2008–2009 United States network television schedule

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The following is the 2008–2009 network television schedule for the six major English language broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2008 through May 2009. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2007–2008 season. The schedule omits the Public Broadcasting System (whose programming is listed here).

Contents

Schedule

  • New fall series are highlighted in bold.
  • The official schedule was set by each network before the start of the official fall season.
  • All times given are in U.S. Eastern Time

Sunday

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC America's Funniest Home Videos Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Desperate Housewives Brothers & Sisters
CBS 60 Minutes Fall: The Amazing Race 13/Winter: The Amazing Race 14 Cold Case The Unit
CW Fall In Harm's Way Valentine Easy Money Local Programming
Follow-Up Jericho (R) The CW Sunday Night Movie
FOX Fall The OT/NFL overrun The Simpsons King of the Hill Family Guy American Dad
Winter Hole in the Wall Hole in the Wall
NBC Fall Football Night in America NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20, to game completion)
Winter Dateline NBC Merlin The Celebrity Apprentice 2 (3/1/09)

Note: On Sundays, The CW programming begins at 5 p.m. Eastern; the full schedule is available here
Note: CBS' Sunday Night primetime lineup is often delayed due to NFL on CBS game coverage running longer than scheduled.

Monday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall Dancing With The Stars Samantha Who? Boston Legal
Winter The Bachelor (1/5/09) Samantha Who? True Beauty [1] (1/5/09)
Spring Dancing With The Stars[2] (3/9/09) Castle[3] (3/9/09)
CBS The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Two and a Half Men Worst Week CSI: Miami
CW Fall Gossip Girl One Tree Hill Local Programming
Follow-Up Privileged
Winter One Tree Hill[4] (1/5/09)
FOX Fall Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Prison Break
Winter House (1/19/09) 24 (1/11/09)
MNT Fall Celebrity Exposé Magic's Biggest Secrets Revealed
Follow-Up Twilight Zone Twilight Zone
Winter Masters of Illusion (1/5/09) [5]
NBC Fall Chuck Heroes My Own Worst Enemy
Follow-up Superstars of Dance Momma's Boys
Winter Chuck Heroes Medium[6] (2/2/09)

Tuesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall Opportunity Knocks Dancing with the Stars: The Results Eli Stone [7]
Follow-Up Dancing with the Stars (E) According to Jim According to Jim
Winter Holiday Specials Scrubs (1/6/09) Scrubs (1/6/09) Primetime: What Would You Do?[8] (1/6/09)
Follow-Up Homeland Security USA (1/6/2009)
Spring TBA Dancing with the Stars: The Results[9] (3/17/09) Cupid[10] (3/24/09)
CBS NCIS The Mentalist Without a Trace
CW Fall 90210 Privileged Local Programming
Spring Reaper[11] (3/17/09)
FOX Fall House Fringe
Winter American Idol (1/13/09)
MNT Fall Street Patrol Street Patrol (E) Jail Jail (E)
Winter Vice Squad (1/6/09) Vice Squad (1/6/09)
Follow-Up Whacked Out Videos (2/17/09) Whacked Out Videos (2/17/09)
NBC The Biggest Loser Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Wednesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall Pushing Daisies Private Practice Dirty Sexy Money
Winter Lost (E) Lost (1/21/09) Life on Mars
Spring The Unusuals[12][13] (4/8/09)
CBS The New Adventures of Old Christine Gary Unmarried Criminal Minds CSI: NY
CW Fall America's Next Top Model Stylista Local Programming
Follow-Up Stylista (E)
Winter 13: Fear is Real[14] (1/7/09) 90210 (R)[15] (1/7/09)
FOX Fall Bones 'Til Death Do Not Disturb
Follow-Up House (repeat)
Winter American Idol (1/14/09) Lie to Me[16] (1/21/09)
MNT Fall The Tony Rock Project Under One Roof World's Funniest Moments
Follow-Up World's Funniest Moments The Tony Rock Project The Tony Rock Project (R)
Winter Under One Roof (1/7/09)
Follow-Up Under One Roof (2/4/09)
NBC Fall Knight Rider Deal or No Deal Lipstick Jungle
Follow-Up Life[17] (2/4/09) Law & Order[18]
Winter Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (E)

Thursday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall Ugly Betty Grey's Anatomy Life on Mars
Winter Private Practice [19]
CBS Fall: Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden/Winter: Survivor: Tocantins CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Eleventh Hour
CW Smallville Supernatural Local Programming
FOX Fall Kitchen Nightmares Kitchen Nightmares
Winter Bones Hell's Kitchen
MNT My Thursday Night Movie
NBC Fall My Name Is Earl Kath & Kim The Office SNL Weekend Update Thursday ER
Follow-Up 30 Rock
Spring Kings[20] (3/26/09)

