LOST will return Tuesdays at 9pm starting February 2, 2010. I’m not sure yet what this means for the 8pm and 10pm schedule (though the betting seems to be on V taking the Tuesday 10pm slot after the Olympics) or what will happen once Dancing With the Stars returns in March, but sooner or later (hopefully sooner) ABC will reveal its mid-season plans and we’ll update you.
The Groundhog Day return will feature 3 hours of Lost - a one hour recap plus a two hour premiere.
Update: Here’s the press release from ABC:
ABC ANNOUNCES THE PREMIERE OF THE SIXTH AND FINAL SEASON OF “LOST,”
WITH A SPECIAL ALL-NIGHT EVENT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
ABC announces the premiere of the sixth and final season of “Lost,” with a special all-night event on Tuesday, February 2. A recap special will kick off the night from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET, followed by the much anticipated two-hour premiere from 9:00-11:00 p.m.
The series will then air in its regular time period – Tuesday nights from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET – beginning the following week, on February 9.
“Lost” stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Ken Leung as Miles, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Terry O’Quinn as Locke and Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana.
“Lost” was created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Jean Higgins and Carlton Cuse serve as executive producers. “Lost,” which is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii and premiered on September 22, 2004, is from ABC Studios.
Wow, they are actually going to move DWTS results to go up against Idol. I thought there was zero chance of that happening. Now the question is if FF or V gets the post Lost deathslot.
ABC posted it on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204982482124
It just mentions the 3 hour event. No mention whether this is the time slot where LOST will finish its run.
I had a feeling they’d do this. Julia I really think that depends on how V does next week. If the ratings look like they are stabilizing V is a shoe in. Maybe ABC is taking my advice (j/k), now lets see if they promote both shows returns as major events.
V probably makes the most sense, because they can leave The Forgotten when it is through its 18 episode run, and then replace it with V.
CK, the press release (added above) says its regular time slot will be Tuesdays at 9pm
then they can throw Scrubs and Better Off Ted under the Idol bus.
SO maybe UGLY BETTY will move on wed at 10 after all!!
George, my magic 8 Ball says don’t count on it
No, George. This has no bearing on Ugly Betty.
What they need,
8:00 V
9:00 Lost
10:00 Flash Foward
All three shows can compete with the othe r networks pretty handidly
shaking and crying
I just saw the press release. 9:00 Tuesdays. Huge LOST fan and I know where I’ll be.
Cody, that would work until March when DWTS returns. However, if DWTS is canceled or moved from its normal Mon/Tues schedule (a bigger story than Lost’s return, if that happens) anything is possible!
Sounds good to me.
Who’s to say Dancing won’t move to 10?
Robert, that would work until March, except V won’t have anything to air until March.
Dancing is a family show, they will not move to 10pm.
This sucks. I’m going have to watch the entire last season online as Tuesdays are busy for me.
I think Dancing will get the 8PM slot when it returns in March. That gives enough time for ABC to burn through Scrubs and Better Off Ted at 8PM.
That leaves the unanswered question of what ABC is going to do with Wednesdays.
really thought they would make lost the 10pm show. this way you can do dwts at 8pm. v or something at 9 to get the dwts lead in and lost will do what it does at 10 since it doesn’t do well as a lead in.
I agree, DWTS at 8pm is what is going to happen in March. Cool is right, they will not air DWTS results show at 10pm when half its audience has already fallen asleep
Michael, I’d say the comedy block stays intact, and FlashForward moves to 10PM Wednesday. A new show will take the 8PM Thursday timeslot.
In my opinion, ABC should make some changes in Spring with DWTS returns.
I don’t believe that DWTS will be move, i think Lost is put in this slot, because without DWTS and V tuesdays night are in a bug problem, so Lost alocation at 9p is only to keep thing look a little better.
In spring, i think that lost could be at 8pm or 10 pm, V will determine watch slot lost get.
this depends also on how many mid-season shows abc have and if they are good enough to get a chance in a good slot.
So what are the other shows that are presumed to be airing opposite LOST? The second hour of The Biggest Loser? Whatever follows American Idol? Some crappy CBS procedural? It’s a no-brainer what I’ll be watching.
