ABC Fall 2020 Schedule Features Dancing with the Stars, Bachelorette

THE BACHELORETTE - ÒThe BacheloretteÓ is set to return for its sizzling 16th season, Clare Crawley will head back to the Bachelor mansion as she embarks on a new journey to find true love, when ÒThe BacheloretteÓ premieres MONDAY, MAY 18 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/Paul Hebert) CLARE CRAWLEY — (ABC/Paul Hebert) CLARE CRAWLEY

ABC announces its 2020 premiere schedule. Both Dancing with the Stars and the long delayed The Bachelorette are scheduled to premiere, on Mondays and Tuesdays respectively.

The Bachelorette season 16 starring Clare Crawley embarking on a new journey to find true love, and hosted by Chris Harrison has yet to begin production due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Ideas tossed around include ditching the far flung destinations and just esconsing the cast and crew in a house somewhere for the duration.

As far as Dancing with the Stars 29th season is concerned, there is no word on how producers intend to shoot the all live weekly production. Body contact is unavoidable, because dancing! One way would be to test every participant for coronavirus, and keep them quarantined for the duration. But that’s a lot to ask! Not to mention the crew: live shows have huge crews of tech, trainers, makeup and costume people.

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Los Angeles TV and movie production is beginning to open up. But at the same time, Covid-19 cases are on the rise in California, including Los Angeles. If cases continue to rise, governor Gavin Newsom could re-instate lockdowns.

Meanwhile, ABC’s previously announced programming slate includes renewals for 20 series and two straight-to-series orders from its current crop of pilots – David E. Kelley’s thriller Big Sky and the comedy Call Your Mother (formerly My Village) from Kari Lizer (The New Adventures of Old Christine) – as well as the revival of alternative series Supermarket Sweep with Leslie Jones.

New seasons of American Idol, “The Bachelor,” “black-ish, For Life and mixed-ish will premiere later in the season.

Also on the schedule: America’s Funniest Home Videos, American Housewife, The Conners, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, and Grey’s Anatomy.