I'm so confused...

So yesterday, after I reported to you that “The Black Donnellys” would end its run April 16th, NBC changed its mind and pulled the plug immediately. Next week it will be replaced by “Thank God You’re Here,” the improv program that was originally scheduled to air at 9 p.m. “The Real Wedding Crashers” will start in the slot April 23rd. You can see the unaired episodes of “Donnellys” on NBC.com…

And I hesitate to even tell you anything about ABC’s schedule because they change it on an almost hourly basis, but here goes anyway. After TV critics almost universally trashed ABC’s decision to replace “October Road” with “Notes From the Underbelly,” the network has changed its mind. “Underbelly” will premiere Thursday, April 12th at 10:00 p.m. with back-to-back episodes. Then April 18th, it will move to Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., allowing “Road” to finish its six week run. So, does this mean “Men In Trees” will come back this season after all? ABC has made no announcement yet…

ABC has also changed its mind about “In Case of Emergency,” deciding to allow the show to air all 13 of its episodes. I like this show, so I’m happy about this decision and hope they stick with it. The only problem is that because ABC had originally planned to air only 11 episodes, they started showing them out of order to get the Jane Seymour arc in before the end and now things are a little confusing (Yeah, ABC. That’s the way to get people to watch. Mess up the order of a serial comedy.). “Emergency” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m…

ABC Announces Renewals...

Last week, ABC announced renewals for the 2007-2008 season.

Here are the shows we know will return next season: “Brothers & Sisters,” “Ugly Betty,” “The Bachelor,” “Boston Legal,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Lost,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Supernanny” and “Wife Swap.”

ABC also announced that “Men In Trees” will return next season, but before you “Trees” fans break out the party hats, there is some bad news for the show as well.

The network announced that when “October Road” finishes its run next month, it will not be replaced by “Trees” (which it replaced), but will instead be replaced by double episodes of the comedy “Notes From the Underbelly.” ABC says that if “Trees” does not return this season—which is looking more and more likely—the remainder of this season’s episodes will be shown next season.

You may recall that ABC pulled that same trick with “Boston Legal” and it totally knocked its second season off track.

So why is ABC doing this? I wish I could tell you…

But hey, it’s ABC. No one ever accused them of doing the right thing…