2008/2009 Tv Season Preview

2008/2009 TV SEASON PREVIEW

Prime-time TV faces fall New series 7 p.m.

SUNDAY

ABC CBS NBC FOX

MONDAY

CW

Premiere date

Series

NOTE: All details, particularly starting dates, are subject to late changes by the networks.

7:30

8

America’s Funniest HomeVideos 60 Minutes

Extreme Makeover:Home Edition The Amazing Race

Football Night in America The OT In Harm’s Way (6:30-7:30 p.m.) Surviving Suburbia

Pre-Game Show The Simpsons Valentine, Inc.

ABC Joshua Jackson, left, John Noble CBS and Anna Torv

Dancing with the Stars The Big BangTheory

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

Family Guy Easy Money

How I MetYour Mother

Two and a Half Men

FOX

Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles Gossip Girl

Prison Break One Tree Hill

FOX

Opportunity Knocks NCIS The Biggest Loser:Families House

CW

90210

CBS NBC

FOX

ABC

Jay Mohr stars in “Gary Unmarried.”

CBS

Sept. 2

Pushing Daisies

New Adventures of Old Christine

Sept. 23

Gary Unmarried

Sept. 24 Sept. 24

Sept. 11

Sept. 9

Boston Legal CSI:Miami My Own Worst Enemy

The Office Kitchen Nightmares

Sept. 10

Oct. 13

Jason O'Mara stars in “Life on Mars.”

CSI:NY Lipstick Jungle

Do Not Disturb

NBC

Eli Stone Without aTrace Law & Order:SpecialVictims Unit

Criminal Minds Deal or No Deal1 ’Til Death Grey’s Anatomy CSI:Crime Scene Investigation

Kath & Kim

Sept. 22

Dirty Sexy Money

Ugly Betty Survivor My Name is Earl Hole in the Wall

Samantha Who? Worst Week

Private Practice

Stylista

FOX Selma Blair star in CW “Kath & Kim.” NBC

American Dad

Sept. 9

America’s NextTop Model Oct. 9

Christian Slater stars in “My Own Worst Enemy.”

Fringe Privileged

CW CBS Molly Shannon, NBC left, and

10:30

Brothers & Sisters The Unit

Sept. 23

Knight Rider Bones CBS

10

Dancing with the Stars: The Results Show The Mentalist

FOX

NBC

ABC

THURSDAY

Sunday Night Football King of the Hill

Heroes

“Fringe.”

9:30

Desperate Housewives Cold Case

Chuck

ABC

Oct. 22

ABC

Oct. 9

Life on Mars Eleventh Hour 30 Rock2

Oct. 9

ER Rachel Boston (left) Elizabeth Reaser and Adam Rothenberg appear in “The Ex List.”

Smallville

Supernatural

CBS

Wife Swap Ghost Whisperer

Supernanny The Ex List

NBC

Crusoe3 / America’sToughest Jobs4

FOX

AreYou SmarterThan a 5th Grader?

Don’t Forget the Lyrics!

CW

Everybody Hates Chris The Game College Football Various crime show reruns

America’s NextTop Model reruns Various crime show reruns

48 Hours Mystery

Knight Rider reruns Cops

Chuck reruns America’s Most Wanted

Law & Order:SpecialVictims Unit reruns

ABC

FRIDAY

9

NBC star in CW

SATURDAY

8:30

All times Eastern.

ABC

Philip Winchester stars in “Crusoe.”

CBS NBC FOX

NBC

1 - NBC’s “Deal or No Deal” will be broadcast at 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning in October.

2 - Three election-oriented mini-editions of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” will air at 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 9, 16 and 23. After that, “30 Rock” opens its season.

Sources: Gannett News Service, the individual networks

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Cops

3 - Starting Oct. 17, NBC’s "Crusoe" moves to 8 p.m. Fridays.

Oct. 17

Deal or No Deal1

4 - NBC’s “America’s Toughest Jobs” will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 10., beginning Sept. 19.

Oct. 3

20/20 Numb3rs Life5 CBS

5 - NBC’s “Life” will have two Monday airings. It starts its season at 10 p.m. Sept. 29 and Oct. 6, before moving to its regular spot — 10 p.m. Fridays — on Oct. 10.

Note: NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” will extend its summer run into the early fall. Its season-finale is scheduled for 9-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1.

GNS

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