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Date Posted: 09:00:22 05/18/04 Tue
Author: Islandgirl
Subject:

ABC's new schedule

Comments from me at the end:
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In a considerably more aggressive schedule than probably any other network, ratings-challenged ABC will introduce eight new series -- four scripted dramas (Lost, Life as We Know It, Desperate Housewives and The Practice: Fleet Street), two sitcoms (Rodney and Savages), and two reality hours (The Benefactor and Wife Swap). The network will make changes on six nights of the week (excluding Saturday, which remains intact with The Wonderful World of Disney), comedies have been trimmed from 10 on three nights to eight on two evenings (Tuesday and Friday), and Alias will be pushed back until midseason (where it is expected to return Sunday at 9 p.m.). Also of note is 20/20, which will air on Friday only with Elizabeth Vargas as the successor to the departing Barbara Walters.
What follows is the new ABC schedule, with new series in bold and a description of each new series.

Monday
8:00 p.m. THE BENEFACTOR
9:00 p.m. Monday Night Football

*1st Quarter 2005
8:00 p.m. Monday Night Movie
10:00 p.m. GREY'S ANATOMY

THE BENEFACTOR
16 contestants compete for $1 million from billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

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Tuesday
8:00 p.m. My Wife and Kids (new day)
8:30 p.m. George Lopez (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. According To Jim
9:30 p.m. RODNEY
10:00 p.m. NYPD Blue (BLIND JUSTICE in midseason)

RODNEY
Stand-up comedian Rodney Carrington is a down-to-earth guy who keeps quitting or getting fired from jobs he hates while performing stand-up in dive bars at night.

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Wednesday
8:00 p.m. LOST
9:00 p.m. The Bachelor
10:00 p.m. WIFE SWAP

LOST
Following a devastating plane crash, 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane to survive.

WIFE SWAP
From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire producer Michael Davies, two families are given the rare opportunity to witness what it's like to live someone else's life and experiences.
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Thursday
8:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
10:00 p.m. Primetime Live

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
Three teenage boys -- a jock, an artist and a straight-A student - try to survive the difficult teen years.
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Friday
8:00 p.m. 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (new day)
8:30 p.m. SAVAGES
9:00 p.m. Hope & Faith
9:30 p.m. Less Than Perfect (new day)
10:00 p.m. 20/20

SAVAGES
In this small screen tale of Mel Gibson's real life experiences with a brood of boys, the slovenly Savage brothers are raised by their single dad (Keith Carradine).

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Saturday
8:00 p.m. The Wonderful World of Disney
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Sunday
7:00 p.m. America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 p.m. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (Alias in midseason)
10:00 p.m. THE PRACTICE: FLEET STREET

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Reminiscent of Knots Landing, a seemingly perfect housewife who ends her life takes us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors.

THE PRACTICE: FLEET STREET
In this spin-off from The Practice, Alan Shore (James Spader) and Denny Crane (William Shatner) lead a group of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm.

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The only thing here that even kinda/sorta interests me is "The Practice: Fleet Street" and I cannot figure out how that can possibly be considered a "new" show. I guess ABC just wants to be able to say it has at least one hit among its "new" shows, but this is basically just "The Practice" with a few new characters added and a few old characters eliminated.
As a woman who spent ten years as a full-time housewife (although I always preferred the terms "homemaker" or "stay-at-home mother") I'm insulted by the very title of "Desperate Housewives". I don't think there are too many of those around in the 21st century! Most women who don't find fulfilment at home simply go out and pursue a career nowadays. . .they don't sit around the house being "desperate".
To be honest, I'm really surprised that they're renewing "Alias", even at midseason. I'm not trying to trash the show -- I know a lot of you here like it, and I haven't actually seen enough eps of it (just one full ep, I think) to have an opinon on it -- but, from a purely economic perspective, it seems like a dumb decision. An hour-long, special-effects laden drama is expensive to produce and its ratings are pretty anemic.

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Replies:

I'm sad about "Bonnie" -- detoured, 15:33:14 05/18/04 Tue
- A wife swap show?!! Desperate Housewives!? -- Kande's Sis, 16:12:25 05/18/04 Tue
  - I agree, WHO comes up with this stuff? -- SMH, in line behind KS to be intiated as an old fogie, 17:33:37 05/18/04 Tue
    - I can't believe the crap! -- CW standing in line behind SMH, 20:02:32 05/18/04 Tue
      - The Wife Swap one got to me too -- detoured, 20:45:17 05/18/04 Tue
        Hmm. Good question. -- Kande's Sis, 06:18:16 05/19/04 Wed
        Replying to comments above. . . -- Islandgirl, 07:19:15 05/20/04 Thu
Re: ABC's new schedule -- HHB, 22:24:05 09/23/04 Thu