ABC’s extreme step: a line-up without scripted shows
ABC has taken a drastic step that other networks avoided:
It is acknowledging that the writers’ strike will scuttle the start of a normal season, this fall. Instead, it has planned something very abnormal – a complete, 22-hour schedule with no new, scripted episodes.
That would cut off viewers from “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Station 19,” “The Rookie,” “The Good Doctor,” “Will Trent” and more, including “9-1-1,” which is moving to ABC from Fox. To fill all those holes in the schedule, the network will:
— Give double-duty to its “Bachelor” franchise: “The Golden Bachelor” – an older-person version of the show – will be at 10 p.m. Mondays (past the bedtime for some seniors). For people who prefer friskier singles in swimwear, “Bachelor in Paradise” (shown here from last season) will be 9-11 p.m. Tuesdays Read more…