Fall Season Scorecard.

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2006 by Grossman, Ben

Ben Grossman

By Ben Grossman

BEST SCHEDULING MOVE:

Grey's Anatomy to Thursday

ABC is back in the game on TV's most lucrative night, thanks to the switch of Grey's Anatomy to Thursday. And it has helped the network overall. 'We didn't think, with the loss of Monday Night Football , we would be as competitive as we are,' says ABC scheduling chief Jeff Bader. 'But Grey's is making up for the loss.' Putting telenovela adaptation Ugly Betty on at 8 p.m. ET has helped, too, but the network will have to make a move at 10: Serial drama Six Degrees is bleeding too many of the viewers that the network has finally begun to draw in earlier in the night.

WORST SCHEDULING MOVE:

Everybody Hates Chris to...

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