Friday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Wife Swap Supernanny 20/20
CBS Fall Ghost Whisperer The Ex-List Numb3rs
Follow-Up The Best of CBS
Winter Flashpoint (1/9/09)
CW Fall Everybody Hates Chris The Game America's Next Top Model (E) Local Programming
Follow-Up Everybody Hates Chris (R) The Game (R)
Winter 13: Fear is Real (E)
FOX Fall Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Winter Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2/13/09) Dollhouse (2/13/09)
MNT WWE Friday Night SmackDown
NBC Fall Deal or No Deal America's Toughest Jobs Life
Follow-Up Crusoe Lipstick Jungle[21]
Winter Lipstick Jungle Dateline NBC
Winter Howie Do It Friday Night Lights (1/16/09)

Saturday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Saturday Night College Football (to game completion) or NASCAR on ABC (to race completion)
CBS Fall Crimetime Saturday/Sports
Winter Game Show in My Head Game Show in My Head Crimetime Saturday 48 Hours Mystery
FOX COPS COPS (E) America's Most Wanted Local Programming
MNT My Saturday Night Movie
NBC Fall Dateline NBC Knight Rider (E) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (E)
Follow-Up Knight Rider (E) America's Toughest Jobs
Winter Crusoe

By network

ABC

Returning series:[22]

New series:

Not returning from 2007-08:

CBS

Returning series:[28]

New series:

Not returning from 2007-08:

The CW

Returning series: [34]

New series:

Not returning from 2007-08:

FOX

Returning series:[42]

New series:

Not returning from 2007-08:

MyNetworkTV

Returning series:[46]

New series:

Not returning from the 2007-08:

NBC

Returning series:[48]

New series:

NOTE: The Jay Leno Show, which will air five nights a week, may debut as early as June 1, 2009, putting it in the summer portion of this season.

Not returning from 2007-08:

Renewals and Cancellations

Full Season Pickups

ABC

CBS

  • Gary Unmarried - On November 14, 2008, it was picked up for a full 22 episode season. [53]
  • The Mentalist - On October 15, 2008, it was picked up for a full season order.[54]

The CW

  • 90210 - On September 22, 2008, it was picked up for a full season order, making it the first new series of the 2008-2009 season to do so.[55]

FOX

MyNetworkTV

  • None

NBC

  • Chuck - On August 28, 2008, it was picked up for a full season order, one month before the new season even premiered.[58]
  • Knight Rider - On October 21, 2008, it was picked up for a full season order.[59] On December 3, 2008 NBC lowered Knight Rider's order from 21 episodes to 17. [60]
  • Kath & Kim - On October 31, 2008, was given a full season order.[61]
  • Life - On November 7, 2008, NBC picked up Life for a full season. [62]

Cancellations

ABC

  • Opportunity Knocks - On October 16, 2008, the show was cancelled after three episodes to make room for the Dancing with the Stars recap show. ABC plans on airing the six remaining episodes at a later date.[63]
  • Pushing Daisies - On November 20, 2008, ABC decided not to order further episodes for this current season resulting in the show being "effectively cancelled".[64]
  • Dirty Sexy Money - On November 20, 2008, ABC decided not to order further episodes for this current season resulting in the show being "effectively cancelled".[65]
  • Eli Stone - On November 20, 2008, ABC decided not to order further episodes for this current season resulting in the show being "effectively cancelled".[66]
  • Boston Legal - On May 13, 2008, ABC announced that in the fall of 2008, Boston Legal would air its fifth and final season of 13 episodes.

CBS

  • Elite XC Saturday Night Fights - On October 20, Elite XC shut down operations, thus cancelling the show.
  • The Ex List - This was the first new drama of the season to be cancelled. The series was replaced with repeats of CBS dramas and new episodes of The Price Is Right Primetime.

The CW

  • Easy Money - MRC decided to cancel the series on November 16, 2008.[67]
  • In Harm's Way - The CW decided to get rid of the MRC Sunday night, thus effectively cancelling the show on November 23, 2008.[68]
  • Valentine - MRC decided to cancel the series on November 23, 2008.[69]

FOX

  • Do Not Disturb - On September 25, 2008, the show was cancelled after three episodes. It became the first cancellation of the season.[70]
  • King of the Hill - On October 30, 2008, FOX choose not to renew King of the Hill. The show lasted 13 seasons and 248 episodes.[71] The series may continue on another network.[72]
  • MADtv - On November 12, 2008, FOX announced that MADtv would end it's 14-year run after this season in 2009.[73] The series may continue on another network.

MyNetworkTV

  • None

NBC

  • Crusoe - NBC decided not to order any more episodes of this show.
  • ER - NBC announced at the end of the last season that this would be the fifteenth and final season of ER.
  • Lipstick Jungle - The show was canceled due to declining ratings.
  • My Own Worst Enemy - On November 12, 2008, it was announced that the show had been cancelled due to low ratings.[74]
  • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday- The series was a limited run specifically for the presidential election and was never intended to be renewed.

On Hiatus

ABC

  • None

CBS

  • None

The CW

  • None

FOX

  • 'Til Death - On October 30, 2008, Fox pulled the show effective immediately. Repeats of House will air in its timeslot. Fox says it will be back after November sweeps.

MyNetworkTV

NBC

  • None

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