TwoCents 2008 Fall Preview - Thursdays (ABC)

ABC gives us healthy doeses of Fashion, Doctors and 1973 on Thursdays...

Show: Ugly Betty
Premiere Date: Sept 25
Time: 8:00PM EST
TwoCents Staff Writer: Karen
Starring: America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade, Tony Plana as Ignacio, Ana Ortiz as Hilda, Ashley Jensen as Christina, Becki Newton as Amanda, Mark Indelicato as Justin, Michael Urie as Marc, Judith Light as Claire Meade, Christopher Gorham as Henry Rebecca Romijn as Alexis and Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater. Freddy Rodriguez is a recurring guest star as Gio.
Program Description: "The Manhattan Project" - Betty makes a moving decision about what to do with her life. Meanwhile, Ignacio gets a new job at a fast food joint, and Wilhelmina's manipulations force Daniel to make some changes of his own, on the season premiere of ABC's award-winning "Ugly Betty".

Show: Grey's Anatomy
Premiere Date: Sept 25
Time: 9:00PM EST
TwoCents Staff Writer: Valeria
Starring: Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O'Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey, and Brooke Smith as Erica Hahn.
Program Description: Is "happily ever after" possible for Meredith Grey and Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd? With Meredith experiencing a breakthrough in therapy - the realization that she and Derek can be extraordinary together, rather than ordinary apart -- she and Derek now face the highs and lows of being a committed couple.

Show: Life on Mars
Premiere Date: Oct 9
Time: 10:00PM EST
TwoCents Staff Writer: Tara
Starring: Jason O'Mara as Sam Tyler, Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt, Michael Imperioli as Ray Carling, Gretchen Mol as Annie Norris, and Jonathan Murphy as Chris Skelton.
Program Description: Where were you in 1973? NYPD Detective Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) finds himself in the cultural hotbed of New York City in the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women's lib and the civil and gay rights movements - without a cell phone, computer, PDA or MP3 player -- suddenly hurtled back in time when he's ripped from 2008 after being hit by a car while chasing down a criminal. He's trying mightily to understand what has just happened to him and how he can get back "home."