ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" will finish the season partnered with "Desperate Housewives" rather than returning "Boston Legal" to the Sunday lineup.
ABC already renewed "Boston Legal" for the fall season, which will include five unaired episodes from the current season.
However, "Grey's Anatomy" has pulled an average 17 million viewers per episode, about 4.5 million more than "Boston Legal."
"Ultimately we decided that, without having adequate lead time or marketing dollars to devote to moving either show so late in the season, we'd continue to let 'Grey's' build on its tremendous momentum through May," ABC Entertainment Present Stephen McPherson told Zap2it.com.
The hugely popular "Desperate Housewives" has pulled in an average of 22.8 million viewers per episode for ABC.
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