Julia, why did you refer to the post-LOST slot as the “deathslot?” Do you not think that having LOST as a lead in would be beneficial to some show? It might not get the ratings it once did, but it still pulls 7-8 million viewers, and that’s nothing to sneeze at.
I fully anticipated that Lost would be the 10/9c show on Wednesdays after Eastwick got the can. I think that is the better slot. Why go up against American Idol (which will have many two-hour episodes) when you could have Jay Leno as competition instead?
Devdog: Lost will compete with:
NBC: The Biggest Loser
FOX: Idol (two hour Tuesday performance show)
CBS: NCIS: LA
In my opinion, before Lost returns with new episodes, abc could air a special Lost week event in the 1st week of january, before the returning of the all new episodes from other shows. Airing from monday tu friday a 3 hour season movie recap, without narrator. a little different from others recaps.
telling the sotry of each season in a short version.
NBC will have the Olympics (february 12-28)
Devdog, there has never been a show that aired out of Lost that wasn’t canceled. It’s a deathslot.
My guess is FlashForward stays where it is and Happy Town and The Deep End share the Wed 10 pm slot. There isn’t anything they can really air Thursday at 8 that will improve the timeslot for them, so might as well keep the status quo?
jon, I think ABC is reserving the 10PM slot to deal with lower rated shows that they have already committed to (FlashFoward and it’s 25 episode order comes to mind.) Besides, Lost has faced Idol in the past and still holds up as well as can be expected against it.
Devdog, Lost has proven that it’s not a good leadin show. Nothing that has been scheduled behind it has done well. Now I do think trying V after it is one of the best combos. Since both are scifi themed, and Lost’s former star Elisabeth Mitchell is the star of V it could work.
Perhaps this is a sign that ABC has finally woken up to the notion that two cycles of Dancing with the Stars every year is too much and it’ll just take the Fall slot from here on out? Perhaps that will also strengthen its fall ratings a little as well…
Of course in that situation what the hell they put on Monday 8-10 becomes the real issue not what happens on Tuesday. Do ABC have enough shows not to run another cycle of Dancing in March?
Can we also presume that this means V will settle into the Tuesday at 10 pm slot when it returns after the Olympics?
Variety thinks that V will air at 10PM after Lost.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011617.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&ref=verttv
Alex: there is probably no chance there isn’t a DWTS cycle that will begin in March.
Julia, you may be right about Thursdays at 8, If I were ABC I’d move FlashForward and try something else there. Thursday’s ad rate premium paired with Flashforward’s low rating would be reason to try something new.
I don’t think there is any chance that Flash Forward moves from an 8pm Thursday show to a 10pm Tuesday show in the same season. No matter how compatable the two shows are.
I believe the 10pm slot will be used for Happy Town at 10pm.
Flashforward will not move, didn’t FF was the highest new show in ad rates? Thursday is a special day too.
Robert I suspect you’re probably right.
As far as Thursday 8PM goes I still think The Deep End reads as a better fit for the ‘Grey’s block’ that is ABC Thursday then FlashForward does.
Cool if FlashForward did/does have the highest ad rates of any new show then ABC is going to be losing a lot of money on it right now so a move to another slot where it might in theory rebound a little isn’t out of the question.
LOST did respectable against Idol last season. They probably figured LOST will perform respectably again and better than anything else they could put in the time slot.
Cool, that may have been true before the season started, but the ratings didn’t deliver.
Alex, I can see that, but there are only 7 episodes of The Deep End, and trying to launch a midseason show with no lead-in support is even more impossible than at the beginning of the season. And, unfortunately, I don’t think ABC is behind the show enough to do a campaign blitz like they did with V.
FF or V at 10:00 following LOST makes sense conceptually. But neither show is catching on. Unless the new showrunners for FF and V can breath life into the shows, 10:00 will just be a slot to burn off the episode order.
I just realized that Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond) is no t a regular for next season
About time ABC saw that DWTSResults no longer warrants an AI-free slot. Also, T9 is pretty weak as far as scripted shows go*.
However, T10/W8/W10/R8 are still up in the air. Frankly, given all the 10pm-only shows ABC has, I think it is more likely V ends up at Wed 8pm, FF keeps R8, and Deep End/Forgotten/Happy Town/etc. will share the T/W10 slots. (At the beginning of the season, I felt ABC will try Happy Town after Lost, and continue to think that’s the case.)
*The big news that I am surprised no one mentioned is that Fringe just got put in Thu/Fri hell. If Fox tries Fringe vs. Lost, it has an extremely good chance of being murdered.
Will Scrubs/Ted be done by 2-2-2010? Or will they slide to the 8pm hour until March when presumable DWTS results returns? I guess ABC figures that even if the results show is low rated already and goes up against Idol it is still cheap and likely to do better than just about anything else they could put there. LOST will perform well enough whether against Idol or not so I guess it could be a good plan for them to try to beef up Tuesdays, but I really thought LOST would go in the 10pm Wednesday slot.
Between Trauma maybe getting un-cancelled and now LOST airing in a slot that was already taken by another show, I’ve given up guessing what any of the networks will do the rest of this season
Also: The February start point means the show will probably air completely uninterrupted this season, unlike last year.
Julia, do you know if they can change the ad rates for midseason? I mean, I don’t know if CBS will charge more in January for NCIS:LA or FF will get cheaper.
CSM, I think that’s exactly what will happen with Scrubs and Better Off Ted. They will move to 8PM on Feb 9
Cool, ad rates go based on the ratings results. A lot of ads are sold ahead of time, at upfronts, and that is based on a number the network promises to the advertisers. If the network doesn’t deliver, they have to make it up to the advertisers, usually with make goods, which are free spots. But any ads sold during the season, which is called scatter, are based on the actual results. So FF will go down, but I’m not certain that NCIS:LA will go up. I would guess that it’s delivering about what was promised at this point.
Ok great thanks Julia!
@Tom,
Yes it looks as though LOST will actually air every week right thru until May 18th. LOST is supposed to have 18 hours this season (2 hr premiere and finale for a total of 16 weeks) and if I counted right that would mean no gaps. Also it would mean the finale night would go up against the final performance show of Idol. That is probably smart for ABC. It’s definitely the best they will be able to do on that night and Lost did well airing against Idol finales in the past and with this being the series finale, it should perform solidly.
Scrubs and Better Off Ted will only have aired 8 of their 13 episodes. I wonder where it will move to after that…
Mark, that’s assuming that Scrubs and Better Off Ted air every week through the Holidays, which is unlikely but possible. The combo will probably take the 8PM slot and run until DWTS comes back in March.
Could ABC be considering reducing the DwtS spring results show to 30 minutes and moving it to Wednesdays from 8 to 8:30, leading into “The Middle”? After all, DwtS is slipping in the demos lately. I guess that could be bad for the DwtS results show’s ratings but it would make a good lead-in for “The Middle.” (Disclaimer: I’ve never seen either show.) Then “V” might stay at 8 when it returns in March, and a new show might premiere at 10 in the so-called “death slot.” (I don’t believe that’s a death slot. All the shows that have failed there in the past just haven’t been as compelling as they could have been IMHO.)
@Julia: “Devdog, there has never been a show that aired out of Lost that wasn’t canceled. It’s a deathslot.”
Fall 2004: The Bachelor-still airing
Spring 2005: Alias-ran for another season after this
Spring 2008: Eli Stone-ran for another season after this
No, Lost isn’t much of a lead-in, but the post Lost success rate isn’t significantly worse than the rest of network TV, especially given that most Lost followups aired at 10pm, which has had a terrible success rate (outside of CBS) in the last 5 years.
