2007–08 United States network television schedule

The following article details the developing fall prime time schedules for the United States' six major English language broadcast networks. Following are lists of what programs have been either renewed or canceled by their networks, the new programs picked up by the networks, and then a schedule grid for each network.

The schedule was affected by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

This was the first TV season where Nielsen Media Research kept track of DVR ratings (live plus same day; C3; live plus 7) ^[1]

Fall schedule

New fall series are highlighted in bold. The official schedule was set by each network before the start of the official fall season. The fall follow-up schedule is listed under the official fall season lineup of each network. The fall follow-up schedule is from November 4, 2007 (the day before the start of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike) to December 8, 2007. The fall season is from September to November in the United States.

Lime indicates the #1 most-watched program of the season.[2]      Yellow indicates the top-10 most-watched programs of the season.[2]      Cyan indicates the top-20 most-watched programs of the season.[2]      Magenta indicates the top-30 most-watched programs of the season.[2]

Sunday

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition #22 12.9 million [3]		Desperate Housewives #6 18.2 million [4]		Brothers & Sisters #38 10.7 million [3]
CBS	Official	60 Minutes #23 12.8 million [3]		Viva Laughlin		Cold Case #34 10.9 million [3]		Shark #43 10.4 million [3]
	Follow-Up			The Amazing Race #27 11,8 million [5]
The CW	Official	CW Now	Online Nation	Life Is Wild		America's Next Top Model (Reruns)		Local Programming
	Follow-Up		Aliens in America (Reruns)
FOX	Official	The OT (NFL Post-Game) #32 11.1 million [3]		The Simpsons	King of the Hill	Family Guy	American Dad!
	Follow-up	King of the Hill repeats	The Simpsons repeats
NBC		Football Night in America #40 10.6 million [3]		NBC Sunday Night Football #11 15,5 million [4]

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Official	Dancing with the Stars (Performance) #3 21,7 million [4]			Samantha Who? #26 11,8 million [3]	The Bachelor #49 9,7 million [3]
	Follow-Up	Holiday Specials		Samantha Who?	Notes from the Underbelly	October Road
CBS		How I Met Your Mother	The Big Bang Theory	Two and a Half Men #17 13,6 million [4]	Rules of Engagement #33 10,9 million [3]	CSI: Miami #16 13,9 million [4]
The CW		Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game	Local Programming
FOX	Official	Prison Break		K-Ville
	Follow-Up	House (Reruns)
MNT	Official	Celebrity Exposé		Control Room Presents
	Follow-Up	Breaking The Magician's Code		Celebrity Exposé
NBC		Chuck		Heroes #21 13,1 million [3]		Journeyman

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Official	Cavemen	Carpoolers	Dancing with the Stars (Results Show)[6] #4 19,6 million		Boston Legal
	Follow-Up	Holiday Specials
CBS		NCIS #14 14,4 million [4]		The Unit #37 10,7 million [3]		Cane
The CW		Beauty and the Geek		Reaper		Local Programming
FOX		Bones [7]		House #8 17,6 million [4]
MNT		The Academy		Jail	Jail
NBC	Official	The Singing Bee	The Biggest Loser			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit #30 11,3 million [3]
	Follow-Up	The Biggest Loser

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		Pushing Daisies		Private Practice #36 10,8 million [3]		Dirty Sexy Money
CBS		Kid Nation		Criminal Minds #24 12,8 million [3]		CSI: NY #28 11,7 million [3]
The CW		America's Next Top Model		Gossip Girl[8]		Local Programming
FOX		Back to You	'Til Death	Kitchen Nightmares[7]
MNT		Decision House[9]		Meet My Folks
NBC	Official	Deal or No Deal #44 10,3 million [3]		Bionic Woman #48 9,8 million [3]		Life
	Follow-Up	Deal or No Deal #44 10,3 million [3]

