ABC Announces Official Fall Lineup

The ABC fall schedule is officially here! Prepare to be impressed! Count them — eleven new shows! They picked nearly every show I did (plus some). So I'm rather happy with the new fall schedule. But if you don't believe me, get it straight from the horse's mouth.

SUNDAY
7:00	America's Funniest Home Videos
7:30
8:00	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
8:30
9:00	Desperate Housewives
9:30
10:00	Brothers & Sisters
10:30
MONDAY
8:00	Dancing With The Stars (fall) Wife Swap (midseason) Sam I Am (midseason @ 9)
8:30
9:00
9:30	Sam I Am (new series/fall) Notes From The Underbelly (new night/midseason)
10:00	The Bachelor (new time/fall) October Road (midseason)
10:30
TUESDAY
8:00	Cavemen (new series)
8:30	Carpoolers (new series)
9:00	Dancing With The Stars: Results Show (fall) Cashmere Mafia (new series/midseason)
9:30
10:00	Boston Legal
10:30
WEDNESDAY
8:00	Pushing Daisies (new series)
8:30
9:00	Private Practice (new series)
9:30
10:00	Dirty Sexy Money (new series)
10:30
THURSDAY
8:00	Ugly Betty
8:30
9:00	Grey's Anatomy
9:30
10:00	Big Shots (new series)
10:30
FRIDAY
8:00	Men In Trees
8:30
9:00	Women's Murder Club (new series)
9:30
10:00	20/20
10:30
SATURDAY
8:00	Saturday Night College Football
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30

I only have one nitpick on the schedule. The lack of "The Thick Of It" bums me out. That was a half-hour comedy from the producers and creator of "Arrested Development" — one of the funniest shows ever made. I'm guessing it didn't stand up to the quality of "Arrested" but that would surprise me. I'd really like to at least see the pilot and judge for myself. But that's just me.

Aside from that, it's a good one — the schedule, I mean. They pretty much picked up everything, but that's how they roll. You can do that when you have lots of money and bunches of hit shows. Must be nice to be ABC. I think my predictions turned out all right. I'll do a little inventory later in the week or next week.