Network fall schedules

[hayley]

The upfronts are this week, and ABC, NBC, & the WB have posted their fall schedules and pilot pickups. Anyone else but me wanna bitch about it?

ABC DAY TIME SERIES

MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Wife Swap” (through January. New night and time)
9:00 p.m. “Monday Night Football” (through January)

(the following will premiere after MNF)

8:00 p.m. “The Bachelor” (new time)
9:00 p.m. “Emily’s Reasons Why Not” (new comedy series)
9:30 p.m. “Jake in Progress” (new night and time)
10:00 p.m. “What About Brian” (new drama series)

TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “According to Jim” (new time)
8:30 p.m. “Rodney” (new time)
9:00 p.m. “Commander-in-Chief” (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. “Boston Legal” (new night)

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “George Lopez” (new night and time)
8:30 p.m. “Freddie” (new comedy series)
9:00 p.m. “Lost” (new time)
10:00 p.m. “Invasion” (new drama series)

THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Alias” (new night and time)
9:00 p.m. “The Night Stalker” (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. “Primetime Live”

FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Supernanny” (new night and time)
9:00 p.m. “Hope & Faith”
9:30 p.m. “Hot Properties” (new comedy series)
10:00 p.m. “20/20”

SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. “ABC Movie of the Week”

SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
9:00 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”
10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR 2005-06

*New programs in CAPS (with the exception of "ER")

MONDAY
8-9 p.m. "FATHOM"
9-10 p.m. "Las Vegas"
10-11 p.m. "Medium"

TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. "The Biggest Loser"
9-9:30 p.m. "MY NAME IS EARL"
9:30-10 p.m. "The Office"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. "THE APPRENTICE: MARTHA STEWART"
9-10 p.m. "E-RING"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order"

THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. "Joey"
8:30-9 p.m. "Will & Grace"
9-10 p.m. "The Apprentice"
10-11 p.m. "ER"

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. "THREE WISHES"
9-10 p.m. "Dateline NBC" (new time period)
10-11 p.m. "INCONCEIVABLE"

SATURDAY
8-11 p.m. "NBC SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE"

SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. "Dateline NBC"
8-9 p.m. "The West Wing" (new day and time)
9-10 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
10-11 p.m. "Crossing Jordan"

THE WB's 2005-2006 PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE (All times ET)

Sunday
5:00-5:30 p.m. Easy View presentation of “What I Like About You”
5:30-6:00 p.m. Easy View presentation of “What I Like About You”
6:00-7:00 p.m. Easy View presentation of “One Tree Hill”
7:00-7:30 p.m. “Reba” (encore presentation)
7:30-8:00 p.m. “Reba” (encore presentation)
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Charmed”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Blue Collar TV”

Monday
8:00-9:00 p.m. “7th Heaven”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “JUST LEGAL”

Tuesday
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Gilmore Girls”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “SUPERNATURAL”

Wednesday
8:00-9:00 p.m. “One Tree Hill”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “RELATED”

Thursday
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Smallville”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Everwood”

Friday
8:00-8:30 p.m. ‘What I Like About You”
8:30-9:00 p.m. ‘TWINS”
9:00-9:30 p.m. ‘Reba”
9:30-10:00 p.m. ‘Living With Fran”
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Lots of interesting stuff. The stuff that is ticking me off the most is Alias' move to Thursdays at 7PM (central) against Survivor. As well as the lack of Scrubs on NBC's schedule. Apparently it will be a midseason replacement or something. The WB cancelled Jack & Bobby, which I think really sucks, and is moving Everwood up against CSI.

Still waiting for Fox & CBS'. The only announcement Fox has made is a renewal of Arrested Development (!!!!) and Trading Spouses.

[hayley]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

ABC revives 'Kolchak,' axes '8 Rules'
New season also features Geena Davis as president

NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC will cast Geena Davis as a female president in the ultimate juggling act between work and family, part of a change-filled fall schedule that tries to capitalize on this season's unexpected success.

A remake of the shortlived 1970s occult series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" is also among the three new dramas and two comedies ABC said Tuesday it will introduce in the fall.

The network's comeback this year was fueled by "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost," all of which return -- although "Lost" will move back an hour to start at 9 p.m. on Wednesday nights.

The WB network also was scheduled to unveil its fall schedule Tuesday, a key moment for teen trend spotters.

Davis stars with Donald Sutherland in "Commander-in-Chief" on Tuesdays. She assumes the presidency with twin teen-agers and a 6-year-old at home, and a party that wants her to resign rather than take over for a dying president.

"It's not a political story," said Stephen McPherson, ABC entertainment president. "It's the story of a woman; it's the story of a wife; it's the story of a family."

The network made schedule changes on every night, except for Saturday's movie and Sunday, which became a powerhouse when "Desperate Housewives" became a sensation.

ABC canceled the Damon Wayans comedy "My Wife and Kids" and "8 Simple Rules," which soldiered on for two years following the death of star John Ritter. "Blind Justice," "Extreme Makeover" and "Less Than Perfect" were also axed.

But the network surprisingly renewed a handful of comedies that seemed threatened by poor ratings: "Hope & Faith," "George Lopez" and "Jake in Progress." All were given new time slots as the network spread sitcoms on three nights -- four after "Monday Night Football" ends its final year on ABC.

Following football, ABC will turn Mondays into a showcase for single people looking for love, with a new comedy starring Heather Graham and a new drama about the last man in a group of friends to get married.

ABC's other new fall series: "Invasion," about an alien invasion that will appeal to "Lost" fans; "Freddie," a comedy with Freddie Prinze Jr. as a bachelor who yearns for family; and "Hot Properties," about four women who work in a Manhattan real estate office.

