'Jim' out, 'Scrubs' lives on ABC (updated)

TV critics won't have ABC's "According to Jim" to kick around anymore.

And NBC's "Chuck" lives to fight bad guys for another season

The Jim Belushi sitcom's June 2 episode will be its last, ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson confirmed this morning as he talked with reporters about the network's 2009-10 programming plans, hours before meeting with advertisers in New York.

(NBC, which announced most of its series pickups a few weeks ago, was stealing a little attention from its higher-rated rival with this morning's "Chuck" announcement, which credited a "Save Chuck" campaign by fans and TV critics on Twitter, and more importantly, "an innovative advertising partnership with Subway," whose product placement on the show had led the save-our-show campaign to urge fans to eat there.)

Also not returning to ABC: "Samantha Who?," "In the Motherhood," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Eli Stone," "Pushing Daisies" and "The Unusuals."

"Surviving Suburbia," the Bob Saget sitcom that launched this spring, will air during the summer, when the network will decide its fate.

All of which could make "Scrubs" the next "According to Jim," at least in terms of Shows That Will Not Die. After seven seasons on NBC and one on ABC,"Scrubs" will be back for a ninth, along with midseason entries "Better Off Ted" and "Castle" and the "reality" show "True Beauty."

ABC had previously announced the renewals of "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Dancing With the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty," "Wife Swap" and "20/20."

Zach Braff has signed to do six episodes of the first 13 episodes of "Scrubs," according to McPherson, and the show will again be paired with "Better Off Ted," premiering in late fall after the first run of "Dancing With the Stars" ends.

"Ugly Betty" will move to 9 p.m. Fridays.

New dramas for fall and midseason include "The Deep End," a series about law-firm associates that McPherson described as "a 'Grey's Anatomy' in the law world"; "Eastwick," based on the John Updike novel and the film "The Witches of Eastwick"; "Flash Forward," a sci-fi-based thriller starring Joseph Fiennes; "The Forgotten," a Jerry Bruckheimer series about "dedicated amateurs" who work on John and Jane Doe cases; "Happy Town," a drama about a town that doesn't sound so happy; and "V," a "reimaging" of the 1980s sci-fi miniseries.

Comedies include: "Cougar Town," starring Courteney Cox as a divorced single mother; "Hank," starring Kelsey Grammer as an ex-CEO who's suddenly forced to spend more time with his family; "The Middle," starring Patricia Heaton as a wife and mother in Indiana and "Modern Family," starring "Married…with Children's" Ed O'Neill.

In addition, "Shark Tank," an unscripted series from Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice"), will bring would-be entrepreneurs together with multimillionaires they hope will fund their projects.