After a year dominated by the corona virus, ABC is taking a cautious approach this fall, with only two new series on the schedule. The week gets off to a familiar start, with Dancing With The Stars followed by The Good Doctor on Monday nights. Tuesday night starts with the latest version of The Bachelorette and then Queens, about four estranged women in their 40s who reunite for a chance to recapture the fame they had as a ’90s hip hop group.
Wednesday’s comedy block stays pretty much the same, with The Goldbergs, The Conners, and Home Economics returning and a new version of The Wonder Years, taking a nostalgic look at a Black middle-class family in late 60s Montgomery, Alabama. A Million Little Things finishes of the night. Thursdays look pretty much the same, with Station 19, Grey’s Anatomy, and then the moved-over Big Sky. Friday kicks off with Shark Tank, followed by two hours of 20/20. Sunday stays mostly all reality, with America’s Funniest Home Videos, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, and Supermarket Sweep, followed by The Rookie.
On the bench for mid-season are Abbott Elementary, a comedy about dedicated teachers in a failing school, Maggie, starring Rebecca Rittenhouse as a young woman trying to cope with life as a psychic, and Women of the Movement, a limited series telling the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who, in 1955, risks her life to find justice after her son Emmett is brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Returning shows for mid-season include the final installment of Black-ish.
Cancelled shows never to be seen again are American Housewife, Call Your Mother, For Life, Mixed-ish, and Rebel.
