With the strike appearing to end here real soon, what do you think the network should do with their lineups? In the case of ABC, the addition of some midseason shows makes for a pretty packed lineup. Here's what I propose and keep in mind that some shows will likely take a lot longer to return to the airwaves than others.
Mondays: Dancing (90 minutes) Samantha Who? Private Practice Give Private Practice some love already and a lead in.
Tuesdays: Dancing results (head to head against Idol) Dirty Sexy Money Boston Legal
Give Idol some real competition and at the same let DSM have a nice lead in. Its more female skewing and older viewership could fit well with Dancing.
Wednesday: Wife Swap/Pushing Daisies Supernanny Men in Trees
For this year just let this lineup air imo. Pushing Daisies will take a while to get back and when it does just leave it in the same timeslot (which won't feature much in terms of scripted competition). In some ways its a throw away night, but with so many episodes of these shows, I would just use them. Then ABC can load up on the other nights of the week.
Thursday: Ugly Betty Greys Eli Stone/Lost
Lost will take a while to get more eps so use Eli Stone until then.
Fridays: According to Jim Just for Laughs Women's Murder Club 20/20
Saturdays: Movies
Sundays: AFV Home Edition Desperate Housewives Brothers and Sisters
Overall this lineup features strong Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday lineups with a Friday lineup that should at least match its levels from last fall. Wednesdays will be weaker but no weaker than current level as Men in Trees has the potential to be much stronger than Cashmere Mafia.
Originally posted by dumont: I like your line-up, mushu_jj.
I hope they play the remaining Cavemen episodes in the summer. Perhaps paired up with either Carpoolers or Mis/Guided.
I think we will see the episodes burned off dumont in the summer. I'd guess Carpoolers will get pulled here soon and probably air with it. If they don't garner much attention there (which they won't) then its possible online playout could be in the cards. Glad you like the lineup though. If I was ABC, I'd save Miss/Guided for fall and pair it with SW?.
Mondays: Dancing with the Stars Samantha Who? Brothers and Sisters
Tuesday: Dancing with the Stars - The Results Pushing Daisies Boston Legal
Wednesday: Lost Private Practice Supernanny
Thursday: Ugly Betty Grey's Anatomy Eli Stone
Friday: Wifeswap According to Jim Women's Murder Club 20/20
Sundays: Movies
Sundays: AFHV EM:HE Desperate Housewives Oprah Big Gives
Cancel Men in Tress, Carpoolers and Dirty Sexy Money. Save Dance War, Just for Laughs for summer. Use Primetime if sometimes bombs after Grey's. Use EM:HE repeats where you can. Big lead-in for Pushing Daisies.
I think some of you have some really great ideas for the schedule, but unfortunately some propably won't happen. What we need to remember is that when the series will be back in production they won't have time to shoot/produce more than 6 episodes. I seriously doubt, they will produce more episodes for Lost or Pushing Daisies this season. Both of them already have what can be used as a season finale... But wait, I know it is frustrating (cause they're two of my favourites shows on TV) but it would be a waste for them to promote and produce more episodes for what's left of the actual season. I would see Los having 24 episodes for next season and maybe 25 for Pushing Daisies.
Monday 8:00 - Dancing with the Stars (New season) 9:30 - Samantha Who? 10:00 - The Bachelor (New season)
I don't think they will change that formula for now, it works that way. But change it next fall, for sure.
Tuesday 8:00 According to Jim 8:30 MISS/GUIDED (new series) 9:00 - Dancing with the Stars (Results show) 10:00 - Boston Legal
If it don't work that way then just put Dance recap at 8.
Wednesday 8:00 - Wife Swap 9:00 - Supernanny 10:00 - Men in Trees / Dirty Sexy Money
Thursday 8:00 - Ugly Betty 9:00 - Lost / Grey's Anatomy 10:00 - Eli Stone / Private Practice
The only big move I have made is for PP. I believe it could be a great time slot for the show and possibly be a show that would success after GA (since everything ABC tried ended up failing). And we have to remember original episodes won't be out before may sweeps (or just a bit before that).
