Fall 2006 TV....enough to LIVE for? (The Fall Grid)
EDITOR'S NOTE: HERE ARE YOUR CHEAT-SHEETS TO GET YOUR VCRS/DVRS SET FOR FALL. (FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO PLAN AHEAD....)
New Season Schedules for the Five Broadcast Networks
See which shows will go head to head on ABC, CBS, CW, NBC and Fox
This is the week the broadcast networks revealed their new programming schedules for fall during their glitzy upfront presentations.
Unlike the other networks, CW and Fox only program prime-time shows from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m,EDITOR'S NOTE: SING ALONG WITH ME....ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME! with the exception of Sunday night when they start their programming at 7 p.m. Fox also introduces a new schedule starting in January. The CW has no Saturday night programming.
SUNDAY
7:00
CW: "Everybody Hates Chris"/"All of Us"
Fox: Fall: Football overrun, comedy repeats; January:Comedy repeats/"King of the Hill"
8:00
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
CBS: "The Amazing Race"
CW: "Girlfriends"/"The Game" Spinoff from UPN comedy "Girlfriends". (Tia Mowry, Aldis Hodge, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hsea Chanchez, Jennifer Baxter, Coby Bell)
Fox: Fall, January:"The Simpsons"/"American Dad"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/ "America's Got Talent"
9:00
ABC: "Desperate Housewives"
CBS: "Cold Case"
CW: "America's Next Top Model (Encore)"
Fox: Fall, January:"Family Guy"/"The War at Home"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/ "The Apprentice"
10:00
ABC: "Brothers and Sisters" Ken Olin directs a family soap that focuses on adult siblings. (Dave Annable, Balthazar Getty, Calista Flockhart, Patricia Wettig, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jane Morris, Jonathan LaPaglia) EDITOR'S NOTE: BUFFY'ITES. MARTI NOXON IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS ONE ON THE PRODUCING SIDE.
CBS: "Without a Trace"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/"Raines" An ecentric but brilliant police officer solves crimes in unconventional ways. (Jeff Goldblum, Nicole Sullivan, Luis Guzman, Matt Craven, Dov Davidoff, Linda Park). EDITOR'S NOTE: ISN'T LINDA PARK AN EX-"ENTERPRISE" CREWER? THIS ONE HAS GOOD PEDIGREE ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE....FRANK DARABONT.
MONDAY
8:00
ABC: "Wife Swap"
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother/"The Class" Eight former third-grade classmates reunite as adults at an anniversary party. (Jason Ritter, Lucy Punch, Jesse Tyler Fergusen, Andrea Anders, Jon Bernthal, Heather Goldenhersh, Sean Maguire, Lizzy Caplan). EDITOR'S NOTE: DAVID CRANE (FROM "FRIENDS") PRODUCER. FYI....
CW: "7th Heaven"
Fox: Fall:"Prison Break"; January: "Vanished" A senator's wife goes missing as part of a larger conspiracy. (Gale Harold, John Allen Nelson, Joanne Kelly, Rebecca Gayheart, Margarita Levieva, John Patrick Amedori, Chris Egan)
NBC: "Deal or No Deal"
9:00
ABC: "The Bachelor"/ "Supernanny"
CBS: "Two and a Half Men"/"The New Adventures of Old Christine"
CW: "Runaway"A man accused of murder takes his family into hiding until he can prove his innocence. (Donnie Walberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Ramos, Nathan Gamble)
Fox: Fall: "Vanished" See above, 8pm (est) ; January: "24"
NBC: "Heroes" Ordinary people made into superheroes join forces to save the world. (Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Tawny Cypress, Santiago Cabrera, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia, Noah Gray-Cabey)
10:00
ABC: "What About Brian"
CBS: "CSI: Miami"
NBC: "Medium"
TUESDAY
8:00
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars"/ "Set for the Rest of Your Life" EDITOR'S NOTE: OK. NOT SURE WHAT THIS SECOND ONE IS. SORRY.
CBS: "NCIS"
CW: "Gilmore Girls"
Fox: Fall: "Standoff"; January: "American Idol: Performance"
NBC: "Friday Night Lights" Based on the 2004 feature film, a high school coach takes on a team in a football-crazed Texas town. (Kyle Chandler, Scott Porter, Gaius Charles, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Aimee Teegarden, Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch, Adrieanne Palicki). EDITOR'S NOTE: PETER BERG AND BRIAN GRAZER IN CHARGE OF THINGS.
