Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Network TV Fall Schedules Announced

Since the major broadcast networks announced their respective fall lineups this week, I thought I'd do a quick breakdown of what will be new, what will be different, and a night-by-night listing (all times Mountain Standard Time) of each net's schedule

It's the least I can do for taking that extended hiatus.


ABC

What's New:
ABC trots out new dramas "No Ordinary Family", "Detroit 1-8-7", "Body of Proof", and "My Generation" as we all try to cope in a post-"Lost" universe. JoAnna Garcia ("Privileged") stars in ABC's lone new comedy for the fall season. "Mr. Sunshine" starring Matthew Perry ("Friends") will debut midseason

What's Different: Not much. "The Middle" was the only existing show to move to a new timeslot.

** - New Show
* - New Timeslot


MONDAY
7:00 p.m. Dancing with the Stars
9:00 p.m. Castle

TUESDAY
7:00 p.m. No Ordinary Family**
8:00 p.m. Dancing with the Stars the Results Show
9:00 p.m. Detroit 1-8-7**

WEDNESDAY
7:00 p.m. The Middle*
7:30 p.m. Better Together**
8:00 p.m. Modern Family
8:30 p.m. Cougar Town
9:00 p.m. The Whole Truth**

THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. My Generation**
8:00 p.m. Grey’s Anatomy
9:00 p.m. Private Practice

FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. Secret Millionaire**
8:00 p.m. Body of Proof**
9:00 p.m. 20/20

SATURDAY
6:00 p.m. Saturday Night College Football

SUNDAY
6:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos
7:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
8:00 p.m. Desperate Housewives
9:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters

For more on ABC's fall schedule, click here




CBS

What's New:
The Eye probably has the most buzzworthy new shows heading into the fall season. Tom Selleck headlines the new drama "Blue Bloods" and I'm personally interested in the new "Hawaii Five-O" reboot. William Shatner stars in the new comedy "$#*! My Dad Says" based off the now infamous Twitter account of the same name. The "Criminal Minds" spinoff starring Forrest Whitaker will debut midseason.

What's Different: CBS also made the boldest moves of all the networks by far. "Survivor" moves from Thursdays to Wednesdays to sure up the one glaring weak night in the lineup. The 18-49 demo ratings monster "The Big Bang Theory" will now lead off Thursday night with "$#*! My Dad Says" following, making navigating Thursday nights even more difficult than ever before. Sigh...

** - New Show
* - New Timeslot

MONDAY
7:00 p.m. How I Met Your Mother
7:30 p.m. Rules of Engagement
8:00 p.m. Two and a Half Men
8:30 p.m. Mike & Molly**
9:00 p.m. Hawaii Five-O**

TUESDAY
7:00 p.m. NCIS
8:00 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles
9:00 p.m. The Good Wife

WEDNESDAY
7:00 p.m. Survivor*
8:00 p.m. Criminal Minds
9:00 p.m. The Defenders**

THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. The Big Bang Theory*
7:30 p.m. $#*! My Dad Says**
8:00 p.m. CSI
9:00 p.m. The Mentalist

FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. Medium*
8:00 p.m. CSI: NY*
9:00 p.m. Blue Bloods**

SATURDAY
7:00 p.m. Crimetime Saturday
8:00 p.m. Crimetime Saturday
9:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery

SUNDAY
6:00 p.m. 60 Minutes
7:00 p.m. The Amazing Race
8:00 p.m. Undercover Boss
9:00 p.m. CSI: Miami




FOX

What's New:
Sign me up for anything starring Will Arnett and his former "Arrested Development" writers ("Running Wilde")

What's Different: Apparently Fox finally got the memo concerning the annual surplus of "American Idol". Starting this season, the performance night of "Idol" with only be an hour and a half and the results show will be 30 minutes. Finally!

** - New Show
* - New Timeslot


MONDAY
7:00 p.m. House
8:00 p.m. Lonestar**

TUESDAY
7:00 p.m. Glee*
8:00 p.m. Raising Hope**
8:30 p.m. Running Wilde**

WEDNESDAY
7:00 p.m. Lie to Me*
8:00 p.m. Hell’s Kitchen*

THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. Bones
8:00 p.m. Fringe

FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. Human Target*
8:00 p.m. The Good Guys*

SATURDAY
7:00 p.m. COPS
7:30 p.m. COPS
8:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

SUNDAY
6:00 p.m. The OT (NFL post-game)
7:00 p.m. The Simpsons
7:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show
8:00 p.m. Family Guy
8:30 p.m. American Dad

Fox midseason schedule

MONDAY
7:00 p.m. House
8:00 p.m. Lonestar / Ride-Along**

TUESDAY
7:00 p.m. American Idol performance show
8:30 p.m. Running Wilde / Mixed Signals**

WEDNESDAY
7:00 p.m. Raising Hope
7:30 p.m. American Idol results show*
8:00 p.m. Glee*

THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. Bones
8:00 p.m. Fringe

FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. Human Target
8:00 p.m. Kitchen Nightmares

SATURDAY
7:00 p.m. COPS
7:30 p.m. COPS
8:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

SUNDAY
6:00 p.m. The Simpsons (encores)
6:30 p.m. American Dad*
7:00 p.m. The Simpsons
7:30 p.m. Bob’s Burgers**
8:00 p.m. Family Guy
8:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show*

For more on FOX's fall schedule, click here




NBC

What's New: With the Jay Leno 10 p.m. experiment scrapped from last season, the Peacock tries to get back on track with a lot of new offerings, including the J.J. Abrams spy-drama "Undercovers". And while I will certainly give it a chance, the new comedy, "Outsourced" might hit a little too close to home for me.

What's Different: This marks the first time in the past two decades that the "Law & Order" flagship series will not return to the lineup. Other than that, "L&O: SVU" and "30 Rock" are the only existing shows to change timeslots.

MONDAY
8 p.m. Chuck
9 p.m. The Event**
10 p.m. Chase**

TUESDAY
8-10 p.m. Biggest Loser
10 p.m. Parenthood

WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. Undercovers**
9 p.m. Law & Order: SVU*
10 p.m. Law & Order: Los Angeles**

THURSDAY
8 p.m. Community
8:30 p.m. 30 Rock*
9 p.m. The Office
9:30 p.m. Outsourced**
10 p.m. Love Bites**

FRIDAY
8 p.m. Who Do You Think You Are/School Pride
9 p.m. Dateline
10 p.m. Outlaw**

SATURDAY
Repeats

SUNDAY
Sunday Night Football


For more on NBC's fall schedule, click here