ABC Shuffling Private Practice, Life On Mars

ABC has some intriguing scheduling experiments planned for early next year. The network is looking to move Private Practice to Thursdays at 10 PM/ET behind Grey’s Anatomy. When Practice Practive was first announced, most assumed it would launch behind Grey’s Anatomy, but the network wanted to try and spread the medical brand to another night, and some suspected two hours from the same dramatic universe on Thursday might be trying for fans. Plus, it kept the post-Grey’s Anatomy slot free to try and launch other new shows with less brand recognition. With declining ratings and the two medical dramas planning multi-episode crossover story lines for the February sweep, pairing the two shows for a Seattle Grace alums block makes more sense.

Life on Mars will move to Wednesdays at 10 PM/ET behind the new season of ABC’s hit drama Lost. Life on Mars and Lost seem like a potentially satisfied couple. Life on Mars is the more down-to-earth of the pair, yet the two have enough mutual fantastical elements.