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Corporate Press Release Theater: ABC's Fall Dates

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ABC sounded the gun early on (most of) its fall premiere dates, which in past years broadcasters have waited until mid-summer to set. Nearly all of them fall in the last 10 days of September. I might have thought the network would give a later debut date for Flash Forward to set it apart, since ABC seems to be working hard to build buzz around it. (Rather than send out screeners, for instance, the network is corralling critics into in-house screenings of the pilot, which networks will sometimes do when they want to try to impress TV writers with the big-screen experience of a showy pilot.)

Other than that, no big surprises that stick out. The list after the jump:

ABC announced the following premiere dates for the 2009-10 season today. Additional premieres will be announced at a later date. All times listed are ET.

Saturday, September 5
8:00-11:30 p.m. “Saturday Night Football”

Friday, September 11
10:00-11:00 p.m. “20/20”

Monday, September 21
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle”

Tuesday, September 22
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” (special two-hour episode)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “The Forgotten”

Wednesday, September 23
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show” (special day and time)
9:00-9:30 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Cougar Town”

Thursday, September 24
8:00-9:00 p.m. “FlashForward”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”

Sunday, September 27
7:00-9:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (two-hour season premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”

Tuesday, September 29
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show” (regular day & time period premiere)

Wednesday, September 30
8:00-8:30 p.m. “Hank”
8:30-9:00 p.m. “The Middle”

Sunday, October 4
7:00-8:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (regular time period premiere)

Friday, October 9
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Ugly Betty” (two-hour season premiere)

Friday, October 16
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Supernanny”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Ugly Betty” (regular time period premiere)