Get your calendar ready because ABC has announced the premiere dates for its fall shows! Can't wait to find out when your favorites will be premiering? Stay tuned and mark those dates!
Get your calendar ready because ABC has announced the premiere dates for its fall shows! Can't wait to find out when your favorites will be premiering? Stay tuned and mark those dates!
The midseason schedule for your ABC shows is out. Here's when your favorite shows make their midseason return.
It won't be long until the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy is here. Here's an episode preview of "If Walls Could Talk."
In May 2017, ABC announced it was considering another spinoff of its hit series, Grey's Anatomy. That spinoff would become Station 19, a series that follows a group of firefighters in Seattle. The show would last only seven seasons on television and pretty much made a cult following of fans. So why am I writing about a show that ended a few months ago? To talk about that, I must start at the beginning. Here's my take on Station 19.
ABC will be downsizing its comedy from two nights (Tuesday and Wednesday) to one night (Wednesday). The red-shot Abbott Elementary will be on the move from Tuesday to Wednesday at the 9 pm timeslot. The Conners, which had that previous timeslot, will kick off the night at 8pm, where it will lead into The Goldbergs. And the new Hilary Swank drama series will take over the post-Grey's timeslot on Thursdays at 10, moving Big Sky to Wednesdays at 10pm.
The summertime staple Bachelor In Paradise will be getting a regular season upgrade, airing both on Mondays (replacing DWTS) and Tuesdays from 8-10pm. A Million Little Things, which could be looking into its final season, will be held until midseason along with the sophomore comedy The Wonders Years and the new Gina Rodriguez comedy, Not Dead Yet.
And expect a new weekly celebrity edition of Jeopardy! will be paired with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune on Sunday night.
Here's the schedule:
MONDAY:
8/7c Bachelor in Paradise
10/9c The Good Doctor
TUESDAY:
8/7c Bachelor in Paradise
10/9c The Rookie: FEDS (new)
WEDNESDAY:
8/7c The Conners
8:30/7:30c The Goldbergs
9/8c Abbott Elementary (new night)
9:30/8:30c Home Economics
10/9c Big Sky
THURSDAY:
8/7c Station 19
9/8c Grey's Anatomy
10/9c Alaska (New Series)
FRIDAY:
8/7c Shark Tank
9/8c 20/20
SATURDAY:
8/7c College Football
SUNDAY:
7/6c America's Funniest Home Videos
8/7c Celebrity Jeopardy! (NEW)
9/8c Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
10/9c The Rookie
MIDSEASON:
A Million Little Things, American Idol, The Bachelor, Judge Steve Harvey, Not Dead Yet (Teaser), and The Wonder Years.
CANCELLED:
black-ish (ended), Promised Land and Queens
Like NBC, ABC has made some slight changes. The network's Wednesday and Thursday nights look solid programming-wise. Alaska looks interesting to see, as it has that Big Sky mystery vibes. And while it looks funny from the 15-second teaser, I might have to catch Not Dead Yet when it premieres.
What do you think of ABC's fall schedule? Leave a comment below!
On Tuesday, ABC becomes the latest broadcasting network to unveil its 2021 Fall TV schedule (after NBC and Fox) and it looks pretty much the same as usual. But there are some big moves: Big Sky relocates to Thursdays while the final season of black-ish will be delayed.
Here's a look at the Fall Schedule:
MONDAY
8/7c Dancing with the Stars
10/9c The Good Doctor
TUESDAY
8/7c The Bachelorette
10/9c Queens (NEW)
WEDNESDAY
8/7c The Goldbergs
8:30/7:30c The Wonder Years (NEW)
9/8c The Conners
9:30/8:30c Home Economics
10/9c A Million Little Things
THURSDAY
8/7c Station 19
9/8c Grey's Anatomy
10/9c Big Sky
FRIDAY
8/7c Shark Tank
9/8c 20/20
SATURDAY
8/7c Saturday Night Football
SUNDAY
7/6c America's Funniest Videos
8/7c Celerity heel of Fortune
9/8c Supermarket Sweep
10/9c The Rookie
MIDSEASON:
Abbott Elementary (NEW), American Idol, black-ish, Maggie (NEW), and any other renewed game shows.
CANCELLED:
American Housewife, Call Your Mother, Don't, For Life, mixed-ish, Rebel
What are your thoughts on the fall schedule? Looking forward to some of the new series? Leave a comment below.
ABC will be making some midseason moves.
On Monday, ABC announced their midseason news from Krista Vernoff's new series Rebel taking over A Million Little Things out of its Thursday timeslot beginning April 8th. A Million Little Things will be moving to Wednesdays at 10pm beginning April 7.
The sibling themed sitcom Hone Economics starring Topher Grace will premiere Wednesdays at 8:30pm on April 7th, while the eight-episode Rebel Wilson hosted dog competition series Pooch Perfect will take over Tuesdays at 8pm beginning March 30th.
As for Grey's-Station 19 fans, they're set to return from winter hiatus on Thursday, March 11th.
Here's what the ABC schedule looks like:
Thursday, March 11
8/7c Station 19
9/8c Grey's Anatomy
10:01/9:01c A Million Little Things
Tuesday, March 30
8/7c Pooch Perfect
Wednesday, April 7
8:30/7:30c Home Economics
10/9c A Million Little Things (new night)
Thursday, April 8
10:01/9:01c Rebel (Series Premiere)
Excited about the returns of your favorite shows? Looking forward to the new shows? Leave a comment below.
Entertainment Weekly has done a feature of how the medical dramas will be doing to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic this upcoming season. Here's a look!
With Chicago Med in production and Fire and PD soon to be in production, executive producer Dick Wolf confirms to EW that the pandemic will be shown affecting the emergency workers in the Windy City.
"As out Chicago shows return, of course, the COIVD pandemic will be reflected," says Wolf. "On Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., there will be references to the pandemic but they will be more subtle. For example, fewer civilians in the bullpen in Chicago Fire. But Chicago Med will address the pandemic head-on. There will be a COVID unit in the hospital, incoming patients will be tested by paramedics, and one character will be recovering from the disease. IT will be part of daily life, and adjustments will be made."
Chicago Med, Fire, and PD are set to premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 11 on NBC.
When season 17 premieres, don't expect Grey's to imply devote and episode, or even one of its incredible two-parters, to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I think we all hope when the world shut down that it would be for an episode or maybe a two-parter," said showrunner Krista Vernoff. "But here we are six months later, still not allowed to hug our parents. So (the pandemic is) engrained into the season. Specifically, season 17 will feature two timelines, one picking up right after the events of the finale and one taking place a couple weeks into COVID."
Season 17 of Grey's Anatomy kicks off with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9/8c on ABC.
When Andy and the rest of the Station 19 squad returns for season four, they'll have a lot to unpack that extends even beyond the dramatic season three finale. Also, with the show in the same universe as Grey's, expect the pandemic to enter into their world too.
"Yes. Those shows are on the same timeline, they exist in the same universe, they're three blocks apart in Seattle," confirmed Vernoff. "The pandemic exists on Station 19 as well, but it looks and feels different on Station 19 because it's not a hospital so the protocols are different and everyone doesn't have to be in masks and PPE all the time. It's a little different."
I just can't wait to see how these shows will address and how the characters will be reacting to the pandemic. I know it's going to affect the hospital shows over the emergencies shows in away. Maybe one of the characters deals with the illness and we can see what it's like and maybe learn to take this pandemic seriously.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming new seasons? Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts!