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Night-by-Night
Overview
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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- ABC:
What About Brian? has returned
despite other shows having better ratings.
This is quite possibly due to the fact
that it comes from J.J. (Lost)
Abrams
- CBS:
As predicted, How I Met/Mother survived
as the stronger of the two 05/06 sitcoms
- FOX:
Kitchen Confidential departed as
expected, while Prison Break lived
up to the anticipated level of quality
seen in the pilot
- NBC:
Per our expectations, Surface was
too risky a venture for NBC to take on
Monday night
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- With
the loss of football, ABC has moved to
a night of reality topped off by the return
of What About Brian?
- Sticking
with what has worked for them in the past,
CBS continues with a night of comedies
leading into the first of their three
C.S.I. franchises
- Embracing
the success of their high-action serial
dramas, FOX adds even another to the mix
with the launch of Vanished
- NBC
sticks with dramas from 9-11pm led off
by Mid-Season success Deal or No Deal
- While
My Network launches with what will be
a consistent schedule of soaps throughout
the week (and year), CW launches with
a Monday night that clearly takes after
its WB side in offering two family-oriented
dramas
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2005/2006
Survivors
What About Brian (ABC)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The New Adventures of Old Christine
(CBS) - Mid-Season
Prison Break (FOX)
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2005/2006Casualties
Out of Practice (CBS)
Kitchen Confidential (FOX)
Surface (NBC)
Just Legal (WB)
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Night Programs
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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ABC: While the quality of Commander
was top-notch and the program launched
strong, numerous changes in the behind-the-scenes
staff and an overly long hiatus doomed
the program
- CBS:
We liked Close to Home, but not
the time-slot. CBS kept the show, but
moved it to Friday
- FOX:
Bones successfully launched in
Fall only growing stronger along with
the rest of the network with the return
of American Idol in January
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NBC/UPN: My Name is Earl
lived up to its enjoyable pilot while,
as expected, Sex, Love & Secrets
failed
- WB:
Although we noted the quality of Supernatural,
we questioned the time-slot. The show
did survive, but WB needed to move it
to another night
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- ABC
is once again trying sitcoms on Tuesday
(albeit at 9pm) with the night now starting
with reality
- CBS
is returning with their Mid-Season strategy
of all dramas
- Until
American Idol returns in January,
FOX is back with another night of dramas
- NBC
is also switching to a night of dramas
including two of their three Law &
Order series
- CW
is keeping with the WB side of the family
at 8pm with Gilmore and following
the UPN side at 9pm with Veronica
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2005/2006
Survivors
Close to Home (CBS) - Moved to
Fridays
The Unit (CBS) - Mid-Season
Bones (FOX) - Moving to Wednesday
My Name is Earl (NBC) - Moved to Thursday
Supernatural (WB) - Moved to Thursday
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2005/2006
Casualties
Commander-in-Chief (ABC)
Sex, Love & Secrets (UPN)
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Night Programs
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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- ABC:
As predicted, neither of the new 2005/2006
ABC premieres has returned
- CBS:
Our note last year that Criminal Minds
could easily join the crop of other CBS
crime dramas came true
- FOX:
Per our expectations, Head Cases
was not able to compete against the myriad
9pm dramas
- NBC:
Martha quickly dropped in the ratings
as The Donald began to distance himself
from his own spin-off. Following through
on our prediction, E-Ring also failed
to return
- WB:
Related, recast after the pilot screened
last year, did not manage to find a spot
on CW’s merged schedule
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- ABC
is maintaining dramas from 9p-11pm (with
Day Break airing between two mini-seasons
of Lost), but switching from comedies
to reality at 8pm
- CBS
also returns again with dramas beginning
at 9pm. Following ABC, they are also switching
out of comedies at 8pm. In CBS’s case, 8pm
will see another drama in 2006/2007
- Not
to be left out of the crowd, FOX is also
abandoning sitcoms on Wednesday as, with
CBS, they are moving to a night of dramas
- Moving
in the opposite direction, NBC is actually
adding sitcoms to their Wednesday night
followed by an hour of reality before joining
the other networks at 10pm with a drama
- CW
is picking up an hour of reality from UPN
at 8pm and an hour of drama from WB at 9pm
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2005/2006
Survivors
Criminal Minds (CBS)
The Loop (FOX) - Returning in Mid-Season
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2005/2006
Casualties
Freddie (ABC)
Invasion (ABC)
Head Cases (FOX)
Apprentice: Martha Stewart (NBC)
E-Ring (NBC)
Related (WB)
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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ABC: Per our expectations, The
Night Stalker has not returned
- FOX:
As predicted, Reunion did not survive
against the tough competition in the time-slot
- UPN:
Everybody Hates Chris did live up to
the “buzz” we saw coming its way. At the
same time, Love, Inc. fulfilled our
expectations in not being able to capitalize
on the Chris “buzz” in its later
time-slot
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- CBS
is joining NBC in airing comedies at 8pm,
while CBS competes with the return of Survivor
and CW picks up Smallville from WB.
