Poll Predicts Private Practice to Prevail in Time Slot

Good news for the future prospects of Private Practice, in the early going anyway. People at least seem willing to give the Grey's Anatomy spin-off a chance, a recent AOL poll shows. Over 93,000 respondents chimed in to AOL regarding the programs they plan to watch Wednesday.

As you can see, Private Practice has the lead in this sampling of potential viewers, leading both CBS' established and successful crime show Criminal Minds, and NBC's much-anticipated remake of the sci-fi series Bionic Woman.

Another buzzed-about new show, The CW's Gossip Girl, is also in this time slot and finished a distant fifth. If this poll is any indication, Kate Walsh and her co-stars have a good chance to stick this fall!