Here’s how I see ABC’s mid season shaping up:
Mondays
8 – Find My Family/DWTS
9 – The Bachelor /DWTS
10 – Castle
Tuesdays
8 – Scrubs/DWTS
8:30 – BoT /DWTS
9- Lost
10- V
Wednesdays
8 – MF Repeats / Scrubs & BoT burn off(only if there are episodes remaining when DWTS returns) / Romantically Challenged
8:30 – The Middle
9 – MF
9:30 – CT
10- FlashForward or Happy Town/The Deep End
Thursdays
8PM – FlashForward or Happy Town/The Deep End
9PM – Grey’s Anatomy
10PM – Private Practice
Fridays
8PM – Super Nanny / Wife Swap
9PM – Ugly Betty
10PM – 20/20
Sundays
8PM – Extreme Makeover Home Edition
9PM – Desperate Housewives
10PM – Brothers & Sisters
If I had to commit to something for Wednesdays at 10 I’d go with FlashForward, and try to launch the 2 new shows at 8PM Thursdays.
Screw Lost
Chuck returns 1-10-10 with back to back episodes
where did you get Chuck’s premiere date Joe?
1-10-10 is a Sunday, so that’s not happening!
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/19/scoop-chuck-returns-january-10/
Joe is right: http://twitter.com/thefutoncritic/status/5871805397
Sunday it is.
Odd to premiere it on a Sunday, and even odder to air 3 hrs of chuck within 2 days.
not that I’m complaining I love Chuck, just makes me wonder what NBC is up to.
this need a post in TVBTN
i think lost will probably take a one week hiatus at some point and end on may 25th which would give them the day basically all to themselves.
Tommy, http://twitter.com/sepinwall/status/5871530452
Two hour premiere on Sunday, Jan 10, followed by moving to its regular timeslot of Monday at 8 on Jan 11. So they knock out three of those additional episodes in one week.
“Tommy says:
Odd to premiere it on a Sunday, and even odder to air 3 hrs of chuck within 2 days.
not that I’m complaining I love Chuck, just makes me wonder what NBC is up to.”
NBC Programmer A: Uhh, boss, you ordered 6 extra chucks, when there’s only 5 weeks we need to cover, AND one week goes to the Heroes finale.
Boss: Uhh, Two Hour Sunday Event!
7 episodes before the Olympic games and the remaining after…make sense ..no ?
Julia, That’s why it strikes me as odd, I don’t doubt the news. Just not sure what NBC is up to.
so ugly betty on wednesday @ 10pm?
God, I hope so Nemo, but it seems like ABC just wants to kill it.
Ugly Betty is already dead. The only reason it hasn’t already been canceled is because of syndication.
I wish I can go to sleep and wake up on Feb 2nd.
How often does Idol do a 2-hour episode on Tuesdays? From what I can remember, they don’t do that every single week. I remember there being a big deal made about how they ran over their timeslot and into Fringe’s several times last season.
Devdog, they do it the first few weeks of the top 12, I think. I honestly can’t remember though.
Didn’t see this coming. The move to Tuesday. I figured they would have kept “V” in the same time slot when it comes back, but it sure doesn’t smell like they are.
They’re doing a 6 sitcom episode thing on December 23, too, with “Cougar Town” airing from 10:00-11:00. Hmm. Well, I hope they’re not thinking what I think they’re thinking. That hardly ever works.
Dont understand why they didnt put this at a 10 timeslot since its the last season and they are having trouble. Are they expecting Scrubs and Better Off Ted to bomb? If they do good, will they be moved? Wednesday at 10 wouldve been fine for Lost.
LOST!! WOO!! :] Illana’s one of the main characters now..interestng. looking forward to it! Didn’t expect it to be on a tuesday tho
Yeah, it’s amazing how many great shows were killed by airing after Lost. All that unbelievable quality entertainment that people simply refused to watch because it aired after Lost. Nothing to do with those shows themselves, you understand. They were all solid gold dramas, with some of the greatest acting and writing in the history of television, yet they had that post-Lost death slot, and therein lies the sole reason they are not still on the air.
I hear ABC in considering just going dark for an hour after Lost during this last season as a result. A spokesman for ABC said, “Hey, it will be even cheaper to produce than Leno, and not even ER in its prime could have drawn a 1.8 in the post-Lost death slot.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is reporting that ABC has filed a claim to trademark the phrase “Post-Lost Death Slot.” They will be selling T-Shirts on their web site from 10-11 p.m. every Tuesday night this winter and spring. Get ‘em while they’re hot.
