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ABC Shuffles Tues.-Wed. Schedules
Nellie Andreeva, The Hollywood Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2006 -
ABC continues to tinker with its Tuesday and Wednesday lineups.
The network has pulled the plug on quiz show Show Me the Money and the midseason drama Day Break and is moving the venerable America's Funniest Home Videos to Tuesdays.
Meanwhile, NBC has shut down production on the upcoming drama Raines.
Money and Day Break are taken off the schedule effective immediately. The network also has canceled its recent order for six additional episodes to the Endemol USA-produced Money, hosted by William Shatner.
According to the Tuesday and Wednesday scheduling moves announced this month by ABC, Money was supposed to move to the 8 p.m. Tuesday slot beginning Jan. 2.
That time period will now go to veteran America's Funniest Home Videos.
On Friday, Jan. 5, ABC will air repeats of According to Jim in AFHV's 8-9 p.m. slot.
Starting the following week, the network will air reruns of Grey's Anatomy at 8 p.m. and Brothers & Sisters at 9 p.m.
On Wednesday, ABC will air reruns of Jim and George Lopez in Day Break's 9 p.m. period for the rest of the year. The unaired episodes of the thriller starring Taye Diggs will run on ABC.com, with a new episode premiering every Wednesday.
On Jan. 3, the network will launch its 8-10 p.m. comedy block as planned with an hour of a new According to Jim and the series premieres of The Knights of Prosperity and In Case of Emergency. Newsmagazine Primetime will be closing the night at 10 p.m. until the hit drama Lost comes back with all new episodes Feb. 7.
As for Raines, the cop drama starring Jeff Goldblum and Madeleine Stowe, it has filmed seven episodes of its 13-episode order. As previously planned, the network will air them in the 9 p.m. Friday period, which the new series will share with incumbent Las Vegas.
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