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC		Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy #10 15,6 million [4]		Big Shots
CBS		Survivor: China #12 15,2 million [4]		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation #9 16,9 million [4]		Without a Trace #19 13,3 million [4]
The CW		Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
FOX		Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?		Don't Forget the Lyrics![7]
MNT		My Thursday Night Movie
NBC		My Name Is Earl	30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs	ER

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Official	20/20		Women's Murder Club		Men in Trees
	Follow-Up	Men in Trees				20/20
CBS		Ghost Whisperer		Moonlight		Numb3rs
The CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown!				Local Programming
FOX	Official	The Next Great American Band		Nashville
	Follow-Up	Don't Forget the Lyrics! [10]		The Next Great American Band [10]
MNT		My Friday Night Movie
NBC		Deal or No Deal #50 9,7 million [3]		Friday Night Lights		Las Vegas

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Official	Saturday Night Football
	Follow-Up	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week				Women's Murder Club (Reruns)
CBS		Crimetime Saturday (Reruns)		Crimetime Saturday (Reruns)		48 Hours: Mystery
FOX		COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back		Local Programming
MNT		NFL Total Access		IFL Battleground
NBC		Dateline NBC		Chuck (Reruns)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

Mid-season schedule

• The mid-season schedule is from December 9, 2007 to May 21, 2008.

Sunday

PM		7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC		America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (#22, 4.5 rating)		Oprah's Big Give #31 11,2 million [3]		Here Come the Newlyweds
						Desperate Housewives (#8, 6.1 rating)		Brothers & Sisters
CBS		60 Minutes (#22, 4.5 rating)		Big Brother 9		Cold Case		Shark (Reruns)
								Dexter (Reruns)
				Various Programming
The CW		CW Now	Aliens in America (Reruns)	Life Is Wild		Crowned (Reruns)		Local Programming
			Everybody Hates Chris (Reruns)	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game
		America's Next Top Model (Reruns)
						The Game	Girlfriends (Reruns)
FOX		Comedy series reruns		The Simpsons	King of the Hill	Family Guy	American Dad!
							Unhitched
							American Dad!
NBC
		Dateline NBC		Monk		Psych		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)
				The Office (Reruns) [11]

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition aired two-hour episodes on January 13 through January 27.^[12]

Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann			Notes from the Underbelly	October Road
	Dancing with the Stars #7 18 million [4]			Samantha Who? (#26, 4.1 rating)	The Bachelor
CBS	How I Met Your Mother (Reruns)	The Big Bang Theory	Two and a Half Men (#17, 4.8 rating)	Rules of Engagement (Reruns)	CSI: Miami (#16, 4.9 rating)
		Welcome to The Captain		The New Adventures of Old Christine #42 10,4 million [3]
	The Big Bang Theory	How I Met Your Mother		Rules of Engagement
The CW	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game	Local Programming
	Gossip Girl		Pussycat Dolls Present:
			One Tree Hill
FOX	House (Reruns)		K-Ville
	Prison Break		Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
	Canterbury's Law		New Amsterdam
	Bones #46 10 million [3]		House #15 14 million [4]
MNT	Celebrity Exposé		Meet My Folks
			Paradise Hotel 2
NBC	Chuck		Heroes		Journeyman
	Clash of the Choirs
	American Gladiators		Deal or No Deal #29 11,6 million [3]		Medium #41 10,5 million [3]
	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad
	Deal or No Deal #29 11,6 million [3]

• American Gladiators premiered Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central before moving to Mondays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central.
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central before moving to Mondays at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central.

Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Just for Laughs (Reruns)	Just for Laughs	According to Jim	Carpoolers	Boston Legal
	According to Jim (Reruns)	According to Jim	Dancing with the Stars (Results) #5 19,6 million [4]
					Women's Murder Club
CBS	NCIS (#14, 5.0 rating)		Big Brother 9		48 Hours: Mystery
					Jericho
					48 Hours: Mystery
			Shark		Drama Reruns
The CW	Reaper		One Tree Hill		Local Programming
	Beauty and the Geek
			Reaper
FOX	American Idol #1 28,8 million [4]		House (Reruns)
			Hell's Kitchen #25 11,9 million [3]
MNT	Street Patrol	Street Patrol	Jail	Jail
NBC	The Biggest Loser 5				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (#30, 4.0 rating)
	Most Outrageous Moments	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Various People

• According to Jim premiered on January 1, 2008 with two 30 minute episodes. Then on January 9, 2008 it only aired one episode for the night.
• One Tree Hill premiered on January 8, 2008 with a two-hour premiere.
• American Idol premiered on January 15, 2008 and January 16, 2008 with two hour episodes each night.
• Miss Guided showed a "sneak-peek" on Tuesday March 18, 2008 following Dancing with the Stars at 10:30PM Eastern/9:30PM Central. It then moved to its regular timeslot on March 20 at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central with back to back episodes filling in for Ugly Betty through April 3.^[13]

Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Wife Swap		Supernanny		Cashmere Mafia
					Men in Trees
					Boston Legal
CBS	Power of 10/Comedy Reruns		Criminal Minds (#24, 4.5 rating)		CSI: NY (#28, 4.1 rating)
	Big Brother 9
	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular
The CW	Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants		Gossip Girl		Local Programming
	America's Next Top Model		Pussycat Dolls Present: (Reruns)
			Pussycat Dolls Present:
			Farmer Wants a Wife
FOX	American Idol #2 27,8 million [4]		The Moment of Truth #13 14,7 million [4]
	'Til Death	Back to You	American Idol #2 27,8 million
MNT	Whacked Out Videos	Whacked Out Videos	Various Programming
			Masters of Illusion
	Under One Roof	The Best of In Living Color
			Breaking The Magician's Code (Reruns)
NBC	Deal or No Deal		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns)		Law & Order #39 10,7 million [3]
	Deal or No Deal

• American Idol premiered on January 15, 2008 and January 16, 2008 with two hour episodes each night.
• Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants premiered on December 12, 2007 at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central before moving to Wednesdays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central.
• Law & Order had a two-hour season premiere (two episodes) on January 2, 2008.
• Supernanny aired back to back episodes on January 2, 2008.

Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy (#10, 5.6 rating)		Big Shots
	Lost (Reruns)		Lost #20 13,1 million [4]		Eli Stone
	Miss Guided [14]	Miss Guided
	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy (#10, 5.6 rating)		Lost (#19, 4.6 rating)
CBS	Survivor: Micronesia #18 13,6 million [4]		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (#9, 5.8 rating)		Without a Trace #19 13,3 million [4]
The CW	Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
			Reaper
			Supernatural
FOX	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?		Don't Forget the Lyrics!
MNT	My Thursday Night Movie
NBC	Various Comedy repeats	Various Comedy repeats	The Celebrity Apprentice		Lipstick Jungle
	My Name Is Earl	30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs	ER
		Scrubs		30 Rock

• Reaper moved to 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on February 28, 2008, replacing Supernatural.
• Miss Guided showed a "sneak-peek" on Tuesday March 18, 2008 following Dancing with the Stars at 10:30PM Eastern/9:30PM Central. It then moved to its regular timeslot on March 20 at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central with back to back episodes filling in for Ugly Betty through April 3.^[15]

Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Grey's Anatomy (Reruns)		Primetime: What Would You Do?		20/20
CBS	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular		Ghost Whisperer		Numb3rs
	Ghost Whisperer		Moonlight
The CW	WWE Friday Night SmackDown				Local Programming
FOX	Bones (Reruns)		House (Reruns)
	The Return of Jezebel James
	'Til Death (Reruns)	The Return of Jezebel James	Canterbury's Law
	Bones (Reruns)
	FOX Friday Night Movie
MNT	My Friday Night Movie
NBC	The Singing Bee	The Singing Bee	Friday Night Lights		Las Vegas
	1 vs. 100
	Amne$ia		Dateline NBC

