Lining Up for a Fall? Everyone's Brilliant in 'Upfront Week'

By Lisa de Moraes

ABC will also move "The Wonderful World of Disney" to Saturday because nothing is sacred, and because it will enable the network to give its Sunday series "Alias" a drama-series lead-in at 8 that night. (ABC thinks that will help "Alias." Of course, ABC also thought a post-Super Bowl broadcast would help "Alias.") After "Alias, "The Practice" is returning to the Sunday time slot from which ABC yanked it earlier this season.

The whole article can be found here:Upfront Week Article

Hi Kerry! *waves*

Welcome to the board, Kerry!

News about the new show ABC has for the lead-in to Alias, thanks to Alias Media

:: 10-8 Info~New Alias Lead In Show

Starring: Danny Nucci, Ernie Hudson, Mercedes Colon, Travis Schuldt, Scott William Winters, Indigo

Brooklyn bad boy Rico Amonte was sliding into a life of crime. Then his policeman brother caught him in the act — and hauled him off to Southern California to set him on the straight and narrow. Two years later, Rico's a graduate of the Los Angeles Sheriff's academy — a Deputy Sheriff trainee about to hit the streets in a uniform and a badge.

L.A.'s streets are dangerous but Rico's seen worse in New York. He can handle that part of the job. But nothing has prepared him for the hazing he gets from his own department. His training officer, John Henry Barnes, is the meanest, toughest veteran on the force — and he's determined to hammer Rico into a by-the-book officer of the law, or break him in the process.

I hope Sydney and Vaughn would hook up, again. Whew! Still recovering form the last season's cliffhanger.

Kerry-Welcome!

Here's the snippit about Alias from Kristin's CHat at:EOnline

antistar asks: please please please tell me you've got info on who's staying-who's going on Alias.

Kristin replies: I'm still pulling out my hair trying to get word on Bradley Cooper -- rumor is he won't be a regular next season, but I have not been able to confirm. Intel is SERIOUSLY well guarded at the moment. I do know that Greg Grunberg will be a regular (and also the star of JJ Abram's next ABC drama -- about bounty hunters -- for next fall) and that Lena Olin will be back for at least one episode.

Thanks to [url=http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://alias-media.com/index.php newwindow]Alias Media[/url]

From an interview with J.J. Abrams in Cult Times Special, Vol. No. 26, about the cliffhanger:

"There's no virtual reality/dream state, this is all happening."

He said that he thinks they're on the verge of some of the most interesting stuff they've done, we'll understand it when we see it played out, it will be interesting in terms of character, yadda yadda yadda.

He said that they have ideas for each season, but some don't get done and sometimes new ones come up that they do instead. They had things that were planned for the first and second seasons that they haven't gotten to yet.

He said that they think of "Alias" as being out of Time, in that it has no particular time frame, and they try to stay away from current references as much as possible

From ABC Medianet

The electrifying Emmy Award-winning spy drama "Alias" returns for an emotionally gripping third season in the life of CIA agent Sydney Bristow. In her Golden Globe Award-winning role, Jennifer Garner stars in this non-stop thrill ride through espionage, adventure and heart-wrenching drama.

Traveling around the world incognito. Fighting with the bad guys. Wrestling with inner demons. For Sydney, this is a typical day in her life at her not-so-typical job as an agent for the CIA.

Since shutting down the malevolent Alliance of Twelve and slamming the door on SD-6, Sydney thought she had finally rid the world of a great evil and avenged the murder of her fiancé. But as she and her CIA colleagues strategically combated the ruthless Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin) to put an end to his obsessive search for Rambaldi, she was deceived by her best friend and roommate, Francie - who had been eliminated and doubled by Sloane.

Upon mysteriously awakening in Hong Kong after fighting with doppelganger Francie in Los Angeles, Sydney learned that two years had passed and everyone presumed she was dead... and she has no recollection of those years. Returning to the world she once knew will turn out to be both enlightening and painful, as Sydney searches to discover where she has been and what has transpired during the missing time. She will soon learn that her memories contain pivotal information that various members of the intelligence world are interested in -- and may kill for.

