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[elmono311]

Keep Track Of Your Favorite Shows

List of shows and their status:
ABC
According to Jim – renewed
The Bachelor - renewed
Big Shots – canceled
Boston Legal – renewed
Brothers & Sisters – renewed
Carpoolers – canceled
Cashmere Mafia – unknown
Cavemen – canceled
Dancing with the Stars – renewed
Desperate Housewives – renewed
Dirty Sexy Money – renewed
Eli Stone – renewed
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – renewed
The Goode Family - new show
Grey’s Anatomy – renewed
Here Come the Newlyweds – unknown
Life on Mars – new show
Lost – renewed
Men in Trees – canceled
Miss Guided – canceled
Notes from the Underbelly – unknown
October Road – canceled
Opportunity Knocks - new show
Oprah’s Big Give – canceled
Private Practice – renewed
Pushing Daisies – renewed
Samantha Who? – renewed
Scrubs – renewed after NBC canceled it
Supernanny – renewed
Ugly Betty – renewed
Untitled Ashton Kutcher/Tyra Banks Project - new show
Wife Swap – renewed
Women’s Murder Club – canceled

CBS
The Amazing Race – renewed
Back to You – renewed after Fox canceled it
The Big Bang Theory – renewed
Cane – canceled
Cold Case – renewed
Criminal Minds – renewed
CSI – renewed
CSI: Miami – renewed
CSI: NY – renewed
Eleventh Hour – new show
The Ex List – new show
Ghost Whisperer – renewed
Harper’s Island – new show
How I Met Your Mother – renewed
Jericho – canceled
Kid Nation – unknown
The Mentalist – new show
Moonlight – canceled
NCIS – renewed
The New Adventures of Old Christine – renewed
Numb3rs – renewed
Power of 10 – unknown
Project Gary – new show
Rules of Engagement – renewed
Secret Talents of the Stars – canceled
Shark – canceled
Survivor – renewed
Swingtown – series premiere is May 29
Two and a Half Men – renewed
The Unit – renewed
Viva Laughlin – canceled
Welcome to the Captain – canceled
Without a Trace – renewed
Worst Week – new show

The CW
90210 - new show
Aliens in America – canceled
America’s Next Top Model – renewed
Beauty and the Geek – canceled
Crowned – unknown
Everybody Hates Chris – renewed
Farmer Wants a Wife – unknown
The Game – renewed
Girlfriends – canceled
Gossip Girl – renewed
Life Is Wild – canceled
One Tree Hill – renewed
Online Nation – canceled
Pussycat Dolls Present – unknown
Reaper – renewed
Smallville – renewed
Stylista – new show
Supernatural – renewed
Surviving the Filthy Rich - new show

Fox
24 – renewed
American Dad – renewed
American Idol – renewed
Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? – renewed
Back to You – canceled and picked up by CBS
Bones – renewed
Canterbury’s Law – canceled
The Cleveland Show – new show
Do Not Disturb – new show
Dollhouse – new show
Don’t Forget the Lyrics! – renewed
Family Guy – renewed
Fringe – new show
Hell’s Kitchen – renewed
House – renewed
K-Ville – canceled
King of the Hill – renewed
Kitchen Nightmares – renewed
The Moment of Truth - renewed
Nashville – canceled
New Amsterdam – canceled
Next Great American Band – unknown
Prison Break – renewed
The Return of Jezebel James – canceled
The Simpsons – renewed
Sit Down, Shut Up – new show
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – renewed
‘Til Death – renewed
Unhitched – unknown

NBC
1 vs. 100 – canceled
30 Rock – renewed
America’s Toughest Jobs – new show
Amnesia – canceled
The Apprentice – renewed
The Biggest Loser – renewed
Bionic Woman – canceled
Chopping Block – new show
Chuck – renewed
Clash of the Choirs – canceled
Crusoe – new show
Deal or No Deal – renewed
ER – renewed
Friday Night Lights – renewed
Heroes – renewed
Howie Do It – new show
Journeyman – canceled
Kath & Kim – new show
Kings – new show
Knight Rider – renewed
Las Vegas – canceled
Law & Order – renewed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent – renewed on USA
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – renewed
Life – renewed
Lipstick Jungle – renewed
The Listener – new show
Medium – renewed
Merlin – new show
Momma’s Boys – new show
My Dad Is Better than Your Dad – canceled
My Name Is Earl – renewed
My Own Worst Enemy – new show
The Office – renewed
Phenomenon – canceled
The Philanthropist – new show
Quarterlife – canceled
Scrubs – canceled and picked up by ABC
Shark Taggers – new show
The Singing Bee – canceled
Untitled The Office Spinoff – new show
Who Do You Think You Are? – new show

