ABC Pulls Big Shots From Schedule

ABC has pulled freshman comedy-drama Big Shots, a low-rated male version of Desperate Housewives, from the schedule. The network has pulled the remaining three original episodes of the series starring Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus and Joshua Malina. It will air repeats of the rookie medical drama Private Practice, in the coveted Thursday 10 p.m. slot behind Grey’s Anatomy for the rest of the year. Big Shots was greeted with mixed reviews and cold reception by viewers. Still, given the dearth of original scripted programming as the strike drags into the new year, the networks have tended to prolong the lives of shows that under normal circumstances would have been canceled.