ABC is pulling “Pan Am” and “Man Up!” at midseason, replacing them with “GCB” (based on Kim Gatlin’s 2008 novel “Good Christian Bitches”) and “Work It” (from latter-day “Friends” writers Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen).
Also absent on ABC’s midseason schedule is “Cougar Town,” which the network indicated last May would likely take over the “Dancing With The Stars” slot during the reality show’s midseason hiatus. Instead the supernatural faux-documentary “The River” will fill.
Along with the long-ago cancelled “Charlie’s Angels,” “Man Up!” and “Pan Am” constitute ABC’s lowest-rated scripted series:
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; previous weeks in parentheses)
5.6 (---) (5.7) (4.5) (5.7) (5.9) (5.7) (5.7) (6.1) (1.8) Modern Family
--- (4.1) (3.6) (3.7) (3.6) (3.6) (3.1) (3.6) (4.3) (1.0) Grey’s Anatomy
3.8 (3.8) (3.9) (4.0) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Once Upon A Time
3.2 (3.4) (2.8) (3.2) (3.3) (3.0) (3.1) (3.3) (4.0) (---) Dancing/Stars (Mo)
3.2 (---) (3.4) (3.5) (3.0) (3.2) (2.8) (3.1) (---) (---) Happy Endings
3.0 (2.8) (3.1) (3.0) (2.7) (2.8) (3.0) (3.2) (---) (---) Desperate Housewives
3.0 (---) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) (2.9) (2.8) (2.7) (3.1) (1.3) The Middle
2.9 (---) (3.1) (3.4) (3.1) (3.0) (3.1) (3.3) (---) (---) Suburgatory
2.7 (2.8) (2.8) (2.6) (2.6) (3.3) (2.9) (2.9) (2.9) (---) Dancing/Stars (Tu)
2.6 (2.6) (2.7) (2.8) (3.1) (3.6) (---) (---) (---) (---) Last Man Standing
2.6 (---) (3.0) (2.7) (2.5) (2.7) (2.4) (2.7) (3.3) (---) Revenge
2.5 (0.8) (2.1) (0.7) (---) (1.6) (1.8) (2.2) (3.0) (---) Saturday Football
2.5 (2.8) (2.6) (2.4) (2.3) (2.3) (2.1) (2.8) (---) (---) Private Practice
--- (2.4) (2.7) (2.4) (2.5) (2.1) (2.5) (3.1) (3.2) (---) Castle
2.0 (---) (1.9) (1.8) (1.9) (1.8) (2.0) (1.8) (2.2) (---) Body of Proof
1.8 (1.7) (1.8) (1.8) (1.8) (1.9) (2.6) (3.1) (---) (---) Pan Am
1.7 (---) (---) (1.5) (1.6) (1.4) (1.5) (---) (1.2) (1.2) AFH Videos
1.7 (1.7) (1.8) (2.0) (2.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Man Up!
1.2 (1.1) (1.2) (2.0) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.0) (1.2) (1.0) 20/20
--- (1.1) (1.2) (---) (1.2) (1.3) (1.2) (1.5) (2.1) (---) Charlie’s Angels
Look! Press release!
ABC ANNOUNCES MIDSEASON PREMIERE DATES
ABC announced the following midseason premiere dates for the 2011-12 season today. All times listed are ET.
Tuesday, January 3
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Work It” (Premiere)
9:00 -10:00 p.m. “Celebrity Wife Swap” (Premiere)
Thursday, January 5
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Wipeout” – Winter Wipeout (Season Premiere)
Friday, February 3
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (Season Premiere)
Tuesday, February 7
9:00-10:00 p.m. “The River” (Premiere)
Sunday, March 4
10:00-11:00 p.m. “GCB” (Premiere)
Thursday, March 15
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Missing” (Premiere)
Monday, March 19
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season Premiere)
Tuesday, March 27
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show” (Season Premiere)
