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2008-09 Midseason
The Black List: Vol. 2
78
Taking Chance
76
Looking for Lincoln
80
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
77
XIII
45
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
63
Mistresses
67
Dollhouse
59
Important Things With Demetri Martin
71
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  The midseason schedule is here!View the networks' midseason primetime schedule. See a listing of premiere dates for each show.
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Special Premiere HBO | Thursday | 8:00p
HBO returns with another volume of the Black List, wherein a variety of famous black people speak about their experiences in this world. |
Premieres for Sunday 2/21
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Movie Premiere HBO | Saturday | 8:00p
In this movie based on the real events, Kevin Bacon is Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a marine faced with the duty of escorting the body of a killed-in-action soldier back home to the United States. |
Premieres for Friday 2/20
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Series Premiere BBC America | Friday | 8:00p
The drama focusing on four friends who are tempted into affairs with other people is already on season two in the UK, and an American remake is in the works. |
Premieres for Sunday 2/15
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Miniseries Premiere PBS | Sunday | 9:00p
Masterpiece focuses on Oliver's family in this latest adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel about the orphan (William Miller) who joins a gang of pickpocketers led by Fagin (Timothy Spall). |
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Series Premiere HBO | Sunday | 10:30p
Will Ferrell coproduces this comedy about a baseball player returning to North Carolina who finds a job as a gym teacher. |
Premieres for Friday 2/13
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Series Premiere Fox | Friday | 9:00p
Echo (Eliza Dushku) and her fellow "actives" are implanted with temporary personalities and hired out by rich clients. |
Premieres for Wednesday 2/11
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Special Premiere PBS | Wednesday | 9:00p
Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts this documentary that looks beyond what we have learned in history class about president Lincoln. |
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Series Premiere Important Things With Demetri Martin Comedy Central | Wednesday | 10:30p
The Daily Show's Demetri Martin debuts his own sketch-comedy show. |
Premieres for Monday 2/9
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Special Premiere The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln PBS | Monday | 9:00p
The documentary about the assassination of the 16th president of the United States based on James L. Swanson's book, "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer," airs as a part of PBS' American Experience series. |
Premieres for Sunday 2/8
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Miniseries Premiere NBC | Sunday | 9:00p
In this miniseries, based on the graphic novel by Jean Van Hamme, a man with no memory (Stephen Dorff) is the prime suspect in the assassination of the first female American president. |
Premieres for Saturday 2/7
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Movie Premiere Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story TNT | Saturday | 8:00p
The life of the Presidential Medal of Freedom neurosurgeon and author Ben Carson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is explored. |
Premieres for Wednesday 2/4
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Series Premiere A&E; | Wednesday | 10:30p
Billy Bretherton and his family run a pest control business in the Louisiana bayou. |
Premieres for Monday 2/2
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Season Premiere NBC | Monday | 10:00p
Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette) continues to see visions and tries to stop the deaths she sees as the fifth season begins. |
Premieres for Thursday 1/29
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Special Premiere HBO | Thursday | 8:00p
Alexandra Pelosi follows up on Colorado pastor Ted Haggard's life after he was kicked out of his church for buying drugs and being involved with a male prostitute. |
Premieres for Monday 1/26
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Series Premiere TNT | Monday | 10:00p
When their boss (Jason O'Mara) dies, best friends and ad executives Mason (Eric McCormack) and Conner (Tom Cavanagh) find their friendship becomes more uneasy in light of Mason's promotion. |
Premieres for Sunday 1/25
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Miniseries Premiere NBC | Sunday | 9:00p
The theft of an artifact related to the Templars brings archaeologist Tess (Mira Sorvino) and FBI Agent Reilly (Scott Foley) together as they search for the item. |
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Movie Premiere CBS | Sunday | 9:00p
Based on the stage play of the same name, Jake (Adam Kaufman) returns home when his brother dies unexpectedly. He meets his brother's wife (Lauren Ambrose) and they fall in love. |
Premieres for Saturday 1/24
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Movie Premiere Lifetime | Saturday | 9:00p
Based on true events, the suicide of her gay son spurs Mary (Sigourney Weaver) to change and become a LGBT advocate. |
Premieres for Friday 1/23
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Series Premiere PBS | Friday | Varies
The 1970s children's show returns for a new generation. |
Premieres for Wednesday 1/21
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Season Premiere ABC | Wednesday | 8:00p
The answers to when/where did the island go and how Locke died are to be revealed this season as the show approaches the end of the series (slated for 2010). |