"Alias" stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, Victor Garber as Jack Bristow, Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane, Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn, Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon, Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman, Greg Grunberg as Eric Weiss and David Anders as Mr. Sark.

"Alias" was created by J.J. Abrams, who executive-produces the series along with John Eisendrath, Ken Olin, Alex Kurtzman-Counter and Bob Orci. The series, which is filmed in Los Angeles and premiered on September 30, 2001, is from Touchstone Television.

Thanks to Zap2It for the following:

ABC Plans Gradual Rollout for Fall
(Tuesday, July 29 11:47 AM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Last year, ABC had almost no anchors for its prime-time schedule. Thanks to "The Bachelor" and the moderate success of its new comedies, that's not so much an issue this season.

As a result, the network will unveil the bulk of its schedule during premiere week, the week of Monday, Sept. 22. The full lineup, however, will roll out over the course of nearly a month, beginning Friday, Sept. 5 with the season debut of newsmagazine "20/20."

The first scripted series to premiere will be "Threat Matrix" on Thursday, Sept. 18, where it will face the opening episode of CBS' "Survivor: Pearl Islands." Comedies "According to Jim," "My Wife and Kids" and "George Lopez" will all get one-hour season premieres, while the fourth "Bachelor" -- starring "Bachelorette" reject Bob Guinee -- will begin with a two-hour episode.

Following is the rundown for ABC's rollout (new shows in bold, all times Eastern):
Friday, Sept. 5

10 p.m.: "20/20"

Monday, Sept. 8

9 p.m.: "Monday Night Football"

Thursday, Sept. 11

10 p.m.: "Primetime Thursday"

Monday, Sept. 15

8 p.m. "Primetime Monday" (follows "Monday Night Football" on the West Coast)

Thursday, Sept. 18

8 p.m.: "Threat Matrix"
9 p.m.: "Extreme Makeover" (new timeslot)

Tuesday, Sept. 23

8 p.m.: "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter"
8:30 p.m.: "I'm with Her"
9 p.m.: "According to Jim" (one-hour premiere)
10 p.m.: "NYPD Blue"

Wednesday, Sept. 24

8 p.m.: "My Wife and Kids" (one-hour premiere)
9 p.m.: "The Bachelor" (two-hour premiere)

Friday, Sept. 26

8 p.m.: "George Lopez" (one-hour premiere; new timeslot)
9 p.m.: "Hope & Faith"
9:30 p.m.: "Life with Bonnie" (new timeslot)

Saturday, Sept. 27

8 p.m.: "The Wonderful World of Disney" (new timeslot)
10 p.m.: "L.A. Dragnet" (new timeslot)

Sunday, Sept. 28

7 p.m.: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (new timeslot)
8 p.m.: "10-8"
9 p.m.: "Alias"
10 p.m.: "The Practice"

Tuesday, Sept. 30

9:30 p.m.: "Less Than Perfect"

Wednesday, Oct. 1

8:30 p.m.: "It's All Relative"
10 p.m.: "Karen Sisco"

Friday, Oct. 3

8:30 p.m.: "Married to the Kellys"

Yup!

This is from Angel over on AllAlias.com and she got it from Manu on SD-1.com. Here's what she wrote about episode 1.

" - Yes vaughn is no longer working for the CIA and yes, he *is* married.( thats basiclly all I know about Vaughn except for the fact that Syd kicks his ass in the opening scene.

- Syd goes to see Jack( he in Irina's cell) he tells her that he and Irina were/are working together and gives Sydney some very intresting info that confuses the hell out of me.

- The reason they thought Sydney was dead is because they found body part DNA evidence in her burnt up house.

- There's a new CIA director, higher than Kendall was (Kendall's gone) and Dixon taking Kendall's place.

- Syd goes on a mission with Wiess and a new CIA chick.

- Sark's in the episode and is Free.

- Syd kills(yea,present) a bunch of people.

- Sloane helped CIA to catch other terrorist and got immunity.

- Syd/Sloane scene

Enjoy! Thanks to Angel and Manu for the info.

Vicky