So here's my revised lineup and no I'm not moving Lost to another night just so it doesn't have to air at 10pm. Greys is an excellent lead in for it. Not to mention, there's a great chance that new eps won't even get produced of that. Also, don't think that new eps of Miss/Guided will even be produced as that show hasn't produced I believe more than one ep.
Monday: Dancing SW repeats The Bachelor
Tuesday: According to Jim Just for Laughs Dancing results Boston Legal
Wednesday: Wife Swap Supernanny Men in Trees
Thursday: Ugly Betty Greys Anatomy Eli Stone remaining eps/ Lost new eps if available or try out a gameshow here if no new Lost eps available
Friday: Primetime Women's Murder Club repeats 20/20 I would also note that the first few weeks new eps are on that Friday and Saturday should be used as encore nights of the first new eps back and then use this lineup the rest of the time.
Saturday: Movies
Sunday: AFV Home Edition Desperate Housewives Brothers and Sisters
Here is what I think ABC should do from now until new episodes are made. This way it will be a good test to see if marginal shows can survive new time slots and what to bring back for next season.
Sundays: AFHV EM:HE Oprah's Big Give/Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives Repeats/Brothers and Sisters
Mondays: Dance Wars/ DWTS Samantha Who NFTU (burn off ramaining 6 eps)/The Bachelor
Tuesdays: According to Jim Just For Laughs DWTS Results Boston Legal
Wednesdays: Wife Swap/Pushing Daisies Supernanny/Private Practice Men it Trees
Thursdays: Lost Repeats/Ugly Betty Lost/Grey's Eli Stone/Dirty Sexy Money
Fridays: Primetime/October Road (relaunch 5 remaining episodes) Drama Repeats/Women's Murder Club 20/20
Saturday: Movies Burnoff Cavemen/Carpoolers
Cancel:Cavemen, Carpoolers, Cashmerie Mafia, Big Shots, Notes From the Underbelly
Sink or Swim: October Road, Men in Trees, Dirty Sexy Money, (possibly Eli Stone, to soon to tell)
Originally posted by Anthony: FRIDAY 8:00 Oprah's Big Give 9:00 Pushing Daisies 10:00 Boston Legal
Oprah (if as good as people seem to be) would win HH easily and give PD a good lead-in and BL could watch its older skewing audience shift to Friday.
As one of many younger Boston Legal fans out there and a Pushing Daisies fan, I reject this lineup and offer this more suitable lineup for those who don't go out on Friday nights: According to Jim Just for Laughs Women's Murder Club 20/20
Season finale of Eli Stone should be in late April. Even if DSM doesn't make any new eps, it still has three in the can that can get a great post-Grey's lead-in for a bit.
FRIDAY 8 - Wife Swap or maybe Duel, though Duel if at 8 should be saved until after 1 vs. 100 is done and the (probably) inferior Amne$ia takes over 9 - Women's Murder Club or Duel if WMC can't produce eps 10 - 20/20
Big Give, which has 8 eps total, can be doubled up on a couple Sunday nights to have it done with by mid-late April, allowing Housewives/B&S to run their final 5 or 6 in their regular slots.
This is all assuming no new eps of new shows are made. If PD is able to get new eps, obviously it should make the schedule ahead of some of this stuff.
mushu, I really like this lineup! I know you had to modify it after new information that a lot of the freshman series will be held until a Fall re-launch, but I can easily see this lineup in the Fall, if not late Spring. I think due to the strike, ABC would be very smart to go with such a lineup in the Fall, then wait to launch its 2008-09 development/pilot pickups in January.
A couple of the things I really like are having Private Practice follow DWTS/SW on Mondays (I recommended that for this past Fall but everybody thought PP could anchor Wednesdays), as well as DWTS: Results pushed up to 8pm to lead-into another series -- though not sure whether that series should necessarily be DSM.