And did anyone know that Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln and vice-versa?
Damm, I have to wait until Feb?
They need to air some LOST CLip show or repeats or something.
ABC doesn’t have much Tuesday Jan.
CSI, Grey’s, Two1/2Men have also had problems with shows after huge lead-ins also.
I really think ABC should bring back Super Millionaire on Thursdays @ 8 to compare timeslot performances with FlashForward. If SM were to outrate FF in the 8pm slot on Thursdays, ABC would likely give FF the post-LOST slot in the spring. It would then come to a decision of what will air in the spring: the remaining episodes of V, The Deep End, or more episodes of Super Millionaire? But if FF were to outrate SM, V would probably get the post-LOST slot and FF would stay where it is right now.
DWTS results show moving to 8pm makes sense, the ratings will drop big time but I think this is their best option to compete against Idol especially if they could cast interesting “celebrities”. ABC should seriously consider cutting the results to 30 minutes, I think it will result to better ratings, they could leave Better Off Ted to pair with it and move Scrubs to Comedy Wednesday.
I’m really glad for this new timeslot. I don’t watch anything else on Tuesday besides V, and V will almost certainly be on right after Lost, so good news all around from my viewing perspective anyway.
I don’t think it’s a real surprise that Dancing results move to 8:00 (which I think is an absolute certainty). It’s just a results show, the regular two-hour competition episode is where the real ratings are. It beats sacrificing shows like V or Lost to the Idol gods. Although V is being sacrificed to the post-Lost death slot, so…
I think FlashForward will stay put where it is, but that’s just my opinion. The first two Wednesday hours will remain a comedy block, that’s for sure, and then I guess the third hour goes to shows like The Deep End, Ugly Betty burn-off, whatever.
V will go after Lost. The Elizabeth Mitchell connection, and she has a substantial Lost fanbase, only secures that.
Well, Having a show air after Lost has never worked. But, airing V after Lost on Tuesdays might work for 2 reasons. 1) Because of Elizabeth mitchell on both shows. 2)Lost is airing after DWTS, which will guarantee higher ratings for Lost.
2)Lost is airing after DWTS, which will guarantee higher ratings for Lost.
Uh…no.
But, when Idol airs at 8 pm, it always guarantee higher ratings for the shows that follow it. So, the same should work with DWTS airing at 8 pm
Um, have you seen DWTS’s Tuesday ratings?
Im sorry I just want to say Tommy, whenever I see the word Ugly Betty from a user, you always reply “its dead” – WE GET IT. God…same goes with you Julia. We get Ugly Betty is sucking in the ratings and is only back for syndication. Bill has mentioned it a thousand times and we dont need you nagging on and on.
Sorry if thats rude, but its just what ive noticed.
^^lol jenn hahha but thats so true…I’ve noticed they say that a lot too.
Yay for Lost! Hopefully Betty WILL get the Wednesdays but probably not..they’ll give it to a mid season show
Jenn, I haven’t mentioned Ugly Betty being dead once in this thread, but ok. If the rest of the fans got it as well as you seem to, it wouldn’t need to be said.
Lost stands on its own, it was against Idol and it could still pull a 4.0+ in the demo.
I could see DWTS results show pulling 2.6-3.2 at 8pm against Idol. I think it really is a wise to move DWTS at 8pm.
Jenn, I understand as a fan of the show it’s hard to hear someone say a show they like is dead. I personally have nothing against the show, I base what I have said on the ratings. Just trying to be honest with people, I get that some people don’t like hearing the truth. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be said. Especially when fans don’t seem to understand how ratings work, and why shows get moved to Fridays to begin with.
V should move to 10pm on Tuesday. That is where The Invaders landed on Jan.10, 1967. Of course it only landed 2 seasons.
Tuesdays just got cool again.
