Taking a bold step to make the network a player on Thursday night, ABC executives announced yesterday that hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" will move to 9 p.m. Thursday in the fall, airing opposite CBS hit "CSI" and buzzed-about NBC newcomer "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

	ABC Calista Flockhart will star in ABC's "Brothers and Sisters." Click photo for larger image.

Canceled series include "Crumbs," "Freddie," "Hope & Faith," "In Justice," "Invasion," "Less Than Perfect," "Miracle Workers," "Rodney," "Sons & Daughters" and "The Evidence."

"Commander in Chief" was also canceled, but ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson held out some hope that there may be life left in the Geena Davis presidential drama.

"We're talking about a two-hour movie that [series creator] Rod Lurie has in his head," McPherson said. "We think it's a fantastic story Rod has in mind, and there's still a really dedicated audience. It would give Rod a chance to tell a lot of stuff he didn't get around to finishing and give us another look at it. Maybe there's some life after that. We're still debating it, and we'll talk about it over the summer."

"Commander" fans, don't get your hopes up too much. Remember, there was "talk" of "thirtysomething" and "Judging Amy" movies after those shows were canceled, and those conversations came to naught.

In addition to what McPherson characterized as the "aggressive scheduling" of "Grey's" on Thursday, ABC will add "ABC Saturday Night College Football" on Saturdays, ordered a new edition of "The Bachelor" (starring Prince Lorenzo Borghese and set in Rome) and gave a surprise renewal to low-rated "What About Brian."

"Lost" fans will be pleased by ABC's pledge to run two batches of "Lost" episodes, uninterrupted by reruns -- one in the fall, the other in the spring.

During the season, "Dancing With the Stars" will share time slots with another reality show on Monday and sitcoms on Wednesday. Newsmagazine "Primetime" is not on the fall schedule but will be used to fill holes throughout the season. "According to Jim," "American Inventor," "George Lopez" and "Supernanny" will return at midseason.

Here's ABC's fall schedule, with new series in bold:

Sunday

7 p.m.: "America's Funniest Home Videos."
8 p.m.: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
9 p.m.: "Desperate Housewives."
10 p.m.: "Brothers & Sisters" -- A soap about adult children in a family, including a radio talk-show host (Calista Flockhart, "Ally McBeal") and a mother of three (Rachel Griffiths, "Six Feet Under").

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Monday

8 p.m.: "Wife Swap."
9 p.m.: "The Bachelor"
10 p.m. "What About Brian."

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Tuesday

8 p.m.: "Dancing With the Stars."
9 p.m.: "Let's Rob ..." -- Created by Rob Burnett and Squirrel Hill native Jon Beckerman ("Ed"), this comedy tracks the attempts by janitor Eugene (Donal Logue) to rob the apartment of Mick Jagger (who guest stars as himself).
9:30 p.m.: "Help Me Help You" -- Ted Danson ("Cheers") stars as a doctor who hosts weekly group therapy sessions for his patients.
10 p.m.: "Boston Legal."

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Wednesday

8 p.m.: "Dancing With the Stars."
9 p.m.: "Lost."
10 p.m.: "The Nine" -- Tim Daly ("Wings"), Chi McBride ("Boston Public"), Kim Raver ("24") and Scott Wolf ("Everwood") star in a drama about nine people caught in a bank robbery. The series is set after the robbery but will flash back ("Lost"-like) to that fateful day. Lourdes Benedicto, a 1996 graduate of the theater program at Carnegie Mellon University, also stars.

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Thursday

8 p.m.: "Big Day" -- A marriage of "24" and "Father of the Bride" results in this comedy about Alice (Marla Sokoloff, "The Practice") and Danny (Josh Cooke, "Four Kings") on their wedding day, which constitutes the show's entire first season.
8:30 p.m.: "Notes from the Underbelly" -- Comedy in which a young couple try to keep news of their impending parenthood from family and friends.
9 p.m.: "Grey's Anatomy."
10 p.m.: "Six Degrees" -- J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk ("Alias," "Lost") executive-produce this drama about six New Yorkers with intertwined destinies. Jay Hernandez ("Hostel") and Erika Christensen ("Traffic") star.

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Friday

8 p.m.: "Betty the Ugly" -- With an emphasis on lighthearted, romantic dramas on Fridays, ABC imports this telenovela, making it over as a one-hour comedy about a plain Jane (America Ferrera) who works at a fashion magazine.
9 p.m.: "Men in Trees" -- Anne Heche plays a relationship coach whose own engagement falls apart, leading her to start a new life in Alaska. Jenny Bicks ("Sex and the City") is the show runner.
10 p.m.: "20/20"

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Saturday

8 p.m. "ABC Saturday Night College Football" -- Brent Musburger hosts this weekly prime-time college football game.

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Midseason

"Day Break" -- Taye Diggs ("Kevin Hill") stars as a detective who gets stuck in a "Groundhog Day"-like existence, reliving the same day and being accused or murder. It will replace "Lost" at midseason.
"Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call" -- The "He's Just Not That Into You" author helps a couple work through their relationship troubles on this reality show.
"In Case of Emergency" -- High school friends discover life is not what they expected as they near middle age in a comedy starring Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy") and David Arquette ("Scream").
"Just for Laughs" -- A hidden-camera comedy show.
"Set for the Rest of Your Life" -- A "Deal or No Deal"-like game show where contestants battle for the highest monthly check possible.
"Traveler" -- Two friends are suspects in a terrorist bombing while a third has mysteriously disappeared.