Fall 2021 Schedule: ABC

Monday

8:00 - Dancing with the Stars
10:00 - The Good Doctor

No changes.

Tuesday

8:00 - The Bachelorette
10:00 - Queens (NEW)

After airing last fall due to pandemic complications, The Bachelorette gets a more permanent upgrade to the regular-season schedule. It's followed by the high-profile new musical drama Queens, which has a stacked cast that includes rapper Eve and singer/actress Brandy.

Wednesday

8:00 - The Goldbergs
8:30 - The Wonder Years (NEW)
9:00 - The Conners
9:30 - Home Economics (New Timeslot)
10:00 - A Million Little Things

Newbie Home Economics gets a nice bump to follow The Conners, and the Black-led reboot of The Wonder Years pairs with The Goldbergs for a nostalgic comedy hour.

Thursday

8:00 - Station 19
9:00 - Grey's Anatomy
10:00 - Big Sky (New Timeslot)

This is the third schedule we've seen but the first to have any shows moving timeslots. Big Sky, which all but self-started on Tuesdays at 10:00 in a typically difficult slot for ABC, gets to move behind perennial hit Grey's Anatomy for season two.

Friday

8:00 - Shark Tank
9:00 - 20/20

No changes. Remember when the networks tried on Fridays?!

Sunday

7:00 - America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 - Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
9:00 - Supermarket Sweep (New Timeslot)
10:00 - The Rookie

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune also gets an upgrade on the schedule, going from limited series to fixture and replacing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? To accommodate, Supermarket Sweep moves back an hour.

Midseason

The eighth and final season of black-ish is on tap, along with new drama Women of the Movement and new comedies Abbott Elementary and Maggie. (It's also likely that The Bachelor will be back, though nothing official has been announced.)

Finally, some moving parts! Nothing too interesting or surprising, but moves nonetheless! I'm looking forward to the new The Wonder Years and Queens, but ABC is going to have to do something more exciting and drastic soon. The Goldbergs is entering its ninth season, and it can't go on forever; what comedy anchor replaces it? What about when The Conners runs its course (or becomes too expensive)? Dancing with the Stars had a rough season between its winner and its new host, so what happens when that show is no longer viable? Do you just replace everything with rebooted game shows from yesteryear?

Click after the jump for new show descriptions.

Dramas

Queens - Estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their ’90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world. Queens stars Eve as Brianna aka Professor Sex, Naturi Naughton as Jill aka Da Thrill, Nadine Velazquez as Valeria aka Butter Pecan, Taylor Selé as Eric Jones, Pepi Sonuga as Lil Muffin and Brandy as Naomi aka Xplicit Lyrics. Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind and Tim Story are executive producers. The series is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios. The pilot episode is written by Zahir McGhee and directed by Tim Story

Women of the Movement tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risks her life to find justice after her son Emmett is brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chooses to bear her pain on the world stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today. The limited series stars Adrienne Warren as Mamie Till-Mobley, Tonya Pinkins as Alma, Cedric Joe as Emmett Till, Ray Fisher as Gene Mobley, Glynn Turman as Mose Wright, Chris Coy as J.W. Milam, Carter Jenkins as Roy Bryant and Julia McDermott as Carolyn Bryant. Women of the Movement is produced by Kapital Entertainment. Marissa Jo Cerar serves as executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers are Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor and Michael Lohmann (Kapital Entertainment), Jay-Z, Jay Brown and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith (Roc Nation), Will Smith and James Lassiter (Overbrook), Rosanna Grace (Serendipity Group Inc.), Alex Foster and John Powers Middleton (Middleton Media Group), David Clark (Mazo Partners) and Gina Prince-Bythewood. The first episode is written by Marissa Jo Cerar and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Comedies

Abbott Elementary - In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible educators may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
Abbott Elementary stars Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues, Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie, Janelle James as Ava Coleman, Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill, Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti and Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard. Quinta Brunson serves as writer and executive producer alongside Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker of Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. The pilot episode is written by Quinta Brunson and directed by Randall Einhorn. 

Maggie - Based on the short film by Tim Curcio, Maggie follows a young woman trying to cope with life as a psychic. Maggie regularly sees the future of her friends, parents, clients and random strangers on the street, but when she suddenly sees a glimpse of her own future, Maggie is forced to start living in her own present. The series stars Rebecca Rittenhouse as Maggie, David Del Rio as Ben, Nichole Sakura as Louise, Angelique Cabral as Amy, Leonardo Nam as Dave, Ray Ford as Angel, Chloe Bridges as Jessie, Kerri Kenney as Maria and Chris Elliott as Jack. Maggie is written and executive produced by Justin Adler and Maggie Mull. Evan Hayes and Jeff Morton also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. The pilot episode is written by Justin Adler and Maggie Mull, and directed by Natalia Anderson

The Wonder Years -  Inspired by the beloved award-winning series of the same name, The Wonder Years is a coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean. With the wisdom of his adult years, Dean’s hopeful and humorous recollections show how his family found their “wonder years” in a turbulent time. The Wonder Years stars Don Cheadle, narrating the series as adult Dean Williams, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Dean Williams, Dulé Hill as Bill Williams, Saycon Sengbloh as Lillian Williams, Laura Kariuki as Kim Williams, Julian Lerner as Brad Hitman, Amari O’Neil as Cory Long and Milan Ray as Keisa Clemmons. Saladin Patterson serves as writer and executive producer. Lee Daniels and Marc Velez of Lee Daniels Entertainment also executive produce along with original series star Fred Savage. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. The pilot episode is written by Saladin Patterson and directed by Fred Savage.