Fall 2009
| Know the drill? Jump to the Grid: Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Midseason | Not Returning
Each Spring, the networks announce their Fall schedules at an event known as the Upfronts where they present information about new and returning series to advertisers in order to sell ads for the coming TV season. Since at least 1999, I’ve put together the new Fall Schedule in grid format as the networks make their announcements at the Upfronts. FOX: Press Release | Future on FOX blog | Fall Preview Midseason series will be listed after the schedule grids; I also list which shows from last season are not returning further on down this page. If you don’t see a show on the grid, don’t panic– they may be holding it for midseason as ABC is doing with Lost. By default, the time is set for the Central timezone, but you can use the gizmo in the sidebar on the right to change the timezone to Eastern (which is what most people are used to). You’ll need to have Javascript enabled for the script to work. (Known glitch: in some browsers, you may be sent to the front page of the site after you make a timezone page, but if you navigate back to this grid page, the timezone should be the one you requested.) When you see “(info)” after the name of a new show, you can click on “info” to go to an official page on the network website about the show. When known, premiere dates are listed in parenthesis after the name of the show. The networks usually make some changes to the schedule before the season actually starts. I’ll be updating the grid with any changes during the summer. |
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| New series | Returning series in new timeslot | Returning Series in same timeslot | |
| Mon | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Dancing with the Stars (9/21) | Castle (9/21) | ||||
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (9/21) | Accidently On Purpose (info) (9/21) | Two and a Half Men (9/21) | Big Bang Theory (9/21) | CSI: Miami (9/21) | |
| NBC | Heroes (9/21) | Trauma (info) (9/28) | The Jay Leno Show (info) (9/14) | |||
| FOX | House (9/21) | Lie to Me (9/28) | Local Programming | |||
| CW | One Tree Hill (9/14) | Gossip Girl (9/14) | ||||
| ABC Fam | Lincoln Heights (9/14) | Greek (8/31) | ||||
| ESPN | Monday Night Football (9/14) | |||||
| Notes: | 24 is set to return on Sunday, January 17th. After the special night for the season premiere, it will move to 8pm on Mondays, taking over that timeslot from Lie to Me at midseason.
At midseason on ABC, The Bachelor will take over the 7pm – 9pm timeslot from Dancing with the Stars. At midseason on NBC, Chuck will take over the 7pm timeslot from Heroes and new series Day One (info) will take over the 8pm timeslot from Trauma. The CW originally announced that Gossip Girl would continue at 7pm and One Tree Hill at 8pm, but over the summer they changed the timeslots for the shows. |
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| Tue | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Shark Tank (info) (9/29) | Dancing with the Stars (9/22) | The Forgotten (info) (9/22) | |||
| CBS | NCIS (9/22) | NCIS: Los Angeles (info) (9/22) | The Good Wife (info) (9/22) | |||
| NBC | The Biggest Loser (9/15) | The Jay Leno Show (9/15) | ||||
| FOX | Hell’s Kitchen (7/21) | So You Think You Can Dance (9/29) | Local Programming | |||
| CW | 90210 (9/8) | Melrose Place (info) (9/8) | ||||
| FX | Sons of Anarchy (9/8) | |||||
| Notes: | Starting in January, FOX will air American Idol at 7pm and the new drama Past Life (info) at 8pm.
At midseason on NBC, they’ll air a 90-minute edition of The Biggest Loser followed by the new half-hour series 100 Questions (info). |
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| Wed | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Hank (info) (9/30) | The Middle (info) (9/30) | Modern Family (info) (9/23) | Cougar Town (info) (9/23) | Eastwick (info) (9/23) | |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine (9/23) | Gary Unmarried (9/23) | Criminal Minds (9/23) | CSI: NY (9/23) | ||
| NBC | Mercy (info) (9/23) | Law & Order: SVU (9/23) | The Jay Leno Show (9/16) | |||
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance (9/9) | Glee (info) (9/9) | Local Programming | |||
| CW | America’s Next Top Model (9/9) | The Beautiful Life (info) (9/16) | ||||
| Bravo | Top Chef | Launch My Line (9/16) | ||||
| Notes: | In January on FOX, American Idol will air at 7pm with the new drama Human Target (info) airing at 8pm. Glee will probably return to the 8pm timeslot in the spring.
