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Midseason Changes Hit ABC, NBC, The CW

Nov 10, 2009

-By Marc Berman


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ABC will conclude Eastwick (pictured) after its initial 13-episode run.

ABC has decided on the fate of two more freshman series—dramas The Forgotten and Eastwick. The Forgotten, which airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m., has been picked up for five additional telecasts, while Eastwick, which is based on 1987 theatrical The Witches of Eastwick, will conclude after its initial 13-episode run. 

The alphabet net, in additional, has shelved midseason reality/competition Let’s Dance, which was supposed to be hosted by comedian Kathy Griffin, in exchange for a new reality series called Find My Family. Find My Family will follow the stories of people in search of long-lost friends and relatives. It premieres on Monday, Nov. 23 at 9:30 p.m. out of the season-finale of Dancing With the Stars.   
 
NBC will fill the week of Dec. 14 with six hours of a music competition called The Sing-Off, which will feature a cappella groups competing for a Sony Recording Contract. It airs Monday through Wednesday from 8-10 p.m., with the finale on Monday, Dec. 21, also for two hours. One year earlier, the network ran the similar appeal Clash of the Choirs.  
 
Over at The CW, upcoming drama Life Unexpected, the Gilmore Girls-like take of a 15-year-old girl who is reunited with her biological parents, will debut on Monday, Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. in place of Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl will return in March after Life Unexpected’s initial six episode run is completed.  
 
 


Midseason Changes Hit ABC, NBC, The CW

Nov 10, 2009

-By Marc Berman


mw/photos/stylus/113459-EastwickM.jpg

ABC will conclude Eastwick (pictured) after its initial 13-episode run.

ABC has decided on the fate of two more freshman series—dramas The Forgotten and Eastwick. The Forgotten, which airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m., has been picked up for five additional telecasts, while Eastwick, which is based on 1987 theatrical The Witches of Eastwick, will conclude after its initial 13-episode run. 

The alphabet net, in additional, has shelved midseason reality/competition Let’s Dance, which was supposed to be hosted by comedian Kathy Griffin, in exchange for a new reality series called Find My Family. Find My Family will follow the stories of people in search of long-lost friends and relatives. It premieres on Monday, Nov. 23 at 9:30 p.m. out of the season-finale of Dancing With the Stars.   
 
NBC will fill the week of Dec. 14 with six hours of a music competition called The Sing-Off, which will feature a cappella groups competing for a Sony Recording Contract. It airs Monday through Wednesday from 8-10 p.m., with the finale on Monday, Dec. 21, also for two hours. One year earlier, the network ran the similar appeal Clash of the Choirs.  
 
Over at The CW, upcoming drama Life Unexpected, the Gilmore Girls-like take of a 15-year-old girl who is reunited with her biological parents, will debut on Monday, Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. in place of Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl will return in March after Life Unexpected’s initial six episode run is completed.  
 
 
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