ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates for 19 Shows

ABC, perhaps going alphabetically, has emerged as the first major network to unveil its calendar of fall premiere dates... for a good portion of its programming, at least.

And it looks a little something like this:

Saturday, September 5
 8 pm/ET Saturday Night Football

Friday, September 11
 10 pm 20/20

Monday, September 21
 8 pm Dancing with the Stars
 10 pm Castle 

Tuesday, September 22
 10 pm The Forgotten (from Jerry Bruckheimer, currently undergoing some recasting) 

Wednesday, September 23
 8 pm Dancing with the Stars results show (to normally air Tuesdays at 9)
9 pm Modern Family (with Julie Bowen, Ed O'Neill and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and hysterical)
9:30 pm Cougar Town (Courteney Cox Arquette on the prowl) 

Thursday, September 24
 8 pm FlashForward (Now one word? Yes. The next Lost? We shall see.)
9 pm Grey's Anatomy

Sunday, September 27
 7 pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (two-hour season premiere)
9 pm Desperate Housewives

Tuesday, September 29
 8 pm Shark Tank (reality TV) 

Wednesday, September 30
 8 pm Hank (Kelsey Grammer as an economically downturned CEO)
8:30 pm The Middle (Patricia Heaton makes like Roseanne Conner) 

Thursday, October 1
10 pm Private Practice

Sunday, October 4
 7 pm America's Funniest Home Videos

Friday, October 9
 8 pm Ugly Betty (two-hour season premiere) 

Friday, October 16
 8 pm Supernanny

Premiere dates for any shows not listed above — namely Brothers & Sisters and Eastwick — have yet to be set.