• Amne$ia premiered on February 22, 2008 at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central, before moving to its regular timeslot on February 29, 2008 at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central.^[16]

Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week				Women's Murder Club (Reruns)
CBS	Crimetime Saturday (Reruns)		48 Hours Mystery		48 Hours Mystery
FOX	COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back		Local Programming
MNT	NFL Total Access		Control Room Presents
			Paradise Hotel 2 (Reruns)
	Meet My Folks (Reruns)		Decision House (Reruns)
NBC	Law & Order (Reruns)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

Summer schedule

The summer programming season begins, in earnest during May following the end of the May sweeps period, and continues until the start of the 2008/09 programming season in September — typically the broadcast of the Primetime Emmy Awards. (Listings are current as of April 17, 2008).

Note: All NBC programming from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008 was pre-empted for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[17]

Sunday

PM		7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	July	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)		High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)		Desperate Housewives (Reruns)
	August			Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)
CBS	June	60 Minutes (Reruns)		Million Dollar Password		Cold Case (Reruns)		Various Programming
	July			Big Brother (Nominations)		Jingles		Cold Case (Reruns)
The CW		One Tree Hill (Reruns)		Everybody Hates Chris (Reruns)	Aliens in America (Reruns)	Girlfriends (Reruns)	The Game (Reruns)	Local Programming
FOX		Don't Forget the Lyrics! (Reruns)		The Simpsons (Reruns)	King of the Hill (Reruns)	Family Guy (Reruns)	American Dad! (Reruns)
NBC		Dateline NBC		Law & Order (Reruns)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

Monday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	May	The Bachelorette				The Mole
	July	High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Wanna Bet?
CBS		The Big Bang Theory (Reruns)	How I Met Your Mother (Reruns)	Two and a Half Men (Reruns)	Rules of Engagement (Reruns)	CSI: Miami (Reruns)
The CW		Gossip Girl (Reruns)		One Tree Hill (Reruns)		Local Programming
FOX	June	Bones (Reruns)		House (Reruns)
	Aug	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Reruns)		Prison Break (Reruns)
MNT	June	Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)		Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)
	July			Decision House (Reruns)
	Aug	Decision House (Reruns)
	Sep	Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)		Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)
NBC		American Gladiators		Nashville Star		Dateline NBC

Tuesday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC		Wipeout		I Survived A Japanese Game Show		Primetime
CBS	June	NCIS (Reruns)		The Unit (Reruns)		Without a Trace (Reruns)
	July			Big Brother (Power of Veto)
The CW		TBA		Reaper (Reruns)		Local Programming
FOX	May	The Moment of Truth		Hell's Kitchen
	July	Bones (Reruns)		House (Reruns)
MNT		Street Patrol (Reruns)	Street Patrol (Reruns)	Jail (Reruns)	Jail (Reruns)
NBC		Celebrity Family Feud		America's Got Talent		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

Wednesday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC		Wife Swap (Reruns)		Supernanny (Reruns)		Primetime
CBS	June	Various Programming		Criminal Minds (Reruns)		CSI: NY (Reruns)
	July	Big Brother (Live Eviction)
		Greatest American Dog
The CW		TBA		Farmer Wants A Wife		Local Programming
FOX	May	So You Think You Can Dance
	Aug	Kitchen Nightmares (Reruns)		Kitchen Nightmares (Reruns)
MNT	May	Under One Roof	The Best of In Living Color	Specials/Reruns
	July		Whacked Out Videos (Reruns)	The Twilight Zone (2002)	The Twilight Zone (2002)
	Aug	The Twilight Zone (2002)	The Twilight Zone (2002)	Whacked Out Videos (Reruns)	Whacked Out Videos (Reruns)
NBC		The Baby Borrowers		Celebrity Circus		Law & Order (Reruns)

