What ABC should do this fall

It is time for me to say what ABC, the current #3 network out of the big 4 networks, should do this fall.

Let's start with ABC's Strengths (note: I am excluding the "fading" shows):

Dancing With The Stars on Mondays (Fall & Spring) starting at 8PM

The Bachelor on Mondays (Winter season)

Castle on Mondays at 10PM

Modern Family on Wednesdays at 9PM

College Football Games on Saturdays in the Fall

and that is about it!!

Now I will mention the fading shows that ABC will have to put on the same nights because a move would probably kill them in the ratings:

Desperate Housewives on Sundays at 9PM

Brothers & Sisters on Sundays at 10PM

Rest of ABC's Comedy Wednesday Block

Grey's Anatomy on Thursdays at 9PM

Private Practice on Thursdays at 10PM

So here is what ABC should probably do each night of the week:

Sunday: Should be left alone since these shows would be hurt by a move to other nights.

Monday: Should stick to Dancing With the Stars in Fall & Spring with the Bachelor Edition in the Winter. Also should leave Castle in the 10PM slot.

Tuesday: This is the trickiest night to program for ABC because the Dancing With the Stars Results Show airs on this night part of the year and ABC has to deal with Lost not coming back and no new show with mass appeal to replace it with. ABC's best move would probably be to put the most buzzed new series here along with one or two other new shows that might be able to benefit from the buzz of the other show. They might also consider doing a news magazine-type program at 10PM on this night to take up one hour of the night.

Wednesday: They should stick with the comedy block with Modern Family as the 9PM show. At 10PM they will have to put a new drama there.

Thursday: They will have to stick with Grey's and Private Practice from 9PM-11PM because a move of either show would kill those shows. ABC might want to try another comedy block from 8PM - 9PM Thursdays next season.

Friday: They will have to stick to reality shows like Supernanny and to their 20/20 news magazine program on this night because scripted shows are doing very poor on Fridays for now.

Saturday: They should stick to College Football in Prime Time in the Fall, and Movies and repeats and low-rated shows finishing their unaired episodes after being canceled the rest of the year.

It appears ABC has not been able to break the "LOST Curse" yet. Every show launched with a Lost star in it has been a failure or has done poorly such as "The Unusuals", "Flash Forward", and "V".

What is interesting is that ABC is going to pick up V for like a half season order. My advice is to wait until around November to bring it back for a second season. That way they can release the new "V" series Season One on DVD during the early Fall so people can get caught up on all of the episodes, because this show seems promising, but it may take people several episodes to get really interested in the series because in my opinion the story was moving kind of slow at first.

So that is it for ABC. Next up will be FOX.