This week saw several “upfronts,” in which TV networks announce their fall schedules to start selling commerical spots to advertisers. See the summary below. Note that a / between two shows in one timeslot indicates midseason replacement plans for early 2009.
Monday
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| Dancing With The Stars | Samantha Who? | Boston Legal |
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| The Big Bang Theory | How I Met Your Mother | Two and a Half Men | Worst Week | CSI: Miami |
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| Gossip Girl | One Tree Hill |
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Fox |
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| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles / Dollhouse | Prison Break / 24 |
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NBC |
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| Chuck | Heroes | My Own Worst Enemy / The Philanthropist |
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Tuesday
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| Opportunity Knocks | Dancing With The Stars | Eli Stone |
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| NCIS | The Mentalist | Without A Trace |
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| 90210 | Surviving the Filthy Rich |
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Fox |
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| House / American Idol | Fringe |
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NBC |
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| The Biggest Loser | Kath and Kim | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit |
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Wednesday
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ABC |
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| Pushing Daisies | Private Practice | Dirty Sexy Money |
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CBS |
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| The New Adventures of Old Christine | Project Gary | Criminal Minds | CSI: NY |
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CW |
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| America’s Next Top Model | Sylista |
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Fox |
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| Bones / House | ‘Til Death / American Idol results | Do Not Disturb |
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NBC |
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| Knight Rider | Deal or No Deal | Lipstick Jungle / Law and Order |
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Thursday
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ABC |
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| Ugly Betty | Grey’s Anatomy | Life On Mars |
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CBS |
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| Survivor | CSI | Eleventh Hour |
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CW |
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| Smallville | Supernatural |
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Fox |
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| The Moment of Truth / Hell’s Kitchen | Kitchen Nightmares / Secret Millionaire |
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NBC |
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| My Name Is Earl | 30 Rock | The Office | The Office / Untitled Office Spinoff | ER / The Apprentice |
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Friday
| 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
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ABC |
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| Wife Swap | Supernanny | 20/20 |
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CBS |
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| Ghost Whisperer | The Ex List | Numb3rs |
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CW |
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| Everybody Hates Chris | The Game | America’s Next Top Model (encore) |
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Fox |
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| Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? / Bones | Don’t Forget The Lyrics / ‘Til Death | Do Not Disturb |
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NBC |
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| Crusoe / Deal or No Deal | Deal Or No Deal / Friday Night Lights | Life |
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Saturday
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| Saturday Night College Football |
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| Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours |
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Fox |
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| Cops | America’s Most Wanted |
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| Dateline NBC | Knight Rider (encores) | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (encores) |
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Sunday
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ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Desperate Housewives | Brothers and Sisters |
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CBS | 60 Minutes | The Amazing Race | Cold Case | The Unit |
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Fox | The OT | The Simpsons | King of the Hill | Family Guy | American Dad |
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NBC | Football Night In America | Dateline NBC | Merlin | Medium | Kings |
Cancellations:
ABC – Big Shots, Carpoolers,
Cashmere Mafia, Cavemen, Just For Laughs, Men In Trees, Miss/Guided,
Notes from the Underbelly, October Road, Oprah’s Big Give, Women’s
Murder Club
CBS – Cane, Jericho, Kid
Nation, Moonlight, Power of 10, Secret Talents of the Stars, Shark,
Viva Laughlin, Welcome to the Captain
CW – Aliens In America,
Beauty and the Geek, Crowned, CW Now, Girlfriends, Life is Wild,
Online Nation, Pussycat Dolls Present
Fox – Back To You,
Canterbury’s Law, Nashville, New Amsterdam, The Next Great American
Band, The Return of Jezebel James, Unhitched
NBC – 1 vs. 100, Amne$ia,
Bionic Woman, Clash of the Choirs, Journeyman, Las Vegas, My Dad is
Better than Your Dad, Phenomenon, Quarterlife, The Singing Bee
As Capt Reynolds Would Say…
Huh. Sarah Connors overlaps with Joss’ Dollhouse. Are those running consecutively as fall / spring series or concurrently on alternating weeks? And is B42 gonna review Dollhouse? Is that really SF or just Nikita with amnesia?
Re: As Capt Reynolds Would Say…
D’oh. Sorry I didn’t RTFM, I see now Dollhouse is a 2009 pickup…
Re: As Capt Reynolds Would Say…
We haven’t discussed that yet, but I’m sure at least the pilot will get a review. I’d like to review them all, but it depends on my work schedule, which gets pretty hairy at times.
Lost?
Did I miss something? Is Lost not airing at all next season, not even as a midseason replacement?
Re: Lost?
I guess the repercussions of the writer’s strike are still with us. The current season wraps up in a couple of weeks with a double bill, then we’re waiting until an as yet unspecified timeslot next year by the looks of things.
Re: Lost?
They cancelled Cavemen? Yeah, no one saw that coming.
In non-genre news, the second season of the excellent Mad Men starts in July.
Reaper?
Reaper isn’t on the schedule and isn’t in the cancellation list. I know it was on the bubble last I heard. Anyone know anything more?
Re: Reaper?
It was officially renewed, but the time slot has not been announced.
The Big Band Theory
The Big Band Theory? I can see it now: Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller share an apartment and one has a crush on their new next door neighbor.
Re: The Big Band Theory
Typo corrected.
Disappointed on Monday
So, with my DirecTV DVR I get to choose which two of the three shows I will choose.
Chuck, Big Bang/How I Met your Mother, or Terminator/Doll House
Since my wife enjoys the first two, I’m pretty sure which way I’m going to go.
I really hate it when networks do that. There are clearly overlapping interests on those shows, and other nights that people would not watch show A but would watch show B.
Re: Disappointed on Monday
Yep, Monday nights our second DVR will have to kick in and we’ll be forced to watch something on the little TV in the bedroom, most likely HIMYM.
This year and last year it was Thursday; the 9:00 hour was triple-booked (Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs.. Scrubs got delegated to the bedroom.)