9:00
ABC: "Let's Rob…"/ "Help Me Help You" Blue collar guys decide to rob a celebrity. (Donal Logue, Sofia Vergara, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lenny Venito, Josh Grizetti, Max Jobrani, Koji Kataoka)/A brilliant therapist can't get his own life in order. Single camera. (Ted Danson, Charlie Finn, Jim Rash, Suzy Nakamura, Darlene Hunt, Jere Burns, Carla Gallo)
CBS: "The Unit"
CW: "Veronica Mars"
Fox: Fall, January:"House"
NBC: "Kidnapped" Series tracks a kidnapping over the course of an entire season. (Jeremy Sisto, Timothy Hutton, Delroy Lindo, Mykelti williamson, Carmen Ejogo, Dana Delany, Will Denton, Boris McGiver, Linus Roache)
10:00
ABC: "Boston Legal"
CBS: "Smith" Crime drama told from the point of view of career criminals being pursued by the FBI. (Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Franky G., Amy Smart, Jonny Lee Miller, Simon Baker, Chris Bauer, Michelle Hurd) EDITOR'S NOTE: FROM OUR PAL JOHN WELLS!
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU"
WEDNESDAY
8:00
ABC: "Dancing with the Stars"/ "George Lopez"/ "According to Jim"
CBS: "Jericho" A small town in Kansas survives a nuclear holocaust that destroys everything around it. (Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Erik Knudsen, Michael Gaston, Kenneth Mitchell, Sprague Grayden, Gerald McRaney, Ashley Scott)
CW: "America's Next Top Model"
Fox: Fall: "Bones"; January: "Justice" A high-powered L.A. law firm represents rich and famous clients involved in media-driven trials. (Victor Garber, Kerr Smith, Eamonn Walker, Rebecca Mader) EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE'S FROM JERRY BRUCKHEIMER!
NBC: "The Biggest Loser"
9:00
ABC: "Lost"
CBS: "Criminal Minds"
CW: "One Tree Hill"
Fox: Fall: "Justice"See 8pm, above.; January:"American Idol: Results"/"The Loop" EDITOR'S NOTE: CAN'T FIND WHAT "THE LOOP" IS.
NBC: "Twenty Good Years"/ "30 Rock" Two New York men in their 50's have epiphanies and resolve to make the most of the next 20 years. (John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Burns, Jake Sandvig)/Behind the scenes at a "Saturday Night Live"-like comedy sketch show. (Tina Fey, Alex Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch, Jack McBrayer)
10:00
ABC: "The Nine" Nine strangers held hostage for 52 hours during a botched bank robbery form a unique bond. (Jessica Collins, Chi McBride, Scott Wolf, Lourdes Benedicto, John Billingsley, Owain Yeoman, Kim Raver, Camille Guaty, Tim Daly)
CBS: "CSI: NY"
NBC: "Law & Order"
THURSDAY
8:00
ABC: "Big Day" /"Notes From the Underbelly" A couple's wedding day plays out over the course of an entire season. Single camera. (Josh Cooke, Wendie Malick, Stephen Rannazzisi, Marla Sokoloff, Kurt Fuller, Miriam Shor)/A group of friends are affected when one couple becomes pregnant. Based on Rita Green's novel. (Jennifer Westfeldt, Peter Cambor, Melanie Paxon, Rachael Harris, Michael Weaver)
CBS: "Survivor: Cooks Island"
CW: "Smallville"
Fox: Fall, January:"'Til Death"/"Happy Hour" Young, naive newlyweds move next door to a veteran married couple of 25 years. (Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kat Foster)/A guy loses his girlfriend, apartment, and job and moves in with a ladies' man. (Lex Medlin, Nat Faxon, Jamie Denbo, Beth Lacke, Brooke D'Orsay).
NBC: "My Name Is Earl"/ "The Office"
9:00
ABC: "Grey's Anatomy"
CBS: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
CW: "Supernatural" Fox: Fall, January: "The O.C."
