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Thursday, October 06, 2011
The 90s Are All That Moves to 10PM; Network Notes: CBS Picks-Up 2 Broke Girls, Delays Rules of Engagement, ABC Schedules Game Show
Over a week ago we mentioned Hey Dude is coming to TeenNick and was supposed to start on Oct. 3 (and it hasn't), but now there is a bit of change...but it's good news! TeenNick super-serves '90s Nick fans with even more of what they want as "The '90s Are All That" programming block moves into primetime, seven days a week, with an updated lineup to include the much-requested Hey Dude! As we broke last week, the block also features a brand-new Friday night interactive segment, "UPick with Stick," hosted by the most famous popsicle stick from the '90s ever, Stick Stickly.
The rotating block of iconic Nickelodeon '90s shows will kick off its new 10pm-12am (all times Eastern) time slot THIS Friday (that's tomorrow, Oct. 7), with the inaugural viewer-voted "UPick with Stick" lineup. Every Friday night, "UPick with Stick" will be hosted by Stick Stickly, featuring the original voice actor in the role, Paul Christie. "UPick with Stick" will feature '90s Nickelodeon episodes chosen by viewers via Facebook and www.90sAreAllThat.com. As for the daily schedule, Hey Dude joins "The '90s Are All That" block on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 11pm (encores at 1am), along with All That, Kenan & Kel and Doug, with the replays now 12-2 a.m. on TeenNick (2-4am encores are now gone since the block starts at 10pm now). This line-up will air six nights a week (All That, Kenan & Kel, Hey Dude, Doug is the order from 10p-12a), except on Fridays since that is viewer's choice night.
"The '90s Are All That" on TeenNick has scored huge gains for the net, posting double-digit increases over last year with A18-34 (+50%) in the time period. Hey Dude aired from 1989 to 1991 and was one of Nickelodeon's first original live-action series. As of now, the planned Amanda Show and Are You Afraid of the Dark two-week runs are on hold, but they could pop-up on Friday nights if you pick them! Stay with us for further updates.

No surprise, CBS has given a full season order to new comedy 2 Broke Girls. As of three airings, 2 Broke Girls is the top new series in both viewers (14.18 million viewers, live+same day) and adults 18-49 (5.4 rating, live+same day), winning its regular Monday 8:30 PM time period in key demographics the past two weeks. The first airing aired after the highly-promoted Two and a Half Men season premiere with Ashton Kutcher which did a 10.7 18-49 rating, giving 2 Broke Girls huge sampling with a 7.1 18-49 rating for its premiere. The sitcom has settled for a solid 4.6 and 4.5 18-49 rating in its regular time period since, putting it neck and neck with Fox's new Tuesday comedy New Girl for top honors. 2 Broke Girls stars Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Matthew Moy, Jonathan Kite and Garrett Morris. Michael Patrick King is executive producer and Whitney Cummings is executive consultant for Warner Bros. Television. The series was co-created by King and Cummings.

As we first broke on Twitter, the season premiere of CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement has moved to Saturday, Oct. 15 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, one week later than previously announced (which was actually this coming Saturday). Instead, a repeat of Mike & Molly will air in the time period on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 8:00 PM ET/PT. A repeat of 2 Broke Girls follows at 8:30 PM. So why the change? Perhaps CBS is waiting to see how new Thursday comedy How To Be A Gentleman does in week two tonight after underperforming for its premiere last week. If it does poorly, CBS could have a short leash and pull the comedy and move Rules of Engagement back to Thursdays as early as next week (Oct. 13) and still call it a season premiere. If that happens, perhaps Gentleman will take the Saturday 8pm slot. Stay tuned for any further updates, but for now view our day-by-day schedule for CBS.

In another exclusive, we broke the news that ABC will burn-off the game show Million Dollar Mind Game on Sunday afternoons at 4pm ET/2pm PT starting Sunday, Oct. 23. The game show was in contention to air last season or summer on ABC, but never made it to air. ABC has 6 episodes to air and they will air it in six consecutive weeks from October 23 to November 27. In Million Dollar Mind Game, six teammates work together using smarts and logic to answer complex questions. The more questions they answer correctly, the more money they can win. The series is hosted by British host Vernon Kay (Skating with the Stars). Encores of Dancing with the Stars: The Results will follow at 5pm ET/2pm PT on these six Sunday afternoons. ABC has been airing encores of reality series on many weekend afternoons for some time now, but this will be the first time brand new episodes of a series will air (even a burn-off is still new).
In other ABC scheduling news, they have announced that the perennial classic It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown will air on the first night of November sweep on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8pm. Charlie's Angels was already planned to be preempted on this night before it premiered. Look for the Angels to return the following week, ratings pending of course. Hello, Angels!

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ABC 2011-2012 Daily Schedule

(This year we will post the daily schedule day-by-day here so we can track the episodes and specials better.)

