ABC patches some holes in mid-season shift

ABC’s line-up – a patchwork creation this fall – will get some much-needed repairs for mid-season. That includes:
— “Abbott Elementary” will no longer be the network’s only comedy. It will be paired with a show starring Tim Allen, with Kat Dennings as his daughter.
— “Scamanda” will finally surface. Announced for the fall schedule and then pulled, it will be paired with another true-crime tale.
— There will eventually be two drama nights, instead of one. “Will Trent” (shown here) and “The Rookie” have season-openers in January, sandwiching “High Potential” on Tuesdays. The Thursday line-up (“9-1-1,” “Doctor Odyssey,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) returns in March.
At the start of the season, ABC had only five scripted shows; by March, that will be up to nine or possibly 10, if the final season of “The Conners” is finally scheduled.
Still, the line-up (I’ll add details later) has a makeshift feel, as ABC looks for lower-budget answers. It will have three series that have already streamed on Hulu, plus Sunday-night movies that have been all over cable.
And it will have plenty of unscripted shows. That includes big ones – “The Bachelor” starts on Jan. 27, “American Idol” starts on March 9 – and others, including “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,”
That show has had only one season in the past 13 years. Starting Jan. 2, it will be on Thursdays, leading into the second season of Hulu’s Emmy-nominated comedy, “Only Murders in the Building.”