One year ago there was little-to-no attention on the ABC fall lineup. The network hadn’t seen a hit in years, and needed something to change quickly. One year later their hits ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Lost’ have helped turn the network around, and the buzz around their upcoming season was huge going in to today. Seven new shows (marked with a *) will appear on the fall schedule, with cancellations going to ‘8 Simple Rules’, ‘Blind Justice’, ‘Complete Savages’, ‘Eyes’, and ‘My Wife & Kids’. Oddly, ‘The Bachelor’ has been picked up for yet another season, to appear after the conclusion of ‘Monday Night Football’ in January. ‘Alias’ fans, the news isn’t good – the ever-struggling spy thriller will compete with ‘Survivor: Guatemala’ and ‘The OC’ this September.
SUNDAY
08:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
09:00 Desperate Housewives
10:00 Grey’s Anatomy
MONDAY (to January)
08:00 Wife Swap
09:00 Monday Night Football
MONDAY (after January)
08:00 The Bachelor
09:00 Emily’s Reasons Why Not*
09:30 Jake in Progress
10:00 What About Brian*
TUESDAY
08:00 According to Jim
08:30 Rodney
09:00 Commander-in-Chief*
10:00 Boston Legal
WEDNESDAY
08:00 George Lopez
08:30 Freddie*
09:00 Lost
10:00 Invasion*
THURSDAY
08:00 Alias
09:00 The Night Stalker*
10:00 Primetime Live
FRIDAY
08:00 Supernanny
09:00 Hope & Faith
09:30 Hot Properties*
10:00 20/20
SATURDAY
08:00 ABC Movie of the Week

‘EMILY’S REASONS WHY NOT’ — Emily Sanders is a successful young woman with terrific taste, great friends and a fabulous job in publishing. She didn