ABC's Paul Lee discusses New and Returning Shows

Thanks to Brouhaha for the heads up.

The network's entertainment president opens up about fall's hits ("Suburgatory," "Revenge") and misses ("Charlie's Angels") and forecasts the future of ratings flagships "Grey's Anatomy" and "Dancing With the Stars."
This story appears in the Nov. 11 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

Seated in his sparsely decorated office in Burbank, ABC Entertainment Group's mild-mannered president, Paul Lee, acknowledges he wasn't aware of all that comes with running a studio and network when he accepted the role in summer 2010.

But while the Oxford-educated former BBC America founder and ABC Family chief is busy filling holes on a schedule that has taken its share of hits in recent years, many of his freshman efforts -- from Revenge to Suburgatory to fall's No. 1 new drama, Once Upon a Time -- seem to be connecting with viewers. Still, the Modern Family network was down 4 percent in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49 demographic five weeks into the season, according to Nielsen, weighed down by a stable of aging series and the since-canceled Charlie's Angels.

Source: Full Interview @ Hollywood Reporter