CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC's "The Drew Carey Show," which has been absent from the network's schedule since August of last year, will return for its ninth and final season in June, the network revealed today.

Back-to-back episodes of the series are scheduled for Wednesdays at 9:00/8:00c beginning June 2. The defunct series will serve as a lead-in to the Alphabet's new reality series "What Happens In Cabo...," which launches that same night at 10:00/9:00c.