Similar to what I said about a month ago:
DWTS Castle
Happy Town Lost V
DWTS Results 30 mins The Middle Mod Family Cougar Town The Deep End
FF Grey’s Private Practice
Supernanncy/Wife Swap Betty 20/20
AFHV Makeover DH Bros/Sisters
That’s what I think they will do. What I would do:
DWTS The Deep End
DWTS Results Lost V
Wipeout Mod Family The Middle Cougar Town Romantically Challenged
FF Grey’s Private Practice
AFHV Betty 20/20
I would bring back the Wonderful World of Disney Movie when college football is over and use appearances by Disney Channel/ABC Family stars to lure families/younger viewers who are home
Makeover Castle(Weak comp after football ends) DH Bros/Sisters (Tryout for Happy Town in B&S timeslot)
A new timeslot again????!!!
They better not move FlashForward or V in Tuesday 10pm! Lost will kill those shows!
I think Flashforward and V are pretty much 1 season and done.
I hope they can get 2nd seasons, but the shows need to get better, so people don’t turn off tv. Alittle too many of the same junk procedural s on.
Why do shows after lost fail for?
I really don’t think abc will have a need for scrubs and better off Ted after this year unless they do marginally well now that they have a mostly legit comedy block
i have a general question.
Does anyone know where “ABC Studios” came from and why they now suddenly OWN their biggest hit shows? Cause i own all the Seasons of “Lost” “Grey’s” and “Housewives” and it wasn’t until Season 4 on each DVD set when “ABC Studios” popped up.
Sam,
ABC Studios is the re-named television production arm of the Walt Disney Company, which previously used the Touchstone Television banner based on the success of its Touchstone Pictures film studio. Because Disney likes consolidation (and pretty much who isn’t consolidating in the media these days?), they called it ABC Studios to better broaden to strength of the ABC Brand. This is also why Buena Vista Television now goes by the name Disney/ABC Television Distribution.
If there really is a “post-Lost death slot” why not just chuck it at 10pm Tuesday, and have one of the other sci-fi shows at 9?
Ugly Betty seems like a decent choice after the comedies, it’s meant to be a dramedy anyway isn’t it?
ABC should cut Scrubs by the end of May, it’s had it’s run, 9 seasons for a >fairly< ensemble cast sitcom is enough, just have Ted at 8:30 on Wednesday, between The Middle and Modern Family.
“If there really is a “post-Lost death slot” why not just chuck it at 10pm Tuesday, and have one of the other sci-fi shows at 9?”
Because ABC can make more from airing Lost at 9PM than at 10PM.
I still like Betty for Wednesdays at 10pm, not necessarily because I’m a fanboy (which I am), but that I think it fits better in tone with the rest of the Wednesday line-up than anything else ABC has.
Lost is one of those shows that people like to talk about, so after show show is over, a good portion of its audience like to do just that. Also, it’s my suspicion (but unconfirmed) that Lost pulls in an atypical TV viewer who probably don’t watch much TV to begin with. I think that it’s income demos are the highest on TV.
Why are there so many good TV shows?
Monday is 3 hours of ABC Family shows and Heroes.
Tuesday is Melrose Place, Biggest Loser, and apperently V, FlashFoward, and Lost.
Wensday is Human Target.
Thursday is Vampire Diaries and Survivor, and Supernatural
Friday is Smallville and Ghost Whisperer.
I personally think ABC should have
FlashFoward at 8
Lost at 9
V at 10
NBC should move Biggest Loser to Wensdays because it will obviously win, since theres only Americas Next Top Model as its only competition.
ABC Family Should have Mondays
10 Things I Hate About You (r) 8
10 Things I Hate About You 8:30
Greek 9
Tuesdays should be:
The Secret Life 8
Make It/Break 9
Doug I don’t know what the up side is for ABC by putting the dead Betty on Wednseday over a new show that has the potential to be valuable next year, which Betty surely won’t.
When it comes to the argument of flow it makes sense but looking at the incredibly succesful ‘must watch Thursday’ of NBC past and even CBS’ current Monday line-up a tonally similar drama does not need to follow on from comedy blocks to work. ER became a monster hit out of the NBC comedy block and CSI: MIami is the only CSI still pulling big dermos and that leads out of the CBS comedy block. I’d argue that putting something completely different from the comedy block might be more succesful than a dramady…
However if you want something that has a good comedy tone I’d argue that Castle is a better fit for where ABC is right now than Betty.