NBC: "Studio 60" The beind-the-scenes politics at a network late-night sketch comedy show. (Matthew Perry, Nathan Corddry, Evan Handler, D.L.Hughley, Carlos Jacott, Amanda Peet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Steven Weber, Timothy Busfield, Sarah Paulson, Bradley Whitford). EDITOR'S NOTE: AARON SORKIN AND TOMMY SCHLAMME. NUF SAID.
10:00
ABC: "Six Degrees" Ensemble soap about a group of strangers in New York whose lives intersect. (Jay Hernandez, Dorian Missick, Erika Christensen, Bridget Moynahan, Hope Davis, Campbell Scott) EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE IS FROM BAD ROBOT (AKA, J.J.ABRAMS)
CBS: "Shark" A high-profile L.A. lawyer becomes a government prosecutor. Spike Lee directs the pilot. (James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sophina Brown, Alexis Cruz, Sarah Carter, Romy Rosemont, Sam Page) EDITOR'S NOTE: FROM BRIAN GRAZER.
NBC: "ER"/ "The Black Donnellys" Irish brothers grow up amid organized crime in New York's Hell's Kitchen. (Jonathan Tucker, Olivia Wilde, Kirk Acevedo, Tom Guiry, Billy Lush, Keith Nobbs, Michael Stahl-David). EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE IS FROM PAUL HAGGIS. ("CRASH")
FRIDAY
8:00
ABC: "Betty the Ugly" Based on a popular Colombian telenovela, a homely but lovable secretary works at a fashion magazine. (America Ferrera, Becki Newton, Eric Mabius, ana Ortiz, Ashley Jensen, Mark Indelicato, Tony Plana, Alan Dale, Vanessa Williams). EDITOR'S NOTE: SALMA HAYEK IS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS. (FYI)
CBS: "Ghost Whisperer"
CW: "Friday Night Smackdown"
Fox: Fall: "Nanny 911"; January: "Bones"
NBC: "Deal or No Deal"
9:00
ABC: "Men in Trees" A New York shrink flees to Alaska to start a new life after she finds out her husband ins cheating on her. (Anne Heche, Emily Bergl, Derek Richardson, James Tupper, Abraham Benrubi, Sarah Strange, Suleka Matthews, Seana Kofoed, John Amos)
CBS: "Close to Home"
CW: "Friday Night Smackdown"
Fox: Fall: "Trading Spouses"; January: "The Wedding Album" A photographer and his assistant capture wedding glamour and dysfunction. From a script first developed in 2001. (Bruno Campos, Tara Summers, Ptolemy Slocum, Eva Pigford, Jayce Bartok, Ashlie Atkinson, Connie Stevens, Tony Lo Bianco). EDITOR'S NOTE: ANDY TENNANT IS ONE OF THE CREATORS.
NBC: "Las Vegas"
10:00
ABC: "20/20"
CBS: "Numbers"
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
SATURDAY
8:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: Crimetime Saturday EDITOR'S NOTE: IE, REPEATS.
Fox: Fall, January: "Cops"
NBC: "Dateline NBC"
9:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: Crimetime SaturdayEDITOR'S NOTE: YEP. STILL REPEATS.
Fox: Fall, January: "America's Most Wanted"
NBC: Drama Encore EDITOR'S NOTE: WHICH SOUNDS BETTER THAN REPEATS.
10:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: "48 Hours Mystery"
NBC: Drama Encore EDITOR'S NOTE: AGAIN?!
EDITOR'S NOTE: REMEMBER, ALL PROGRAMMING (AND DAYS AND TIMES AND PHASES OF THE MOON) SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
IN FACT, SINCE THIS SCHEDULE WAS ANNOUNCED SEVERAL DAYS AGO, IT'S LIKELY SOMETHING (OR A FEW SOMETHINGS) HAVE ALREADY CHANGED.
AND THEY WON'T TELL THE TV GUIDE IN TIME. AND THEY WON'T LET YOUR LOCAL PAPER KNOW IN TIME. AND THEY PROBABLY WON'T EVEN TELL THE GUY WHO PUTS STUFF ON YOUR CABLE CRAWL.
SO YOU WILL SET YOUR VCR/DVR AND END UP RECORDING "ROLLER SKATING WITH CHIMPANZEES IN HULA SKIRTS", WHEN WHAT YOU REALLY WANTED WAS "BOOKTALK WITH REALLY SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE ON TV ACCIDENTALLY".
