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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Upfront ABC: ‘Boston Legal’ back, Mike Judge has new comedy
ABC toots its horn to advertisers in New York today, and the big news is that the alphabet network is keeping its schedule more or less intact.
Only two new shows will be added in the fall: the drama “Life on Mars,” adapted by David E. Kelley from a BBC drama about a cop who is transported to 1973, and the reality show “Opportunity Knocks,” in which contestants will be surprised in their homes by a crew that will test how well family members know each other.
Austinite Mike Judge, of “King of the Hill” fame, will have a new animated comedy, “The Goode Family,” on ABC but not until midseason.
“Boston Legal,” considered an iffy renewal, will return in the fall, as will the midseason fantasy drama “Eli Stone.” And, as expected, NBC’s “Scrubs” will join the ABC lineup at midseason.
CBS’s “The New Adventures of Old Christine” is NOT in the mix, which possibly means that CBS (which announces its schedule Wednesday) renewed the Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom. We’ll see.
Not on the fall schedule for ABC but returning at midseason will be “Lost” and “According to Jim.” Why “Jim” keeps dragging itself back to the lineup is a total mystery to me.
Gone and probably already forgotten: “Cavemen,” “Carpoolers” and “Big Shots.” Good riddance.
Here’s ABC’s new fall schedule (at least for now):
SUNDAY
6 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
7 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
8 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”
9 p.m. “Brothers & Sisters”
MONDAY
7 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
8:30 p.m. “Samantha Who?”
9 p.m. “Boston Legal”
TUESDAY
7 p.m. “Opportunity Knocks” (NEW)
8 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
9 p.m. “Eli Stone”
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m. “Pushing Daisies”
8 p.m. “Private Practice”
9 p.m. “Dirty Sexy Money”
THURSDAY
7 p.m. “Ugly Betty”
8 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9 p.m. “Life on Mars” (NEW)
FRIDAY
7 p.m. “Wife Swap”
8 p.m. “Supernanny”
9 p.m. “20/20”
SATURDAY
7 p.m. College Football
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