2008/2009 Shows *New show
ABC Fall 2008
Monday
Dancing with the Stars 8:00-9:30
Samanta Who? 9:30-10:00
Boston Legal 10:00-11:00

Tuesday
Opportunity Knocks* 8:00-9:00 (This game show is going on the road, arriving the doorsteps of everyday Americans to test how well they know their family. The mobile team will stop by any small town in America in a semi that is flush with flat-screen TVs, new furniture and cash prizes that the family can win right there.)
Dancing with the Stars 9:00-10:00
Eli Stone 10:00-11:00

Wednesday
Pushing Daisies 8:00-9:00
Private Practice 9:00-10:00
Dirty Sexy Money 10:00-11:00

Thursday
Ugly Betty 8:00-9:00
Grey's Anatomy 9:00-10:00
Life on Mars* 10:00-11:00 (Starring Jason O'Mara. David E. Kelley's version of the BBC series, it revolves around a modern-day police detective who, after a car crash, mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a cop.)

Friday
Wife Swap 8:00-9:00
Supernanny 9:00-10:00
20/20 10:00-11:00

Saturday
Saturday Night College Football 8:00-11:00

Sunday
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 8:00-9:00
Desperate Housewives 9:00-10:00
Brothers & Sisters 10:00-11:00

CBS Fall 2008
Monday
The Big Bang Theory 8:00-8:30
How I Met Your Mother 8:30-9:00
Two and a Half Men 9:00-9:30
Worst Week* 9:30-10:00 (Based on a British series, centers on young couple dealing with their soon-to-be-in-laws during a family vacation.)
CSI: Miami 10:00-11:00

Tuesday
NCIS 8:00-9:00
The Mentalist* 9:00-10:00 (A drama that concerns a man who uses his heightened power of observation to help solve crimes.)
Without a Trace 10:00-11:00

Wednesday
The New Adventures of Old Christine 8:00-8:30
Project Gary* 8:30-9:00 (Starring Jay Mohr and Jaime King. Mohr plays an easygoing dad struggling to get used to his status as a recent divorcé.)
Criminal Minds 9:00-10:00
CSI: NY 10:00-11:00

Thursday
Survivor 8:00-9:00
CSI 9:00-10:00
Eleventh Hour* 10:00-11:00 (From producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on a British miniseries, Eleventh Hour deals with a professor called in by the government to investigate mysterious cases involving matters of science, from cloning to global warming.)

Friday
Ghost Whisperer 8:00-9:00
The Ex List* 9:00-10:00 (Based on an Israeli series, concerns a woman who learns from a psychic that she has already dated the man she is supposed to marry. Said gal thus embarks upon revisiting every past dalliance, hookup and romance.)
Numb3rs 10:00-11:00

Saturday
Crimetime Saturday 8:00-9:00
Crimetime Saturday 9:00-10:00
48 Hours Mystery 10:00-11:00

Sunday
The Amazing Race 8:00-9:00
Cold Case 9:00-10:00
The Unit 10:00-11:00

The CW Fall 2008
Monday
Gossip Girl 8:00-9:00
One Tree Hill 9:00-10:00

Tuesday
90210* 8:00-9:00 (The CW takes you back to West Beverly High, the alma mater of the Beverly Hills, 90210 clique of the '90s. Newly transported from the Midwest, the three-generational Mills family is at the center of this spinoff which also includes five other characters that may or may not be related the fabled Darren Star-created clan.)

Surviving the Filthy Rich* 9:00-10:00 (Adapted from the novel by Zoey Dean, Surviving the Filthy Rich tells the story of a Yale-educated young woman who, after losing her job at a gossip rag, becomes a live-in tutor to the granddaughters of a wealthy cosmetics baron.)

Wednesday
America's Next Top Model 8:00-9:00
Stylista* 9:00-10:00 (In this CW reality series hopeful assistants compete for the same job at a fashion magazine.)

