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Midseason 2008-09

Network Primetime Schedules

This page last updated May 1 2009.

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All times are PT/ET unless otherwise noted.

Mondays
8:00p	Dancing With The Stars Reality	The Big Bang Theory Comedy	Gossip Girl Drama	House Drama	Chuck Drama
8:30p		How I Met Your Mother Comedy
9:00p		Two And A Half Men Comedy	One Tree Hill Drama	24 Drama	Heroes Drama
9:30p	Surviving Surbubia Comedy	Rules of Engagement Comedy
10:00p	Castle Drama	CSI: Miami Drama			Medium Drama
10:30p

MONDAY NOTES:
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Tuesdays
8:00p	According to Jim Comedy	NCIS Drama	Reaper Drama	American Idol Reality	The Biggest Loser Reality
8:30p	According to Jim Comedy
9:00p	Dancing With The Stars Reality	The Mentalist Drama	90210 Drama	Fringe
9:30p
10:00p	Cupid Drama	Without A Trace Drama			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Drama
10:30p

TUESDAY NOTES:

Wednesdays
8:00p	Scrubs Comedy	The New Adventures of Old Christine Comedy	America's Next Top Model Reality	Lie To Me Drama	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Drama (repeats)
8:30p	Better Off Ted Comedy	Gary Unmarried Comedy
9:00p	Lost Drama	Criminal Minds Drama	90210 (repeats) Drama	American Idol Reality	Law & Order: SUV (repeats) Drama
9:30p
10:00p	The Unusuals Drama	CSI: New York Drama			Law & Order Drama
10:30p

WEDNESDAY NOTES:

Thursdays
8:00p	In the Motherhood Comedy*	Survivor Reality	Smallville Drama	Bones Drama	My Name is Earl Comedy
8:30p	Samantha Who? Comedy*				Parks & Recreation Comedy
9:00p	Grey's Anatomy Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Drama	Supernatural Drama	Hell's Kitchen Reality	The Office Comedy
9:30p					30 Rock Comedy
10:00p	Private Practice Drama	Harper's Island Drama**			Southland Drama
10:30p

THURSDAY NOTES:
* Ugly Betty returns April 30th.
** Harper's Island moves to Saturdays at 9:00p starting May 2nd

Fridays
8:00p	Wife Swap Reality	Ghost Whisperer Drama	Everybody Hates Chris Comedy	Prison Break Drama	Howie Do It Reality
8:30p			The Game Comedy
9:00p	Supernanny Reality	Flashpoint Drama	America's Top Model (repeats)	Dollhouse Drama	Friday Night Lights Drama
9:30p
10:00p	20/20 News	Numb3rs Drama			Dateline News
10:30p

FRIDAY NOTES:

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Saturdays
8:00p	Saturday Night Movie	(various repeats)		Cops Reality	Kings Drama
8:30p				Cops (repeats) Reality
9:00p				America's Most Wanted Reality	(various repeats)
9:30p
10:00p	Repeats	48 Hours Mystery News
10:30p

Sundays
7:00p	America's Funniest Home Videos Comedy/Reality	60 Minutes News	Repeats	Repeats	Dateline News
7:30p			Repeats	King of the Hill Comedy
8:00p	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Reality	The Amazing Race Reality	Repeats	The Simpsons Comedy
8:30p				Sit Down, Shut Up Comedy*
9:00p	Desperate Housewives Comedy/Drama	Cold Case Drama	Repeats	Family Guy  Comedy	The Apprentice Reality
9:30p				American Dad Comedy
10:00p	Brothers & Sisters Drama	The Unit Drama
10:30p

SUNDAY NOTES:
*Moved to 7:00p starting May 3rd. King of the Hill replaces it at 8:30p and a repeat of American Dad replaces King of the Hill at 7:30p.

Cable Highlights for the 2009 Season

	Any Dream Will Do Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for the lead for  Joseph And His Technicolor Dreamcoat
	No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The best-selling novel becomes a series
	The Tudors Henry finally has a son, but loses Jane Gray

Looking Ahead To The Summer/Fall

On ABC
Returning dramas include Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Lost. Reality shows continue with new cycles of The Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Super Nanny, Wife Swap and the long-running America's Funniest Videos.

On CBS

On NBC 
Jay Leno hosts a 10:00p talk show as the late night talk show lineup shuffles at the Peacock network. Conan takes over the Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon continues from his spring debut on Later.

On Fox

On CW