AND THEY WONDER WHY WE ARE PLAYING BOARD GAMES AND LEARNING HOW TO READ!?
New Season Schedules for the Five Broadcast Networks
See which shows will go head to head on ABC, CBS, CW, NBC and Fox
This is the week the broadcast networks revealed their new programming schedules for fall during their glitzy upfront presentations.
Unlike the other networks, CW and Fox only program prime-time shows from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m,EDITOR'S NOTE: SING ALONG WITH ME....ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME! with the exception of Sunday night when they start their programming at 7 p.m. Fox also introduces a new schedule starting in January. The CW has no Saturday night programming.
SUNDAY
7:00
CW: "Everybody Hates Chris"/"All of Us"
Fox: Fall: Football overrun, comedy repeats; January:Comedy repeats/"King of the Hill"
8:00
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
CBS: "The Amazing Race"
CW: "Girlfriends"/"The Game" Spinoff from UPN comedy "Girlfriends". (Tia Mowry, Aldis Hodge, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hsea Chanchez, Jennifer Baxter, Coby Bell)
Fox: Fall, January:"The Simpsons"/"American Dad"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/ "America's Got Talent"
9:00
ABC: "Desperate Housewives"
CBS: "Cold Case"
CW: "America's Next Top Model (Encore)"
Fox: Fall, January:"Family Guy"/"The War at Home"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/ "The Apprentice"
10:00
ABC: "Brothers and Sisters" Ken Olin directs a family soap that focuses on adult siblings. (Dave Annable, Balthazar Getty, Calista Flockhart, Patricia Wettig, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jane Morris, Jonathan LaPaglia) EDITOR'S NOTE: BUFFY'ITES. MARTI NOXON IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS ONE ON THE PRODUCING SIDE.
CBS: "Without a Trace"
NBC: "NFL Sunday Night Football"/"Raines" An ecentric but brilliant police officer solves crimes in unconventional ways. (Jeff Goldblum, Nicole Sullivan, Luis Guzman, Matt Craven, Dov Davidoff, Linda Park). EDITOR'S NOTE: ISN'T LINDA PARK AN EX-"ENTERPRISE" CREWER? THIS ONE HAS GOOD PEDIGREE ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE....FRANK DARABONT.
MONDAY
8:00
ABC: "Wife Swap"
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother/"The Class" Eight former third-grade classmates reunite as adults at an anniversary party. (Jason Ritter, Lucy Punch, Jesse Tyler Fergusen, Andrea Anders, Jon Bernthal, Heather Goldenhersh, Sean Maguire, Lizzy Caplan). EDITOR'S NOTE: DAVID CRANE (FROM "FRIENDS") PRODUCER. FYI....
CW: "7th Heaven"
Fox: Fall:"Prison Break"; January: "Vanished" A senator's wife goes missing as part of a larger conspiracy. (Gale Harold, John Allen Nelson, Joanne Kelly, Rebecca Gayheart, Margarita Levieva, John Patrick Amedori, Chris Egan)
NBC: "Deal or No Deal"
9:00
ABC: "The Bachelor"/ "Supernanny"
CBS: "Two and a Half Men"/"The New Adventures of Old Christine"
CW: "Runaway"A man accused of murder takes his family into hiding until he can prove his innocence. (Donnie Walberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Ramos, Nathan Gamble)
Fox: Fall: "Vanished" See above, 8pm (est) ; January: "24"
NBC: "Heroes" Ordinary people made into superheroes join forces to save the world. (Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Tawny Cypress, Santiago Cabrera, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia, Noah Gray-Cabey)
10:00
ABC: "What About Brian"
CBS: "CSI: Miami"
NBC: "Medium"
TUESDAY
8:00
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars"/ "Set for the Rest of Your Life" EDITOR'S NOTE: OK. NOT SURE WHAT THIS SECOND ONE IS. SORRY.
CBS: "NCIS"
CW: "Gilmore Girls"
Fox: Fall: "Standoff"; January: "American Idol: Performance"
NBC: "Friday Night Lights" Based on the 2004 feature film, a high school coach takes on a team in a football-crazed Texas town. (Kyle Chandler, Scott Porter, Gaius Charles, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Aimee Teegarden, Connie Britton, Taylor Kitsch, Adrieanne Palicki). EDITOR'S NOTE: PETER BERG AND BRIAN GRAZER IN CHARGE OF THINGS.
