Rejoice, Wisteria Lane fans — Desperate Housewives is indeed returning for another season, despite concerns about an upcoming cancellation.
It appears as though the network’s cancellation spree last week was the end of the all the axing, and Housewives, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelor, Secret Millionaire, Shark Tank and 20/20 will join previously announced renewals Body of Proof, Happy Endings, Modern Family, Cougar Town, The Middle, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Castle and Saturday Night College Football.
Joining ABC’s schedule are new comedies Apartment 23, Last Man Standing, Man Up, Suburgatory and Work It, as well as freshman dramas Revenge, a Charlie’s Angels reboot, Good Christian Belles, Missing, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, The River and Scandal.
Mind you, not all series are on tap for fall. Along with some of the new titles, Cougar Town is also being held for midseason, much to the chagrin of this writer.
While the new schedule and pickups are mainly female-centric, it does include the introduction of a new man-friendly comedy block on Tuesday nights, leading into the results portion of DWTS and Body of Proof. Additionally, it also features a return of the 10 p.m. drama on Wednesday nights.
Here’s the complete schedule (all times ET):
FALL
MONDAYS
8 p.m. Dancing With the Stars (performance)
10 p.m. Castle
TUESDAYS
8 p.m. Last Man Standing *NEW*
8:30 p.m. Man Up *NEW*
9 p.m. Dancing With the Stars (results)
10 p.m. Body of Proof
WEDNESDAYS
8 p.m. The Middle
8:30 p.m. Suburgatory *NEW*
9 p.m. Modern Family
9:30 p.m. Happy Endings
10 p.m. Revenge *NEW*
THURSDAYS
8 p.m. Charlie’s Angels *NEW*
9 p.m. Grey’s Anatomy
10 p.m. Private Practice
FRIDAYS
8 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9 p.m. Shark Tank
10 p.m. 20/20
SATURDAYS
8 p.m. Saturday Night College Football
SUNDAYS
7 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 p.m. Once Upon a Time *NEW*
9 p.m. Desperate Housewives
10 p.m. Pan Am *NEW*
New series descriptions:
Charlie’s Angels: A revamp of the classic 1970s series. Stars Rachael Taylor (Grey’s Anatomy), Annie Ilonzeh (General Hospital), Minka Kelly (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) and Ramon Rodriguez (The Wire).
Once Upon a Time: A modern-day fairytale from the producers of Lost, in which the ever-after world is trapped, frozen in time, by the Queen’s curse. Stars Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love), Jennifer Morrison (House), Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting), Lana Parrilla, Jamie Dornan, Jared Gilmore (Mad Men), Josh Dallas (Thor) and Raphael Sbarge.
Pan Am: A 1960s-style soap that takes place in the modern world of air travel. Stars Christina Ricci (Casper), Kelli Garner (Going the Distance), Karine Vanasse (Polytechnique), Margot Robbie (Neighbours), Jonah Lotan (24) and Michael Mosley (Justified).
Revenge: A woman moves to the Hamptons for the first time. Or is it? Mystery ensues. Stars Emily Van Camp (Brothers & Sisters), Madeleine Stowe (The Last of the Mohicans), Gabriel Mann (The Bourne Identity), Henry Czerny (Mission: Impossible), Ashley Madekwe (Secret Diary of a Call Girl), Nick Wechsler (Roswell), Josh Bowman (Prowl), Christa B. Allen (13 Going on 30) and Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl).
Apartment 23: A Midwestern girl moves to New York with big dreams and finds herself living with her worst nightmare. A female take on The Odd Couple. Stars Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad), Dreama Walker (The Good Wife, Gossip Girl), Eric Andé, Michael Blaiklock and James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek).
Last Man Standing: Tim Allen returns to reclaim man’s place in a now female-dominated world. Also stars Nancy Travis (So I Married an Axe Murderer), Molly Ephraim, Alexandra Krosney, Kaitlyn Dever and Hector Elizondo (Chicago Hope).
Man Up: Three modern men attempt to redefine what it is to be a “real man.” Stars Christopher Moyniham, Mather Zickel (The Cape), Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury), Teri Polo (Meet the Fockers), Amanda Detmer (What About Brian) and Henry Simmons (Shark).
Suburgatory: A single father freaks out when he finds a pack of condoms on his 16-year-old daughter’s nightstand and moves her from New York to the suburbs. Stars Jeremy Sisto (Law & Order), Jane Levy (Shameless), Carly Chaikin (The Last Song), Allie Grant (Weeds), Alan Tudyk (V) and Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm).
Slotted for midseason:
Good Christian Belles: A former “mean girl” and her children are forced to return to her hometown in Dallas after 20 years, and find that not everyone has welcome arms. Stars Leslie Bibb (Iron Man), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, Glee), Annie Potts (Law & Order: SVU), Jennifer Aspen (Rodeny), Marisol Nichols (24), Brad Beyer (Jericho), Mark Deklin (Lone Star) and David James Elliott (JAG).
Missing: A mother discovers that her son has disappeared while studying abroad, and she takes off on a mission to find him. Stars Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy), Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Cliff Curtis (Trauma), Adriano Giannini (Oceans Twelve), Nick Eversman (Cinema Verite) and Tereza Voriskova (Borgia).
The River: A wildlife expert and TV personality goes missing and it’s up to his family to find him. Stars Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), Joe Anderson (Breaking Dawn), Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle), Paulina Gaitan, Leslie Hope (24), Eloise Mumford (Lone Star), Shaun Parkes (The Mummy Returns), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong) and Daniel Zacapa (Resurrection Blvd.).
Scandal: A former media relations consultant to the president leaves the White House, opens up her own firm and tries to fix her life. From Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. Stars Kerry Washington (Ray), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Columbus Short (Stomp the Yard), Guillermo Diaz (Half-Baked), Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes, Tony Goldwyn (Ghost) and Jeff Perry (Grey’s Anatomy).
Work It: Unable to find work, two guys pose as women to get jobs as pharmaceutical reps. Stars Ben Koldyke (How I Met Your Mother), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Beth Lacke (Happy Hour), John Caparulo (Chelsea Lately), Rebecca Mader (Lost), Rochelle Aytes (Detroit 1-8-7), Kate Reinders (Sherrie), Kirstin Eggers (Aussie and Ted’s Great Adventure) and Kacie Lynch (Barney and Friends).
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