At leas there are more comedies here, but ABC is not known for the greatest sitcoms...
NEW YORK - ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff will air next fall on an all-new Wednesday night schedule, one of 11 new series the network plans for next season.
"Private Practice" features Dr. Addison Shepard, who leaves Seattle for work in Los Angeles. A special "Grey's Anatomy" that effectively served as the show's pilot was seen by 21 million people earlier this month.
Veteran TV actors Merrin Dungey, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs and Amy Brenneman will join star Kate Walsh in "Private Practice," which will air at 9 p.m.
Two other new series will air Wednesdays on ABC in the fall. "Pushing Daisies," described as a forensic fairy tale, features a boy who can touch dead people and bring them back to life. "Dirty Sexy Money" is a prime-time soap opera about a wealthy New York family.
ABC also gave the go-ahead to "Cavemen," a comedy adapted from the Geico insurance commercials.
The network canceled the comedies " George Lopez," "Help Me Help You" and "Knights of Prosperity." "What About Brian" did not make the cut, and ABC is still debating the future of "According to Jim," while leaving it off the fall schedule.
The first prime-time series from Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, "Oprah's Big Give," will debut in midseason. It's a reality series where contestants compete in philanthropy.
In contrast to last year, when "Grey's Anatomy" made its successful switch to Thursday nights, ABC plans no major shifts of its existing series. "Men in Trees" moves to an earlier time slot on Friday nights.
"Lost" will return in midseason, but ABC made no commitment Tuesday on where it will land on the schedule.
Other new series that ABC plans for next season:
_"Big Shots," a drama about four hard-charging friends who are dysfunctional CEOs. Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus, Joshua Malina and Michael Vartan play the lead characters.
_"Cashmere Mafia," ABC's attempt to inherit the "Sex and the City" mantle. Four women, friends since business school, juggle their personal and professional lives in New York. NBC has a similar new show with three women.
_"Eli Stone," a drama about a top lawyer in San Francisco who begins having visions because of a brain aneurysm.
_"Women's Murder Club," based on James Patterson novels, is a drama about four women in San Francisco a detective, district attorney, medical examiner and reporter who work together to solve crimes.
_"Carpoolers," a comedy about four men from different backgrounds who get together each day for some male bonding on the drive to work.
_"Miss/Guided," a comedy about a former high school geek who returns to her alma mater as a guidance counselor, only to see an ex-cheerleader and former nemesis come back as an English teacher.
_"Sam I Am," a comedy with Christina Applegate about a woman who awakes from a coma with no memory, only to find out she was a creep before.
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everything except for that stupid caveman crap sounds good. I had heard that they were thinking of moving Ugly Betty to Sundays before DH and am glad that they changed that. Im not at all heartbroken about sitcoms that missed it, none of them were that funny anyways
Monday 8pm: "Dancing With The Stars" 9:30: "Sam I Am" (Christina Applegate stars in a comed about an amnesic trying to recover her life) 10: "The Bachelor"
Notes: After "DWTS" ends its run, it'll be "Wife Swap" at 8, "Sam I Am" at 9, "Notes from the Underbelly" at 9:30 and "October Road" at 10.
Tuesday 8pm: "Cavemen" (The Geico commercial-inspired comedy) 8:30: "Carpoolers" (A group of guys who commute together; starring Faith Ford, Jerry O'Connell) 9: "Dancing With The Stars Results" 10: "Boston Legal"
Notes: After "DWTS," "Cashmere Mafia" (Pretty much "Sex in the City" starring Bonnie Somerville, Lucy Liu)
Wednesday: 8pm: "Pushing Daisies" (supernatural detective show, with Kristin Chenoweth, Chi McBride) 9: "Private Practice" (The Grey's spinoff, with Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs) 10: "Dirty Sexy Money" (A wealthy, Kennedy-esque family and their lawyer; with Donald Sutherland, Jilly Clayburgh, Peter Krause)
Notes: No return date for "Lost" announced, but most likely will be Wednesday.
Canceled: "According to Jim," "George Lopez," "In Case of Emergency," "The Knights of Prosperity," "Six Degrees," "What About Brian."
Coming at mid-season: "Eli Stone" (drama about a lawyer who looks for a higher calling; with Jonny Lee Miller, Victor Garber, Natasha Henstridge); "Miss/Guided" (comedy about a former awkward teen going back to her high school as a guidance counselor; with Brooke Burns); "Supernanny"; and "Oprah's Big Give" (reality show looking for the biggest giver in making a difference in people's lives).
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i'm still watching a lot of ABC shows...grey's, desperate housewives (tho i almost gave that up this season), brothers & sisters is fabulous, october road was good & i'm glad it's coming back. i'm enjoying traveler this summer too.
kris
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an ABC soap fan since i was a teen. favorte hobby is reading mysteries & legal or medical procedural mysteries
She's a jealous girl but still sexy as ever!
