Tuesday, May 19, 2009
ABC and NBC Upfront 2009-10: Fall 2009 Schedules
ABC 2009-10
Fall 2009
Sundays
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00PM Desperate Housewives
10:00PM Brothers & Sisters
Mondays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars
10:00PM Castle
Tuesdays
8:00PM The Shark Tank (NEW!)
9:00PM Dancing with the Stars: The Results
10:00PM The Forgotten (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM Hank (NEW!)
8:30PM The Middle (NEW!)
9:00PM Modern Family (NEW!)
9:30PM Cougar Town (NEW!)
10:00PM Eastwick (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Flash Forward (NEW!)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy
10:00PM Private Practice
Fridays
8:00PM Supenanny
9:00PM Ugly Betty
10:00PM 20/20
Saturdays
8:00PM Saturday Night College Football
NOTE: The Shark Tank will launch in late summer following the special 10th anniversary of Who Wants to Be Millionaire? this August.
Mid-Season:
New series for midseason include The Deep End, Happy Town, and the limited series event V.
More new mid-season series will be announced at a later date.
Other returning series include Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Wife Swap, The Bachelor, True Beauty, & Lost.
Scrubs/Ted will air Tuesday nights at 9:00pm in January and The Bachelor from 8-10pm in January on Monday nights.
At 8am ET, ABC had a press conference with Steven McPherson (President of ABC Entertainment). Some of the things he mentioned were that they were frustrated with Samantha Who's ratings despite it being a great show (the budget couldn't be cut enough so the show won't return). Cupid and The Unusuals are dead, and Surviving Suburbia will run in the summer and depending on how it does, a decision will be made (they have an option for it through September). ABC is really high on new series Flash Forward, as it will have Lost-like elements of faith and good characters. Speaking of Lost, no day and time has been set for the final season yet. It depends on the fall shows. ABC is going after the Tuesday at 10pm slot with a crime drama since NBC won't have one there. Zach Braff will return to Scrubs for at least 6 episodes. And finally Shonda Rimes' Inside the Box wasn't picked-up to series yet. They will look into it for another few weeks, it didn't test as well as they would have liked but they think it was done very well and just need to improve it a bit and be patient with it. View a complete outline of the press conference.
Then the upfront presentation for ABC was at 3pm ET. Among the highlights were great clips from all the new shows, the first act of Flash Forward, the full pilot for Modern Family, the ABC House promos featuring all ABC stars in the same house, and the hilarious Jimmy Kimmel at upfront! View my full recap of the presentation!
Discuss ABC's 2009-10 line-up and also you can view complete program information.
NBC 2009-10
Fall 2009
Sundays
7:00PM Football Night in America
8:00PM Sunday Night Football
Mondays
8:00PM Heroes
9:00PM Trauma (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM Biggest Loser
Wednesdays
8:00PM Parenthood (NEW!)
9:00PM Law & Order: SVU
Thursdays
8:00PM SNL Weekend Update Thursday / Community (NEW!)
9:30PM Parks and Recreation
9:00PM The Office
9:30PM Community (NEW!) / 30 Rock
Fridays
8:00PM Law & Order
9:00PM Southland
Saturdays
8:00PM Dateline NBC
9:00PM Trauma repeats
10:00PM Law & Order: SVU repeats
Mid-Season:
Sundays
7:00PM Dateline NBC
8:00PM The Marriage Ref (NEW!)
9:00PM The Celebrity Apprentice
Mondays
8:00PM Chuck
9:00PM Day One (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM Biggest Loser
9:30PM 100 Questions (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM Mercy (NEW!)
9:00PM Law & Order: SVU
Thursdays
8:00PM Community
9:30PM Parks and Recreation
9:00PM The Office
9:30PM 30 Rock
Fridays
8:00PM Law & Order
9:00PM Southland
Saturdays
8:00PM Dateline NBC
9:00PM Southland repeats
10:00PM Law & Order: SVU repeats
Notes: The Jay Leno Show airs weeknights at 10pm. The midseason shows will all launch following the Winter Olympics (Feb. 12-28, 2010). And coming in the summer 2010, NBC will telecast all original episodes of The Jay Leno Show, Friday Night Lights, America's Got Talent, Breakthrough with Tony Robbins, Dateline NBC, with additional programs to be announced later. NBC has not picked-up Medium and My Name is Earl. Medium could very well be on its way to CBS now since they own the show. Earl is a long shot of returning on Fox (they own the show), but it won't likely happen.
Discuss NBC's 2009-10 line-up and also you can view complete program information.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight
Saturday, August 13
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 8)
Friday, August 12
- Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Watch Kumail on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Charlotte Nicdao (Mythic Quest) - Charlotte appears on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Star Raving Mad/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - Neil will be on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Jean Smart (Hacks/Samantha Who?/Center of the Universe/In-Laws/Style & Substance/Designing Women) - Jean is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie chats about the new season of Atlanta on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
- Ali Wentworth (Nightcap) - Ali guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
- Portia de Rossi (Better Off Ted/Arrested Development/Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher/Too Something) - Portia is a guest on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- Dove Cameron (Schmigadoon!/Liv and Maddie) - Dove appears on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane discusses the Broadway revival of Funny Girl on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary/Life's Work/My Wildest Dreams) - Lisa is a guest on a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
- Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri guest hosts a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
- Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) - Abbi talks about A League of Their Own on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project/The Office) and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever) - Mindy and Maitryi talk about Never Have I Ever on NBC's Today in the 10am hour. Mindy will also be on E!'s Daily Pop at 11am.
New on DVD/Blu-ray (April-August)
04/05 - Up All Night - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
04/26 - The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room for Daddy) - The Complete Fourth Season
04/26 - Jackie Gleason TV Treasures - 70th Anniversary Collection (including Honeymooners Rarities)
05/03 - No Activity - Season Three
05/13 - The Donna Reed Show - The Complete Seasons 1-5 (Time Life)
05/31 - Becker - The Complete Series (2022 Release)
06/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Eleventh Season
06/14 - Hacks - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/14 - Rutherford Falls - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/21 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season One / Season Two
07/19 - The Neighborhood - Season Four
07/19 - Reno 911! - The Hunt for QAnon (Blu-ray) (DVD)
07/26 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Three / Season Four
08/16 - And Just Like That... - The Complete First Season (Warner Bros. - Canada)
08/16 - South Park - The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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