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Pavan · 05-12-2009, 12:02 PM

We have posted our thoughts, please take a look:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...pfront_12.html

ABC will have their upfront next Tuesday (May 19). So check back with us.

mgsports · 05-12-2009, 01:11 PM

Sunday's the same
Monday's Dancing with the Stars and it's Results show
Tuesday's Lost,Castle and another Drama
Wednesday's Uggly Betty and so on.
Thursday's Another Drama and the 2 Hospital Drama's
Friday's Bob Sagat's Show,Samantha Who and 4 other Comedies
Saturday's when College Football is over either NBA or College Basketball or Realty night or 20/20/other News Magazines

JulieSomoski · 05-12-2009, 03:12 PM

I like your schedule a lot, Pavan, probably the best you've predicted so far. Everything sounds good to me. Brothers & Sisters will definitely move to Mondays. Why not try a new show out of Desperate Housewives while there's still time? Ugly Betty on Fridays sounds great. Without competition, it could definitely rebuild there. A Wednesday 2-hour comedy block is a given, whereas a Tuesday hour comedy block is also a great idea. Maybe in late October/early November, though, they could cut DWTS down to 90 minutes, and stick a show like Samantha Who? back on Mondays. A show like Surviving Suburbia could always replace it on Wednesdays.

Pavan · 05-12-2009, 04:07 PM

I don't think Surviving Suburbia is in the cards anymore at ABC. Maybe as a summer player, but that's all.

Brent88 · 05-12-2009, 04:09 PM

At first glance I hated that schedule, but I'm warming up to it now. The basic ideas are definitely good. B&S definitely needs to move somewhere else(either Monday or Tuesday) so DH can launch a new hit, Castle definitely needs to come back(though I would prefer it stay on Monday with B&S on Tuesday), Wednesday definitely needs to be comedy night, and Betty needs to go to either Tuesday or Friday(I would prefer Tuesday but Friday could work too). Not sure about Atlas on Friday though. Thursday and Sunday look great though. As long as Jim and Scrubs don't come back I can deal with it.

I won't miss Surviving Suburbia. It sucked.

Pavan · 05-12-2009, 04:10 PM

Fridays is certainly a wild card for ABC. They will go with scripted. But going by these comedies, none are Friday themed. Family dramas are the way to go and I think Atlas will get a surprise pick-up. Yes, the pilot was costly, but this is their second time developing this pilot and I think it went cheaper than the first. If they do The Unknown, what can they pair it with? Nothing really.

Superstar · 05-12-2009, 05:21 PM

No Canned or Let It Go

I have a good feeling that neither of these will be on ABC's real schedule either.

Pavan · 05-12-2009, 05:35 PM

They both didn't test well, so likely they won't be picked-up.

tvcrazed · 05-12-2009, 05:41 PM

Did they actually redevelop ATLAS. It seems like they just removed Janelle Maloney from the cast credits and I didn't hear any cast additions like you did with the David Hemingson project. I wonder if they are keeping their options open and if they pick it up they will add to the exisiting footage etc.

Pavan · 05-12-2009, 05:44 PM

I think there are only three stars now on Atlas, and one of them was recast, if I'm not mistaken.

bliggenstrauff · 05-13-2009, 07:41 AM

Pavan, what do you have against Surviving Suburbia? It got good ratings, why would ABC all of a sudden get rid of it? I personally think it's the best sitcom to come along in a long while. Please explain why you don't think it'll be on the schedule because its ratings are competitive

Pavan · 05-13-2009, 10:41 AM

I don't have anything against it. In fact, I've seen every episode so far and enjoy it. It's ratings are not good. If it were good, it would have aired this week. It is losing a lot of its audience from Dancing with the Stars and Samantha Who? did much better. It's not a good sign when you go from 20 million to 9 million in 2 minutes.

Scoobiedoo30 · 05-13-2009, 12:29 PM

this is what I am thinking

Sunday Night's
at 6:00 pm CT America's Funniest Home Video's
at 7:00 pm CT Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
at 8:00 pm CT Desperate Housewives
at 9:00 pm Brother and Sisters

on Monday Night
at 7:00 pm CT Dancing With The Star's
at 9:00 pm Inside The Box

On Tuesday Night
at 7:00 pm CT Dancing With The Star's The Result
at 8:00 pm CT The Middle
at 8:30 pm CT Modern Family
at 9:00 pm CT Captain Castle

on Wednesday Night
at 7:00 pm CT Captain Cook Extraordinary Atlas
at 8:00 pm CT Ugly Betty
at 9:00 pm CT Happy Town

On Thursday Night
at 7:00 pm CT Flash Forward
at 8:00 pm CT Gtey's Anatomy
at 9:00 pm CT Private Practice

on Friday Night
at 7:00 pm CT Samthan Who
at 7:30 pm CT Romantically Challenged
at 8:00 pm CT Awsome Hank
at 8:30 pm CT The Cougar
at 9:00 pm CT 20/20

on Saturday Night
at 7:00 pm College Football

icecream · 05-15-2009, 11:27 AM

This is what I would do.

