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Fall 2009

Network Primetime Schedules

This page last updated 27 August 2009.

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All times are PT/ET unless otherwise noted.

Mondays
8:00p	Dancing with the Stars Reality	How I Met Your Mother Comedy	One Tree Hill Drama	House Drama	Heroes Sci-Fi
8:30p		Accidentally on Purpose Comedy
9:00p		Two And A Half Men Comedy	Gossip Girl Drama	Lie To Me Drama	Trauma Drama
9:30p		The Big Bang Theory Comedy
10:00p	Castle Drama	CSI: Miami Drama			The Jay Leno Show Comedy
10:30p

MONDAY NOTES:

Tuesdays
8:00p	Shark Tank Reality*	NCIS Drama	90210 Drama	Hell's Kitchen Reality	The Biggest Loser Reality
8:30p
9:00p	Dancing With The Stars Results Reality	NCIS: LA Drama	Melrose Place Drama	So You Think You Can Dance Reality
9:30p
10:00p	The Forgotten Drama	The Good Wife Drama			The Jay Leno Show Comedy
10:30p

TUESDAY NOTES:
*  V premieres November 3rd

Wednesdays
8:00p	Hank Comedy	The New Adventures of Old Christine Comedy	America's Next Top Model Reality	So You Think You Can Dance Results Drama	Mercy Drama
8:30p	The Middle Comedy	Gary Unmarried Comedy
9:00p	The Modern Family Comedy	Criminal Minds Drama	The Beautiful Life Drama	Glee Drama	Law & Order: SUV Drama
9:30p	Cougar Town Comedy
10:00p	Eastwick Drama	CSI: New York Drama			The Jay Leno Show Comedy
10:30p

WEDNESDAY NOTES:

Thursdays
8:00p	Flash Forward Drama	Survivor Reality	The Vampire Diaries Drama	Bones Drama	SNL Weekend Update Thursday* Comedy
8:30p					Parks & Recreation Comedy
9:00p	Grey's Anatomy Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Drama	Supernatural Drama	Fringe Drama	The Office Comedy
9:30p					Community** Comedy
10:00p	Private Practice Drama	The Mentalist Drama			The Jay Leno Show Comedy
10:30p

THURSDAY NOTES:
* Community moves to 8:00p on October 8th.
** 30 Rock premieres October 15th at 9:30p.

Fridays
8:00p	Supernanny Reality	Ghost Whisperer Drama	Smallville	Brothers Comedy	Law & Order Drama
8:30p				Til Death Comedy
9:00p	Ugly Betty Drama	Medium Drama	America's Next Top Model (Repeats)	Dollhouse Drama	Southland Drama
9:30p
10:00p	20/20 News	Numb3rs Drama			The Jay Leno Show Comedy
10:30p

FRIDAY NOTES:

*

Saturdays
8:00p	Saturday  Night College Football Sports	Crimetime Saturday (Repeats)	Local programming	Brothers Commedy	Dateline NBC News
8:30p				'Til Death Comedy
9:00p		Crimetime Saturday (Repeats)		Dollhouse	Trauma (Repeats)
9:30p
10:00p		48 Hours Mystery News			Law & Order: SVU (Repeats)
10:30p

Sundays
7:00p	America's Funniest Home Videos Comedy/Reality	60 Minutes News	Repeats	Repeats	Football Night in America Sports
7:30p			Repeats	Repeats
8:00p	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Reality	The Amazing Race Reality	Repeats	The Simpsons Comedy	Sunday Night Football Sports
8:30p				The Cleveland Show Comedy
9:00p	Desperate Housewives Comedy/Drama	Three Rivers Drama	Repeats	Family Guy  Comedy
9:30p				American Dad Comedy
10:00p	Brothers & Sisters Drama	Cold Case Drama
10:30p

SUNDAY NOTES:

Cable Highlights for the 2009 Season

	Doctor Who: Water On Mars The third of five special episodes leads us to the two-part finale scheduled for later in the Winter
	Occupation The miniseries looks at the lives of three friends who reenlisted to Iraq
	InBetweeners A new comedy about teenagers
	Robin Hood Robin seeks revenge for Marian's death
	Nip/Tuck The final season for the plastic surgeons
	Sons of Anarchy Adam Larkin and Henry Rollins guest as troublemakers for the motorcyle gang
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia The fifth season continues
	Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry's back
	Bored to Death Jason Schwartzman is a writer who pretends he's a private detective
	Stargate Universe Robert Carlyle leads the latest Startgate franchise
	Destination Truth Josh Gates travels to Chernobyl and seeks  the truth behind the Burmuda Triangle
	Sanctuary Second season introduces Agam Darshi as Kate Freelander
	Scare Tactics More hidden camera pranks for season three
	Dexter Dexter tries being a family man as the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) strikes Miami
	Californication Now a professor at an university, temptatation still lurks

Looking Ahead To Midseason

On ABC
Premieres include law drama Deep End and mystery drama Happy Town. Expected to return are Better Off Ted and Scrubs. Reality shows continue with new cycles of The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars.

On CBS
Scheduled to premiere in 2010 are Jerry Bruckheimer's Miami Trauma, police drama The Bridge, reality shows Arranged Marriage and Undercover Boss. Flashpoint and Rules of Engagement returns to anchor the midseason.

On NBC 
Originally scheduled for the Fall, Parenthood moves to 2010 along with reality/ comedy The Marriage Ref, comedy 100 Questions and drama Day One. Chuck, The Apprentice, and The Biggest Loser also returns in 2010.

On Fox
New shows premiering for the winter include drama Past Life, comic-book-turned-tv show Human Target, and comedy Sons of Tucson. American Idol returns, without Paula Abdul, but with a variety of guest judges.