Five New Dramas Top ABC’s Fall Schedule

ABC announced today it will have five new dramas on its fall schedule, which you’ll be able to watch on KESQ, News Channel 3, featuring such stars as Dana Delany, Michael Chiklis, Michael Imperioli and Rob Morrow, along with one new comedy.

Series not returning include “The Deep End,” “FlashForward” and “Romantically Challenged,” which all ran for one season, “Scrubs” and “Better Off Ted.”

ABC previously announced that “Lost” and “Ugly Betty” would be ending their runs this season.

ABC’s new fall dramas are:

— “Body of Proof,” which stars Delany (“Desperate Housewives,” “China Beach”) as a medical examiner who has “developed a reputation for graying the lines of where her job ends and where the police department’s begins,” evoking memories of the 1976-83 NBC drama “Quincy, M.E.” which starred Jack Klugman as a medical examiner who solved crimes;

— “No Ordinary Family,” which stars Chiklis (“The Comish,” “The Shield”) departing from his usual police roles as the patriarch of a family that gets unique and distinct superpowers after their plane crashes into the Amazon River;

— “Detroit 1-8-7,” which stars Imperioli, best known for his role on “The Sopranos,” as part of a squad of homicide detectives;

— “The Whole Truth,” starring Morrow (“Northern Exposure,” “Num3ers”) as a defense attorney in a legal drama chronicling how a case is built from both the perspective of the prosecution and defense. Joely Richardson portrays the prosecutor; and

— “My Generation,” about high school classmates marking 10 years since their graduation.

ABC’s new comedy is “Better Together,” a look at the romantic relationships of two sisters (Jennifer Finnigan and JoAnna Garcia) and their parents (Kurt Fuller and Debra Jo Rupp).

ABC’s fall schedule will also include first-run episodes of the unscripted series “Secret Millionaire,” which aired on Fox Broadcasting in 2008.

ABC’s new midseason shows include “Off The Map,” a medical drama set in a tiny town in a South American jungle, produced by “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice” producer Shonda Rhimes, and the comedies “Mr. Sunshine,” starring “Friends” alumnus Matthew Perry, and “Happy Endings,” about how friends of a couple will respond to their breakup.

“V,” “The Bachelor” and “SuperNanny” will return at midseason.

ABC also announced Vanessa Williams from “Ugly Betty” will join the cast of “Desperate Housewives.”

Here is the fall ABC schedule:

— Sunday: “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”; “Desperate Housewives”; “Brothers & Sisters”;

— Monday: “Dancing with the Stars”; “Castle”;

— Tuesday: “No Ordinary Family”; “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”; “Detroit 1-8-7”;

— Wednesday: “The Middle”; “Better Together,” “Modern Family”; “Cougar Town”; “The Whole Truth”;

— Thursday: “My Generation”; “Grey’s Anatomy”; “Private Practice”;

— Friday: “Secret Millionaire; “Body of Proof”; “20/20”;

— Saturday: “Saturday Night College Football.”