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ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates Beginning Sept. 21 (Adweek)

The broadcaster's Rookie spinoff will debut Sept. 27.

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ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates; Tom McCarthy's New Drama 'Alaska ... (Deadline)

ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates; Tom McCarthy's New Drama 'Alaska Daily' To Follow 'Grey's Anatomy'

The Rookie: Feds: From the executive producers of flagship series The Rookie comes The Rookie: Feds, starring Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack. Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke (co-lab21), Kyle Hopkins (Anchorage Daily News) and Ryan Binkley (Anchorage Daily News) are executive producers on the series. It’s executive produced by Michael Davies. Entertainment One (eOne) is the lead studio and international distributor of The Rookie: Feds, a co-production with ABC Signature. 8:00 p.m. Bachelor in Paradise Alaska Daily: It stars Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced reporter who leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption. 8:00 p.m. Bachelor in Paradise 8:00 p.m. Station 19 10:00 p.m. The Rookie 8:00 p.m. The Conners 8:00 p.m. Celebrity Jeopardy! 8:00 p.m. Shark Tank

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ABC Taps Ari Goldman As SVP Content Strategy & Scheduling ... (Deadline)

EXCLUSIVE: ABC is making changes in its scheduling department. Ari Goldman will join the network as senior vice president, content strategy and scheduling ...

Bejune is a 14-year vet of ABC with expertise in linear and digital content scheduling strategy. Goldman has spent most of his career at NBC, starting as a research analyst and ascending to serve as vice president, cross-platform insights and analytics. “I look forward to working alongside Craig Erwich and my new colleagues as we continue to evolve the way viewership data informs our program scheduling decisions.”

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Two 'General Hospital' Crew Members Sue ABC Citing Vaccine ... (Variety)

Two former “General Hospital” crew members are suing ABC after being fired for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

This is not the first suit to come from “General Hospital” personnel about the vaccine mandate. “On Nov. 9, 2021, ABC officially denied Plaintiffs’ requests for religious exemptions to the Covid Vaccine Mandate,” the suit reads. The suit continued: “Plaintiffs desire a judicial declaration that ABC’s vaccine mandate is unconstitutional because it violates their right to privacy under Article I, section 1 of the California Constitution. This is both a facial and an as-applied challenge.”

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ABC Sets Fall 2022 Premiere Dates; 'Abbott Elementary' Season 2 ... (Variety)

ABC has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series for the upcoming 2022-2023 season.

8:00 p.m. “Station 19” 10:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor” 8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise” 10:00 p.m. “The Rookie: Feds” 8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise” 10:00 p.m. “The Rookie” 8:00 p.m. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” 9:01 p.m. “20/20” Sundays on ABC will feature some of the network’s most popular game shows. 8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” 8:00 p.m. “The Conners” 8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs”

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'General Hospital' Crew Members Sue ABC Over “Unconstitutional ... (Deadline)

The drama around the longtime daytime soap's pandemic mandate's fallout continues with a new lawsuit featuring some old names, legally speaking.

Neither ABC nor Disney responded to request for comment on the Wahls’ suit. “ABC does not have the authority to force a medical treatment on its employees against their will,” says the injunction and wide-ranging and unspecified damages seeking complaint. ABC’s actions constitute religious discrimination and violate Plaintiffs’ rights under state law.”

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'General Hospital' Crewmembers Sue ABC Over Vaccine Refusal (Hollywood Reporter)

Two former General Hospital crewmembers, James and Timothy Wahl, are suing ABC after getting fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination in a lawsuit that ...

“This should not be a political issue,” the lawsuits states. It did not show that the company would be unduly burdened by continuing to employ Plaintiffs even if they did not get the Covid shots.” They claim that questioning the sincerity of their religious beliefs violates civil rights laws. Rockmond Dunbar, an original castmember on 911 who sued Disney and 20th Television, claimed religious and racial discrimination, retaliation and breach of contract and filed his lawsuit in California federal court. ABC implemented a vaccine mandate in the summer of 2021. It cannot discriminate among religions and cannot second-guess the sincerity of one’s religious beliefs without an objective basis for doing so.

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ABC's Fall 2022 Premiere Dates & TV Schedule: See New and ... (ABC.com)

ABC has announced its new slate and fall premiere dates for the 2022-2023 TV broadcast season!

"CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!" (Sunday, Sept. 25, at 8:00 p.m. EDT): "Celebrity Jeopardy!," produced by Sony Pictures Television, is an all-new game show premiering this fall. "The Rookie: Feds" stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, Frankie Faison as Christopher "Cutty" Clark and Felix Solis as Special Agent Matthew Garza. Tom McCarthy is the creator and executive producer of "Alaska Daily." Hilary Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke (co-lab21), Kyle Hopkins (Anchorage Daily News) and Ryan Binkley (Anchorage Daily News) are executive producers on the series. "ALASKA DAILY" (Thursday, Oct. 6, at 10:01 p.m. EDT): From the mind of Tom McCarthy ("Spotlight"), "Alaska Daily" stars Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced reporter who leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption. Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter are co-creators and executive producers. "Alaska Daily" is produced by 20th Television. Follow "Alaska Daily" (#AlaskaDaily) on Mark Gordon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller are executive producers. Then, Reba McEntire and Jensen Ackles step into the world of "Big Sky" on its new night, bringing with them a new mystery to unravel as the mercurial matriarch of an established local family and the new sheriff in town, respectively. ABC'S FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific) follows below. 8:00 p.m. "The Conners" Wondering what nights new shows like The Rookie: Feds and Alaska Daily are going to be on? Looking for ABC's new and returning TV shows the 2022-2023 broadcast TV season?

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ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 'The Rookie', 'Abbott Elementary ... (Nerds and Beyond)

ABC is shaking some things up this fall season! Wednesday nights will have some shows moved there for the first time and others moved to new times.

Bachelor in Paradise is listed twice due to the premiere episode being a different night than it typically is on. 10 p.m. The Rookie: Feds 10 p.m. The Rookie 8 p.m. The Conners Multiple new shows have been added to the roster including The Rookie: Feds, Alaska Daily, and Celebrity Jeopardy. Wednesday nights will have some shows moved there for the first time and others moved to new times.

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Former 'General Hospital' Crew Members Sue ABC Over Vaccine ... (Soap Opera Network)

JW Howard/Attorneys, Ltd, the law firm representing former “General Hospital” actor Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jasper “Jax” Jacks) in his wrongful termination ...

Additionally, “ABC said it would respect an individual’s sincere religious objection to the Covid Vaccine Mandate. Therefore, during October 2021, Plaintiffs requested religious exemptions to the mandate,” which “Rather than accept Plaintiffs’ request for a religious exemption, ABC scheduled an interview between them and an ABC employee to discuss their requests. It did not show that the company would be unduly burdened by continuing to employ Plaintiffs even if they did not get the Covid shots. ABC has never required that individuals get a vaccine to work on a television show. “Plaintiffs ran the construction shop and special effects department for the ABC produced soap opera ‘General Hospital.’ Jim had worked on the show for 14 years. In recapping details relating to studies and government oversight on the release of the authorized Covid-19 vaccinations, the Wahl’s note in their lawsuit that “Despite this history, and mounting evidence that the Covid shots do not prevent people from contracting or spreading Covid-19, much of which was available last summer, many government officials and other leaders have mandated that people get the shot to participate in daily life or keep their jobs.” They highlight, “To that end, during the summer of 2021, ABC decided that anybody who works on a television show it produces would have to get one of the Covid-19 shots or would be fired. The corporate mandate requires vaccination against COVID-19 for the cast and crews of Disney/ABC-produced shows, effective November 1, 2021.

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ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates For Grey's Anatomy, The Conners ... (Screen Rant)

ABC has announced premiere dates for its scripted fall 2022 lineup, which includes fan favorite shows like Grey's Anatomy, The Connors, Abbott Elementary, ...

Shows like A Million Little Things, Not Dead Yet, and The Wonder Years are being held for the midseason. According to TVLine, most ABC shows will return in late September and early October. It begins with The Connors, The Goldbergs, Abbott Elementary, Home Economics, and Big Sky all premiering on Wednesday, September 21. ABC has announced premiere dates for its scripted fall 2022 lineup, which includes fan favorite shows like Grey's Anatomy, The Connors, Abbott Elementary, and more.

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