Night-by-Night Overview

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

 

Monday
Last Season	The New Season
ABC: While Dragnet never actually premiered on Monday night, Miracles did finally show up later in the year. As predicted, it was not around too long CBS: As expected, both Still Standing and C.S.I. Miami have returned FOX: Without a pilot, we were unsure as to the future of Girls Club. However, we were right on the money in expressing concerns that it could very easily follow in the footsteps of Snoops, Kelley’s other short-lived flop UPN: As predicted last year, Half and Half found a comfortable place in UPN’s Monday night urban lineup WB: We were on target in noting that Everwood was a high quality program that would prove highly compatible with 7th Heaven	ABC once again returns with football. Giving up on sitcoms, they are now filling the 8pm hour with Primetime Live CBS has returned with their successful 2-hour comedy block followed by C.S.I. Miami. With King of Queens moving to Wednesday, Raymond and company are now joined by a new sitcom starring Charlie Sheen FOX returns with mid-season hit Joe Millionaire joined by a new drama at 9pm NBC and UPN have maintained their same basic strategies (dramas for NBC and urban comedies for UPN) adding one new show each. WB returns with their exact same schedule Note: Crossing Jordan is scheduled to return to NBC in mid-season Go to The New Monday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors C.S.I. Miami (CBS) Still Standing (CBS) Joe Millionaire (FOX - Mid-season) Dragnet (ABC- Actually Premiered on Sunday) - Moving to Saturday
2002/2003 Casualties Miracles (ABC) Girls Club (FOX)
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Tuesday
Last Season	The New Season
ABC: We were right on target in predicting the success of 8 Simple Rules. To our surprise, Life with Bonnie and Less than Perfect have also returned. However, the renewal of these shows is probably more a result of ABC’s particular needs than the ratings. Competitive (and cancelled) NBC show Hidden Hills actually beat both of these shows against total viewers and the key A18-49 demo NBC: Per our expectations, neither The In-Laws nor Hidden Hills have returned UPN: As predicted, Haunted did not make it through the season	ABC maintains their same sitcom/NYPD Blue strategy with one new program replacing the relocated According to Jim CBS also returns with an almost identical schedule with one change: JAG spin-off NCIS moves into JAG’s old time slot FOX is back with their 2002/2003 mid-season schedule while NBC continues with sitcoms from 8-10pm now paired with Law & Order: SVU instead of Dateline With Buffy now gone, UPN is moving to an all sitcom schedule hoping to expand upon their Monday night sitcom success Gilmore Girls returns on WB at 8pm followed by One Tree Hill (added at the last minute replacing the previously announced Fearless) Go to The New Tuesday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors 8 Simple Rules (ABC) Life with Bonnie (ABC) - Moving to Friday Less than Perfect (ABC) Good Morning Miami (NBC) - Moved from Thursday
2002/2003 Casualties In-Laws (NBC) Hidden Hills (NBC) Haunted (UPN)
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Wednesday
Last Season	The New Season
ABC & CBS: Following our predictions, both the ABC and CBS 10pm medical dramas were defeated by Law & Order FOX: As expected, Cedric survived the season while Fastlane did not UPN: Our concerns regarding the time slot and lack of Smallville-type charm in Birds of Prey proved well-founded	ABC returns with the same basic strategy of sitcoms-reality-drama. Changes include a new sitcom replacing the relocated George Lopez and a new drama replacing the D.O.A. MDs In a risky move, CBS has moved King of Queens from Mondays in hopes of establishing a comedy foothold on Wednesday. They are once again trying a drama at 10pm FOX is changing to a night of sitcoms joining three returning comedies with a new show from Norm McDonald NBC returns with their same schedule while UPN is trying to join Enterprise with another new sci-fi oriented series WB has replaced the departed Dawson’s Creek with a relocated Smallville combined with perennial time slot hopping Angel Go to The New Wednesday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors Cedric Presents (FOX)
2002/2003 Casualties MDs (ABC) Presidio Med (CBS) Fastlane (FOX) Twilight Zone (UPN) Birds of Prey (WB)
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Thursday
Last Season	The New Season