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Series Premiere Fox | Wednesday | 9:00p
Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his fellow specialists help discover if suspects are lying. |
Premieres for Sunday 1/18
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Movie Premiere PBS | Sunday | 9:00p
The latest adaptation of the doomed romance between Catherine (Charlotte Riley) and Heathcliff (Tom Hardy). |
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Season Premiere HBO | Sunday | 9:00p
The Henricksons return for a third season, and Bill (Paxton) may be ready for wife number four. |
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Season Premiere Flight of the Conchords: Season Two HBO | Sunday | 10:00p
The Conchords struggle in New York as their manager forms a new band. |
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Series Premiere Showtime | Sunday | 10:00p
Tara (Toni Collette) and her family try to cope with her dissociative identity disorder (formally called multiple personality). |
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Season Premiere Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season Two Showtime | Sunday | 10:30p
Billie Piper returns for a second season in the life of Belle, the London call girl. |
Premieres for Friday 1/16
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Season Premiere Friday Night Lights: Season Three NBC | Friday | 9:00p
The football drama based on the movie of the same name returns to NBC for another season (it also premiered on DirecTV in October). |
Premieres for Thursday 1/15
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Series Premiere A&E; | Thursday | 10:00p
Patrick Swayze is a veteran FBI agent training his rookie partner in the art of deep undercover work. |
Premieres for Sunday 1/11
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Season Premiere Fox | Monday | 8:00p
Jack Bauer returns from Africa (24: Redemption) to find himself defending his actions before Congress. |
Premieres for Friday 1/9
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Series Premiere NBC | Friday | 8:00p
Howie Mandel's latest show sees him pulling pranks on unsuspecting people. |
Premieres for Wednesday 1/7
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Series Premiere CW | Wednesday | 8:00p
Contestants try to conquer their fears in the bid to win $66,666 in this Sam Raimi-produced show. |
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Series Premiere FX | Wednesday | 10:00p
Ellen seeks revenge by working undercover for the FBI in the second season as someone (William Hurt) from Patty's past returns. |
Premieres for Tuesday 1/6
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Series Premiere ABC | Tuesday | 8:00p
The work of officers of the Department of Homeland Security is seen in this documentary series based on a similar show in Australia. |
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Season Premiere PBS | Tuesday | 9:00p
The Frontline documentary follows 83-year-old Herbert Gettridge, a carpenter seeking to rebuild his house damaged by Hurricane Katrina. |
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Season Premiere ABC | Tuesday | 9:00p
The wacky doctors of Sacred Heart move to a new network. |
Premieres for Monday 1/05
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Miniseries Premiere PBS | Monday | 9:00p
In the six-hour long series, Michael Wood's guides viewers to the history of the beginning of human settlement in India to the country that exists today. |
Premieres for Sunday 1/04
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Movie Premiere PBS | Sunday | 9:00p
Thomas Hardy's novel is adapted once again with Gemma Arterton as the title character. |
Premieres for Saturday 1/03/2009
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Series Premiere CBS | Saturday | 8:00p
The hidden-camera gameshow involves contestants performing various tasks with strangers on the street to win up to $50,000. |
Premieres for Tuesday 12/16/2008
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Series Premiere NBC | Tuesday | 10:00p
The latest dating show has three eligible bachelors looking for love with the help of their mothers. |
Premieres for Thursday 12/11
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Season Premiere CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS | Thursday | 9:00p
Gil Grissom is ready to move on as season nine of the long runing series introduces Dr. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) to the Las Vegas crew. |
Premieres for Sunday 12/7
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Movie Premiere The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice TNT | Sunday | 8:00p
Flynn the librarian is once again trying to find an artifact, this time the Judas chalice, which can bring the dead back to life. |
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Miniseries Premiere HBO | Sunday | 9:00p
The four-hour miniseries dramatizes the period from Saddam's coup in 1979 to his capture in 2003. |
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Series Premiere TNT | Sunday | 10:00p
Timothy Hutton is an ex-insurance investigator leading a group of specialists to right wrongs caused by a variety of corrupt people and companies. |
Premieres for Wednesday 12/3
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Series Premiere Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Sundance | Wednesday | 9:00p
The Sundance channel brings Costello to TV with a new talk show featuring mainly musicians as guests. |
Premieres for Tuesday 12/2
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Series Premiere Biography | Tuesday | 10:00p
Shatner returns to television, this time as a TV host for his new talk show on the Biography channel. |
Note: All times are ET unless otherwise noted.
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