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ABC will try to boost its midweek schedule in the fall with cop and legal dramas and, only a few months after "Lost" departs, a supernatural series that also begins with a plane crash....

Very minor declines aside, "Dancing with the Stars" maintained its place as Monday's most watched program by a wide margin. CBS, however, was able to rule the night in the key demographic thanks to "Big Bang Theory" and "CSI: Miami."

"Dancing With the Stars" and series-high scores for sophomore drama "Castle" carried ABC to a rather easy primetime ratings victory Monday, a night when the top scripted programs on competing networks aired in repeats.

Switching letters. Kate Snow has a date with Dateline. The ABC News and Good Morning America Weekend co-anchor is leaving ABC for a job with NBC News.

Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers.

Held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, Dugard is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos aired on ABC Friday.

James Mitchell, who for nearly three decades played gruff patriarch Palmer Cortland on the ABC soap opera "All My Children," has died, his longtime partner said Sunday night.

Charles Gibson, who Friday retires from the "World News" anchor desk and from ABC as a full-time employee, is bowing out as more than an admired network news star.  At 66, he's a proven utility player, game to handle a range of positions and scramble to the rescue when needed.

There was more laughter than tears on Friday as "Good Morning America" bid farewell to the anchor who has helmed the morning news show's desk for the past ten years.

George Stephanopoulos has been named the new anchor of "Good Morning America," and will start next Monday, ABC News President David Westin announced today.