ABC and Sitcoms

Continuing on with my what’s new, sitcom-wise, for Fall, we come to ABC. (What does that stand for anyway? American Broadcasting Company?)

In any case, guess how many sitcoms, new and old, ABC has on their Fall schedule. One. Yes, that’s right, only one. It’s a returning sitcom, too, Samantha Who, which airs Monday nights at 9:30 pm. Apparently, they are so afraid of what happened last year that they aren’t even going to propose anything new this year. I’m guessing they feel that they have to make up for Carpoolers and Cavemen. As they should.

In reviewing ABC’s Fall schedule, though, I noticed something weird. There are big empty gaps in the 10 pm hour on both Wednesday and Thursday. Maybe they are saving those for something good. Its doubtful they would be sitcoms, though, since sitcoms are usually considered family fare and are on earlier in the night.

The only new show I saw on their schedule, at all, was called Opportunity Knocks. It’s another Ashton Kutcher thing (I believe he plans to complete take over TV) about a game show that comes to you. Really.

Honestly, I wonder if the strike has anything to do with why ABC has no new shows this year. Or maybe they were just having a banner year and feel like they already have a pretty tight schedule. I guess it could be one of those reasons, or maybe something completely different. Maybe they plan on putting new shows into those two blank hours, but they don’t want anyone to know about them. But that’s probably not true. I can say that I hardly ever, ever watch any of the shows on ABC myself, whatever that means.