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Midseason 2008-09

Network Primetime Schedules

This page last updated 24 December 2008.

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All times are PT/ET unless otherwise noted.

Mondays
8:00p	The Bachelor Reality	The Big Bang Theory	Gossip Girl	House	Superstars of Dance* Reality
8:30p		How I Met Your Mother
9:00p		Two and a Half Men	One Tree Hill	24
9:30p	Samantha Who Comedy	Worst Week
10:00p	True Beauty #	CSI: Miami			Momma's Boys ** Reality

MONDAY NOTES:
# Castle premieres March 9th.
* Chuck and Heroes return February 2nd.
** Medium returns February 2nd.

Tuesdays
8:00p	Home Security USA Reality	NCIS Drama	90210	American Idol Reality	The Biggest Loser: Couples  Reality
8:30p
9:00p	Scrubs Comedy	The Mentalist Drama	Priviledged Drama**	Fringe Drama
9:30p	Scrubs Comedy
10:00p	Eli Stone * Drama	Without A Trace Drama			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Drama
10:30p

TUESDAY NOTES:
* Primetime: What Would You Do? returns January 6th and Cupid premieres March 24th.
** Reaper replaces Priviledged March 17th.

Wednesdays
8:00p	TBA Comedy	The New Adventures of Old Christine Comedy	13: Fear is Real Reality	Lie To Me Drama	Knight Rider Drama
8:30p	The Goode Family Comedy	Gary Unmarried Comedy
9:00p	Lost	Criminal Minds Drama	90210 (Repeats) Drama	American Idol Reality	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats) Drama *
9:30p
10:00p	Life on Mars Drama #	CSI: New York Drama			Law & Order Drama **
10:30p

WEDNESDAY NOTES:
# The Unusuals premieres April 8th.
* TBA new show premieres March 4th.
** Life returns February 3rd

Thursdays
8:00p	Ugly Betty Drama	Survivior Reality	Smallville	Bones Drama	My Name Is Earl
8:30p					Kath & Kim Comedy
9:00p	Grey's Anatomy Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Drama	Supernatural	Kitchen Nightmares *	The Office **
9:30p					30 Rock Comedy
10:00p	Private Practice Drama	Eleventh Hour Drama #			ER ** Drama
10:30p

THURSDAY NOTES:
# Harper's Island premiere's April 9th.
* Hell's Kitchen premieres January 29th.
** Kings premieres March 19th at 9:00p, then moves to its regular time slot of 10:00p on March 26th..

Fridays
8:00p	Wife Swap Reality	Ghost Whisperer (repeats) Drama	WWE Smackdown Sports	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader Reality *	Howie Do It
8:30p
9:00p	Supernany Reality	Flashpoint Drama		Don't Forget The Lyrics **	Friday Night Lights
9:30p
10:00p	20/20	Eleventh Hour # Drama			Dateline NBC  News
10:30p

FRIDAY NOTES:
# Flashpoint premieres April 9th.
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns February 13th.
** Dollhouse premieres February 13th.

Saturdays
8:00p	Saturday Night Movie	Game Show in My Head	TBA	Cops Reality	Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
8:30p		Game Show in My Head	TBA	Cops (repeats) Reality
9:00p		Crimetime Saturday	TBA	America's Most Wanted
9:30p
10:00p		48 Hour Mystery
10:30p

SATURDAY NOTES:

Sundays
7:00p	America's Funniest Home Videos	60 Minutes News	Jericho Drama (Repeats)	Hole in the Wall	Saturday Night Live Sports Extra Comedy
7:30p
8:00p	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Reality	The Amazing Race Reality	Movie	The Simpsons Comedy
8:30p				King Of The Hill Comedy
9:00p	Desperate Housewives Drama	Cold Case Drama		Family Guy  Comedy	Superstars of Dance Reality
9:30p				American Dad Comedy
10:00p	Brothers & Sisters Drama	The Unit Drama
10:30p

SUNDAY NOTES:

Cable Highlights for the Winter 2009 Season

	The Beast Patrick Swayze, as FBI veteran Charles Barker, mentors his new rookie partner.
	Ashes to Ashes The sequel to Life on Mars follows Detective Gene Hunt's move to London in the 1980s.
	Damages A man (William Hurt) from Patty's past returns, and Ellen seeks revenge by becoming an informant for the FBI.
	Nip/Tuck The fifth season finds Christian thinking of settling down and Sean finding someone new as they continue McNamara/Troy in Miami.
	East Bound and Down Will Ferrell coproduces this comedy about a baseball player returning to North Carolina who finds a job as a gym teacher.
	Battlestar Galactica The last episodes of the fourth and final season
	United States of Tara The Steven Spielberg-produced comedy series stars Toni Collette as a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder (multiple personalities).
	The L Word The final season for the Los Angeles friends.
	Tyler Perry's Meet The BrownsLeroy Brown opens a retirement home with the help of his family in this spin-off of Perry's play and movie of the same name.

Looking Ahead To Midseason

On ABC, expected are a new Cupid (1998's version had Jeremy Piven as the lead); Amber Tamblyn as a NYPD detective in The Unusuals; Castle, a drama about a mystery novelist turned amature detective; and Mike Judge's animated comedy The Goode Family. Also new to the network is Scrubs, which moves from NBC.

On CBS, Survivor returns for season 18 on February 12th, as does The Amazing Race and drama Flashpoint. There are two new offerings: mystery drama Harper's Island, which slowly unveils the murderer over 13 episodes, and Ashton Kutcher's hidden-camera show Game Show in My Head.

On the CW, contestants compete for $66,666 as they face their worst fears on 13: Fear is Real. Returning favorites Reaper, Smallville, and Supernatural round out the lineup.

On Fox, Tim Roth is a detective who can tell if someone is lying on Lie To Me; Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show are set to premiere in 2009 with a new season of 24.

On NBC, Superstars of Dance, a celebrity dancing show and Howie Mandel's latest show, Howie Do It, hit the ground in January. While new drama Kings and British import Merlin (recently renewed for season two in the UK), roll out later in the season.