ABC Fall Schedule Looks A Lot Like Last Year's (UPDATED)

ABC has just released a 2008 fall schedule that changes little from last fall and includes only two new shows. The writers strike affected it in two ways, cutting into the normal pilot-development period and also cutting short the season for several promising shows that will now get a fresh start, like "Pushing Daisies" and "Eli Stone."

Monday: "Dancing With The Stars," "Samantha Who?" and "Boston Legal."
Tuesday: The new "Opportunity Knocks," "Dancing With The Stars" results show, "Eli Stone."
Wednesday: "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice," "Dirty Sexy Money" (so it's NOT moving to Thursdays as reported).
Thursday: "Ugly Betty," "Grey's Anatomy," the new drama "Life On Mars."
Friday: "Wife Swap," "Supernanny" and "20/20."
Saturday: College football
Sunday: "Extreme Makeover Home Edition," "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters."

"Opportunity Knocks" is a traveling quiz show produced by Ashton Kutcher. "Life On Mars" is a remake of a British series in which a present day cop suddenly wakes up in the 1973.

"Scrubs" will air on Tuesday at midseason when "Dancing" takes a rest, joined by "The Goode Family," a new sitcom rom "King of the Hill" creator Mike Judge. "Lost" will return at midseason as planned, after "Life on Mars" completes its initial run. There are also plans for a Kutcher-Tyra Banks pageant show at midseason.