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    ABC Fall Line Up

     

    For those that want to know.

     

    ABC's plan for the 2009-10 TV includes alien invasions, a new night for Betty and a bevy of sitcoms — though at least one laugher was ironically "forgotten" along the way.

    Looking to build a comedy bloc, ABC's Wednesday lineup will feature four new sitcoms: Hank (starring Kelsey Grammer), The Middle (fronted by Patricia Heaton), Modern Family and Cougar Town (starring Courteney Cox Arquette). Notably missing from ABC's schedule is Samantha Who?, which has officially been canceled. The Christina Applegate-star, however, still has a handful of unaired episodes in its arsenal.

     

    The Alphabet's Sunday and Monday lineups will remain intact, as will the Thursday night combo of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. Now leading into Shonda Rhimes' one-two punch will be Flash Forward, starring Joseph Fiennes, Sonya Walger and John Cho. The high-concept action-drama — which ran teaser promos during Lost's last two episodes —bumps Ugly Betty to Fridays at 9 pm, where America Ferrera & Co. will be sandwiched between Supernanny and 20/20.

     

    ABC will test two new hour-longs on back-to-back nights at 10 pm. Jerry Bruckheimer's The Forgotten, about a group of amateur detectives and starring Reiko Aylesworth, will lead out of Dancing with the Stars' results shows on Tuesday, while Eastwick (inspired by the '80s flick The Witches of Eastwick) will anchor Wednesday. Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jaime Ray Newman star as sorceresses.

     

    On the reality front, Mark Burnett's Shark Tank, which is aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs, will lead into the Dancing results shows Tuesdays at 8.

     

    Once Dancing with the Stars bows out, Scrubs and Better Off Ted will occupy Tuesday's 9 o'clock hour. Regarding Scrubs, at this time only Zach Braff is locked to return — for at least six episodes — and the setting might possibly change from Sacred Heart Hospital.

     

    Premiering midseason are the dramas V (a reimagining of the cult alien miniseries, and now starring Elizabeth Mitchell), Deep End (a legal series), Happy Town (a murder mystery featuring Amy Acker and Geoff Stults) and, of course, Lost's final season.

    Also on deck for ABC are True Beauty and Wife Swap.

    Like Samantha Who?, Cupid and The Unusuals are both canceled, but Surviving Suburbia could return, depending on the ratings its final freshman-season episodes get.

     

    I won't miss Samantha Who, but I will miss the Unusuals.  I'm happy more real shows are coming up instead of all the reality shows.

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