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UPFRONTS: ABC 2022-23 Schedule

Here's a look at the ABC schedule for 2022-23!

MONDAYS
8:00 Bachelor in Paradise (8th edition)
10:00 The Good Doctor (6th season)
For the first time since 2006, Dancing with the Stars is not leading off the fall Monday lineup for ABC. That veteran series has moved to Disney+ but ABC is still leaning into the unscripted realm with Bachelor in Paradise. It is typically a summer series that occasionally bleeds into the very beginning of the season but now it will officially get a fall slot. It is followed by The Good Doctor which is already heading into its sixth season.

TUESDAYS
8:00 Bachelor in Paradise (8th edition)
10:00 THE ROOKIE: FEDS
ABC is leaning hard on its Bachelor franchise with a second night of Bachelor in Paradise taking the Tuesday slot that has been held by The Bachelorette the last two seasons. It is followed by a new drama in a slot that has killed many new dramas over the last decade plus including Queens last year. This one is The Rookie: Feds, a spinoff of their Sunday police drama. I don't quite understand ABC's thinking of not putting the two Rookie shows together. We've seen with 9-1-1, FBI, Chicago and Law & Order that works and Sunday is not already a colonized night for one of those franchises so why isn't ABC doing that? An odd choice for sure.

WEDNESDAYS
8:00 The Conners (5th season)
8:30 The Goldbergs (10th season)
9:00 Abbott Elementary (2nd season)
9:30 Home Economics (3rd season)
10:00 Big Sky (3rd season)
Despite ever diminishing results, ABC is sticking with its signature Wednesday night comedy lineup. They hope to give it a burst of energy with the arrival of freshman breakout Abbott Elementary at 9pm. ABC will be hoping the show gets some Emmy nominations and comes in strong for its second season in the old Modern Family timeslot. The most recent occupant, The Conners, moves to 8pm and will lead into the 10th (!) season of The Goldbergs, which is returning to its old slot from many years ago without star Jeff Garlin. Leading out of Abbott is Home Economics, which seems like one final effort to make Economics a thing after two years of very middling performances. Big Sky moves to its third different night in three years at 10pm and will be adding Reba McEntire to the cast.

THURSDAYS
8:00 Station 19 (6th season)
9:00 Grey's Anatomy (19th season)
10:00 ALASKA
Thursday night is getting just a small change as they try to improve the 10pm hour. Station 19 and Grey's Anatomy continue in the first two hours. This will be the 19th season for Grey's and it doesn't seem like star Ellen Pompeo will continue much longer but that's been the thought for years now. At 10pm is the new Alaska starring Hilary Swank. The show, which sounds a little like Northern Exposure to me, seems like it could be a nice fit with the other two dramas on the night but it's hard to launch a new show at 10pm.

FRIDAYS
8:00 Shark Tank (14th season)
9:00 20/20 (41st season)
The veteran pair of Shark Tank and 20/20 continue on Friday nights as it's been awhile since ABC has really tried anything on this night.

SATURDAYS
8:00 College Football

SUNDAYS
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (33rd season)
8:00 CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
9:00 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (3rd season)
10:00 The Rookie (5th season)
Sunday nights are a pretty safe night for an older audience as ABC tries to recreate the ritual of weeknights for millions by pairing Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Both will be celebrity editions with Wheel returning for a third season and Jeopardy becoming a new regular series in primetime. There is no word on a host for Celebrity Jeopardy as they are currently bouncing between Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings for the syndicated version. Of course America's Funniest Home Videos continues at 7pm while The Rookie will continue at 10pm.

MIDSEASON: NOT DEAD YET, American Idol, The Bachelor, Judge Steve Harvey, A Million Little Things, The Wonder Years
ABC has several shows on tap for midseason including current Wednesday occupants A Million Little Things and The Wonder Years along with new comedy Not Dead Yet. American Idol and The Bachelor will likely return in the same capacity while ABC is also likely to add more scripted shows at some point. There was no mention of scripted drama Avalon today, which was picked up to series awhile ago.

CANCELLED/ENDED: Black-ish, Dancing with the Stars (moving to Disney+), Promised Land, Queens, Women of the Movement (limited series)
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