ABC said it had ordered five other new series that will debut sometime during the next season.

The network also renewed both of its ratings-troubled newsmagazines, "20/20" and "Primetime Live."

[Neal]

Ugh, Thursdays are gonna suck! Will & Grace, Alias and Smallville are all on in the same hour!? I really hope that CBS moves Survivor to a different day, otherwise I'll be buying another TiVo...

[hayley]

Originally Posted by Neal

Ugh, Thursdays are gonna suck! Will & Grace, Alias and Smallville are all on in the same hour!? I really hope that CBS moves Survivor to a different day, otherwise I'll be buying another TiVo...

Smallville freaks me out, so I'm not worried about that, but Alias & Survivor on at the same time is so not cool. Not to mention the fact that to me, Alias is SO not a 7PM show. Then, at 8PM, Everwood (I'll admit it- I like it. A lot.) on at the same time as CSI? That's not cool either.

[dissention]

Alias on THURSDAY? Do they WANT to kill it off? Cripes. Let's just cross our fingers that JJ brings Lena back for the whole season next year since she said she's game. If he doesn't, I'll weep.

Boston Legal will be slaughtered on Tuesday against Law and Order: SVU. They must want to kill that one off, too.

I'm happy Medium is staying put on Mondays, it doesn't really have much competition in that timeslot and usually pulls in at least 13 million. If they can Jake Weber in the future like they did on American Gothic, though, I won't watch it.

Not looking forward to an updated Night Stalker. The old one was just fine. Geena Davis' new show might be okay, who knows. Her last one sucked donkey balls.

Boo to NBC for making Scrubs a midseason show. Pricks.

[Janet]

They already DID Night Stalker, it was called the X Files. Chris Carter admitted to taking inspiration from that show to make the X Files.

But there will never be any shows like the XF.

I am shocked that they keep 7th Heaven and ER on. ER , I love it but watch like season 4 and watch it now...the life is sucked out of it. It's not nearly as exciting as it once was.

[Neal]

Originally Posted by dissention

Not looking forward to an updated Night Stalker. The old one was just fine.

Really?! That is one of only 2 new shows I plan on checking out. The other is Supernatural... (and not just because Jensen Ackles is hot! )

[wondergirl9847]

This entire schedule reeks of me being on the computer even MORE than I already am. LOL

On a regular basis, I watch Lost, CSI, ER, The Office, Desperate Housewives and Medium (although I've missed some eps)....and where the frick did Eyes go!?!?! Damn you, ABC if you cancelled Eyes already! Tim Daly is the YUM and you cancelled another of his shows??!?!?

[hayley]

It seems like a lot of people are getting screwed over this year. The West Wing fans, with its move to Sunday, where it will die a painful death. Alias to Thursday is awful, plus it's starting in the fall this time around, so we'll probably have to deal with some insanely long Affleck-spawn hiatus.

Diss, did you see that the new show "Invasion" which is getting the timeslot after Lost is the new show from Shaun Cassidy? Which probably means it will fail miserably?

I'm thrilled to see Arrested Development picked up (to say the very LEAST), and happy about The Office, but I'm pissed as hell about Scrubs. Almost makes me want to skip buying Season 1 today on my lunch hour... nah. But I'll bitch a lot!!

[hayley]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

This entire schedule reeks of me being on the computer even MORE than I already am. LOL

On a regular basis, I watch Lost, CSI, ER, The Office, Desperate Housewives and Medium (although I've missed some eps)....and where the frick did Eyes go!?!?! Damn you, ABC if you cancelled Eyes already! Tim Daly is the YUM and you cancelled another of his shows??!?!?

They cancelled Eyes. I think it sucks, too. I REALLY liked it. They have a bunch of episodes in the can and probably won't even show them.

They also cancelled Jack and Bobby, which is a show that I am wary to admit I liked. A LOT.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Neal

Really?! That is one of only 2 new shows I plan on checking out. The other is Supernatural... (and not just because Jensen Ackles is hot! )

Well, ABC has a tendency to can every good show they put on, so I'm kinda wary to watch any new ones on that channel. I still can't forgive them for canning Miracles. That show kicked ass. At least they just released it on DVD and I can oogle over Marissa Ramirez to my hearts content anytime I feel like it.

[hayley]

Originally Posted by dissention

Well, ABC has a tendency to can every good show they put on, so I'm kinda wary to watch any new ones on that channel. I still can't forgive them for canning Miracles. That show kicked ass. At least they just released it on DVD and I can oogle over Marissa Ramirez to my hearts content anytime I feel like it.

We put Miracles out, and I grabbed one, but I haven't watched it yet. Is it definitely something I need to check out?

I'm in heaven today because I got the Undeclared screener disc, with 5 episodes and some bonus features. WOOT.

[Neal]

Originally Posted by hayley

They also cancelled Jack and Bobby, which is a show that I am wary to admit I liked. A LOT.

I never missed an episode of J & B But I'm kinda relieved something I watch got cancelled, because I already spend waaay to much time in front of the TV.

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by hayley

They cancelled Eyes. I think it sucks, too. I REALLY liked it. They have a bunch of episodes in the can and probably won't even show them.

Figures. Dammit! Keen Eddie, Eyes, what next?

[Neal]

Originally Posted by dissention

Well, ABC has a tendency to can every good show they put on, so I'm kinda wary to watch any new ones on that channel. I still can't forgive them for canning Miracles. That show kicked ass. At least they just released it on DVD and I can oogle over Marissa Ramirez to my hearts content anytime I feel like it.

ABC is second only to Fox when it comes to stupid decisions, but Miracles? Seriously? C'mon now...