Thursday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	June	Ugly Betty (Reruns)		Grey's Anatomy (Reruns)		Hopkins
	Aug					Private Practice (Reruns)
CBS	June	Various Programming		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Reruns)		Swingtown
	July	Greatest American Dog
						Flashpoint
		Big Brother
The CW		Smallville (Reruns)		Supernatural (Reruns)		Local Programming
FOX	May	So You Think You Can Dance
	June	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?		So You Think You Can Dance
MNT		My Thursday Night Movie
NBC		Various Repeats		Last Comic Standing		Fear Itself

Friday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	June	Dance Machine		Duel		20/20
	July	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)
CBS	June	Ghost Whisperer (Reruns)		Moonlight (Reruns)		Numb3rs (Reruns)
	July			Numb3rs (Reruns)		Flashpoint
						Swingtown
The CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown				Local Programming
FOX	May	FOX Friday Night Movie
	Aug	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Reruns)		Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Reruns)
MNT	June	Meet My Folks (Reruns)		Paradise Hotel 2 (Reruns)
	July	The Academy (Reruns)
NBC		Various Repeats		Dateline NBC

Saturday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC		ABC Saturday Movie of the Week/ The Wonderful World of Disney				Eli Stone (Reruns)
CBS		Various Programming		Various Programming		48 Hours: Mystery (Reruns)
FOX		COPS	COPS (Reruns)	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back		Local Programming
MNT		My Saturday Night Movie
NBC		Law & Order (Reruns)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

By network

ABC

Returning series: 20/20 ABC Saturday Movie of the Week According to Jim America's Funniest Home Videos The Bachelor Boston Legal Brothers & Sisters Dancing with the Stars Desperate Housewives Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Grey's Anatomy Just for Laughs Lost Men in Trees Notes from the Underbelly October Road Saturday Night Football Supernanny Ugly Betty Wife Swap The Wonderful World of Disney

New series: Big Shots Carpoolers Cashmere Mafia Cavemen Dirty Sexy Money Eli Stone Miss Guided Private Practice Pushing Daisies Samantha Who? Women's Murder Club

Not returning from 2006/07: Big Day Extreme Makeover George Lopez Help Me Help You In Case of Emergency The Knights of Prosperity The Nine Set for Life Six Degrees Traveler What About Brian

NBC

Returning shows: 30 Rock The Biggest Loser Deal or No Deal ER Friday Night Lights Football Night in America Heroes Law & Order Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Las Vegas Medium My Name Is Earl Nashville Star (moved from USA Network) NBC Sunday Night Football The Office Scrubs The Apprentice

New shows: Bionic Woman Chuck Journeyman Life Lipstick Jungle The Singing Bee Fear Itself

Not returning from 2006/07: Andy Barker, P.I. The Black Donnellys Crossing Jordan Grease: You're the One that I Want! Identity Kidnapped Law & Order: Criminal Intent (moved to USA Network) Raines The Real Wedding Crashers Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Thank God You're Here Twenty Good Years

CBS

Returning series: 48 Hours Mystery 60 Minutes The Amazing Race 12 Big Brother 9 (Mid-season 2008) and 10 (Summer 2008) Cold Case CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Miami CSI: NY Criminal Minds Ghost Whisperer How I Met Your Mother Jericho NCIS The New Adventures of Old Christine Numb3rs Power of 10 Rules of Engagement Two and a Half Men Shark Survivor: China (Fall 2007) and Micronesia (Mid-season 2008) The Unit Without a Trace

New series: Fall 2007 The Big Bang Theory (Comedy) Cane (Drama) Kid Nation (Reality) Moonlight (Drama) Viva Laughlin (Drama) Mid-season 2008 Secret Talents of the Stars (Game Show) Welcome to The Captain (Comedy) Summer 2008 Flashpoint (Drama) Swingtown (Drama)

Not returning from 2006/07: 3 lbs Armed & Famous The Class Close to Home The King of Queens Smith

FOX

Returning series: 24 (later postponed until the following TV schedule season) American Dad! American Idol America's Most Wanted Bones COPS Family Guy House King of the Hill MADtv Prison Break 'Til Death The Simpsons Talkshow with Spike Feresten

