Televisionary: ABC Announces Early Pick-Ups for Returning Series

ABC Announces Early Pick-Ups for Returning Series

Written by Jace | Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 2 comments »

No surprise here.

ABC has today announced early pick-ups for the 2009-10 season of dramas Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Private Practice, and Ugly Betty, as well as reality series America's Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Supernanny, and Wife Swap.

No mention was given of the fate of such comedies as Samantha Who?, According to Jim, and Scrubs.

ABC will announce their full fall lineup on May 19th.

Written by Jace on Thursday, April 23, 2009 Permalink Filed under: ABC, News, Series Renewals

2 comments

susie que // 4/23/2009

Ugly Betty...blech. They've wrung every last drop of funny out of that show. Now it's just a melodramatic mess.
Jordy // 4/23/2009

any mention of Better Off Ted?

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Upfronts: 2010

Looking to learn more about all of the new fall shows announced by the broadcast networks?

Over at The Daily Beast, you can check out my video gallery of new broadcast network television series (complete with bespoke copy), now that all of the broadcasters have announced their fall schedules and new programming, by visiting my post "Bring On the New TV Shows!" (and get to the gallery directly by clicking here).

Meanwhile, you can also check out the new programming and schedules announced by NBC (watch video), FOX (watch video), ABC (watch video), CBS (watch video), and CW (watch video).

What's On Tonight

8 pm: Big Brother 12 (CBS); Community/30 Rock (NBC); Vampire Diaries (CW); Wipeout (ABC); Glee (FOX); Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo); Burn Notice (USA); Mary Knows Best (Syfy); Star Trek: The Next Generation (BBC America)

9 pm: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS); The Office/Parks and Recreation (NBC); Moonlight (CW); Rookie Blue (ABC); So You Think You Can Dance (FOX); Bethenny Getting Married? (Bravo); Burn Notice (USA); Mary Knows Best (Syfy); Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America)

10 pm: The Mentalist (CBS); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC); Boston Med (ABC); Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (Syfy); Bethenny Getting Married? (Bravo); Futurama (Comedy Central); Royal Pains (USA); Come Dine With Me (BBC America); Penn & Teller: Bull!/Green Room (Showtime)

What Jace is Watching Tonight

8 pm: Community on NBC.

Head back to Greendale to catch up with the study group as NBC offers repeat episodes from Community's first season.

9:30 pm: Parks and Recreation on NBC.

Relive some of the highlights of the second season of the Greg Daniels and Mike Schur-created comedy while we wait until midseason for Season Three.

10 pm: Come Dine With Me on BBC America.

It's the fourth episode of Televisionary's latest, greatest culinary television obsession. On tonight's installment ("Southampton"), four strangers meet for a series of competitive dinner parties in which one will walk away the winner. (You can read more about this fascinating and hilarious series here.)