ABC Announces Midseason Premiere Dates, Time Change for Revenge

ABC has finalized its midseason schedule by revealing the premiere dates for several new and returning series, as well as major time slot change. The latter centers on Revenge, which has struggled this season at 9:00 in the face of brutal competition and the perception of a sophomore slump yet to wear off; rather than keeping it in the same time slot and allowing it to continue to die, ABC has pushed the nighttime soap back at hour to 10:00. Beginning Sunday, March 9th, Revenge will occupy the 10:00 slot and drama Resurrection, which has a similar concept to Sundance s The Returned, moves ahead an hour to 9:00. Thursday, January 2nd sees the second season of cooking competition The Taste take over for The Quest, which was booted to summer, at 8:00 and limited series The Assets assume Scandal s 10:00 slot for eight episodes. The Assets is based on the book Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by retired CIA officers Sandra Grimes and Jeanne V

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