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17 May 2006 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

In a move that is likely to touch off a run on digital video recorders, ABC announced Tuesday that it will move its highest-rated program, Grey's Anatomy, from Sunday to Thursday when the season begins next fall. It will compete against CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and NBC's much-buzzed-about new series from Aaron Sorkin, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Announcing a go-for-broke strategy targeting young-adult viewers, ABC entertainment chief Steve McPherson also unveiled a slate of new shows on Thursday that will compete with CBS's strongest programming as well as NBC's revamped slate with which it hopes to regain its Must-See-TV title. Among ABC's new offerings is Big Day, a kind of 24, devoted to a couple's wedding day; Notes From the Underbelly, about a couple who are about to become parents; and Six Degrees, from Lost's J.J. Abrams, about six people who are unaware of the impact each of them has on the others. Moving into Grey's Anatomy's timeslot on Sundays will be Brothers & Sisters, a family drama in which Calista Flockhart plays a TV pundit. ABC has removed its long-running magazine show Primetime Live from its Thursday-night lineup, at least for the time being. And it dumped Commander in Chief, which started off the season like a house afire but finally sputtered out (notably when it was moved to Thursday night). McPherson indicated that the network may decide to air a two-hour movie-of-the-week version of CiC sometime during the season.

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