ABC Upfront/General News and Discussion: 2022-23

[Pavan]

Below are premiere dates for new and returning shows (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific).

THURSDAY, DEC. 15
8:00-10:00 p.m. "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (previously announced)
10:00-11:00 p.m. "The Parent Test" (special series premiere - previously announced)

TUESDAY, JAN. 3
8:00-9:00 p.m. "The Rookie" (new night and time)
9:00-10:00 p.m. "The Rookie: Feds" (new time)
10:00-11:00 p.m. "Will Trent" (series premiere)

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4
9:00-9:31 p.m. "Abbott Elementary"
9:31-10:00 p.m. "Home Economics"
10:00-11:00 p.m. "Big Sky: Deadly Trails"

THURSDAY, JAN. 5
8:00-9:00 p.m. "Celebrity Jeopardy!" (new night)
9:00-10:00 p.m. "The Parent Test" (regular time period premiere)
10:00-11:00 p.m. "The Chase" (new night and time)

FRIDAY, JAN. 6
8:00-9:01 p.m. "Shark Tank"

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11
8:00-8:30 p.m. "The Conners"
8:30-9:00 p.m. "The Goldbergs"

MONDAY, JAN. 23
8:00-10:01 p.m. "The Bachelor" (season premiere - previously announced)
10:01-11:00 p.m. "The Good Doctor"

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8
8:30-9:00 p.m. "Not Dead Yet" (early series premiere)
9:31-10:00 p.m. "Not Dead Yet" (regular time period premiere - new episode)
10:00-11:00 p.m. "A Million Little Things" (farewell season premiere)

SUNDAY, FEB. 19
7:00-8:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00-10:00 p.m. "American Idol" (season premiere)
10:00-11:00 p.m. "The Company You Keep" (series premiere)

THURSDAY, FEB. 23
8:00-9:00 p.m. "Station 19"
9:00-10:01 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:01-11:00 p.m. "Alaska Daily"

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by icecream

ABC should be ashamed of how they are treating The Wonder Years. Now season 2 won't air until summer! Almost certainly no season 3 now, ABC sure didn't want to give Fred Savage's showrunner replacement any shot of succeeding. The only sitcom left worth watching on the network and it gets treated like garbage.

It's not summer. It will be in Spring.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Pavan

It's not summer. It will be in Spring.

Hmm. Did TVLine get it wrong then?

https://tvline.com/2022/11/07/the-wo...e-summer-2023/

[MA]

Blog post about the ABC Midseason 2023 schedule:

https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2022/...-2023.html?m=1

[MA]

‘Abbott Elementary’ Season 2 Premiere Becomes ABC’s Highest-Rated Comedy Telecast In 3 Years, Up 623% In MP35

https://deadline.com/2022/11/abbott-...35-1235167812/

[scotchnh2o]

Originally Posted by icecream

Last night while I was watching Celebrity Jeopardy! live, an exclusive interview with Mike Pence was advertised for tomorrow (which is now today) at 10/9. I assumed this meant The Good Doctor had been pulled and tonight's episode would be delayed. But then I saw on TVLine that its 100th episode is airing tonight, and ABC's website also confirms it is still The Good Doctor. Was that Pence interview actually advertised for 10AM?

My guide also says The Good Doctor is on, but the futon critic says a special presentation of 20/20 with Mike Pence is on tonight...

[MA]

‘Avalon’ Not Going Forward At ABC; David E. Kelley’s Neve Campbell-Led Drama Being Shopped Elsewhere

https://deadline.com/2022/11/avalon-...ll-1235176698/

[icecream]

Is Celebrity Jeopardy! not coming back until January now? Originally it was new on December 11 plus a new Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. But that has changed to an all night airing of Avatar and a Conners repeat. Zap2it and The Futon Critic both agreed on that change.

[MA]

AKC National Championship Dog Show To Air On ABC January 1st

https://www.akc.org/press-releases/a...c-january-1st/

[icecream]

The Backstreet Boys Christmas special that would have aired on December 14 has been pulled because of rape allegations against Nick Carter.

https://tvline.com/2022/12/08/backst...legations-abc/

[MA]

Disney to Air Episodes of Star Wars Series Andor on ABC

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...es-on-abc-hulu

[James28]

Originally Posted by icecream

ABC should be ashamed of how they are treating The Wonder Years. Now season 2 won't air until summer! Almost certainly no season 3 now, ABC sure didn't want to give Fred Savage's showrunner replacement any shot of succeeding. The only sitcom left worth watching on the network and it gets treated like garbage.

It is clear that ABC execs are already preferring Abbott Elementary over the 2021 version of The Wonder Years and have decided that they couldn't realistically have both of them be solid long-term players. A consequence of my hesitancy over letting series reboots succeed.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by James28

It is clear that ABC execs are already preferring Abbott Elementary over the 2021 version of The Wonder Years and have decided that they couldn't realistically have both of them be solid long-term players. A consequence of my hesitancy over letting series reboots succeed.

I am not even mad at Abbott Elementary on this, it is natural to push what is now their ace comedy. Home Economics though, was very undeserving of the fall slot. That should have gone to The Wonder Years instead. Home Economics blows chunks and is not worth being considered as a long-term player.

[icecream]

Not cool pulling The Chase for a primetime edition of Jimmy Kimmel not live (I am assuming it is taped like the other late night shows). They could easily have put Jimmy Kimmel the night before while Wednesday is between Big Sky and A Million Little Things. Dumb Will Trent doesn't need more repeats (humans on that show were all unlikable, only good thing was the dog).

[icecream]

Martin Mull was the best part of Not Dead Yet. How stupid of them not making him a series regular, with Martin not continuing past the pilot I won't either.