ABC needs to keep V out of Idol’s line of sight. Coupled with NCIS and Biggest Loser would hurt the show.
Idol might trend down this season but still its an Animal.
By the way, I thought Scrubs had an order for 18 episodes and BOT for 13? Maybe Scrubs and Ted will air together until March and then Scrubs moves to Wednesdays at 8 when BOT is out of episodes?
Trent, Scrubs has 13.
Lost isnt moving to Thursdays at 8. Thats never happening. Looks like ABC put my original idea into effect airing Lost at 9 (which will likely shift Scrubs and Ted to wednesdays). When Dancing returns, Lost will either have to move to 8 Tuesdays for Dancing will move to 8.
Trent – Julia’s right, I originally thought Scrubs had 18 and Ted had 13 but they both have 13. However, ABC could order extra Scrubs and by March move it to 8:00 to air the extra episodes.
Id like to have
8:FF
9:Lost
10:V
Tommy,
It’s not that it’s “hard to hear” Its just you keep saying it and I think we all get it now. As I said before, I see an Ugly Betty discussion and I see your name saying “It’s dead.” I GET IT. And so do the rest of the fans. I never said you had anything against the show.. I hear the truth loud and clear. this is Betty’s last season so I dont need you contining to say it everywhere.
Will it have a Dancing with the Stars lead in?
And so do the rest of the fans.
Unfortunately, Anna, that’s not the case, otherwise it would not need to be said.
Thank you Julia, that’s almost exactly what I was going to say.
Dan, I think ABC will keep Lost at 9PM, Scrubs & BoT will be moved to 8PM and they will both finish their 13 episode runs before DWTS comes back. It looks like ABC will be airing DWTS at 8PM against Idol this year, maybe they think the results show is cheap enough to throw against Idol?
It’ll be interesting to see just how low DWTS ratings drop if it does go up against Idol.
yes it will, I think DWTS will get creamed by Idol. I’d think that they both attract the same audience, and I’m sure that viewers would rather watch Idol’s performance show, and then either DVR the DWTS results, or just checkout who got kicked off online the next day online. Maybe ABC doesn’t mind that as long as people still watch the performance shows on Mondays?
Off top of my head, last year when Dancing went against Idol, it got around 1.8-2 demo, and around 8-9 million. It was heavily DVRed.
It showed reality tends to have the same audience.
I’m sure people flipped the channel back and forth.
I think that considering how much DWTS’s ratings (particularly the results show) have diminished this year (after already being down last year) ABC figures they are no longer protecting their big winner, and they can do much better in that hour with something else. I still prefer Robert’s idea of Lost on Thursdays at 8, but Tuesdays at 9 will work, too.
Yeah, I think ABC could really dominate Thursdays if they had Lost at 8. Survivor will most likely still be in between seasons when Lost premieres, they could have capitalized on that. But it looks like they will either deal with FlashForward as is, or try to launch something new there.
Looks like to my likely guess, Dancing will move to 8 and Lost will stay at 9. It probably wont be a bad thing however. Powerhouse Dancing results can air against Idol and NCIS while Lost can face new NCIS LA and w/e FOX airs after Idol. Then when Forgotten finishes its 18 early March, V can return by the time Dancing arrives. Heres how I see things for Tuesdays
Feb
8:00 Scrubs
9:00 Better Off Ted
9:00 Lost
10:00 The Forgotten
March
8:00 DWTS
9:00 Lost
10:00 The Forgotten
March-May
8:00 DWTS
9:00 Lost
10:00 V
Mondays may turn out like this
Jan-March
8:00 The Bachelor
10:00 Castle
April-May
8:00 DWTS
9:30 Romantically Challenged
10:00 Happy Town
I know people may argue with me on this but Castle will have 11 new episodes starting Jan 11. With new The Bachelor, its unlikely that ABC will air repeats of Castle (they could occassionally air specials in the 10pm slot) so my guess is they run it straight through until late March. Then they can premiere Happy Town and see how that series does in the 10pm slot once Dancing returns.
I meant 8:30 for Better Off Ted