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The ABC fall schedule

Posted by Joanna Weiss May 13, 2008 02:03 PM

Today, ABC announced its schedule for the fall, reproduced below. "So?" you say. "Does anybody care about TV schedules anymore?" Well, conventional wisdom says that traditional TV viewing will get more and more obsolete, as DVR and streaming-video use increases. Still, old-fashioned TV viewing is is currently alive and well, according to this survey commissioned by Entertainment Weekly and reported in AdAge. Apparently, only 1 percent of viewers say they "most often" watch TV online, and 60 percent watch their favorite shows live.

With that in mind, here's what most of you will be doing in the fall, if ABC has its way. New shows -- only two of them -- in bold. ("Bad Mother's Handbook" apparently will premiere at a later time. And "Lost" will join the schedule in mid-season.)

MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
9:30 p.m. "Samantha Who?"
10:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"

TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Opportunity Knocks"
9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show"
10:00 p.m. "Eli Stone"

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies"
9:00 p.m. "Private Practice”"
10:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money"

THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"
9:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00 p.m. "Life on Mars"

FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Wife Swap"
9:00 p.m. "Supernanny"
10:00 p.m. "20/20"

SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night College Football"

SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. "America’s Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"
10:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"

10 comments so far...
  1. Hmmm...where is Scrubs? Wasn't it supposed to finish its run on ABC next season?

    Posted by tracey May 14, 08 08:49 AM
  1. Scrubs, such as "Lost" will re-air in January

    Posted by John Kirk May 14, 08 04:55 PM
  1. "Life on Mars": is that the surreal BBC sci-fi cop show about a modern day cop stuck in the 70s ,or will it be an American remake?

    Posted by liam May 27, 08 12:28 AM
  1. Where is Las Vegas?? It never finished its season...It ended with a too be continued.....

    Posted by Melissa Ladue June 3, 08 08:56 AM
  1. "Life on Mars" is a U.S. remake. I hope they don't ruin a brilliant show...

    Posted by Eric July 28, 08 06:43 PM
  1. las vegas got canceld their is talk of a movie ...which is sad because we don't get to see how any of the story lines end

    Posted by frustrated viewer August 6, 08 04:08 PM
  1. Put the TV Guide back in the Sunday Globe

    Posted by Marie Ells October 26, 08 12:11 PM
  1. I miss the TV listings in the Boston Globe. Please put it back in with the Sunday paper. I don't have time to go online every day to she what's on TV...especially the sports on during the afternoon hours on Saturday and Sunday

    Posted by Mary Shemowat October 27, 08 09:52 AM
  1. Bring back the tv guide schedule, it was one of the reasons that i bought the sunday paper and now they reduced the BUSINESS AND MONEY

    Posted by john dee December 31, 08 04:20 PM
  1. We want the Sunday's TV Guide as well in the Boston Globe. We missed the Golden Globe awards because this.

    Posted by Kip Dole January 18, 09 12:36 AM
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