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Big Challenge For ABC Is Dramas

Media Life, Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:50 PM

Headed into the upfront, ABC has to decide how to replace the trio of shows that revived the network six years ago -- "Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy." ABC is down 7 percent from last year among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen, and is tied with NBC for third this season.

ABC drama pilots receiving big buzz include "No Ordinary Family," starring Michael Chiklis as head of a family with supernatural powers; "Detroit 187," with Michael Imperioli as a homicide detective; and "Body of Proof," with Dana Delaney as a neurosurgeon. On the comedy front, "Mr. Sunshine" stars "Friends'" Matthew Perry as a sports arena manager hitting a midlife crisis, while "Wright vs. Wrong" stars "Will & Grace's" Debra Messing as a sexy conservative pundit.

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