ABC originally scheduled comedies for 8pm,
but has since moved to a light-hearted drama
thanks to positive critical acclaim for
Ugly Betty
- 9pm
sees the same schedule for CBS, FOX and
CW (lifted from WB’s Mid-Season schedule).
They will now face off against a re-located
Grey’s Anatomy as well as
NBC’s spring success Deal or No Deal
- CBS
and NBC return with dramas at 10pm, now
joined by ABC which has abandoned 20/20
in favor of airing a competing drama
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2005/2006
Survivors
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) - Moving
to Sunday
My Name is Earl (NBC) - Moved from
Tuesdays
Supernatural (WB) - Moved from Tuesdays
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2005/2006
Casualties
The Night Stalker (ABC)
Reunion (FOX)
Love, Inc. (UPN)
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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- ABC:
As predicted, Hot Properties was
the latest victim of the dying TGIF
- CBS:
We were on target in theorizing that Threshold
would not make it. On the other hand, Ghost
Whisperer performed better than expected
(and worked well with the relocated Close
to Home)
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FOX/NBC:
Per our expectations, Killer Instinct
did not return and neither did the NBC shows,
which were always questionable with one
having an unscreened pilot and the other
losing a key actor
- WB:
Twins just joined the multitude of
other failed Friday night WB sitcoms
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- TGIF
is gone and ABC has moved away from sitcoms
to a light drama at 9pm. They originally
intended to air Ugly Betty, another
light drama, at 8pm, but are instead going
with America’s Funniest Home Videos
(as they feel Ugly Betty is strong
enough for Thursday night). ABC return with
news at 10pm
- CBS
is back with their 2006 Mid-Season schedule,
while FOX has moved to a night of all reality
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NBC has given up on reality and news on
Friday night in favor of a night filled
with dramas
- Friday
night is a “UPN Night” for CW with the new
network picking up UPN Friday night programming
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2005/2006
Survivors
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
Close to Home (CBS) - Moved from
Tuesday
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2005/2006
Casualties
Hot Properties (ABC)
Threshold (CBS)
Killer Instinct (FOX)
Three Wishes (NBC)
Inconceivable (NBC)
Twins (WB)
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Night Programs
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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- As
no new shows premiered in 2005/2006, there
was nothing to fail (or to succeed)
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- Saturday
night would have been another night of movies,
dramas repeats and newsmagazines if not
for the launch of ABC Saturday Night
College Football
- My
Network TV will be airing clip shows of
their weekly series to catch viewers up
on what happened during the previous week
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2005/2006
Survivors & Casualties
No new programs premiered in 2004/2005
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Last
Season
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The
2006/2007 Season
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- FOX:
As predicted, the tone of The War at
Home fit in with FOX’s Sunday night.
However, FOX is following through in what
we noted last year and moving the show so
that it is not sandwiched between two animated
series
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- ABC
returns with their same basic schedule as
2005/2006 with the exception of 10pm where
a new drama replaces the relocated Grey’s
Anatomy
- With
CBS abandoning the sole remaining network
movie night, they have relocated Amazing
Race and Without a Trace to join
the returning 60 Minutes and Cold
Case
- FOX
is back with a night of primarily-animated
sitcoms, while NBC moves to football
- Sunday
night is all UPN for the CW with the night
filled by relocated sitcoms and their weekly
Top Model repeat
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2005/2006Survivors
The War at Home (FOX)
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) - Moved
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