ABC Reveals Post-Strike Schedule
Posted on February 20, 2008
After Fox unveiled its post-strike schedule earlier today, ABC decided to follow suit and outline its spring schedule for the rest of this season. On April 24, Grey’s Anatomy returns to its familiar Thursday 9PM timeslot with Ugly Betty as its lead-in, while Lost is set to move one hour later to 10PM. All three shows have five original episodes planned. The network hasn’t decided when to air the remaining episodes Eli Stone, which currently holds the 10PM timeslot and averages a 3.3 rating.
Away from Thursdays, Desperate Housewives is back on April 13 with five fresh episodes, including a two-hour finale, while Brothers and Sisters comes back the following week with four. Dates for Samantha Who? (April 7) and Boston Legal (April 8) were also announced, both with six fresh episodes planned. ABC also confirmed that freshmen series Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, and Dirty Sexy Money will all be relaunched in the fall.
There was no word on whether Men in Trees or Women’s Murder Club will return or not.
Meanwhile, CBS has announced that How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, due back on March 17, will swap timeslots. Big Bang has consistently beaten Mother in the ratings this season and will now take the 8PM timeslot with Mother on half an hour later.
Fox Announces Post-Strike Schedule
Posted on February 20, 2008
Rejoice, if you watch Fox, for they have revealed their plans for the rest of the season. Hugh Laurie medical drama House is slated for an April 28 return, on Mondays instead of Tuesdays, while Bones will be back two weeks earlier on April 14, eventually leading in to House. Post-strike episodes of half-hour comedies Back to You and ‘Til Death are set to air on April 16.
As for freshman series, dramas New Amsterdam and Canterbury’s Law premieres on March 10, with Parker Posey comedy The Return of Jezebel James starting on March 14. Unhitched, a comedy starring Craig Bierko (Boston Legal) and Rashida Jones (The Office), premieres on March 2.
In other completely unrelated news, Monk has been renewed for a seventh season by NBC-owned USA Network. The show, starring Tony Shalhoub as a detective with an obsessive-compulsive disorder, will return in July.