Though the Lost info foils my personal wannabe network scheduler schedule where I slot Lost on Thursdays at 8pm, it definitely makes more sense to me that Ugly Betty would stay on Fridays. AfterElton reported it had confirmation that Ugly Betty would move to Wednesdays a couple of days ago, nobody else has reported that from confirmed sources. Ausiello's post was from last night:
Question: What’s the latest word on Ugly Betty moving to Wednesdays? —Alec
Ausiello: All signs point to… it not happening. ABC insiders tell me Betty is staying put on Fridays for now. The most likely candidate to inherit Eastwick’s Wednesdays at 10 p.m. timeslot early next year is Lost. Speaking of Betty, is it just me or is the show kind of on fire right now? Every episode this season has been a winner. I’m even staying awake during the Daniel scenes!
via Ausiello Files (note there are a spoilers in the post from other questions)
hopefully the 6 remaining eastwick eps will air on wednsdays
I hope it does get the spot.
Me too John, the show has been AMAZING lately and it deserves to be seen by more people.
I hope they bring Alexis back since Rebbecca Stamos’ show was canceled.
is it worth watching again – i stopped after 3.13 season 3 was awful for me (Except like the first 4 or so episodes) loved season 1 and liked season 2
this season of UB rocks!abc give UB chance on wednesday!BETTY HOLD ON!
I’ll say it once and I’LL SAY IT AGAIN….Ugly Betty is the most UNFUNNY, OVERHYPED, BAD…..and mean BAD show I have EVER seen. Please put this one to bed QUICKLY !!
Is ABC actively considering putting the final season of Lost in a 10pm slot? I thought Lost at 10pm didn’t work all that well for the second part of Season 3.
If Lost airs Wednesdays at 10pm, I won’t be watching it until Thursday afternoon/evening. I wonder if overnight ratings will drop, but DVR figures will skyrocket?
betty is having an awesome season
I still like Lost Thursdays at 8pm. And I still think it could happen. But that can happen while still leaving UB on Fridays. They have other options at 10pm (Flash Forward, for example!).
Edit: and UB still doesn’t make much sense to me as a 10pm show, though given ABC’s relatively weak performance at 10pm they could be throwing in the towel there. LOST at 10pm would at least give them another show besides Practice and Brothers & Sisters that can pull a 3.0+ A18-49 rating at 10pm
I think they’ll go with airing last week’s episode at 8pm and the new episode at 9pm. (accountants!)
I think we should all just write into ABC. I know I did. Plus Lost on Thursdays would be interesting. Or why not cancel the forgotten and put Ugly Betty on tuesdays at ten?!
NO. “Lost” must NEVER be at Thursdays @ 8pm. Why would you wanna kill “Community” like that? I could make about 8 bitchy Bingo card comments from this kind of @#$%ed thinking!
Seriously though, “Lost” is better on Wednesdays. I can see the American Idol crowd leaping right over to “Lost” following eliminations. It fits.
Forget 10pm, and ask yourself: what should ABC throw under the AI@ 8pm bus?
ABC doesn’t have a lot of options that can play at that early an hour:
Flashforward (But then what airs on Thursday- Lost?)
V (possibly partnered with Scrubs/Ted until V produces more episodes)
Lost (except why would they ruin what is likely their third best rated show against AI)
DWTSResults (ABC seems especially protective of the show though)
Middle + Another comedy (Not sure if ABC needs a half hour to pad Dancing yet though.)
Ugly Betty (No real downside, aside from poor ratings.)
Two of the above get screwed; frankly, Flashforward / V / Ugly Betty have the least downside (to ABC, that is) there. We’ll see which way ABC decides soon.
Tom, yep. Ugly Betty gets my 8pm vote as “throw under Idol steamroller” candidate, but they’d still have to do something at 10pm and I don’t see the Middle and another sitcom airing from 10p-11p.
ALEC ???????? Have you ever watched the forgotten…the best drama ABC has on the air now…..please UGLY BETTY GO AWAY !!
I think Lost should get the 8 pm slot on tuesdays night. Don’t forget AI is coming and is a black hole zone to new shows.
V in Spring should return to 8 pm slot on wednesdays, because AI at this point is already at 9 pm.
Packed to the rafters is a mid-season show?
ABC should schedule “Lost” and “V” together on the same night. Putting “Lost” on Wednesday’s at 10 pm is not gonna fold over well. The show has been moved around a lot, and placing it with the comedy line up they have is kind of odd.
ABC should move switch Ugly Betty and Lost. Lost is going away next season, so why not just burn it off on Friday’s or Saturday’s?
Lost will never move to friday / saturday that would be throwing $$ away
and Ugly Betty is also going away next season i’m 100% sure
they’ll probably give Copper a weak slot since its a canadian show
R.G. Ugly Betty is going away too, why waste a high ratings show on Fridays?