Life On Mars, Private Practice & Scrubs return dates; Crusoe not good enough for Fridays; Lipstick Jungle to end earlier…
By fred | November 23, 2008
ABC has yet to announce its midseason schedule, but we already know a few things.
* Lost season 5 is premiering on Wednesday, January 21st with a two-hour special, and starting January 28th it will lead into Life On Mars. Despite not being a hit in the ratings, ABC seems to like the new drama, and has ordered four more episodes, thus bringing the total order to 17 episodes, and since the show is done for the year it means it will be able to be on for at least 10 weeks.
* Scrubs is finally moving to the Alphabet, premiering on Tuesday, January 6th at 9.00 with two episodes back to back, something that will be repeated the following week with two more episodes from 9.00 to 10.00, after which the show will settle in its 9.00 slot. No word yet on what will be at 9.30 though the new Mike Judge animated comedy, The Goode Family, has been rumored.
* Replacing Life On Mars as lead-out of Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday nights will be Private Pratice, starting January 8th.
* In other news, after spitting on Scrubs, its cast, crew & fans the Peacock is happy to report it continues to fail miserably… shocking.
* Crusoe is such a failure that it has to be moved away from Friday’s death slot. Starting December 6th the show will air on Saturdays at 8.00 – another good proof as to why NBC should give Silverman a raise…
* Meanwhile, Lipstick Jungle will move one hour up, Fridays at 9.00, leading into Dateline. As planned, the four remaining episodes of Lipstck Jungle will all air, on December 5th, 12th, January 2nd and 9th. And that will likely be the end of that.
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Shows: Crusoe, Life On Mars, Lipstick Jungle, Private Practice, Scrubs