New series: Back to You Canterbury's Law K-Ville Kitchen Nightmares Nashville New Amsterdam The Moment of Truth The Next Great American Band The Return of Jezebel James Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Unhitched When Women Rule the World [18]

Not returning from 2006/07: Drive Happy Hour Justice The O.C. Standoff The Rich List Vanished The Wedding Bells The War at Home The Winner

The CW

Returning series: America's Next Top Model Beauty and the Geek Everybody Hates Chris The Game Girlfriends One Tree Hill Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll Smallville Supernatural WWE Friday Night SmackDown

New series: Aliens in America Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants CW Now Eight Days a Week[19] Farmer Wants a Wife Gossip Girl Life Is Wild Online Nation Reaper

Not returning from 2006/07: 7th Heaven All of Us Gilmore Girls Hidden Palms Runaway Reba Veronica Mars

MyNetworkTV

Returning series: IFL Battleground My Thursday Night Movie My Friday Night Movie My Saturday Night Movie (summer) Meet My Folks (from NBC) Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed (from FOX) Paradise Hotel 2 (season one on FOX) The Best of In Living Color (from FOX) The Twilight Zone (from UPN)

New series: NFL Total Access Celebrity Exposé Control Room Presents Whacked Out Videos Street Patrol The Academy Jail Decision House Masters of Illusion Under One Roof[20]

Not returning from 2006/07: Desire Fashion House Wicked Wicked Games Watch Over Me American Heiress Saints & Sinners

Full season orders and cancellations

Full season orders

The following are shows that have been given full seasons during the 2007/08 television season. Shows listed in Bold returned for the 2008/09 television season.

ABC

• Private Practice – On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season.^[21]
• Pushing Daisies – On October 23, 2007, the show received the order for nine additional episodes comprising a full season.^[22]
• Samantha Who? – On October 30, 2007, the show received a full season order due to solid retention of the audience from Dancing with the Stars in both total viewers, consistently finishing 1st place in its timeslot, and the key 18-49 demographic, consistently finishing in 2nd in its timeslot.^[23]
• Dirty Sexy Money – On November 16, 2007, the show was given a full season order, making it the first show to be ordered a full season since the writers strike began on November 5.^[24]

CBS

• The Big Bang Theory – On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season.^[25]
• The Unit - On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season order.^[25]

FOX

• Kitchen Nightmares – On October 16, 2007, the show was renewed for another season of 10 episodes.^[26]
• The Moment of Truth – On February 1, 2008, Fox ordered an additional 13 episodes, bringing the total episode order to 25.^[27]

NBC

• Chuck– On November 26, 2007 NBC gave a full 22-episode season to the show.^[28]
• Life – On November 26, 2007 NBC gave a full 22-episode season to the show.^[28]

The CW

• Gossip Girl – On October 9, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season, making it the first new show to do so.^[29]
• Aliens in America – Although a full season order has not been officially announced, sources have reported that despite the writers strike this show will have 17 episodes for the season.^[30]

Cancellations

The following are shows that have been canceled during the 2007/08 television season.

ABC

• Big Shots – All 11 produced episodes aired and on February 12, 2008 ABC announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• Carpoolers – 13 produced episodes aired and on February 12, 2008 ABC announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• Cashmere Mafia – ABC announced on March 13, 2008 that the show will not return.^[32]
• Cavemen – 6 of the 13 produced episodes aired, and on February 12, 2008 ABC announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• Men in Trees – ABC announced on May 4, 2008 that the show will not return next season.^[11]
• Miss Guided – Confirmed canceled on May 12, 2008
• Notes from the Underbelly – Confirmed canceled on May 12, 2008
• October Road – Confirmed canceled on May 12, 2008.
• Women's Murder Club – Confirmed canceled on May 12, 2008.

