At the Upfronts: ABC 2008-2009 Comedy Slate
May 15, 2008 by Chandra
NOTE: Pictures indicate series currently covered at Comedy Centric
Good to Go
According to Jim — 18 Episodes
Eli Stone — 13 Episodes
Pushing Daisies — Full Order
Samantha Who? — Full Order
- Boston Legal — 13 Episodes, Final Season
- Desperate Housewives — Full Order
- Dirty Sexy Money — Full Order
- Ugly Betty — Full Order
On the Way
Scrubs — 18 Episodes, Final Season, Relocating from NBC
- The Goode Family — Half-Hour Animated Series, 13 Episodes
Given the Ax
- Big Shots
- Carpoolers
- Cashmere Mafia
- Cavemen
- Men in Trees
- Miss/Guided
- Notes from the Underbelly
Photos: Newscom, except Scrubs (Richard Cartwright/NBC)
Notable Comedy TV Thru 4-13-08
April 7, 2008 by Chandra
Monday | April 7
- Samantha Who?: The freshman season re-opens for business with The Girlfriend. [9:32pm EST/ABC]
Tuesday | April 8
- Boston Legal: This legal dramedy extraordinaire returns from hiatus with Tabloid Nation. [10:02pm EST/ABC]
Thursday | April 10
- 30 Rock: TGS and crew are back from the writers-strike zone with MILF Island. [8:30pm EST/NBC]
- The Office: The first new episode this spring is The Dinner Party. [9pm EST/NBC]
- Scrubs: Season seven continues at last with My Bad Too. [9:31pm EST/NBC]
- Eli Stone: Married with Children and 8 Simple Rules star Katey Sagal begins her first of two guest-star appearances on Patience. [10pm EST/ABC]
Sunday | April 13
- Monk/Psych: Sunday nights in April are reserved for replays of episodes from these popular USA series on sister broadcast channel NBC. [8pm & 9pm EST/NBC]
- Desperate Housewives: Those Wisteria Lane vixens are on the tube anew with the appropriately titled Sunday. [9pm EST/ABC]
- Dirt: Courteney Cox and company bid adieu with the early second-season finale In Lieu of Flowers…. [10pm EST/FX]
ABC Comedy Series Post-Strike
February 24, 2008 by Chandra
According to Jim
- Currently airing its 18-episode seventh season
- Has not been renewed for an eighth season
Big Shots
- Will not return
- Last new episode aired on January 24
- Complete first season has 11 episodes (11 aired)
- CANCELED on February 12
Boston Legal
- Returns April 8 with 6 new episodes planned
- Last new episode aired on February 19
- Complete fourth season will have 20 episodes
- Has not been renewed for a fifth season
Carpoolers
- Currently airing its 13-episode first season
- Has not been renewed for a second season
Cashmere Mafia
- Completed its first season on February 20
- Complete first season has 7 episodes instead of 13 ordered
- Has not been renewed for a second season
Cavemen
- Will not return
- Last new episode aired on November 13
- Complete first season has 13 episodes (6 aired)
- CANCELED on February 12