As It Builds Momentum, ABC Stays the Course With a Conservative Fall Schedule

Network keeps four nights intact, plans Muppets update for fall

After a season in which ABC gained a lot of momentum, thanks in large part to its Shonda Rhimes-fueled TGIT lineup and freshman hits like Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat, the network is making minimal changes to its 2015-2016 prime-time schedule, it announced today.

"It's our usual balance of stability and real ambition," said Paul Lee, president, ABC Entertainment, of a schedule in which four nights of programming remain fully intact: Mondays (Dancing With the Stars and Castle), Wednesdays (comedies The Middle, The Goldbergs, Modern Family and Black-ish, followed by Nashville), Thursdays (its three Rhimes dramas: Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder) and Saturdays (Saturday Night Football).

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