Tweaks on tap for broadcast lineups

ABC drama 'GCB,' with Kristin Chenoweth, and NBC's 'Awake,' starring Jason Isaacs, are probably the high-profile midseason records. 'GCB'While Fox and CBS can make a couple of changes for their skeds at midseason, exactly the same can not be stated for ABC and NBC, where there's lots of product waiting in the future in from the bench. The Alphabet, a minimum of, has some momentum on its side, as a number of its new shows have labored this fall the Peacock, meanwhile, continues to be looking for its first sustained scripted hit since "Work.InchPossibly ABC's greatest midseason goal would be to improve Thursday, in which the aging but nonetheless potent "Grey's Anatomy" can use some support on each side.1 possibility is always to change "Castle" or "Body of Proof" using their early-week 10 p.m. slots towards the leadoff hour on Thursday something needs to go opposite "Large Bang Theory" and "The American Idol Show,Inch along with a mystery series perform good enough within an hour without any competing Large Four dramas. The evening could then be assigned by Shonda Rhimes' new crisis-manager drama "Scandal." On Sunday, the internet could turn to follow "Not so long ago" and "Desperate Average women" using the cleaning soap "GCB" (which hopefully is going to be retitled). If effective, after that it turns into a logical option to replace "Average women" next fall.Overtaking the ten p.m. slot on Monday or Tuesday after "DwtsInch might be new Ashley Judd thriller "Missing."ABC also offers "The River," there is however no apparent place with this save drama that some liken to "Paranormal Activity."In comedy, the "Bosom Pals"-like "Arrange ItInch appears just like a better fit Tuesdays at after Tim Allen's "Last Guy Standing" compared to current "Guy Up." The internet could go with "Cougar Town" and "Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23" (hopefully retitled) within the 9 p.m. hour before "Dancing" returns in March.(ABC will keep close track of Fox's 9 p.m. Tuesday comedy "New Girl," which opened up strong but fell upon its baseball-determined hiatus, possibly departing the doorway open for ABC to complete better within the hour with comedy than may have appeared possible the 2009 fall.) At NBC, singing competition "The Voice" leading into "Smash" is a great enough arrange for Mondays, however the internet must consider paring "The Greatest Loser" lower for an hour on Tuesday to create room for something at 9. There's not a lot of midweek openings, but this really is possibly the Peacock's best shot at developing a new hour for drama.Thursday at 10 is sensible for alternate-reality drama "Awake," that ought to hold some male appeal within an hour that skews female around the competish also, the net's Thursday comedy block is well-liked by males, and current 10 p.m. Thursday drama "Prime Suspect" is not performing.Obviously, you can make a disagreement that NBC must have never abandoned its six-comedy Thursday template of last season. Bad it does not still possess "Outsourced," that was a great pairing with "WorkInch and probably could be doing much better than this fall's "Whitney" within the publish-"Office" slot at 9:30.The internet should think about a selection of "30 Rock," "Community," "Work,Inch "Parks and Entertainment," "Up Through The Night" and possibly a rotating wheel of repeats or something like that such as the "SNL: Weekend Update" special offers it did a couple of years back.For "Whitney," possibly the internet has another multicamera half-hour it may pair with elsewhere since it really sticks out being an ill match the only-camera half-hrs on Thursday.Meanwhile, back in the relatively stable nets, Fox has introduced a Monday plan which will return "House" to eight o'clock, then the brand new "Alcatraz." In the other finish each week, the internet will most likely plug "Bob's Hamburgers" within the 8:30 Sunday slot sooner than expected following a weak begin in the timeslot March. 30 for that preem of "Allen Gregory."For CBS, the lackluster perf of "Memorable" on Tuesdays could cause a change to Friday at 8, making room for brand new cop drama "The Two-2" (hopefully retitled), which may fit well on Tuesday behind a mans-friendly "NCIS" duo.A change to four laffers on Thursday will most likely have to hang about until the autumn, as "Person of great interestInch does OK within the 9 o'clock hour there and also the internet will have to find out if the Monday tandem of rookie "2 Broke Women" and also the restarted "2 . 5 Males" endure before splitting up its signature comedy evening. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com