300:

quote:

Originally posted by Jonathan:
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

I don't know that LOST will ever serve as a good lead-in. Viewers seem enamored with it to the extent that they want to think about LOST after they watch it and not really watch anything else.

I agree to a degree with you tvfan300 -- but I also agree with Jonathan's specific recommendation: Section 8 can break that trend, especially if they case the right folks in it.

Please. People said the same thing about the Nine. That flopped miserably. Invasion was another show that was good but failed. Lost fans are way too excited about going online and chatting afterwards. The best show to ever air after Lost was Alias.

Well, we can agree on that -- if there's one show I was more into than I am into LOST it was Alias. Too bad they killed off Michael Vartan's character Vaughn, which in turn killed the show...

Is this idea crazy?

Monday:
8:00 - Ugly Betty
9:00 - Private Practice
10:00 - Boundaries

Tuesday:
8:00 - Cedric the Entertainer / Lost
8:30 - Damon Wayans / Lost
9:00 - Life on Mars
10:00 - Brothers & Sisters

Wednesday:
8:00 - Pushing Daisies
9:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
10:00 - Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
10:30 - Untitled Kohan-Mutchnick Project / Literary Superstar

Thursday:
8:00 - Dancing with the Stars - The Results / Samantha Who?
8:00 - Dancing with the Stars - The Results / Miss Guided
9:00 - Grey's Anatomy
10:00 - Section 8

Friday:
8:00 - Boston Legal
9:00 - Women's Murder Club
10:00 - 20/20

Saturday:
Disney movies, sports, encores, whatever.

Sunday:
7:00 - America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 - Desperate Housewives
10:00 - Dirty Sexy Money

I think you made to many changes. I wouldnt move DWTS, Ugly Betty, or Brothers and Sisters.

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by tvfan300:

quote:

Originally posted by Jonathan:
Maybe Section 8 will work. It's mild sci-fi and should get a boost from Lost.

I don't know that LOST will ever serve as a good lead-in. Viewers seem enamored with it to the extent that they want to think about LOST after they watch it and not really watch anything else.

I agree to a degree with you tvfan300 -- but I also agree with Jonathan's specific recommendation: Section 8 can break that trend, especially if they case the right folks in it.

Please. People said the same thing about the Nine. That flopped miserably. Invasion was another show that was good but failed. Lost fans are way too excited about going online and chatting afterwards. The best show to ever air after Lost was Alias.

Well, we can agree on that -- if there's one show I was more into than I am into LOST it was Alias. Too bad they killed off Michael Vartan's character Vaughn, which in turn killed the show...

I believe Jennifer Garner insisted he be killed off due to some rocky personal life issues. The fans however, had the final say. The final season of that on Thursdays were a complete disaster and then it moved to Wed. at 8 where it did even worse to finish off the year.

My ultimate Line-Up


Monday (Fall)
8:00: Dancing with the Stars
9:30: Samantha Who?
10:00: The Bachelor

Monday (Winter)
8:00: Dance War
9:00: Wife Swap
10:00: Supernanny

Tuesday (Fall)
8:00: Pushing Daisies
9:00: Dancing with The Stars
10:00: Women's Murder Club

Tuesday (Winter)
8:00: Pushing Daisies
9:00: Scrubs (NETWORK PREMIERE)
9:30: This Might Hurt (NEW SERIES)
10:00: Boston Legal

Wednesdays (Fall)
8:00: Your Money or Your Life (NEW SERIES)
9:00: Private Practice
10:00: Brothers and Sisters

Wednesdays (Winter)
8:00 Oprah Big Give
9:00 Private Practice
10:00: Brothers and Sisters

Thursdays (Fall)
8:00: Ugly Betty
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
10:00 Leap (NEW SERIES)

Thursdays (Winter)
8:00: Ugly Betty
9:00: Grey's Anatomy
10:00 Lost

Friday (Fall and Winter)
8:00 AFV
9:00 Duel
10:00 20/20

Sundays (Fall and Winter)
7:00 AFV
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 Desperate Housewives
10:00 Dirty Sexy Money

Everyone seems to be putting Pushing Daisies on Tuesday at 8pm. I like that idea.

Holly, I'm posting your remarks here as well:

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Originally posted by Holly:
Interesting if true...

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When ABC launches its fall season in September, don't look for too many new faces. With robust runs of sophomore series Pushing Daisies, Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money in the pipeline, sources tell the Reporter that any new Alphabet dramas — and the network has as many as seven in the works, including David E. Kelley's Life on Mars adaptation — won't be unspooled until midseason.

From TV Guide

Monday
8:00: Dancing with the Stars / Dance War
9:00: Dancing with the Stars / Samantha Who?
9:30: Samantha Who? / Miss Guided
10:00: The Bachelor / Supernanny

Tuesday
8:00: Pushing Daisies / Lost
9:00: Dancing with The Stars: Results / Section 8 (NEW SERIES)
10:00: Women's Murder Club

Wednesdays
8:00 Cupid (NEW SERIES) [Boundaries if it gets cancelled]
9:00 Private Practice
10:00: Brothers and Sisters

Thursdays
8:00: Ugly Betty
9:00: Grey's Anatomy
10:00 Life on Mars (NEW SERIES)

Friday
8:00: Scrubs (NETWORK PREMIERE)
8:30: This Might Hurt (NEW SERIES)
9:00 Boston Legal
10:00 20/20

Sundays
7:00 AFV
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 Desperate Housewives
10:00 Dirty Sexy Money [Leap if it gets canceled]


Midseason/Summer/Unscheduled-Replacements:
* Wifeswap
* According to Jim
* Cedric the Entertainer
* Damon Wayans
* Literary Superstar
* Oprah's Big Give (season 2)

News confirmed with a bit more info from theHollywoodReporter:

ABC is mulling a dramatic pause for fall.

The network, which hasn't picked up a single drama pilot after the end of the writers strike, still plans to order as many as seven hourlong pilots this season but might not be in a rush because all of them would be targeted for a midseason, not for fall, sources said.

ABC, which had the strongest slate of new series last fall, still will be busy on the drama side in September, when it will relaunch recently renewed freshmen "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice" and "Dirty Sexy Money," whose first-year runs were cut short by the strike. ABC has one completed drama pilot, David E. Kelley's "Life on Mars."

The network, which declined comment, also handed out a six-episode order to the sci-fi drama "Section 8" shortly before the strike.


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/tel...9b3b1dc17da3bcc624b3

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Originally posted by Chimera:
Holly, I'm posting your remarks here as well:

quote:

Originally posted by Holly:
Interesting if true...

quote:

When ABC launches its fall season in September, don't look for too many new faces. With robust runs of sophomore series Pushing Daisies, Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money in the pipeline, sources tell the Reporter that any new Alphabet dramas — and the network has as many as seven in the works, including David E. Kelley's Life on Mars adaptation — won't be unspooled until midseason.

From TV Guide