ABC's 2012-2013 show schedule

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www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/abc-2012-2013-schedule_n_1517338.html

ABC is shaking things up for its 2012-2013 schedule.

"Revenge" is heading over to Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET, the slot the now dead "Desperate Housewives" occupied up until last week. Old standby "Grey's Anatomy" is staying put, as is "Scandal," but they're paired with newcomer "Last Resort."

In a press conference call right after the schedule announcement, ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee said he's not concerned about launching a big action show at 8 p.m. -- especially not "Last Resort," from "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan.

"I have so much faith in Shawn. You get a sense in this job of the showrunners who really know how to drive the train. Don't forget -- we've opened strong action shows at that hour, and certainly there's an audience for it. We believe strongly in the strength of this show. We think it's a big, broad tent show, we believe in it, and we're certainly going to market it in the fall."

As for the decision to renew Shonda Rhimes' new drama "Scandal," Lee said: "I think Kerry Washington is brilliant in this one -- the episodes keep getting better and better and better."

The Wednesday night comedy block anchored by "Modern Family" -- "As far as I'm concerned, 'Modern Family' is the defining comedy of our time," Lee said. "I can't think of a show that better expresses the ABC brand than 'Modern Family.'" -- will also now include “The Neighbors” and Connie Britton's country musical "Nashville" will follow.

"The Neighbors" and "Last Resort" are among the 10 fresh series ABC is launching. "ER" star Anthony Edwards' return to TV in "Zero Hour" will air in the midseason. “666 Park Avenue,” “The Family Tools,” “How to Live with your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," "Mistresses," “Red Widow" and “Malibu Country" join ABC for its 2012-2013 slate, half of which premiere midseason. Upcoming Reba McEntire comedy "Malibu Country" brings the former "Reba" star back to Fridays on ABC for a bit of a TGIF reunion -- former "Home Improvement" star Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing" will air the same night.

"I think it's time for Friday night to be the destination for broad family comedy again," Lee said.

Check out ABC's full 2012-2013 schedule below, with asterisks (*) indicating new series.

MONDAY
"Dancing with the Stars," 8:00 p.m. ET

"Castle," 10:00 p.m. ET

"The Bachelor," 8:00 p.m. ET (in January)

TUESDAY
"Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," 8:00 p.m. ET

"Happy Endings," 9:00 p.m. ET

"Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," 9:30 p.m. ET

"Private Practice," 10:00 p.m. ET

* "How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," 8:00 p.m. ET (in January)

* "The Family Tools," 8:30 p.m. ET (in January)

WEDNESDAY
"The Middle," 8:00 p.m. ET

"Suburgatory," 8:30 p.m. ET

"Modern Family," 9:00 p.m. ET

* "The Neighbors," 9:30 p.m. ET

* "Nashville," 10:00 p.m. ET

THURSDAY
* "Last Resort," 8:00 p.m. ET

"Grey’s Anatomy," 9:00 p.m. ET

"Scandal," 10:00 p.m. ET

FRIDAY:
"Shark Tank," 8:00 p.m. ET (moving to 9:00 p.m. ET in November)

"Primetime: What Would You Do?" 9:00 p.m. ET (moving to 10:00 p.m. ET in November)

"20/20," 10:00 p.m. ET

"Last Man Standing," 8:00 p.m. ET (in November)

* "Malibu Country," 8:30 p.m. ET (in November)

SATURDAY
"Saturday Night College Football," 8:00 p.m. ET

SUNDAY
"America’s Funniest Home Videos," 7:00 p.m. ET

"Once Upon a Time," 8:00 p.m. ET

"Revenge," 9:00 p.m. ET

* "666 Park Avenue," 10:00 p.m. ET
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Who still watches Grey's Anatomy, by the way? I guess I thought that show would be done after this year.

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I like Revenge at 9 on Sundays. 11 is too late for me to stay up!

[marie427]

The only ABC show I watch is Castle and I'm glad it's staying put. Before I got into Castle, Monday night TV sucked and I had nothing to watch.

[brookles]

I don't ever watch things when they air so the schedule matters not a bit, but I am glad to see they're keeping Revenge.

[secretlyevil]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Body of Proof is gone!

[secretlyevil]

May 16, 2012 8:52:08 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

I like Revenge at 9 on Sundays. 11 is too late for me to stay up!

DVR is my best friend.

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May 16, 2012 9:37:37 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

May 16, 2012 8:52:08 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

I like Revenge at 9 on Sundays. 11 is too late for me to stay up!

DVR is my best friend.

MM convinced me to cut cable, and the DVR went with it.

[bluelikejazz]

I don't think I watch a single show on ABC anymore...

What happened to the good ol' days of TGIF? Ah, Family Matter, Step by Step, Boy Meets World,

[ESF]

Is Revenge good? I tried watching the first episode on Hulu and couldn't get into it. Is it worth powering through?

[marie427]

May 16, 2012 10:11:13 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

I don't think I watch a single show on ABC anymore...

What happened to the good ol' days of TGIF? Ah, Family Matter, Step by Step, Boy Meets World,

Boy Meets World started to suck when they made Topanga normal.

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May 16, 2012 10:22:01 GMT -5 ESF said:

Is Revenge good? I tried watching the first episode on Hulu and couldn't get into it. Is it worth powering through?

I love it, but get some flack from my friends for it being soap operaish.

I have absolutely no snobbery about my television watching habits. LOL

[UMaineTeach]

off hand - looks like no loss that ABC only comes in sometimes on my antenna

I stopped caring about Grey's the episode where CPS took away Mer and Derick's adopted child b/c they were separated - shit doesn't happen like that, made me mad and I couldn't watch anymore.