Originally at midseason on NBC, the new series Mercy (info) was going to take over the 7pm timeslot from Parenthood, but they changed things over the summer and Mercy will air in the Fall at 7pm with Parenthood taking over at midseason. ABC has not announced their schedule for midseason, but it seems likely that Lost will be back on Wednesday nights when it returns. |
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| Thu | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Flash Forward (info) (9/24) | Grey’s Anatomy (9/24) | Private Practice (10/1) | |||
| CBS | Survivor (9/17) | CSI (9/24) | The Mentalist (9/24) | |||
| NBC | SNL Weekend Update Thursday (info) (9/17) | Parks & Recreation (9/17) | The Office (9/17) | Community (info) (9/17) | The Jay Leno Show (9/17) | |
| FOX | Bones (9/17) | Fringe (9/17) | Local Programming | |||
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (info) (9/10) | Supernatural (9/10) | ||||
| FX | Always Sunny (9/17) | Archer | ||||
| Notes: | On NBC, SNL Weekend Update Thursdays will have a multi-episode run at 7pm and then will leave the airwaves; Community will then move from 8:30pm to 7pm and 30 Rock will return at 8:30pm. | |||||
| Fri | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Supernanny (10/16) | Ugly Betty (10/9) | 20/20 (9/11) | |||
| CBS | Ghost Whisperer (9/25) | Medium (info) (9/25) | Numb3rs (9/25) | |||
| NBC | Law & Order (9/25) | Southland (9/25) | The Jay Leno Show (9/18) | |||
| FOX | Brothers (info) (9/25) | ‘Til Death (10/2) | Dollhouse (9/25) | Local Programming | ||
| CW | Smallville (9/25) | America’s Next Top Model (Encores) | ||||
| Starz | Crash (9/18) | |||||
| SyFy | Stargate Universe (10/2) | Sanctuary (10/9) | ||||
| USA | Monk (8/7) | Psych (8/7) | ||||
| Notes: | NBC cancelled Medium, so CBS picked up the series (which is produced by CBS Productions). | |||||
| Sat | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Saturday Night College Football (9/5) | |||||
| CBS | Reruns | Reruns | 48 Hours Mystery (9/26) | |||
| NBC | Dateline NBC (9/26) | Trauma (encore) | Law & Order: SVU (encore) | |||
| FOX | Cops (9/12) | Cops | America’s Most Wanted (9/12) | Local Programming | ||
| Notes: | Wanda Sykes will host a new show at 10pm on Saturdays; it’s tentatively titled The Wanda Sykes Show (info) and is set to premiere on November 7th, 2009. | |||||
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| Sun | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
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| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (9/27) | Desperate Housewives (9/27) | Brothers & Sisters (9/27) | |||
| CBS | The Amazing Race (9/27) | Three Rivers (info) (10/4) | Cold Case (9/27) | |||
| NBC | NBC Sunday Night Football (9/10) | |||||
| FOX | The Simpsons (9/27) | The Cleveland Show (info) (9/27) | Family Guy (9/27) | American Dad (9/27) | Local Programming | |
| HBO | Curb Your Enthusiasm (9/20) | Bored to Death (9/20) | ||||
| Show | Dexter (9/27) | Californication (9/27) | ||||
| Notes: | Starting sometime in January, FOX plans to air this lineup on Sunday nights: American Dad (6:30pm), The Simpsons (7pm), new comedy Sons of Tucson (7:30pm) (info), Family Guy (8pm), The Cleveland Show (8:30pm).
Once the football season is over in January, NBC will air the following lineup on Sunday nights: Dateline NBC 6pm), new series The Marriage Ref (7pm) (info), and The Celebrity Apprentice (8pm – 10pm). Grid for the 6pm hour and earlier times is below: |
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| Sun | 4:00 | 4:30 | 5:00 | 5:30 | 6:00 | 6:30 |
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| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (10/4) | |||||
| CBS | 60 Minutes (9/27) | |||||
| NBC | Football Night in America (9/13) | |||||
| FOX | The O.T. (NFL games/coverage) | |||||
| Notes: | ||||||
Don’t see a show on the grid? It may be returning at midseason or may not be returning at all. Keep on reading for the lists of midseason shows and canceled series.
Returning or Premiering at Midseason
Some midseason series may never air, others may take to the airwaves early, others may not air ’til after what is traditionally considered midseason. “Midseason” has usually meant January or sometime around then. It’s all very subject to change.
“Alternative Series” seems to be code for reality shows, game shows, and shows that involve competitions of some sort. Or pretty much anything that’s not a drama, comedy, or some mix of both.
If a show isn’t on the grid and isn’t listed as for midseason, it’s probably dead– scroll on down the page to find out for sure.
| New Comedies: |
100 Questions (info) (NBC) Sons of Tucson (info) (FOX) |
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| New Drama: |
The Bridge (info) (CBS) Day One (info) (NBC) The Deep End (info) (ABC) Happy Town (info) (ABC) Human Target (info) (FOX) (1/17/10) Miami Trauma (info) (CBS) Parental Discretion Advised (info) (CW) Parenthood (info) (NBC) Past Life (info) (FOX) V (info) (ABC) |
| New Alternative: |
Arranged Marriage (info) (CBS) Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (info) (NBC) The Marriage Ref (info) (NBC) Undercover Boss (info) (CBS) Who Do You Think You Are? (info) (NBC) |
| Returning Series: |
24 (FOX) (1/17/10) America’s Got Talent (NBC summer 2010) American Idol (FOX) The Bachelor (ABC) Better Off Ted (ABC) The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) Flashpoint (CBS) Friday Night Lights (NBC summer 2010) Lost (ABC) Rules of Engagement (CBS) Scrubs (ABC) True Beauty (ABC) Wife Swap (ABC) |
Not Returning at All
These are shows which aren’t listed on the Fall schedule and aren’t scheduled to return at midseason or any other time. In some cases they were canceled or just came to an end, in other cases we only know of their demise because they aren’t mentioned in the announcements of the new schedules.
If you don’t see a show on the grid or on this list, it’s possible I overlooked it or that the show’s fate is otherwise yet To Be Determined.