9:00
ABC: "Let's Rob…"/ "Help Me Help You" Blue collar guys decide to rob a celebrity. (Donal Logue, Sofia Vergara, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lenny Venito, Josh Grizetti, Max Jobrani, Koji Kataoka)/A brilliant therapist can't get his own life in order. Single camera. (Ted Danson, Charlie Finn, Jim Rash, Suzy Nakamura, Darlene Hunt, Jere Burns, Carla Gallo)
CBS: "The Unit"
CW: "Veronica Mars"
Fox: Fall, January:"House"
NBC: "Kidnapped" Series tracks a kidnapping over the course of an entire season. (Jeremy Sisto, Timothy Hutton, Delroy Lindo, Mykelti williamson, Carmen Ejogo, Dana Delany, Will Denton, Boris McGiver, Linus Roache)
10:00
ABC: "Boston Legal"
CBS: "Smith" Crime drama told from the point of view of career criminals being pursued by the FBI. (Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Franky G., Amy Smart, Jonny Lee Miller, Simon Baker, Chris Bauer, Michelle Hurd) EDITOR'S NOTE: FROM OUR PAL JOHN WELLS!
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU"
WEDNESDAY
8:00
ABC: "Dancing with the Stars"/ "George Lopez"/ "According to Jim"
CBS: "Jericho" A small town in Kansas survives a nuclear holocaust that destroys everything around it. (Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Erik Knudsen, Michael Gaston, Kenneth Mitchell, Sprague Grayden, Gerald McRaney, Ashley Scott)
CW: "America's Next Top Model"
Fox: Fall: "Bones"; January: "Justice" A high-powered L.A. law firm represents rich and famous clients involved in media-driven trials. (Victor Garber, Kerr Smith, Eamonn Walker, Rebecca Mader) EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE'S FROM JERRY BRUCKHEIMER!
NBC: "The Biggest Loser"
9:00
ABC: "Lost"
CBS: "Criminal Minds"
CW: "One Tree Hill"
Fox: Fall: "Justice"See 8pm, above.; January:"American Idol: Results"/"The Loop" EDITOR'S NOTE: CAN'T FIND WHAT "THE LOOP" IS.
NBC: "Twenty Good Years"/ "30 Rock" Two New York men in their 50's have epiphanies and resolve to make the most of the next 20 years. (John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Burns, Jake Sandvig)/Behind the scenes at a "Saturday Night Live"-like comedy sketch show. (Tina Fey, Alex Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch, Jack McBrayer)
10:00
ABC: "The Nine" Nine strangers held hostage for 52 hours during a botched bank robbery form a unique bond. (Jessica Collins, Chi McBride, Scott Wolf, Lourdes Benedicto, John Billingsley, Owain Yeoman, Kim Raver, Camille Guaty, Tim Daly)
CBS: "CSI: NY"
NBC: "Law & Order"
THURSDAY
8:00
ABC: "Big Day" /"Notes From the Underbelly" A couple's wedding day plays out over the course of an entire season. Single camera. (Josh Cooke, Wendie Malick, Stephen Rannazzisi, Marla Sokoloff, Kurt Fuller, Miriam Shor)/A group of friends are affected when one couple becomes pregnant. Based on Rita Green's novel. (Jennifer Westfeldt, Peter Cambor, Melanie Paxon, Rachael Harris, Michael Weaver)
CBS: "Survivor: Cooks Island"
CW: "Smallville"
Fox: Fall, January:"'Til Death"/"Happy Hour" Young, naive newlyweds move next door to a veteran married couple of 25 years. (Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kat Foster)/A guy loses his girlfriend, apartment, and job and moves in with a ladies' man. (Lex Medlin, Nat Faxon, Jamie Denbo, Beth Lacke, Brooke D'Orsay).
NBC: "My Name Is Earl"/ "The Office"
9:00
ABC: "Grey's Anatomy"
CBS: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
CW: "Supernatural" Fox: Fall, January: "The O.C."
NBC: "Studio 60" The beind-the-scenes politics at a network late-night sketch comedy show. (Matthew Perry, Nathan Corddry, Evan Handler, D.L.Hughley, Carlos Jacott, Amanda Peet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Steven Weber, Timothy Busfield, Sarah Paulson, Bradley Whitford). EDITOR'S NOTE: AARON SORKIN AND TOMMY SCHLAMME. NUF SAID.