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May 16, 2012 10:28:01 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

off hand - looks like no loss that ABC only comes in sometimes on my antenna

I stopped caring about Grey's the episode where CPS took away Mer and Derick's adopted child b/c they were separated - shit doesn't happen like that, made me mad and I couldn't watch anymore.

You made it a lot longer than me...I quit when Meredith "died" for several hours.

[max88]

This site has the trailers for the new shows.

www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00050613.html

[ringstrue]

Someone get me into a Thursday or Friday night show?? PLEASE??!? I hate how my shows are Sunday and Monday nights only.

[brookles]

No matter how dumb Grey's gets, I can never quit it. It doesn't have a lot of zing these days, and it's hard to care what happens to those jerks. I hope Kepner is the one who dies next week and not anyone important. But I'll keep watching. Unless Avery dies, because he's SO DREAMY.

May 16, 2012 10:26:37 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

May 16, 2012 10:22:01 GMT -5 ESF said:

Is Revenge good? I tried watching the first episode on Hulu and couldn't get into it. Is it worth powering through?

I love it, but get some flack from my friends for it being soap operaish.

I have absolutely no snobbery about my television watching habits. LOL

Revenge is so good/awful. The end of this season hasn't been quite as good because I want to see her get more REVENGE. What happened to all the revenge-getting, damnit?

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Blech. ABC's schedule is so weak. Modern Family is the only thing really good. And I watch Grey's because I've watched it for years but it not really great.

And what is it with them and awful show names? I think Cougartown would still be on if it had a decent name. Also "The B--in Apt 23" is an okay show but the name is so bad I don't want to watch.

[dev22]

Castle and Modern Family are the only shows on this list I watch regularly. Although I do watch Happy Endings a lot, just not every week.

[secretlyevil]

May 16, 2012 10:05:43 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

May 16, 2012 9:37:37 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

DVR is my best friend.

MM convinced me to cut cable, and the DVR went with it.

MM is full of commies.

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The Middle and even Subugatory are pretty good too. For what they are, anyway.

[secretlyevil]

May 16, 2012 10:22:01 GMT -5 ESF said:

Is Revenge good? I tried watching the first episode on Hulu and couldn't get into it. Is it worth powering through?

Soooooo good!

[secretlyevil]

May 16, 2012 10:40:44 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

Someone get me into a Thursday or Friday night show?? PLEASE??!? I hate how my shows are Sunday and Monday nights only.

Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle on Thursday! Blue Blood on Friday.

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May 16, 2012 12:43:20 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

Also "The B--in Apt 23" is an okay show but the name is so bad I don't want to watch.

ITA

[earlgreyhot]

May 16, 2012 8:53:20 GMT -5 marie427 said:

The only ABC show I watch is Castle and I'm glad it's staying put. Before I got into Castle, Monday night TV sucked and I had nothing to watch.

Same here. Though I just watch it the next day on my iPad as I don't have actual TV (just Netflix and Hulu).

[meshaliuknits]

College football is the only thing on the list I watch regularly. I've seen a couple of episodes of Modern Family, but we don't watch it regularly. Partly b/c we still call Ed O'Neil 'Al Bundy' and make tons of Married with Children references. And partly b/c I spend a lot of time saying "Hey, that guy looks just like you! every time the ginger is on the screen and bugging H.

[dev22]

May 16, 2012 10:40:44 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

Someone get me into a Thursday or Friday night show?? PLEASE??!? I hate how my shows are Sunday and Monday nights only.

Parks and Rec and 30 Rock are amazing, and they are on Thursday night ;D

[marie427]

Totally forgot about Modern Family; I watch that too. I used to watch Suburgatory but that lost its luster quickly.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

May 16, 2012 10:44:54 GMT -5 brookles said:

No matter how dumb Grey's gets, I can never quit it. It doesn't have a lot of zing these days, and it's hard to care what happens to those jerks. I hope Kepner is the one who dies next week and not anyone important. But I'll keep watching. Unless Avery dies, because he's SO DREAMY.

Lord yes. Kepner can suck it. I had a sinking feeling it's Derek... but then I remembered that Patrick Dempsey cannot survive on State Farm commercials alone.

[brookles]

Does anyone think that Modern Family is getting less funny these days? I used to laugh and laugh but in the last 5 or so episodes I can barely muster up a giggle.

May 16, 2012 13:13:08 GMT -5 dev22 said:

May 16, 2012 10:40:44 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

Someone get me into a Thursday or Friday night show?? PLEASE??!? I hate how my shows are Sunday and Monday nights only.

Parks and Rec and 30 Rock are amazing, and they are on Thursday night ;D

And Community! Community is the funniest show on TV hands down.

[brookles]

May 16, 2012 13:48:23 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

May 16, 2012 10:44:54 GMT -5 brookles said:

No matter how dumb Grey's gets, I can never quit it. It doesn't have a lot of zing these days, and it's hard to care what happens to those jerks. I hope Kepner is the one who dies next week and not anyone important. But I'll keep watching. Unless Avery dies, because he's SO DREAMY.

Lord yes. Kepner can suck it. I had a sinking feeling it's Derek... but then I remembered that Patrick Dempsey cannot survive on State Farm commercials alone.

Hehe. Oh that melodious voice of his.

I read about whose contracts got renewed for next year and I can tell you if you want. I wouldn't spoil who dies, but it would narrow it down a bit...