Thursday
Smallville 8:00-9:00
Supernatural 9:00-10:00

Friday
Everybody Hates Chris 8:00-8:30
The Game 8:30-9:00
America's Next Top Model (encore) 9:00-10:00

Saturday
Buncha random crap

Sunday
TBA

Fox Fall 2008
Monday
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 8:00-9:00
Prison Break 9:00-10:00

Tuesday
House 8:00-9:00
Fringe* 9:00-10:00 (Starring Joshua Jackson. Two FBI agents and one estranged father track down a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon of the threatening kind.)

Wednesday
Bones 8:00-9:00
'Til Death 9:00-9:30
Do Not Disturb* 9:30-10:00 (A glamorous New York hotel has a not-so-glamorous staff in this multi-camera comedy project.)

Thursday
The Moment of Truth 8:00-9:00
Kitchen Nightmares 9:00-10:00

Friday
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? 8:00-9:00
Don't Forget the Lyrics! 9:00-10:00

Saturday
Cops 8:00-8:30
Cops 8:30-9:00
America's Most Wanted 9:00-10:00

Sunday
The Simpsons 8:00-8:30
King of the Hill 8:30-9:00
Family Guy 9:00-9:30
American Dad 9:30-10:00

NBC Fall 2008
Monday
Chuck 8:00-9:00
Heroes 9:00-10:00
My Own Worst Enemy* 10:00-11:00 (starring Christian Slater: Explores the duality of a man who is pitted against himself and raises the question: who can you trust when you can't trust yourself?)

Tuesday
The Biggest Loser 8:00-9:30
Kath & Kim* 9:30-10:00 (starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair: A mother/daughter team, Kath and Kim are two brassy women who prefer the finer things in life, like acrylic nail and big hair.)
Law & Order: SVU 10:00-11:00

Wednesday
Knight Rider* 8:00-9:00 (The new Knight Rider will kick the action, adventure and sexiness of the original hit series into overdrive.)
Deal or No Deal 9:00-10:00
Lipstick Jungle 10:00-11:00

Thursday
My Name Is Earl 8:00-8:30
30 Rock 8:30-9:00
The Office 9:00-10:00 until October... then 9:00-9:30
SNL Thursday Live* 9:30-10:00 (SNL goes live for primetime election coverage)
ER 10:00-11:00

Friday
Crusoe* 8:00-9:00 (Based on the tale of Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe will brave the elements in a contemporary tale of love , friendship and self-discovery.)
Deal or No Deal 9:00-10:00
Life 10:00-11:00

Saturday
Dateline NBC 8:00-9:00
Law & Order: SVU (encore) 9:00-10:00
Law & Order (encore) 10:00-11:00

Sunday
Sunday Night Football 8:00-11:00

[disnut8]

Nothing about elmono's post pisses me off.  The beginning of the end of the strike happened on my birthday.  I couldn't have asked for a better present.

My wish - let the 2008-2009 television be devoid of all the new "reality" shows that we are forced to have on the air now.  Especially that lame one where people are strapped to a lie detector test.  The last month has reminded me of two Stephen King short stories (actually Richard Bachman).  The Long Walk which is about a walk that starts in Maine and ends whenever the last of the 100 young male contestants is still standing.  You cannot drop below 4 MPH without getting a warning.  If you get three warnings, you are shot.  You do everything while walking - eat, sleep, shit, pee.

The second one is The Running Man and NOT the movie version of it (which was stupid).  In that one, the contestant is let loose and has to survive in America for thirty days.  It's a nationally televised event so his face is known to everyone.  He's given money but a killer is let loose to eliminate the runner any way he can.  If the killer is killed himself, then a second one is sent out.  Then a third, etc.  The whole show is rigged so there's no way the contestant can win.  It's the number one rated show in the country.

I was actually waiting for something like these to show up this winter.

[elmono311]

The second one is The Running Man and NOT the movie version of it (which was stupid).  In that one, the contestant is let loose and has to survive in America for thirty days.  It's a nationally televised event so his face is known to everyone.  He's given money but a killer is let loose to eliminate the runner any way he can.  If the killer is killed himself, then a second one is sent out.  Then a third, etc.  The whole show is rigged so there's no way the contestant can win.  It's the number one rated show in the country.

Hey, don't knock The Running Man. I love that movie. It's rare when a movie follows a book exactly anyway. However, that Long Walk story seems like a great idea for a movie.

