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Here’s a rundown of the recently announced lineups for the broadcast networks.
Fox Returning Shows–Terminator:Â The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Prison Break, House, Bones, ‘Til Death, The Moment of Truth, Kitchen Nightmares, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, Cops, America’s Most Wanted, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad
New Shows–Fringe (J.J. Abrams drama starring Joshua Jackson about the blurring of lines between science fiction and reality), Do Not Disturb (working title; Jerry O’Connell comedy about the employees of a NYC hotel)
NBC Returning Shows–Chuck, Heroes, The Biggest Loser:Â Families, Law & Order:Â SVU, Deal or No Deal, Lipstick Jungle, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, ER, Life, Dateline NBC, Sunday Night Football
New Shows–My Own Worst Enemy (Christian Slater dual personality drama), Knight Rider (remake of 1980s drama, of course), SNL Thursday Night Live (half-hour “Weekend Update”), Crusoe (based on the classic novel, duh)
CBS Returning Shows–Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Without a Trace, New Adventures of Old Christine, Criminal Minds, CSI: New York, Survivor, CSI, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, 48 Hours Mystery, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Cold Case, The Unit
New Shows–Worst Week (comedy, engaged couple with baby on the way must appease her parents), The Mentalist (California Bureau of Investigation detective used to claim to be psychic and now admits he solves cases with razor sharp observation skills), Project Gary (comedy, Jay Mohrand Paula Marshall are divorced couple navigating post-divorce relationships with kids and each other), Eleventh Hour(Jerry Bruckheimer drama, biophysicist investigates scientific incidents and odd occurrences for the government), The Ex-List (dramedy starring Elizabeth Reaser about a single woman who is told by a psychic that she has one year to meet and marry her future husband)
ABC Returning Shows–Dancing with the Stars, Samantha Who?, Boston Legal, Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Wife Swap, Supernanny, 20/20, Saturday Night College Football, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters
New Shows–Opportunity Knocks (game show, in-home game testing the knowledge of family members about each other), Life on Mars (drama, based on BBC series about a detective transported to 1973Â to be a detective in an earlier time)
CW Returning Shows–Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, America’s Next Top Model, Smallville, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, The Game
New Shows–90210 (update of 1990s drama, Beverly Hills: 90210), Surviving the Filthy Rich (idealistic Yale journalism school graduate is fired from tabloid and ends up working as a tutor to two rich twins), Stylista (Fashion editor wannabes compete for an editorial position at Elle magazine)
Most exciting fall lineup plus mid-season replacements goes to Fox, for reasons laid out here.
Network likely to retain the most shows in fall ‘09:Â ABC.
For a grid and fuller description of new shows click here.
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