ABC's practice: a makeover success story?(ABC is pleased with the results after the changes made to 'The Practice')

The Practice is back in business. After a disastrous move to Monday nights in the middle of last season, David E. Kelley's Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning legal drama has returned to Sundays at 10 p.m. ET with a new cast and storylines that ABC and he hope have revived the show in its eighth season.

After three weeks, The Practice is once again winning its time period in adults 18-49 and beating NBC's new and heavily promoted legal drama The Lyon's Den. On Oct. 12, The Practice beat Lyon's Den by 11% in viewers and by 33% in adults 18-49.

The show also has improved its performance by 24% over what it was doing in late January, after ABC moved it to Monday. It's still playing catch-up, however, to get back to where it was …