Lots of changes coming this fall on ABC, as the network announced their upcoming schedule this week. 4 shows that I’ve been watching, Castle, The Muppets, Agent Carter, and the summer series Rookie Blue, were given the heave ho, leaving lots of holes in their, and my, schedule.
Conviction, a new legal drama starring Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell, moves in to the post-Dancing With The Stars slot on Monday vacated by Castle. Tuesday sees the network expand their comedy block to two hours, with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. moving back to the 9pm hour. Minnie Driver stars in the new comedy Speechless, airing before Modern Family on Wednesday. Following Black-ish comes Designated Survivor, a new drama starring Kiefer Sutherland as the new President after a devastating attack on Washington DC.
Thursday gets some new blood, thanks to Scandal star Kerry Washington’s pregnancy, in the form of Notorious, a sexy legal drama starring Piper Perabo and breaking Shonda Rhimes stranglehold on the night, at least until the spring. Friday nights stay exactly the same, as do Sundays. Saturday is still left for college football.
The mid-season slate, aside from the returning Scandal, looks uneventful.
Rookie Blue, the Canadian-produced drama that had been a staple of ABC’s summer offerings since 2010, wrapped up its run at the end of last summer. Starring television vets Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith, the show followed a group of rookie police officers in Toronto as they trained to be police and, eventually, moved up the ranks.