Fall TV schedule grid

May 19th, 2007

After a week of all the big announcements from television networks about next fall’s TV schedule, I thought it might be nice to consolidate all of the schedules, grid-style. Those of us planning our next TV spec script can use this to help figure out which show would be a good choice. (A tip from soyouwanna.com suggests picking a show that’s been on from 3-5 years, so I’ve included years on air below.)
comedy
drama
game show
soap
animation
“reality”
new programming
(##) number of upcoming season
link to preview
preview
MONDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Dancing with the Stars
(cycle 5)
How I Met Your Mother (3)
Everybody Hates Chris (3)
Prison Break (3)
Deal or No Deal (3)
8:30
The Big Bang Theory
preview
Aliens in America
9:00
Two and a Half Men (5)
Girlfriends (8)
K-Ville
preview
Heroes (2)
9:30
Sam I Am
preview
Rules of Engagement (2)
The Game (2)
10:00
The Bachelor
(cycle 11)
CSI: Miami (6)
Journeyman
preview
10:30

TUESDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Cavemen
preview
NCIS (5)
Beauty and the Geek

(cycle 4)

New Amsterdam
preview
The Biggest Loser (4)
8:30
Carpoolers
preview
9:00
Dancing with the Stars results show
The Unit (3)
Reaper
preview
House (4)
Chuck
preview
9:30
10:00
Boston Legal (4)
Cane
preview
Law & Order: SVU (9)
10:30
WEDNESDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Pushing Daisies
preview
Kid Nation
preview

America’s Next Top Model
(cycle 9)

Back to You
preview
Deal or No Deal (3)
8:30
‘Til Death (2)
9:00
Private Practice
preview
Criminal Minds (3)
Gossip Girl
preview
Bones (3)
Bionic Woman
preview
9:30
10:00
Dirty Sexy Money
CSI: NY (4)
Life
preview
10:30
THURSDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Ugly Betty (2)
Survivor
(cycle 15)
Smallville (7)
Are You Smarter
Than a 5th Grader? (2)
My Name is Earl (3)
8:30
30 Rock (2)
9:00
Grey’s Anatomy (4)
CSI (8)
Supernatural (3)
Kitchen Nightmares
The Office (4)
9:30
Scrubs (7)
10:00
Big Shots
preview
Without a Trace (6)
E.R. (14)
10:30
FRIDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Men In Trees (2)
Ghost Whisperer (3)
Friday Night SmackDown! (9)
Search for the Next Great American Band
1 vs. 100 (2)
8:30
9:00
Women’s Murder Club
preview
Moonlight
preview
Nashville
Las Vegas (5)
9:30
10:00
20/20
Numb3rs (4)
Friday Night Lights (2)
10:30
SATURDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
8:00
Saturday Night College Football
crime repeats
COPS (20)
Dateline NBC
8:30
COPS (20)
9:00
crime repeats
America’s Most Wanted (21)
repeats
9:30
10:00
48 Hours: Mystery
10:30
SUNDAY
abc
CBS
CW
FOX
NBC
7:00
America’s Funniest Home Videos (18)
60 Minutes
CW Now
The OT
(NFL post-game)
Football Night in America
7:30
Online Nation
8:00
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (5)
Viva Lauglin
(musical!)
Life is Wild

preview

The Simpsons (19)
Sunday Night Football (2)
9:30
King of the Hill (12)
9:00
Desperate Housewives (4)
Cold Case (5)
America’s Next Top Model (repeat)
Family Guy (6)
9:30
American Dad! (3)
10:00
Brothers & Sisters (2)
Shark (2)
10:30

In January
NBC will replace football on Sundays with Law & Order at 8, Medium at 9, and Lipstick Jungle at 10.
FOX will put 24 on Mondays at 10, and move K-Ville to 8
FOX will put American Idol on Tuesdays at 8 before House, and at 9 on Wednesday after their comedies.
FOX replaces Kitchen Nightmares with Canterbury’s Law
NBC will replace 1 vs. 100 with The Singing Bee on Fridays at 8.

In Spring
FOX will shuffle their Sunday comeies around and add The Sarah Chronicles to Sundays at 9.
FOX will insert The Return of Jezebel James into the 8:30 slot on Wednesdays. American Idol results shows will be at 9, and ‘Til Death at 9:30.
FOX will play the rest of Prison Break on Mondays at 8
FOX will move Bones and New Amsterdam to Friday nights

Other shows coming at midseason
ABC: Cashmere Mafia preview, Eli Stone preview, Lost, Miss Guided preview, Supernanny
CBS: Amazing Race, New Adventures of Old Christine, Swingtown preview
CW: Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants, Farmer Wants a Wife, One Tree Hill, Pussycat Dolls
FOX: The Rules for Starting Over
NBC: The IT Crowd, World Moves

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2 Responses to “Fall TV schedule grid”

  1. AaronNo Gravatar Says:

    Tuesday night looks like an absolute wash. Did any of the networks try for that night?

      

  2. screenwriterguyNo Gravatar Says:

    If I had to guess, I’d say that’s Idol‘s fault. FOX has all but admitted to giving up on the fall, willing to let baseball drive their ratings in recent years, then jumping in with their big boy on Tuesday, Wednesday (and sometimes Thursday) nights. The other networks are planning their entire year, and anything they put on Tuesday night automatically gets squished come January.

    Personally, I wish at least one network would at least TRY to program against Idol. Then again, look at what happened to poor Veronica Mars. (Probably.)

      

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