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ABC's Fall 2010 NEW SHOWS (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post   Danny Shea   First Posted: 05/18/10 02:24 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 05:30 PM ET

ABC will announce its fall slate Tuesday during its annual upfront presentation, and the new schedule is heavy on dramas. The network, which is losing "Lost," didn't opt for any sci-fi-friendly programming, instead picking up a range of shows including one starring "Desperate Housewives" alum Dana Delany, one with "Friends" alum Matthew Perry, and one from "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rimes, as well as a new 10PM legal drama.

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Body of Proof (Friday, 9PM)
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Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner, determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims. Her instincts are sharp, but she’s developed a reputation for graying the lines of where her job ends and where the police department’s begins. It turns out her career isn’t the only thing that will need to be rebuilt; Megan’s family has taken a backseat to her ambition, and now she’s discovering there’s a lot of work to do when it comes to dissecting her relationships with the living. Dana Delany stars as Dr. Megan Hunt, Jeri Ryan as Dr. Kate Murphy, Geoffrey Arend as Dr. Elliot Gross, John Carroll Lynch as Detective Bud Morris, Windell Middlebrooks as Dr. Curtis Brumfield, Nic Bishop as Peter Dunlap and Sonja Sohn as Detective Samantha Baker. “Body of Proof” is from ABC Studios. Christopher Murphey wrote the pilot, which was directed by Nelson McCormick. Murphey and Matt Gross serve as executive producers.
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More from the Associated Press:
NEW YORK -- ABC will try to boost its midweek schedule in the fall with cop and legal dramas and, only a few months after "Lost" departs, a supernatural series that also begins with a plane crash.

The third-place network said Tuesday it will bring in Matthew Perry, Michael Imperioli, Michael Chiklis and Dana Delany for new series. Last year's ambitious "Flash Forward" was canceled, and "Scrubs" was scrapped following an unsuccessful move from NBC.

Unlike its three chief rivals, ABC lost viewers this season as hits like "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" started aging. Yet the network's biggest risk of last fall - stuffing Wednesday night with four new comedies - was a success. Three of them are back and one, "Modern Family," is considered one of the freshest new shows on TV.

"We really had three goals going into development - attack 10 o'clock, more comedy and event television," said Stephen McPherson, ABC Entertainment Group president. "This schedule really speaks to it."
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ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.


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ABC will announce its fall slate Tuesday during its annual upfront presentation, and the new schedule is heavy on dramas. The network, which is losing "Lost," didn't opt for any sci-fi-friendly progr...
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saki23
writer. poet. screenwriter, love animals, words, b
10:17 PM on 06/29/2010
The Whole Truth will not star Joely Richardson. She bowed out to spend time w/ her family. Her part is to be played by Maura Tierney. ABC should get w/ the program & update their information and photograph from the show.
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RickyPoo
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night...
06:30 PM on 05/23/2010
Why is it that whenever I read these capsulized descriptions of shows I always think back to that scene in "Network" with Conchata Ferrel and Faye Dunaway where the new season's shows are discussed?

In EVERY description of EVERY show, Farrell keeps repeating that "a crusty but benign" individual runs the hospital, or the legal office or the police station or whatever other setting they are discussing.

Sounds like the same here too.

I'll bet that there isn't a TV network exec alive that doesn't h8te the late, great Paddy Chayefsky's guts! :)
12:41 AM on 05/23/2010
Cop shows, Lawyer shows, medical related shows and of course shows involving dysfunctional families. Reminds me of last year..and the year before...and the year before that.
mom72
right is almost always wrong.
10:43 PM on 05/20/2010
Looks like the same old same old to me.
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edejan
04:42 PM on 05/20/2010
I will watch ANYTHING Jeri Ryan is in. She had me at 7 of 9 and I'm a lifetime fan!!!
12:42 AM on 05/23/2010
Me too dude she can assimilate me any time.

..bad joke sorry.
02:02 PM on 05/20/2010
Dexter, Breaking Bad, Weeds, .....the best shows are all on cable...Network tv, for the most part, is bland and predictable.
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paddles
"pro" not "re" gressive
01:44 PM on 05/20/2010
Why does Matthew Perry keep getting shows? Not funny.
10:34 AM on 05/20/2010
Soooo.....networks are deciding to add two blacks per cast this year huh? I'm still not seeing a lo of diversity here.
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Cole 33
If someone asks if you're a God, you, say, YES!
10:23 AM on 05/20/2010
Holy Moses, every network puts out the SAME show! how many more Dr, Lawyer, Cop shows can they make!!??

no wonder Mad Men wins every year it's the only one with an original idea
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jd2010
10:34 PM on 05/19/2010
It is the same things, on every network, everytime: either no Black actors or one or two tokens. There are no words to describe how annoying and disrespectful that is.
01:07 AM on 05/20/2010
I completely agree. Many of the classic 90's sitcoms like Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends had NO black people whatsoever. A decade or so later we have improved to the token minorities here and there. Pathetic. I dare you to name one popular network tv show whose MAIN, STARRING character is a minority. At best, a few shows have a minority who is prominently featured as a co-star, but never one as the main star.
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MorpheusXNYC
Web/graphic designer and former freelance writer
03:04 AM on 05/20/2010
Except when the show is minstrelsy, coonery or buffoonery like Meet the Browns, House of Payne, etc.

Sigh...
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Cole 33
If someone asks if you're a God, you, say, YES!
10:24 AM on 05/20/2010
I hear you, but I guess J.J. Abrams has a show coming out where the two main characters are black, it's I guess like Mr and Mrs Smith married spies
10:25 PM on 05/19/2010
Body of Proof = Bones?

Detroit 187 - Are you Serious with this? Another cop show?

My Generation = "Reunion" without the murder mystery

No Ordinary Family = Is this LOST & Heroes family mashup supposed to be a comedy?

Off the Map - Will the Powells make a cameo mid-season and save all the doctors-without-borders with their newfound superpowers?

The Whole Truth - The people on this show are all good-looking Lawyers. How can I relate?

Better Together - ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh Hey, Kelso's Mom!

Happy Endings - Do they even bother testing these ideas with audiences anymore?

Mr. Sunshine - Dark & Cloudy days ahead.
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shirleyfeeney
11:01 PM on 05/19/2010
No, it's Kitty Foreman. Kelso's Mom is Peg Bundy.

other than that, I couldn't have said it better myself!
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shirleyfeeney
11:02 PM on 05/19/2010
Correcting myself...Peg Bundy was Hyde's mom. I don't think we ever saw Mrs. Kelso, did we?
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Justdontgetit
Don't screw with old people, they will mess you up
10:17 PM on 05/19/2010
I've already given up on Lost and watch Supernatural instead.
08:27 PM on 05/20/2010
what's to give up...there's one show left....
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editorjuno
Musician, wordsmith, accidental mystic, etc.
04:42 PM on 05/19/2010
It's official -- all the over-the-air networks are running on empty.
03:47 PM on 05/19/2010
And you thought CBS' lineup looked bad!
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Chaucea
Think of the otters!
04:39 PM on 05/19/2010
*chuckles* Yeah, no kidding!! *shudders*
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shirleyfeeney
11:02 PM on 05/19/2010
Fanned!
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john frodo
armchair expert
11:36 AM on 05/19/2010
Fail for all