DJariya

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.a...=20070725abc01


ABC ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES

Fall premiere dates for the 2007-08 Season were announced today for the ABC Television Network by Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment, including a three-night "Dancing with the Stars" premiere event, with two nights of performance shows leading into a special Wednesday night results show.

"We're really looking forward to the '07-'08 season with our solid returning series and a fantastic new lineup of original programming," said McPherson. "We have a strong foundation that will help us launch our new shows and continue our drive for fall, and we're totally committed to providing viewers compelling characters and unforgettable stories that are uniquely ABC."

Monday, September 24

8:00-9:30 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" (special 90-minute premiere)

9:30-11:00 p.m. "The Bachelor" (special 90-minute premiere)

Tuesday, September 25

8:00-9:30 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" (performance show)

Wednesday, September 26

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars Results Show Special" (special day and time)

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Private Practice"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money"

Thursday, September 27

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Big Shots"

Sunday, September 30

7:00-9:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (two-hour season premiere)

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"

Tuesday, October 2

8:00-8:30 p.m. "Cavemen"

8:30-9:00 p.m. "Carpoolers"

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars Result Show" (regular day and time period premiere)

Wednesday, October 3

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies"

Sunday, October 7

7:00-8:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"

Friday, October 12

8:00-9:00 p.m. "20/20" (new time period premiere)

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Women's Murder Club"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "MEN IN TREES"

Monday, October 15

9:30-10:00 p.m. "Samantha Who?"

Tuesday, November 27

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Cashmere Mafia" (special preview following the finale of "Dancing with the Stars")

Tuesday, December 4

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Cashmere Mafia" (regular time period premiere)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The premiere date for "Boston Legal" will be announced at a later date.]

DJariya

4 hours of Dancing with the Stars over 3 days!! Talk about overkill! I think ABC is running that show into the ground like Millionaire.

JPRaup

Now ABC and CBS both have zero shows I'm interested in. Great. When is the Mitchell Hurwitz coming to ABC?? I can't wait for that.

DJariya

CBS and ABC seem to have the weakest new fall lineups. I'll try Private Practive 2.0, Women's Murder Club, Dirty Sexy Money and maybe Big Shots. When Victor Garber's new show Eli Stone premieres mid-season I'll try that too.......this is addition to the usual stuff I already watch on this network.

critterdvd

I'm trying out most of ABC's new Dramas: Cashmere Maffia, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, and Big Shots

Private Practice is already a given since I enjoyed the "backdoor pilot" episode more than any other GA episode this season.

And I can't wait to get MEN IN TREES and BROTHERS AND SISTERS back!

conscience

I actually don't watch any of the returning shows (except for the random episode of Brothers & Sisters if I am not doing anything else), but I will be checking out two of their new shows: Dirty Sexy Money and Pushing Daisies. Both look really, really good.

JuryDuty

Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money caught my interest. But if not for those, there's not a lot here I'd even watch.

dcprules

Wow, the only show I really love (Boston Legal) doesn't even have a set premiere date. Lame!

valkyrie

Damn...absolutely NOTHING I'm interested in. That's a first.

LorenzoL

Of the returning shows, I'm only interested in Ugly Betty.

I will give the new shows a try to see if I like any of them.

JB7

Going to give Big Shots a try this fall and at mid-season Eli Stone. Will also continue to watch Lost and Brothers & Sisters.

nateman

ABC & the CW are the 2 channels that have nothing of intrest. Well ABC has Lost & Men In trees but thats about it. NBC & CBS have way more intresting & higher quality shows.
ABC seems to be all about horrible reality shows & sex that isn't intresting. The comedies on ABC havn't been good in the last few years & I can see this trend will most likely continue.
Besides Lost, which is losing quality & Men In Trees which hasn't even aired a complete season yet, the only other show that really has any quality is Desperate Housewives. Which I stopped watching after the first season anyway.