'ANATOMY' TOO GOOD TO MOVE

By ADAM BUCKMAN
April 8, 2005 -- TWO of ABC's best dramas are battling it out for TV's most desirable time period — the 10-11 hour following megahit "Desperate Housewives" on Sunday nights.

Producer David E. Kelley's law-firm drama "Boston Legal" was scheduled to return to the time slot on April 24 following a four-week hiatus.

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/42270.htm

As of now, no official word, but it is possible.

Right now Grey's Anatomy is riding Desperate Housewives' coattails, I wonder if they're afraid to move it in case it doesn't hold it's own? I think BL can hold it's own

There is no way Boston Legal will be leading its timeslot on Mondays or any other days, but I think next fall it will air either Tuesdays or Thursdays at 10pm. It certainly will improve ABC's chances in those slots, but I also think we will see Grey on its own next season.

Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that ABC would be in this dilemma-having 2 hit shows fight over one time slot after another hit show?:lol:

Boston Legal won't be back on April 24 for sure now. Official info:

For your planning purposes, please be advised that “Grey’s Anatomy” will continue to air in the Sunday, 10:01:30 - 11:00 PM ET/PT time period effective April 24, 2005 until further notice.

The official booking will follow shortly.

”Boston Legal” will return to the prime time schedule at a later date.

I knew it... I knew ABC wasn't stupid enough to stop showing it's biggest hit of the year(besides DH).

I knew it... I knew ABC wasn't stupid enough to stop showing it's biggest hit of the year(besides DH).
I'm glad. Gray's Anatomy is one of my new favorite shows now.

Boston Legal will probably move to Tuesdays at 10:00 next year.

“GREY’S ANATOMY” TO CONTINUE AIRING SUNDAYS AT 10:00 P.M. ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK

“Boston Legal” Will Return for the 2005-06 Season with 27 Original Episodes

The ABC Television Network announced today that “Grey’s Anatomy” will continue airing Sundays at 10:00 p.m., ET, through the end of the season, with “Boston Legal” scheduled to return for 2005-06 with 27 original episodes, which will include the five episodes not aired this season. “We’re in the enviable position of having two shows that have each performed extremely well for us Sundays at 10:00 – ‘Boston Legal and ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ We had already picked up ‘Boston Legal’ for next year based on its stellar run thus far this season. Now, with the strong debut of ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ we are very optimistic about having an additional asset of tremendous value heading into Fall,” said Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment. “However, with this embarrassment of riches comes a tough decision. Ultimately we decided that, without having adequate lead time or marketing dollars to devote to moving either show so late in the season, we’d continue to let ‘Grey’s’ build on its tremendous momentum through May. We’re extremely excited that this will give us the amazing luxury of bringing ‘Boston Legal’ back next season with an unheard-of 27 original episodes.”

Season to date, since its March 27 premiere, “Grey’s Anatomy” is a dominant No. 1 in its time period, overshadowing its closest competition by 6.7 million viewers (17.0 million vs. 10.3 million - NBC) and beating the combined delivery of CBS and NBC in the time slot by 32% among Adults 18-49 (7.4/18 vs. 5.6/14=CBS and NBC combined). “Grey’s Anatomy” is delivering ABC’s best retention yet in the time period coming out “Desperate Housewives.” The show qualifies as the highest ranking midseason TV program and also has the distinction as the only drama this television season (returning and new) to build its audience from Week 1 to Week 2. In addition, “Grey’s” is producing ABC’s strongest series ratings among young adults in the hour since “The Practice” during the 2000-01 TV Season.

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Isaiah Washington as Preston Burke, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O’Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey and James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber.

Shonda Rhimes (“Introducing Dorothy Dandridge”) is creator and executive producer. Mark Gordon (“Saving Private Ryan”), Betsy Beers (“200 Cigarettes”) and Jim Parriott (“The American Embassy”) are executive producers. Peter Horton is co-executive producer. “Grey’s Anatomy” is a Touchstone Television Production.

I'm pissed off that Boston Legal won't be coming back on until next year. This is terrible news. I'm not happy at all about Grey's Anatomy replacing Boston Legal.