I will respond a bit later with my lineup for both Spring and Fall, then Jan 09, but for now this is the one I like the best. Well do mushu -- I hope ABC is checking out this thread!
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: With the strike appearing to end here real soon, what do you think the network should do with their lineups? In the case of ABC, the addition of some midseason shows makes for a pretty packed lineup. Here's what I propose and keep in mind that some shows will likely take a lot longer to return to the airwaves than others.
Mondays: Dancing (90 minutes) Samantha Who? Private Practice Give Private Practice some love already and a lead in.
Tuesdays: Dancing results (head to head against Idol) Dirty Sexy Money Boston Legal
Give Idol some real competition and at the same let DSM have a nice lead in. Its more female skewing and older viewership could fit well with Dancing.
Wednesday: Wife Swap/Pushing Daisies Supernanny Men in Trees
For this year just let this lineup air imo. Pushing Daisies will take a while to get back and when it does just leave it in the same timeslot (which won't feature much in terms of scripted competition). In some ways its a throw away night, but with so many episodes of these shows, I would just use them. Then ABC can load up on the other nights of the week.
Thursday: Ugly Betty Greys Eli Stone/Lost
Lost will take a while to get more eps so use Eli Stone until then.
Fridays: According to Jim Just for Laughs Women's Murder Club 20/20
Saturdays: Movies
Sundays: AFV Home Edition Desperate Housewives Brothers and Sisters
Overall this lineup features strong Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday lineups with a Friday lineup that should at least match its levels from last fall. Wednesdays will be weaker but no weaker than current level as Men in Trees has the potential to be much stronger than Cashmere Mafia.
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Originally posted by Chimera: mushu, I really like this lineup! I know you had to modify it after new information that a lot of the freshman series will be held until a Fall re-launch, but I can easily see this lineup in the Fall, if not late Spring. I think due to the strike, ABC would be very smart to go with such a lineup in the Fall, then wait to launch its 2008-09 development/pilot pickups in January.
A couple of the things I really like are having Private Practice follow DWTS/SW on Mondays (I recommended that for this past Fall but everybody thought PP could anchor Wednesdays), as well as DWTS: Results pushed up to 8pm to lead-into another series -- though not sure whether that series should necessarily be DSM.
I will respond a bit later with my lineup for both Spring and Fall, then Jan 09, but for now this is the one I like the best. Well do mushu -- I hope ABC is checking out this thread!
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: With the strike appearing to end here real soon, what do you think the network should do with their lineups? In the case of ABC, the addition of some midseason shows makes for a pretty packed lineup. Here's what I propose and keep in mind that some shows will likely take a lot longer to return to the airwaves than others.
Mondays: Dancing (90 minutes) Samantha Who? Private Practice Give Private Practice some love already and a lead in.
Tuesdays: Dancing results (head to head against Idol) Dirty Sexy Money Boston Legal
Give Idol some real competition and at the same let DSM have a nice lead in. Its more female skewing and older viewership could fit well with Dancing.
Wednesday: Wife Swap/Pushing Daisies Supernanny Men in Trees
For this year just let this lineup air imo. Pushing Daisies will take a while to get back and when it does just leave it in the same timeslot (which won't feature much in terms of scripted competition). In some ways its a throw away night, but with so many episodes of these shows, I would just use them. Then ABC can load up on the other nights of the week.
Thursday: Ugly Betty Greys Eli Stone/Lost
Lost will take a while to get more eps so use Eli Stone until then.
Fridays: According to Jim Just for Laughs Women's Murder Club 20/20
Saturdays: Movies
Sundays: AFV Home Edition Desperate Housewives Brothers and Sisters
Overall this lineup features strong Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday lineups with a Friday lineup that should at least match its levels from last fall. Wednesdays will be weaker but no weaker than current level as Men in Trees has the potential to be much stronger than Cashmere Mafia.
I would somehow find room for Oprah's Big Give, however. Probably where it is scheduled to run, Sundays following EM:HE until late April, then have DH come in for the May sweeps...