[elmono311]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! THE STRIKE IS OFFICIALLY OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CBS has announced 14 shows to return in the spring: CSI, CSI: Miami, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and Cold Case are among the 14.

[elmono311]

And NBC has officially announced some of their shows returning in the spring: My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs, and ER. It's a good thing for Scrubs since this is supposed to be the show's last season.

[Supermercado]

Now that I'm caught up with The Office, woohoo! Only other one in that list I care about is Earl. I don't think I watch much on NBC in the first place. Only other one that comes to mind immediately is Chuck.

[disnut8]

Wow - ER is coming back for it's what 15th?  16th? season?  This was supposed to be the last one for the show but if you've been watching, it's one of the best seasons ever.

Did CBS renew Without a Trace?  That and Cold Case are my strike watched shows.  I'd like to cointinue watching them after the strike.

[elmono311]

Just read that Chuck and Life will not return this season but will return for a second season in the fall. And we already knew Heroes wasn't returning this season. Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Medium, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Numbers, Moonlight, Rules of Engagement, and Shark will return this spring. The Unit and Cane will remain in hiatus as planned to make room for the launch of new mid-season shows.

[elmono311]

Updated the original post with all the shows.

[disnut8]

Saturday Night Live returns on February 23rd with Tina Fey as host.  Interesting to see what a writer will do with the opening monologe.  Ellen Page (Juno) will be the week after that.

Las Vegas (another favorite of mine) has had new shows on for quite a while.  I guess they stockpiled or something.  Just waiting to hear if they will be renewed.

The very few new shows of the 2007-2008 season that I liked are all coming back with the exception of K-Ville.  I doubt Fox will have the balls to bring that back.

[elmono311]

Updated with new relaunch dates for some shows

[disnut8]

Bionic Woman was canceled.

[elmono311]

Really? Wow

[Vengeance]

Thank goodness Chuck is coming back for Season 2. I love that show.

And I hate reality TV. It's worthless, except for Beauty and the Geek. That one is pretty awesome.

[Supermercado]

Not true. I'll catch flak for this but Survivor is still pretty good. Amazing Race used to be really good but it's just about bored me to tears the last few seasons. Survivor is still very watchable, I think.

[elmono311]

You have to admit, we named three reality shows... out of how much crap?

[elmono311]

Added the cancellations of Bionic Woman, Carpoolers, Cavemen, and K-Ville

[Supermercado]

K-Ville is no surprise. It was okay at best and I knew all along that the only reason it was still on was because of the strike.

[disnut8]

If you can call American Idol reality TV (is it?) - we watch that.

We liked K-Ville but after about three episodes, it shifted away from the issue of recovering from the hurricane and became just another cop show.  Rich loves Anthony Anderson, though.  I just read where he is more than likely going to take over for Jesse L. Martin on Law and Order for next season.  Yes, Law and Order is supposidly coming back for it's 100th season or something.

[Supermercado]

Anthony Anderson is the man. He was great on The Shield and the only reason I even started watching K-Ville in the first place.

[disnut8]

Anthony Anderson coming to Law & Order next season is unofficially official.  NBC can't make the announcement until Fox officially cancels K-Ville.  I don't know if anyone has been watching the new season of Law & Order but Jeremy Sisto absolutely rocks as the new detective.  It's going to be a great teaming of him and Anthony Anderson.  And since Sam Waterson is now the DA, he's getting upset as his Executive ADA's antics.  Just like all the DAs got upset with Jack McCoy's antics.  It's really funny.  Law & Order is a great show to watch once again.

[elmono311]

I made the unfortunate mistake of watching Transformers one time and then watching an episode of K-Ville. Yeah, Anthony Anderson going from comedic to serious in a heartbeat...

[elmono311]

Updated the list again to reflect the new shows that premiered and the return of old shows, mostly the comedies of CBS. Also, added the cancellation of Jericho. Yup, it's officially dead and never coming back.

[disnut8]

Also, added the cancellation of Jericho. Yup, it's officially dead and never coming back.

Nuts

[elmono311]

You would think the publicity it got would have garnered a few more viewers. But considering it's a serialized show, many people probably didn't want to get involved in the middle of the show. That's always been a downfall of serialized shows like Lost, 24, Battlestar Galactica, etc. If you want to start watching it, you have to watch everything before it (24 you can probably get away with just watching the current season, though).