ABC NEWS!
More episodes of Samantha Who? have been ordered! (I gotta say, I’m slightly surprised I like this show!)
Having already extended full-season pickups to a pair of freshman hits — Private Practice and Pushing Daisies — ABC seems poised to go for a hat trick, having ordered an additional half-dozen scripts of Samantha Who?, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In its first two weeks, the Christina Applegate starrer has averaged 14 million-plus viewers, demonstrating strong retention from that dancing-and-fainting celebs show.
And some scheduling notes:
Perhaps looking to break the time-slot change record set by Bernie Mac, Men in Trees is again being uprooted. The wonderful, deserving-of-a-better-audience series will air two hours earlier, Fridays at 8, starting Nov. 2. (In turn, 20/20 reclaims its 10 pm berth.)
Elsewhere on ABC, Samantha Who? will move up to 9 pm Monday starting Nov. 26 — the night of DWTS‘ final performance show — where its lead-out will be Notes from the Underbelly. And as scooped by Ausiello, October Road returns Nov. 22 with a special post-Grey’s outing before settling into its Mondays-at-10 home a few nights later.
