letterten 2007-08 fall preview

Cashmere Mafia
Tue, starting Dec 4, 9p (preview, Nov 27, 10p)
Season 1

Eli Stone
TBA
Season 1

Miss/Guided
TBA
Season 1

Lost
February
Season 4
[Sep 22, 2004]

Wife Swap
TBA
Iteration 4
[Sep 26, 2004]

According...Jim
TBA
Season 7
[Oct 3, 2001]

Supernanny
TBA
Iteration 4
[Jan 17, 2005]

ABC \| CBS \| CW \| Fox \| NBC \|\| Sun \| Mon \| Tue \| Wed \| Thu \| Fri \| Sat \|\| Complete \|\| Main

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
Sun	America's Funniest Videos Oct 7 ~Season 18 [debut: Jan 14, 1990]		Extreme Makeover: Home Ed. Sep 30 (2-hr premiere, 7p) Season 5 [Dec 3, 2003]		Desperate Housewives Sep 30 Season 4 [Oct 3, 2004]		Brothers & Sisters Sep 23 Season 2 [Sep 24, 2006]

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
Mon	Dancing With the Stars Sep 24 (special; performance, Sep 25, 8p) Iteration 5 [Jun 1, 2005]			Samantha Who? Oct 15 Season 1	The Bachelor Sep 24 (90-min premiere, 9:30p) Iteration 11 [Mar 25, 2002]
Tue	Cavemen Oct 2 Season 1	Carpoolers Oct 2 Season 1	Dancing With the Stars Results Oct 2 (premiere, Sep 26, 8p) Iteration 5 [Sep 22, 2005]		Boston Legal Sep 25 Season 4 [Oct 3, 2004]
Wed	Pushing Daisies Oct 3 Season 1		Private Practice Sep 26 Season 1		Dirty Sexy Money Sep 26 Season 1
Thu	Ugly Betty Sep 27 Season 2 [Sep 28, 2006]		Grey's Anatomy Sep 27 Season 4 [Mar 27, 2005]		Big Shots Sep 27 Season 1
Fri	20/20 Oct 12 Season 28 [Jun 6, 1978]		Women's Murder Club Oct 12 Season 1		Men In Trees Oct 12 Season 2 [Sep 12, 2006]
Sat	ABC Saturday Night College Football Sep 2

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ABC is in a bit of a weird place. They are definitely in transition with eight new shows, three midseason launches and relaunch of Lost.

Sunday is unchanged for the Alphabet, and the only real question is will Brothers & Sisters experience a sophomore slump.

Dancing With the Stars kicks off ABC Monday, followed by the new Samantha Who? (which won't debut until October 15. The 'I-didn't-realize-it-is-still-on' edition of The Bachelor ends the night. They get a huge boost from Dancing, but CBS and the new NBC Monday will make the night interesting.

I think if you'd like to see ABC's comedy hour of Cavemen and Carpoolers, you'd better not wait to check 'em out. I don't expect they'll be around very long. Dancing With the Stars Results is obvious and Boston Legal holds it own against anything. Cashmere Mafia takes over the 9pm slot after Dancing concludes its run.

ABC Wednesday is a risk. An all-new night of anything is tough to launch. Pushing Daisies has had the biggest marketing push of any ABC show and it preceeds the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice. It'll be interesting to see how they export the magic they had with Grey's. Ending the night is the new Dirty Sexy Money. It's a very symbiotic night. ABC is putting an awful lot on the night.

On the other hand, ABC Thursday is a slam dunk. Arguably the most successful show of the 2006-07 season, Ugly Betty returns to start the night. The #1 scripted show on television, Grey's Anatomy is a lead in to the new Big Shots giving Shots what is probably the best launching pad on TV right now.

Friday gives us 20/20 in a new timeslot, followed by the new Women's Murder Club and the former bubble show, Men In Trees. Friday has actually become competitive again all around.

ABC Saturday is College Football and then presumably movies, specials and encores.

Last year's gutsy move of Grey's to Thursday changed a lot for ABC. It gives them a promotional platform that's second to none. The all-new Wednesday is a bit daring, but I like it. In addition to Private Practice, they need one new show to become a hit and they'll be challenging CBS for the overall crown.