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ABC Upfronts

Change is in the air at ABC, where they are adding new scripted programming after taking last year off due to the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes.  A familiar name is returning to Mondays, with Monday Night Football back in its long-time perch for selected weeks.  The network has yet to announce what will air in the weeks where football remains on ESPN only.  Dancing With the Stars moves to Tuesday, followed by High Potential, written by Drew Goddard and starring Kaitlin Olson.

Wednesday kicks off with the first installment of The Golden Bachelorette, followed by Abbott Elementary and Scamanda, a docu-series based on the podcast about a wife and blogger who faked cancer.  9-1-1 returns for its second season on ABC to kick off Thursdays, followed by Doctor Odyssey, a new medical drama from Ryan Murphy and starring Joshua Jackson.  The 21st season of Grey’s Anatomy wraps up the night.  Friday remains the same, with Shark Tank followed by two hours of 20/20.  Sunday also stays stable, with America’s Funniest Home Videos followed by three hours of The Wonderful World of Disney.

On the bench for mid-season are new installments of American Idol, The Bachelor, Celebrity Jeopardy, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, the final season of The Conners, The Rookie, What Would You Do? and Will Trent.  A new version of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, produced by Reese Witherspoon, is also on the docket.

Shows never to be seen again are The Good Doctor, Not Dead Yet, and Station 19.

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FOX Upfronts

X-Files LogoAfter a successful season, which featured new hits like Gotham, Empire, and The Last Man on Earth, FOX released a fall season that is without the usual churn that the network is known for.

Gotham will continue to kick off Monday nights, and will be followed by Minority Report, a sequel of sorts set 10 years after the 2002 Stephen Spielberg film.  Tuesdays get shaken up a bit as the comedy block moves up an hour and becomes more guy-centric, with new shows starring John Stamos, Rob Lowe, and Fred Savage.  They will be followed by the horror-comedy anthology Scream Queens, from American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy.

The Morris Chestnut project Rosewood leads off Wednesdays, followed by this springs monster hit Empire.  Bones stays put on Thursdays, followed by the relocated Sleepy Hollow.  Friday remains the domain of disposable reality programming while the Sunday lineup remains unchanged.

The X-Files returns for its 6-episode run in January, debuting following the NFC Championship game and then airing again the following night.  New Girl is also expected to return sometime next spring, allowing it to air uninterrupted.  Finally, American Idol will return in the spring for a final season.