10:00
ABC: "Six Degrees" Ensemble soap about a group of strangers in New York whose lives intersect. (Jay Hernandez, Dorian Missick, Erika Christensen, Bridget Moynahan, Hope Davis, Campbell Scott) EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE IS FROM BAD ROBOT (AKA, J.J.ABRAMS)
CBS: "Shark" A high-profile L.A. lawyer becomes a government prosecutor. Spike Lee directs the pilot. (James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sophina Brown, Alexis Cruz, Sarah Carter, Romy Rosemont, Sam Page) EDITOR'S NOTE: FROM BRIAN GRAZER.
NBC: "ER"/ "The Black Donnellys" Irish brothers grow up amid organized crime in New York's Hell's Kitchen. (Jonathan Tucker, Olivia Wilde, Kirk Acevedo, Tom Guiry, Billy Lush, Keith Nobbs, Michael Stahl-David). EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS ONE IS FROM PAUL HAGGIS. ("CRASH")
FRIDAY
8:00
ABC: "Betty the Ugly" Based on a popular Colombian telenovela, a homely but lovable secretary works at a fashion magazine. (America Ferrera, Becki Newton, Eric Mabius, ana Ortiz, Ashley Jensen, Mark Indelicato, Tony Plana, Alan Dale, Vanessa Williams). EDITOR'S NOTE: SALMA HAYEK IS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS. (FYI)
CBS: "Ghost Whisperer"
CW: "Friday Night Smackdown"
Fox: Fall: "Nanny 911"; January: "Bones"
NBC: "Deal or No Deal"
9:00
ABC: "Men in Trees" A New York shrink flees to Alaska to start a new life after she finds out her husband ins cheating on her. (Anne Heche, Emily Bergl, Derek Richardson, James Tupper, Abraham Benrubi, Sarah Strange, Suleka Matthews, Seana Kofoed, John Amos)
CBS: "Close to Home"
CW: "Friday Night Smackdown"
Fox: Fall: "Trading Spouses"; January: "The Wedding Album" A photographer and his assistant capture wedding glamour and dysfunction. From a script first developed in 2001. (Bruno Campos, Tara Summers, Ptolemy Slocum, Eva Pigford, Jayce Bartok, Ashlie Atkinson, Connie Stevens, Tony Lo Bianco). EDITOR'S NOTE: ANDY TENNANT IS ONE OF THE CREATORS.
NBC: "Las Vegas"
10:00
ABC: "20/20"
CBS: "Numbers"
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
SATURDAY
8:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: Crimetime Saturday EDITOR'S NOTE: IE, REPEATS.
Fox: Fall, January: "Cops"
NBC: "Dateline NBC"
9:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: Crimetime SaturdayEDITOR'S NOTE: YEP. STILL REPEATS.
Fox: Fall, January: "America's Most Wanted"
NBC: Drama Encore EDITOR'S NOTE: WHICH SOUNDS BETTER THAN REPEATS.
10:00
ABC: "ABC Saturday Night College Football"
CBS: "48 Hours Mystery"
NBC: Drama Encore EDITOR'S NOTE: AGAIN?!
EDITOR'S NOTE: REMEMBER, ALL PROGRAMMING (AND DAYS AND TIMES AND PHASES OF THE MOON) SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
IN FACT, SINCE THIS SCHEDULE WAS ANNOUNCED SEVERAL DAYS AGO, IT'S LIKELY SOMETHING (OR A FEW SOMETHINGS) HAVE ALREADY CHANGED.
AND THEY WON'T TELL THE TV GUIDE IN TIME. AND THEY WON'T LET YOUR LOCAL PAPER KNOW IN TIME. AND THEY PROBABLY WON'T EVEN TELL THE GUY WHO PUTS STUFF ON YOUR CABLE CRAWL.
SO YOU WILL SET YOUR VCR/DVR AND END UP RECORDING "ROLLER SKATING WITH CHIMPANZEES IN HULA SKIRTS", WHEN WHAT YOU REALLY WANTED WAS "BOOKTALK WITH REALLY SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE ON TV ACCIDENTALLY".
AND THEY WONDER WHY WE ARE PLAYING BOARD GAMES AND LEARNING HOW TO READ!?
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