Fall 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (season premiere)
10:00PM Castle (season premiere)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Cast (special)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (season premiere)
10:00PM Body of Proof (season premiere)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
8:00-9:00PM The Middle (special one-hour season premiere)
9:00-10:00PM Modern Family (special one-hour season premiere)
10:00PM Revenge (series premiere)

Thursday, September 22, 2011
8:00PM Charlie’s Angels (season premiere)
9:00-11:00PM Grey’s Anatomy (special two-hour season premiere)

Friday, September 23, 2011
8:00PM Modern Family (special one-hour season premiere ENCORE)
9:00PM Revenge (series premiere ENCORE)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturday, September 24, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, September 25, 2011
7:00-9:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (special two-hour season premiere)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (season premiere)
10:00PM Pan Am (series premiere)

Monday, September 26, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (#2)
10:00PM Castle (#2)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
8:00PM Dancing With The Stars: The Encore Performance (special)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (#2)
10:00PM Body of Proof (#2)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
8:00PM The Middle (#3)
8:30PM Suburgatory (series premiere)
9:00PM Modern Family (#3)
9:30PM Happy Endings (season premiere)
10:00PM Revenge (#2)

Thursday, September 29, 2011
8:00PM Charlie's Angels (#2)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy (#3)
10:00PM Private Practice (season premiere)

Friday, September 30, 2011
8:00PM Modern Family (#3 ENCORE)
8:30PM Suburgatory (series premiere ENCORE)
9:00PM Pan Am (series premiere ENCORE)
10:00PM A Special Edition of 20/20: AMANDA KNOX: DOES THE COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM BEGIN THIS WEEKEND?

Saturday, October 1, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, October 2, 2011
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos (season premiere)
8:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (special night, #2)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (#2)
10:00PM Pan Am (#2)

Monday, October 3, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (#3)
10:00PM Castle (#3)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
8:00PM Dancing With The Stars: The Encore Performance (special)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (#3)
10:00PM Body of Proof (#3)

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
8:00PM The Middle (#4)
8:30PM Suburgatory (#2)
9:00PM Modern Family (#4)
9:30PM Happy Endings (#2)
10:00PM Revenge (#3)

Thursday, October 6, 2011
8:00PM Charlie's Angels (#3)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy (#4)
10:00PM Private Practice (#2)

Friday, October 7, 2011
8:00PM Modern Family (#4 ENCORE)
8:30PM Suburgatory (#2 ENCORE)
9:00PM Revenge (#3 ENCORE)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturday, October 8, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, October 9, 2011
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos (#2)
8:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (special night, #3)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (#3)
10:00PM Pan Am (#3)

Monday, October 10, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (#4)
10:00PM Castle (#4)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
8:00-9:00PM Last Man Standing (special one-hour series premiere)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (#4)
10:00PM Body of Proof (#4)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
8:00PM The Middle (#5)
8:30PM Suburgatory (#3)
9:00PM Modern Family (#5)
9:30PM Happy Endings (#3)
10:00PM Revenge (#4)

Thursday, October 13, 2011
8:00PM Charlie's Angels (#4)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy (#5)
10:00PM Private Practice (#3)

Friday, October 14, 2011
8:00PM Last Man Standing (one-hour series premiere ENCORE)
9:00PM Modern Family (#5 ENCORE)
9:30PM Suburgatory (#3 ENCORE)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturday, October 15, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, October 16, 2011
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos (#3)
8:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (special night, #4)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (#4)
10:00PM Pan Am (#4)

Monday, October 17, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (#5)
10:00PM Castle (#5)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
8:00PM Last Man Standing (#3)
8:30PM Man Up! (series premiere)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (#5)
10:00PM Body of Proof (#5)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
8:00PM The Middle (#6)
8:30PM Suburgatory (#4)
9:00PM Modern Family (#6)
9:30PM Happy Endings (#4)
10:00PM Revenge (#5)

Thursday, October 20, 2011
8:00PM Charlie's Angels (#5)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy (#6)
10:00PM Private Practice (#4)

Friday, October 21, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (#5, time period premiere)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturday, October 22, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, October 23, 2011
4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT Million Dollar Mind Game (all-new, 6 episodes)
5:00PM ET/3:00PM PT Dancing with the Stars: The Results (R)
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos (#4)
8:00PM Once Upon a Time (series premiere)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (#5)
10:00PM Pan Am (#5)

Monday, October 24, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Dancing with the Stars (#6)
10:00PM Castle (#6)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
8:00PM Last Man Standing (#4)
8:30PM Man Up! (#2)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars the Results Show (#6)
10:00PM Body of Proof (#6)

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
8:00PM The Middle (#7)
8:30PM Suburgatory (#5)
9:00PM Modern Family (#7)
9:30PM Happy Endings (#5)
10:00PM Revenge (#6)

Thursday, October 27, 2011
8:00PM It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown/You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (special)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy (#7)
10:00PM Private Practice (#5)

Friday, October 28, 2011
8:00-10:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (#6)
10:00PM 20/20

Saturday, October 29, 2011
8:00PM Saturday Night Football

Sunday, October 30, 2011
4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT Million Dollar Mind Game (all-new, 6 episodes)
5:00PM ET/3:00PM PT Dancing with the Stars: The Results (R)
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos (#5)
8:00PM Once Upon a Time (#2)
9:00PM Desperate Housewives (#6)
10:00PM Pan Am (#6)

more to come...keep checking back for updates.

specials:

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
10:00pm In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: All Access Nashville (all-new special)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
8:00-11:00PM The 45th Annual CMA Awards

Monday, November 14, 2011
10:00PM ABC News Special - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly with Diane Sawyer

Sunday, November 20, 2011
8:00-11:00PM 2011 American Music Awards

Saturday, December 31, 2011
8:00-10:00PM New Year's Rockin' Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party
10:00PM Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012
11:30PM-1:08AM Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012, Part 1
1:08AM-2:11AM Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012, Part 2

Saturday, January 14, 2012
9:00-11:00PM 2012 Miss America Pageant

Sunday, February 26, 2012
7:00-8:30PM 2012 Oscars Red Carpet (live)
8:30-11:30PM The 84th Annual Academy Awards (live)

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