The 2005 Prime Time TV Fall Lineups: ABC & The WB

ABC
OK ABC has had a good year regarding hit shows. Lost, Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy. The later two make up ABC's Sunday Night lineup which has become the strongest link in ABC's stable. Sundays will be unchanged with their night of positive reality (AFV, EXM: Home Edition) and Prime Time Soap Operas (Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy).

Meanwhile Lost will be moved to 8/9 PM on Wednesdays while the first hour (7/8) will be devoted to sitcoms with its stars in the titles. George Lopez who gets a new day and a brand new sitcom with Freddie Prinze, Jr. that follows Lopez

Alias is going to Thursdays and is going to try to exploit NBC's once powerful Thursday night lineup. Alias will air in the 7/8 timeslot against Joey and Will & Grace. Joey has proven that its no "Friends" and Will & Grace is likely singing their swan song this year. ABC will also have on Thursday nights a remake of the short lived TV series "The Night Stalker." Just one great night of TV that is full of twists and turns. Oh yea on Wednesdays following Lost, ABC will have a Science Fiction series called "Invasion" which seems to be a copy cat of the X-Files. With Jennifer Gardner about to give birth to Ben Afflack's "Devil Child" (he really needs to make some better movies for crying outloud, and I am only joking about the devil child) how will it affect Gardner's alter ego on the show Sydney Bristow. Also can Alias draw from CBS's Survivor or will Gardner be voted off the island with Aflack in tow??? :) Also can The Night Stalker send the Donald to the board room to be fired or will the Stalker be taking a cab after he gets fired???

One thing for sure CSI may still ask that question to both Trump and the Stalker;"Who the ---- are YOU?" As in the famous song by The Who which is also the theme of CSI: Las Vegas.

Mondays Nights you will get one last great season of NFL Monday Night Football before those games move to ESPN starting with the 2006 season. Don't worry Sunday Night Games will go to NBC next year. After that its The Bachelor, Emily's Reasons Why Not, Jake in Progress (getting another shot), and What About Brian. Long term challenge for ABC build a strong Monday night lineup.

An hour of Supernanny will kick off the ever famous TGIF lineup (if they still want to call it that), following by Hope & Faith and a new sitcom Hot Properties.

Tuesdays dramas include a new show in which promotes a dream that certain women wish would happen...a female President of the United States. The show called " Commander-in-Chief" and Geena Davis plays this TV president. Boston Public will also air on Tuesdays in the old NYPD Blue slot after losing Sunday nights to "Grey."

The Fall Prime Time TV grid and complete list of the new ABC shows can be seen by clicking the link below
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,802952491,00.html

The WB
The Frog Network is now in a neck and neck battle for fifth place against UPN. The WB is still looking for a comedy hit. Reba is back for another year on Fridays, and Monday's will still be home to 7th Heaven which now enters its 10th season. Charmed also returns to its Sunday night confort zone. Amanda Bynes still has work with the show "What I Like About You."

Smallville, Everwood, and Blue Collar TV (starring Jeff Foxworthy) get new days and/or times.

A new sitcom called Twins which has nothing to do with the movie that stared Danny DeVeto and Governor Arnold. However it pairs Sara Gilbert (Roseanne, 24) with Molly Stanton in her first attempt at prime time TV. Fans of the NBC daytime drama "Passions" will remember Stanton as Charity Standish. Her formor co-star Jesse Metcalfe who played her on-camera boyfriend Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions also went to prime time TV and made it big as John Rowland on ABC's Desperate Housewives. As Rowland he is the gardner for the Solis, and Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) has her eye on him in spite of being married. But I am getting off topic so lets get back to what will be on The Frog.

The WB also picks up a show from Jerry Bruckheimer. The show is called "Just Legal" and stars Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges) and Jay Baruchel.

The Prime Time TV grid and complete list of the new WB fall shows can be seen by clicking the link below.
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,8029525211,00.html

NBC: Rolled out their lineup yesterday. See my post from yesterday by clicking the link below
http://donmccullen.blogspot.com/2005/05/2005-prime-time-tv-fall-lineups-nbc.html

CBS: Will present their fall lineup tomorrow

FOX & UPN: Will present their fall lineup on Thursday.