upfronts: abc is a big drama queen

upfront week continues in new york city. today, abc day. abc will hold their presentation at lincoln center at 4pm EST, but lucky for us, they've already released their 2007-2008 schedule. here's what we got on tap:

7- number of new dramas
4- number of new comedies
1- number of "alternative" series

returning series include: brothers & sisters, men in trees, ugly betty, grey's anatomy, lost, desperate housewives, boston legal, jimmy kimmel live, dancing with the stars, em: home edition, the bachelor, supernanny, america's funniest home videos, wife swap, october road, and notes from the underbelly. PHEW! that was a mouthful!

here's what the new line up looks like (new shows in bold, all times EST):

MONDAY:

8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
9:30 p.m. "Sam I Am" (new comedy series)
10:00 p.m. "The Bachelor"


TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Cavemen" (new comedy series)
8:30 p.m. "Carpoolers" (new comedy series)
9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show"
10:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies" (new drama series)
9:00 p.m. "Private Practice" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money" (new drama series)

THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"
9:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00 p.m. "Big Shots" (new drama series)

FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. "MEN IN TREES"
9:00 p.m. "Women's Murder Club" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "20/20"

SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night College Football"

SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"
10:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"

let's talk comedies for a second. sam i am. promising cast (christina applegate, jennifer esposito, jean smart), but "women's" comedies don't really fare well. hell, comedies don't fare well period on this network. but let's keep going. cavemen. based on geico commercials. has nick kroll in it. has amazing and awesome written all over it. carpoolers. ugh, even the title bores me. stars jerry o'connell. NEXT! miss/guided. not on the schedule, but on the press release. this can't be good.

and as far as dramas, SEVEN, count 'em, seven new ones. but, abc has always fared well with the one hour dramas. at least, in the last two years they have. although i don't know about a wednesday night built around ALL NEW shows. kinda gutsy. we've already seen private practice (grey's 2.0). as for the others, who knows. james patterson novel and candace bushnell rip offs.

then we have the oprah show (aka, the "alternative" series). oprah finally finds a way to give away money, but make it back (a la, produce a tv show) all at the same time. something about giving money away to people in different cities. i think i'll just keep watching oprah in the afternoons.

so on day two, nbc has all the good comedies and heroes. but abc has all the good dramas and promising new comedies. i'll call it a tie.

(via the futon critic)