ABC’s New Fall Schedule: The Alphabet Brings the Dramas and Starts a New Comedy Night

Now it’s ABC’s turn to announce its 2011–2012 lineup. The network has a whole bunch of new shows, and many of them are waiting in the wings for mid-season. For the fall, Charlie’s Angels gets a nice pre-Grey’s spot on Thursdays. (Shonda Rhimes’s new show, Scandal, isn’t on the schedule yet, keeping Thursdays from being an all Shonda affair.) Fairy tales are real series Once Upon a Time and Christina Ricci’s period stewardess drama Pan-Am will hammock Desperate Housewives on Sunday nights. And new Hamptons-set drama Revenge will air at ten on Wednesday. ABC will start a new comedy night on Tuesday (which will counter-program against Fox’s Glee), with Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing and Man Up airing from 8 to 9. When Dancing with the Stars goes on hiatus in December, Cougar Town and James Van Der Beek’s Apt 23 will join those sitcoms, giving the alphabet a full night of comedy on Tuesday until Dancing returns in March. Suburgatory joins the Wednesday night comedy line up at eight-thirty, and Happy Endings will get the plum post–Modern Family spot. Cougar Town will begin some time mid-season. Other mid-season shows that haven’t been scheduled yet include some high-profile ones: Good Christian Belles, Ashley Judd as a mother hunting for her son in Missing, The River, and Shonda Rhimes’s Scandal are the additional dramas, and the Bosom Buddies–ish Work It is the additional sitcom.

MONDAY:

8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars�

10:00 p.m. “Castle�

TUESDAY:

8:00 p.m. “Last Man Standing� [New Show]

8:30 p.m. “Man Up� [New Show]

9:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show�

10:00 p.m. “Body of Proof�

WEDNESDAY:

8:00 p.m. “The Middle�

8:30 p.m. “Suburgatory� [New Show]

9:00 p.m. “Modern Family�

9:30 p.m. “Happy Endings�

10:00 p.m. “Revenge� [New Show]

THURSDAY:

8:00 p.m. “Charlie’s Angels� [New Show]

9:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy�

10:00 p.m. “Private Practice�

FRIDAY:

8:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition�

9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank�

10:00 p.m. “20/20�

SATURDAY:

8:00 p.m. “Saturday Night College Football�

SUNDAY:

7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos�

8:00 p.m. “Once Upon a Time� [New Show]

9:00 p.m. “Desperate Housewives�

10:00 p.m. “Pan Am� [New Show]