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Ugly Betty move shifts two shows off fall schedule

by Joel Keller, posted Aug 10th 2006 3:28PM
Notes from the UnderbellyYesterday, when I reported that ABC moved Ugly Betty from Fridays to Thursdays, I wasn't sure of the fate of the two shows it was replacing, Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly (right). According to Richard Huff of the New York Daily News, the two serialized comedies will find a home on the schedule on either Tuesday or Wednesday, after Dancing with the Stars and its results show are done. It's just as well; Underbelly doesn't seem like it has staying power, anyway, and from what I've heard, Big Day isn't that special, either. ABC made the right choice by putting a stronger show in the more high-profile timeslot.

So what's going to take Ugly Betty's vacated Friday spot? A second episode of America's Funniest Videos, that's what. So that means this fall we're going to be seeing Tom Bergeron four nights a week, since he hosts both AFV and Dancing. Who knew he'd become the network's next Regis Philbin?

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Why is Thursdays at 8P on ABC a better time slot than Fridays at 8? ABC has found very limited success on Thursdays -- short of Dancing with the Stars. I feel bad for Men in Trees, which should have had the lead in of Desperate Housewives and not America's Funniest videos.

August 10 2006 at 9:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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