New ABC Schedule: Mondays

ABC's powerhouse Monday night line-up will be back this spring with a new cycle of "Dancing with the Stars." In the meantime a "Dancing" spin-off and new episodes of the underwhelming "October Road."

"Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" premieres with a special two-hour episode on Monday, January 7, followed by 90-minute episodes through January. "Samantha Who" is temporarily shelved until the sweeps.

The show will return to the 9:00pm timeslot on February 4, before going back to its original timeslot 9:30pm on March 17. A new season of "The Bachelor" will replace "October Road" that same night.

MONDAYS (from January 7)
8:00pm "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" (2 hours on January 7)
9:30pm "Notes from the Underbelly"
10:00pm "October Road"

MONDAYS (from February)
8:00pm "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" (2 hours on January 7)
9:00pm "Samantha Who"
9:30pm "Notes from the Underbelly"
10:00pm "October Road"

MONDAYS (from March 17)
8:00pm "Dancing with the Stars" (2 hours on March 17)
9:30pm "Samantha Who"
10:00pm "The Bachelor"

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"Samantha Who?" #1 New Series (TV Ratings, 10/15/07)

ABC's amnesia gal Christina Applegate and her new sitcom "Samantha Who?" exceeded the #1 comedy on television "Two and a Half Men" in total viewers pulling in 14.92 million viewers on Monday night.

"Samantha Who" also became this fall's highest rated new series premiere, beating "Private Practice" which got off to a strong start on September 26 with 14.24 million viewers.

This is in part because the comedy aired after ABC's blockbuster competition "Dancing with the Stars" which was once again the night's hottest show with 19.19 million viewers.

On the other hand, "Dancing" scored similar numbers last Monday, October 8, but its lead-out "The Bachelor" retained only 9.92 million viewers that night.

ABC is the network to beat this fall. The Alphabet net airs most of the hottest new shows including "Private Practice," "Women's Murder Club," "Pushing Daisies" and now "Samantha Who?".

However, the jury is still out on the Nielsen power of 10 p.m. shows "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Big Shots."

ABC:
Dancing with the Stars (19.19 million)
Samantha Who? (14.92 million)
The Bachelor (9.3 million)

CBS:
How I Met Your Mother (7.96 million)
The Big Bang Theory (8.15 million)
Two and a Half Men (13.78 million)
Rules of Engagement (11.02 million)
CSI: Miami (15.4 million)

NBC:
Chuck (8.23 million)
Heroes (11.26 million)
Journeyman (7 million)

FOX:
American League Championship Series (9.18 million)

The CW:
Everybody Hates Chris (2.57 million)
Aliens in America (2.23 million)
Girlfriends (2.42 million)
The Game (2.64 million)

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Dr. Seuss Forces ABC to Change Sitcom Title

"Sam I Am" may have been a great title for Christina Applegate's new ABC laffer, but the estate of Dr. Seuss was not too happy about it. The network has agreed to change the name of its freshman sitcom to "Samantha Be Good."

The original title of the comedy played on the twist that the principal character, Applegate's Samantha Newly has amnesia and can't remember anything about her past life when she was allegedly a complete bitch.

Unfortunately for ABC the title also drew on the first lines of the classic Dr. Seuss work "Green Eggs and Ham," so the network has come up with a new title which still reflects one of the show's themes - Samantha's struggle to be a better person.

The actress is pictured above with the star of the CBS hit comedy "How I Met Your Mother" Niel Patrick Harris backstage at the recent Tony Awards ceremony where the couple took the stage as presenters.

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