CBS

• Cane – Confirmed canceled on May 14, 2008
• Jericho – CBS announced on March 21, 2008, that the show will not return for another season.^[33]
• Kid Nation – Confirmed canceled on May 14, 2008
• Moonlight – Confirmed canceled on May 14, 2008
• Power of 10 – The show was canceled on April 30, 2008 in favor of The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular; the two series shared the same host (Drew Carey).
• Secret Talents of the Stars – canceled after one episode due to low ratings.^[34]
• Shark - Confirmed canceled on May 14, 2008
• Viva Laughlin – canceled on October 22, 2007, after airing only two episodes. The previously unscheduled The Amazing Race started early and took over the timeslot.^[35]
• Welcome to The Captain – After the 5th episode aired, the show was canceled due to poor ratings.^[36]

FOX

• Canterbury's Law – Confirmed canceled on May 15, 2008.
• Back to You – canceled after FOX decided not to bring the show back for an already in-production second season.^[37]
• K-Ville – 10 of the 11 produced episodes aired and on February 12, 2008, FOX announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• Nashville – Originally scheduled to return on November 9, 2007, but after airing only two episodes, FOX canceled the series on October 19, 2007.^[38]
• New Amsterdam – On May 11, 2008, FOX canceled the freshman series.^[39]
• The Return of Jezebel James – On March 24, 2008, after three episodes in one complete week, FOX canceled the comedy due to low ratings.^[40] It is unlikely that the unaired episodes will ever air, due to its official site being taken down by FOX.

NBC

• 1 vs. 100 – canceled at the 2008 upfront presentation.
• American Gladiators – NBC decided not to renew the show for a third season, even though there were plans that got canceled
• Amne$ia – canceled at the 2008 upfront presentation.
• Bionic Woman – All 8 produced episodes aired and on February 12, 2008, NBC announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad – canceled at the 2008 upfront presentation.
• Journeyman – The last of 13 produced episodes aired on December 19, 2007. NBC did not order a full-season run by the deadline of December 11, 2007, effectively cancelling the series.^[41][42]
• Las Vegas – After 5 seasons and 106 episodes, NBC announced the cancellation of the series on February 20. The final episode, which aired on February 15, was a cliffhanger.^[43]
• Phenomenon – canceled at the 2008 upfront presentation.^[44]
• Quarterlife – The web-series-turned-network-program was canceled on NBC after one episode due to low ratings, the lowest NBC had received in that time slot in 17 years. NBC Universal announced the series would continue on co-owned cable network Bravo.
• Heroes Origins – The series was canceled before it aired and was confirmed at the upfronts.^[45]
• Scrubs – After seven seasons, NBC announced that the show would not return. However, ABC picked it up for the 2008/09 season.
• The Singing Bee – canceled at the 2008 upfront presentation.

The CW

• Aliens in America – After its 18 episodes, the show will air its series finale on May 18, 2008.^[46]
• Girlfriends – After 8 seasons and 172 episodes, on February 12, 2008, The CW announced no more new episodes will be produced and the show was officially canceled. While there won't be any additional episodes produced for the season, a series finale/retrospective for the show is in talks.^[31]
• Life Is Wild – All 13 produced episodes aired and on February 12, 2008, The CW announced no new episodes would be produced after the strike, effectively cancelling the show.^[31]
• Online Nation – First show to be canceled in the 2007–08 season. This show set a record for the lowest ratings in The CW's brief history.^[47]
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown – On February 8, 2008 World Wrestling Entertainment and The CW had ended negotiations to keep Friday Night SmackDown! on the network. WWE stated that Friday Night SmackDown! would continue to air on The CW through the end of the 2007/08 broadcast season.^[48][49][50] On February 26, 2008, WWE announced that MyNetworkTV picked up Friday Night Smackdown for the 2008/09 television season.^[51]
• CW Now – It was announced that in early February, 2008, that CW Now would be going on hiatus. However, on February 13, 2008, The CW announced that they were cancelling CW Now after the February 24 episode.^[52]

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