ABC just announced its fall premiere dates, including a two-hour Grey’s Anatomy premiere and a one-hour Modern Family. Also, tough-sell fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time is getting pushed out of the premiere week frenzy to late October (trailers here):
UPDATE: A sharp-eyed reader asked where’s Shark Tank. Well spotted, here’s some news: ABC has pushed Tank to midseason (probably January). I know, I want to throw things too.
Friday, September 16
10:00 p.m. “20/20”
Monday, September 19
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle”
Tuesday, September 20
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Body of Proof”
Wednesday, September 21
8:00-9:00 p.m. “The Middle” (special one-hour premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Modern Family” (special one-hour premiere)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Revenge”
Thursday, September 22
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Charlie’s Angels”
9:00-11:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (special two-hour premiere)
Sunday, September 25
7:00-9:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (special two-hour premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Pan Am”
Wednesday, September 28
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Suburgatory”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Happy Endings”
Thursday, September 29
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Private Practice”
Sunday, October 2
7:00-8:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
Tuesday, October 11
8:00- 9:00 p.m. “Last Man Standing” (special one-hour premiere)
Tuesday, October 18
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Man Up!”
Friday, October 21
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (time period premiere)
Sunday, October 23
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Once Upon a Time”
READ MORE: Here’s the full fall primetime schedule … and here’s ABC’s fall trailers.
uh shark Tank?
Good question. Updated above.
dont matter, ABC Family is the better network, “Switched at Birth” is one of the best shows on tv now
What has happened to ABC? They used to have excellent shows, such as Lost. Now there’s nothing but crap. There is not one show I care to watch from the premiere list.
@no Remakes, Yes…Switched at Birth has been suprisingly good. I had no expectations for it, so I guess I’ve been surpised by it. Now, it’s the show I look forward to each week.
switched at birth is a horribly acted contrived show. typical ABC family “original” programming…
Yaaay for Happy Endings! Loved it, so glad it’s coming back this fall! Can’t wait
me too!
No word on Cougar Town?
Yes, I second this! Where is Cougar Town? It already got shafted last spring! Please don’t let it be a dreaded mid-season premiere!
They stupidly pushed Cougar Town to a mid-season premiere. Because delaying it’s return from it’s Holiday break worked out so well.
Why is Extreme Makeover 2 hours on Fridays? I thought Shark Tank was going at 9.
At least Revenge will get good lead-in support its first week.
2 hours of Greys Anatomy//
people still care about that crapfest?
Yes, I care.
me too especially because this will be the last season with MER/DER
YES WE CARE!!! Grey’s is GREAT!!!
grey’s is my jam!!!!
Stupid ABC cancelling BETTER WITH YOU!!!!
I completely agree.
Yes, this is a prime example typical stupid programming decisions from ABC. They cancel a good, funny show when so many of their new shows look so lame that they’re going to tank for sure!
I’ll take the comedies and skip the dramas. ABC hasnt had a good drama since that plane crashed on that island. And reality tv is lame. Overall grade C-.
But Castle is awesome. Forgot about that show.
not one show on this list that I am planning on watching. My wife will watch grey’s but that is it for ABC. Atleast I don’t have to worry about getting interested in a show only to have it abrubtly cancelled by ABC this fall.
@Scott – That’s the main reason I didn’t watch the first season of Grey’s. I didn’t want to get invested in it, only to have ABC cancel it.
Yea Castle! I am so excited.
Why is OUAT time starting so late? I’ve read only great things about the show (unlike Charlie’s Angels). Will we get a full season?
I am soooo excited that Grey’s is two hours long because there is a lot of issues to deal with. I hated that the SF was not 2 hours.
Grey’s usually does a 2-hour season premiere. It’s not like they’re going to be showing 2 hours of Grey’s every single week.
I agree! They have a lot to deal with, this season! (i.e. O/C & M/D)
I thought the Christina Applegate/Will Arnett show Up All Night was premiering this fall?
“Up All Night” is a comedy on NBC actually…
Once Upon a Time doesn’t premiere until the end of October?! WHY?! Gods, that’s so annoying!
Excited for Pan Am…but besides Modern Family premiering with one-hour to possibly help boost Revenge, I don’t get why ABC is spreading its premieres out so much rather than having it all in one week.
I’m also excited to check out Pan Am. I love Christina Ricci and would love her to be on tv regularly….I just hope this show gets a legit chance. To me, the airline industry was pretty interesting back then.
Shannon…Up All Night airs on NBC, not ABC.
Thanks for the clarification. I’m getting my networks mixed up again….:)
Still mad @ ABC for cancelling “Off the Map”!
My family and I are looking forward to The Middle, Modern Family, and Once Upon A Time.
SK and Michelle, the head of ABC said he was planning on spreading out the premieres which makes sense to me. As for why Once is the one that got picked to start later I’m guessing it has to do with the other dramas not picking up enough buzz (Revenge) or being picked apart at the ABC upfronts (Charlie Angels). He probably wants those to pick up fans right away whereas Once created enough positive buzz and already has a built in fanbase with LOST fans and fans of fairy tales.