It took a little while, but ABC finally gave out its first back-
nine orders of the fall on Monday (October 29) afternoon.
Interestingly, the first full-season order for a new show didn't
go to the exhaustively hyped and and enthusiastically received
"Nashville" or "Last Resort." Instead, ABC's first full-season
order for a freshman series went to "The Neighbors," which
hasn't been as well-reviewed, but has done an acceptable job of
retaining viewers from its Wednesday lead-in "The Middle." The
alien comedy was originally scheduled for Wednesdays after
"Modern Family," but was shifted to the earlier slot in favor of
"Suburgatory" (which has, like everything else in the 9:30 slot,
struggled to hold onto the "Modern Family" audience).  Also
getting a full compliment of episodes is the Shonda Rhimes drama
"Scandal," which had been ordered for 13 episodes, but will now
get 22 for its second season.  "Scandal," which stars Kerry
Washington, has lost a lot of viewers from its "Grey's Anatomy"
lead-in, but the drama