day 3.158

tv time: abc

here are my predictions for abc's new shows - and there are a lot.

the hits

it's juno's styling meets the heart of ugly betty. or at least it looks that way. suburgatory follows a dad and daughter's move from the city to the suburbs. the fact that cheryl hines is involved guarantees laughs.

here's abc's take on the period pice, pan am, which follows the lives of pan am airline stewardesses in the 1960s. it's very catch me if you can and stars christina ricci, so my hopes are high. let's hope the series lives up to its look.

this is one of those shows that could go either way and probably would've been better served on the big screen, but i'm excited to see it. revenge follows a young woman's return to the hamptons to, well, seek revenge on the uptight community who turned her life upside down many years ago. emily vancamp, from everwood and brothers and sisters, headlines the drama.

the three little girls return. abc's bringing back charlie's angels for another go around, this time set in miami. the show will headline's abc's big night- thursdays- so the network obviously wants this show to succeed. from this short clip (above), i'm already hooked. my only reservation? the sound of new charlie's voice.

tim allen returns! the home improvement star returns to the network that made him famous in last man standing, about a father forced to live in a woman's world. the show will be a success if only for the fact that allen is behind it.

now for the two shows i'm most looking forward to. first, good christian belles (formerly "bitches"). belles follows one woman's return to the post dallas suburb she grew up in, where she winds up facing off against the group of girls whose lives she mad a living hell in high school - expect lots of funny flashbacks (i hope). kristin chenoweth stars as the group's queen bee. sadly we won't get to see this (or the next show) until midseason.

apartment 23 - which originally had bitch in the title, too - just looks really funny. plus, it's got krysten ritter. yeah.

the misses

here's abc's take on the fairy-tale show, once upon a time. while it features a strong cast - house's jennifer morrison and big love's ginnifer goodwin headline the series - the concept too wackadoo to work. the alphabet net obviously wants it to- they've bumped extreme makeover: home edition to fridays to free up time on sundays for once upon a time- but i'm not convinced it'll be worth it.

this show already aired once. it was called busom buddies.

high concept mystery. enough said.

high concept mystery. people like shows they can tune into and understand what's going on, not series that require intense-viewing. it seems like this concept - child goes missing, search ensues - gets pitched and picked up every year. and it seems like ashley judd stars in it every year. probably because she's made about 5279367209 movies with this plot.