ABC Staggers Fall Premiere Dates, 'Suburgatory' Gets Post-'Modern Family' Slot

11:42 AM PDT 7/26/2012 by Lesley Goldberg

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The Disney-owned network will launch its fall season Sept. 14 with "Shark Tank" and run through Nov. 2 with the launch of freshman comedy "Malibu Country."

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ABC, like Fox and NBC, stagger its fall premiere dates, bowing new and returning shows starting in September and running through November.

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The network will kick off the 2012-13 season on Sept. 14 with the bows of Shark Tank and and What Would You Do and 20/20, and run through October and conclude with the Nov. 2 bows for Last Man Standing, freshman entry Malibu Country. In addition, after sampling rookie entry The Neighbors behind Modern Family, ABC will swap the comedy -- which many have already dubbed this year's Work It -- with Suburgatory.

A full schedule follows:

Friday, September 14

8:00-9:00 p.m.             “Shark Tank”
9:00-10:00 p.m.           “What Would You Do?”
10:00-11:00 p.m.         “20/20”

Monday, September 24

8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle”

Tuesday, September 25

8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Private Practice”

Wednesday, September 26

8:00-9:00 p.m.             “The Middle” (special one-hour premiere)
9:00-9:30 p.m.             “Modern Family”
9:30-10:00 p.m.           “The Neighbors” (series premiere)

Thursday, September 27

8:00-9:00 p.m.                 “Last Resort”
9:00-10:00 p.m.           “Grey’s Anatomy”
10:00-11:00 p.m.         “Scandal”

Sunday, September 30

8:00-9:00 p.m.             “Once Upon a Time”
9:00-10:00 p.m.           “Revenge”
10:00-11:00 p.m.         “666 Park Avenue”

Wednesday, October 3

8:30-9:00 p.m. “The Neighbors” (regular time period premiere)

Sunday, October 7

7:00-8:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”

Wednesday, October 10

10:00-11:00 p.m. “Nashville”

Wednesday, October 17

9:30-10:00 p.m. “Suburgatory”

Tuesday, October 23

9:00-9:30 p.m. “Happy Endings”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23”

Friday, November 2

8:00-8:30 p.m.             “Last Man Standing”
8:30-9:00 p.m.             “Malibu Country”
9:00-10:00 p.m.           “Shark Tank” (new time period premiere)