Sunday
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 Who Wants to be a Millionaire
9:00 Desperate Housewives
10:00 Castle

Monday
8:00 The Middle
8:30 DWTS performance
10:00 Happy Town

Tuesday
8:00 Who Wants to be a Millionaire
9:00 DWTS results
10:00 Inside the Box

Wednesday
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 Awesome Hank
9:30 This Little Piggy
10:00 Brothers & Sisters

Thursday
8:00 Flash Forward
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
10:00 Private Practice

Friday
8:00 Ugly Betty
9:00 Scrubs
9:30 Cougar Town
10:00 20/20

Pavan · 05-15-2009, 11:50 AM

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is not an option for fall.

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05-12-2009, 03:12 PM	#3
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05-12-2009, 04:09 PM	#5
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,180	At first glance I hated that schedule, but I'm warming up to it now. The basic ideas are definitely good. B&S definitely needs to move somewhere else(either Monday or Tuesday) so DH can launch a new hit, Castle definitely needs to come back(though I would prefer it stay on Monday with B&S on Tuesday), Wednesday definitely needs to be comedy night, and Betty needs to go to either Tuesday or Friday(I would prefer Tuesday but Friday could work too). Not sure about Atlas on Friday though. Thursday and Sunday look great though. As long as Jim and Scrubs don't come back I can deal with it. I won't miss Surviving Suburbia. It sucked.
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05-12-2009, 01:11 PM	#2
mgsports Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 30, 2006 Location: Olathe,KS Posts: 158	Sunday's the same Monday's Dancing with the Stars and it's Results show Tuesday's Lost,Castle and another Drama Wednesday's Uggly Betty and so on. Thursday's Another Drama and the 2 Hospital Drama's Friday's Bob Sagat's Show,Samantha Who and 4 other Comedies Saturday's when College Football is over either NBA or College Basketball or Realty night or 20/20/other News Magazines

05-12-2009, 04:07 PM	#4
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	I don't think Surviving Suburbia is in the cards anymore at ABC. Maybe as a summer player, but that's all.

05-12-2009, 04:10 PM	#6
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	Fridays is certainly a wild card for ABC. They will go with scripted. But going by these comedies, none are Friday themed. Family dramas are the way to go and I think Atlas will get a surprise pick-up. Yes, the pilot was costly, but this is their second time developing this pilot and I think it went cheaper than the first. If they do The Unknown, what can they pair it with? Nothing really.

05-12-2009, 05:21 PM	#7
Superstar Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 08, 2003 Posts: 63,316	No Canned or Let It Go I have a good feeling that neither of these will be on ABC's real schedule either.

05-12-2009, 05:35 PM	#8
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	They both didn't test well, so likely they won't be picked-up.

05-12-2009, 05:41 PM	#9
tvcrazed Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 01, 2008 Location: ny Posts: 952	Did they actually redevelop ATLAS. It seems like they just removed Janelle Maloney from the cast credits and I didn't hear any cast additions like you did with the David Hemingson project. I wonder if they are keeping their options open and if they pick it up they will add to the exisiting footage etc.

05-12-2009, 05:44 PM	#10
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	I think there are only three stars now on Atlas, and one of them was recast, if I'm not mistaken.

05-13-2009, 07:41 AM	#11
bliggenstrauff Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 08, 2008 Posts: 114	Pavan, what do you have against Surviving Suburbia? It got good ratings, why would ABC all of a sudden get rid of it? I personally think it's the best sitcom to come along in a long while. Please explain why you don't think it'll be on the schedule because its ratings are competitive

05-13-2009, 10:41 AM	#12
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	I don't have anything against it. In fact, I've seen every episode so far and enjoy it. It's ratings are not good. If it were good, it would have aired this week. It is losing a lot of its audience from Dancing with the Stars and Samantha Who? did much better. It's not a good sign when you go from 20 million to 9 million in 2 minutes.

05-15-2009, 11:50 AM	#15
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is not an option for fall.