ABC: Our predictions were right on with Dinotopia (which premiered quite late in the season) quickly moving to extinction as well as Twin Peaks wannabe Push, Nevada CBS: Living up to our expectations, Without a Trace did not disappear FOX: As expected, FOX’s 8pm-9pm reality block was soon gone and, following in the footsteps of past pilots Manchester Prep and Hollyweird, Septuplets never even premiered NBC:Of no surprise to anyone, Good Morning Miami benefited from the established ratings offered to any program with a Thursday night berth WB: There was no “do over” offered with WB’s Thursday night sitcom block and, as predicted, the 2002/2003 premieres have not returned	Following the complete collapse of their 8pm-10pm schedule last year, ABC is playing it safe with a known reality show at 9pm. However, they are also taking a huge risk in trying another drama at 8pm CBS and fellow Viacom network UPN have retained their same 2002/2003 schedules while FOX is trying out two new dramas Must See TV is, of course, back on NBC. The one change is the addition of Coupling (based on the British series of the same name) in place of a relocated Good Morning Miami WB is once again hoping for sitcom success on Thursday with two new comedies and a relocated What I Like About You replacing their three cancelled 2002/2003 sitcoms Go to The New Thursday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors Without a Trace (CBS) Good Morning Miami (NBC) - Moving to Tuesday What I Like About You (WB) - Moving from Friday
2002/2003 Casualties Dinotopia (ABC) Push, Nevada (ABC) 30 Seconds to Fame (FOX) Meet the Marks (FOX) Septuplets (FOX) - Never Aired Family Affair (WB) Do Over (WB)
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Friday
Last Season	The New Season
ABC: As expected, That Was Then, following other past Friday night sci-fi and light drama failures, did not make it through the season CBS: Our previous concerns that Hack might be too serious for Friday night seem to have been mirrored by CBS, considering the show is moving to Saturday. We were also correct in predicting that Robbery Homicide Division could not survive against Law & Order: SVU FOX: Fulfilling our expectations, neither Firefly nor John Doe have returned for a sophomore season WB: Per our predictions, the returning What I Like About You fared much better than departing Greetings from Tucson	ABC is hoping to return to their Friday night sitcom success of years gone by with the help of a relocated George Lopez Moving away from 48 Hours, CBS is going with a night of all dramas. As with ABC, they are transplanting an established series (JAG) to Friday As with ABC and CBS, FOX is also moving an established series (Boston Public) in hopes of gaining a foothold on Friday. Additionally, they have replaced their traditional 8pm drama slot with sitcoms NBC is back with Dateline and dramas on Friday. Likely female-oriented Miss Match is filling the space left by past female-skewing time slot winner Providence, while critically acclaimed Boomtown replaces a surprisingly relocated Law & Order: SUV UPN returns with their Friday night movie franchise, while WB once again offers a night of comedies Go to The New Friday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors What I Like About You (WB) - Moving to Thursday Hack (CBS) - Moving to Saturday
2002/2003 Casualties That Was Then (ABC) Robbery Homicide Division (CBS) Firefly (FOX) John Doe (FOX) Greetings from Tucson (WB)
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Saturday
Last Season	The New Season
No new shows premiered on Saturday in 2002/2003	For the second year in a row, there are no new series on Saturday night Moving away from a 3 hour movie block, ABC has moved Disney from its long-time Sunday night slot to Saturday. Joining Disney is Dragnet (renamed L.A. Dragnet for its sophomore year) With Touched by an Angel retired and The Agency not meeting expectations, CBS has joined sole Saturday success The District with relocated Friday night programs 48 Hours and Hack NBC returns with their Saturday movie franchise while FOX once again offers long-running series Cops and America’s Most Wanted Go to The New Saturday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors Dragnet (ABC) - Moving from Sunday* Hack (CBS) - Moving from Friday (*) While Dragnet was scheduled to premiere on Monday, it actually premiered on Sunday
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Sunday
Last Season	The New Season
CBS: As predicted, Bram and Alice was quickly cancelled. (At four episodes, only Girls Club and That Was Then had shorter runs in 2002/2003) FOX: Like Septuplets, The Grubbs never even premiered. On the other hand, Oliver Beene did not premiere until mid-season. NBC: As expected, American Dreams offered a nice nostalgic alternative for Sunday night viewers. Boomtown lived up to the quality we noted last year and become a favorite of the critics	In a last minute reprieve, ABC is bringing back The Practice (albeit without a number of the series’ stars). Replacing the relocated Disney is long-term ABC backup Videos followed by a new drama CBS returns with 60 Minutes and their Sunday night movie franchise. Sandwiched between these two programs is the new Jerry Bruckheimer Cold Case, which replaces their 2002/2003 attempt at a Sunday night sitcom block Continuing their post-X-Files strategy of all comedies, FOX is filling their two open slots with new sitcoms NBC has brought back their 2002/2003 schedule with one change: the new Rob Lowe series Lyon’s Den has replaced a relocated Boomtown WB continues their Sunday night of dramas with Smallville:Beginnings replacing Gilmore Girls:Beginnings and Tarzan and Jane swinging in to replace the (once again) relocated Angel Go to The New Sunday Night Programs
2002/2003 Survivors Oliver Beene (FOX) American Dreams (NBC) Boomtown (NBC) - Moving to Friday
2002/2003 Casualties Bram and Alice (CBS) The Grubbs (FOX) - Never Aired
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