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Upcoming & Recent Series Premieres

54 Who Do You Think You Are?
NBC, Friday

77 Southland Season Two
TNT, Tuesday

61 Parenthood
NBC, Tuesday

49 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NBC, Weekdays

37 The Marriage Ref
NBC, Thursday

62 The Ricky Gervais Show
HBO, Friday

59 How to Make It in America
HBO, Sunday

64 Prison Wives
Investigation Discovery, Wednesday

62 Survivors
BBC America, Saturday

43 Past Life
Fox, Tuesday

56 Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp Season Seven
VH1, Monday

59 Undercover Boss
CBS, Sunday

44 The Michael Vick Project
BET, Tuesday

44 Kell on Earth
Bravo, Monday

82 Damages Season Three
FX, Monday

60 La La Land
Showtime, Monday

72 The Inbetweeners
BBC America, Monday

77 Emma
PBS, Sunday

72 Caprica
Syfy, Friday

54 Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Starz, Friday

40 The Deep End
ABC,

Summer 2009

Network Primetime Schedules

This page last updated 01 May 2009.

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All times are PT/ET unless otherwise noted.

Mondays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p The Bachelorette
Reality


The Big Bang Theory
Comedy
Gossip Girl
Drama
House
Drama




I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Reality

8:30p How I Met Your Mother
Comedy
9:00p Two And A Half Men
Comedy
One Tree Hill
Drama
Lie To Me
Drama

America's Got Talent
Reality

9:30p Rules of Engagement
Comedy
10:00p Here Comes the Newlyweds
Reality*
CSI: Miami
Drama
  Law & Order: SVU
Drama
10:30p

MONDAY NOTES:
*  Dating in the Dark premieres July 20th.

Tuesdays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p Opportunity Knocks
Reality*
NCIS
Drama
Reaper
Drama
American Idol
Reality
The Biggest Loser
Reality
8:30p
9:00p Dancing With The Stars
Reality
The Mentalist
Drama
90210
Drama
Fringe
9:30p
10:00p Cupid
Drama **
Without A Trace
Drama
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Drama
10:30p

TUESDAY NOTES:
*  The Superstars premieres June 23rd
** Primetime: Family Secrets premieres June 23rd

Wednesdays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p Scrubs
Comedy
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Comedy
America's Next Top Model
Reality
Lie To Me
Drama
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Drama (repeats)
8:30pBetter Off Ted
Comedy
Gary Unmarried
Comedy
9:00p Lost
Drama
Criminal Minds
Drama
90210 (repeats)
Drama
American Idol
Reality
Law & Order: SUV (repeats)
Drama
9:30p
10:00p The Unusuals
Drama
CSI: New York
Drama
  Law & Order
Drama
10:30p

WEDNESDAY NOTES:

Thursdays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p In the Motherhood
Comedy
Survivor
Reality
Smallville
Drama
Bones
Drama
My Name is Earl
Comedy
8:30pSamantha Who?
Comedy
Parks & Recreation
Comedy
9:00p Grey's Anatomy
Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Drama
Supernatural
Drama
Hell's Kitchen
Reality
The Office
Comedy
9:30p30 Rock
Comedy
10:00p Private Practice
Drama
TBA   Southland
Drama
10:30p

THURSDAY NOTES:

Fridays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p Wife Swap
Reality
Ghost Whisperer
Drama
WWE Smackdown
Sports
Prison Break
Drama
Howie Do It
Reality
8:30p
9:00p Supernanny
Reality
Flashpoint
Drama
Dollhouse
Drama
Friday Night Lights
Drama
9:30p
10:00p 20/20
News
Numb3rs
Drama
  Dateline
News
10:30p

FRIDAY NOTES:

*

Saturdays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
8:00p Saturday Night Movie (various repeats)
Cops
Reality
Kings
Drama
8:30p   Cops (repeats)
Reality
9:00p Harper's Island
Drama
  America's Most Wanted
Reality
(various repeats)
9:30p  
10:00p Repeats 48 Hours Mystery
News
 
10:30p

Sundays
 
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
NBC
7:00p America's Funniest Home Videos
Comedy/Reality
60 Minutes
News
Repeats Repeats
Dateline
News
7:30p Repeats King of the Hill
Comedy
8:00p Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Reality
The Amazing Race
Reality 

Repeats The Simpsons
Comedy
8:30p Sit Down, Shut Up
Comedy
9:00p Desperate Housewives
Comedy/Drama
Cold Case
Drama
Repeats Family Guy 
Comedy
The Apprentice
Reality
9:30p American Dad
Comedy
10:00p Brothers & Sisters
Drama
The Unit
Drama
 
10:30p

SUNDAY NOTES:


Cable Highlights for the 2009 Season

     
BBC AmericaDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead The first episode in High Definition  features Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman) as the mysterious Lady Christina.
Torchwood: Children of Earth Each episode of the five part third season ends with a cliffhanger before reaching the intense conclusion on Friday.
Primeval Jason Flemying joins the team on the third season of the show
The Apprentice No Donald in this British version, it's Alan Sugar as the boss
Bravo Top Chef Masters The spin-off has Gael Green, James Oseland and Jay Raynard judging some of the best chefs in the world
The Fashion Show Isaac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland hosts this Project Runway wannabe
HBO True Blood Sookie & Bill become more involved in vampire politics with Eric
Hung A high school teacher reaches his low point financially and emotionally before deciding to use his biggest asset to help change his life
LifetimeProject Runway The delayed seventh season begins on it new home - Lifetime

Sci-Fi Sci-fi changes its name to syfy - no it's not a spelling mistake
Warehouse 13 Secret Service agents work in the secret Warehouse 13.
Eureka The second half of the third season begins

Showtime Nurse Jackie Edie Falco is a no nonesense New York ER nurse


Looking Ahead To The Fall

On ABC
Returning dramas include Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Lost. Reality shows continue with new cycles of The Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Super Nanny, Wife Swap and the long-running America's Funniest Videos.

On CBS
Much of CBS' schedule stays intact, with How I Met Your Mother, Two And a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, The New Adventure fo Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Crimnal Minds, The Mentalist, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, NCIS, CSI (plus the NY and Miami versions), Cold Case, Survivor, Big Brother, and The Amazing Race all set to return. A NCIS spinoff is in the works for the fall and the network grabs Medium from NBC.

On NBC 
Jay Leno hosts a 10:00p talk show as the late night talk show lineup shuffles at the Peacock network. Conan takes over the Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon continues from his spring debut on Later. Heroes, The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU, The Office, 30 Rock, Parks And Recreation, Southland and the original Law & Order return.

On Fox
Fox previewed its fall musical show Glee in the summer season, and a new cycle of So You Think You Can Dance? set to hit the stage in the fall. Along with new seasons of Bones, House, Lie To Me, Fringe, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad

On CW
Look for a new Melrose Place to follow 90210, with Gossip Girl, Smallville, Supernatural, One Tree Hill and America's Next Top Model to return as well.

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