MONDAY-ABC has the TV movie A Raisin in the Sun (starring Sean "Diddy" Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, and Sanaa Lathan), CBS has new episodes of Welcome to the Captain and New Adventures of Old Christine, The CW has a new episode of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, FOX has new episodes of The Moment of Truth and Terminator, and NBC has new episodes of Deal Or No Deal, My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, and Medium.
TUESDAY-ABC has new episodes of Just For Laughs, According To Jim, Carpoolers, and night 1 of the Primetime special What Would You Do?; CBS has new episodes of Big Brother and Jericho; The CW has a new episode of One Tree Hill; FOX is sneaking in a new episode of Back To You (the first new episode since November, another new episode airs on Wednesday) after a new 90-minute episode of American Idol; NBC has a new episode of The Biggest Loser along with the first of six episodes of quarterlife, which originally appeared in 4 minute increments on MySpace. quarterlife's normal timeslot will be on Sundays.
WEDNESDAY-ABC has new episodes of Wife Swap, Supernanny, and Men In Trees; CBS has the first episode of week 3 of Big Brother; The CW has a new episode of America's Next Top Model; FOX has a new episode of American Idol; FOX has American Idol followed by another new episode of Back To You; and NBC has new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Law & Order.
THURSDAY-ABC has new episodes of Lost and Eli Stone, CBS has a new Survivor, FOX has another Thursday episode of American Idol which should give another big boost to the episode of Don't Forget the Lyrics that airs afterwords, and NBC has new episodes of Celebrity Apprentice and Lipstick Jungle.
FRIDAY-ABC has two hours of 20/20, CBS has a new primetime edition of The Price Is Right, The CW has Friday Night Smackdown, and NBC has Amnesia along with a two-hour Dateline NBC.
SATURDAY-ABC airs Seabiscuit, I think. That reminds me of Paul and Storm performing what it would sound like if Randy Newman performed the theme from Seabiscuit. If you have Firefox, you can click the button on that page to hear it. It doesn't work in IE7 for some reason. CBS airs Secondhand Lions, starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Haley Joel Osment. FOX has Cops and America's Most Wanted.
SUNDAY-ABC has a new Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, along with the premieres of Oprah's Big Give and Here Come the Newlyweds. Oprah's Big Give kind of reminds me of a cross between Brewster's Millions, and The Apprentice. 10 contestants are given a sum of money with which they are to help people in unique ways, as well as competing in challenges to "become America's greatest unknown philanthropist". Hosted by Nate Berkus, whom Oprah viewers probably recognize, with Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef), Malaak Compton-Rock (Chris Rock's wife), and Tony Gonzalez (of the Kansas City Chiefs) as judges. Each episode, a contestant is voted off, and the winner gets $1 million. Here Come the Newlyweds is course another reality show, and I'd describe it as Amazing Race meets Temptation Island. 7 just-married couples compete in events that "test the love and passion they have for each other". In the first episode, the husband is blindfolded, and then has to identify his wife based solely on her kiss, and then has to drive (still blindfolded) while his wife gives directions. Hosted by writer/comedian Pat Bullard, whose last IMDB listing is as a writer for Reba. Bullard took over for Chuck Wollery as the host of Love Connection and took over for Bob Eubanks as the host of Card Shark.
Meanwhile, CBS has a new episode of Big Brother; The CW has the first new episodes of Everybody Hates Chris and Aliens in America since December 10th; FOX has new episodes of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy, along with the premiere of Unhitched. Unhitched is a comedy about 4 singles dealing with dating in their 30s. It stars Rashida Jones, who played Karen Filippelli on The Office; Craig Bierko, who played Jeffery Coho on Boston Legal; Johnny Sneed, whose biggest role appears to be Brian Olson on 9 episodes of The Guardian (CBS 2001-2004); and Shaun Majumder, who played the terrorist who set off a nuclear bomb in Season 6 of 24.
NBC's Sunday night lineup is new episodes of Dateline NBC, Deal or No Deal, and quarterlife.
I'm REALLY worried about "Boston Legal" and its chances for renewal next season. It wasn't in the initial group that ABC renewed a few weeks back. They've had a ratings nose-dive this year and I can't figure out why; the only thing I can think is that it was one of the shows to have new episodes deep into the writer's strike, so maybe most people just assumed it was on hiatus too (From what I'v seen, ABC hardly ever advertises the show).
The positive I guess is I don't know how many shows they've been able to develop new for next season with the strike. Also, while BL doesn't do well in the 18-49 demo, I'm pretty sure they do well in the wealthy people category (there is such a thing, probably not called that), so that'll entice advertisers.
Originally posted by geemoneyI'm REALLY worried about "Boston Legal" and its chances for renewal next season. It wasn't in the initial group that ABC renewed a few weeks back. They've had a ratings nose-dive this year and I can't figure out why; the only thing I can think is that it was one of the shows to have new episodes deep into the writer's strike, so maybe most people just assumed it was on hiatus too (From what I'v seen, ABC hardly ever advertises the show).
The positive I guess is I don't know how many shows they've been able to develop new for next season with the strike. Also, while BL doesn't do well in the 18-49 demo, I'm pretty sure they do well in the wealthy people category (there is such a thing, probably not called that), so that'll entice advertisers.
It looks like ION has picked the show up. Now, whether they've picked up reruns, or a new season, I have no idea. The articles on the subject are ridiculously unclear. Go ahead and Google boston legal ion and see if you can find a straight answer.
"I could drown the pain, and drink upon commuter trains, and here you stand in eastern standard time" - Mike Doughty
Originally posted by ironcladlouIt looks like ION has picked the show up. Now, whether they've picked up reruns, or a new season, I have no idea. The articles on the subject are ridiculously unclear. Go ahead and Google boston legal ion and see if you can find a straight answer.
It should have taken you all of fifteen seconds to figure out that ION ALWAYS airs reruns. (Sorry, "Mama's Family" and "Wayans Brothers" fans, they're still not producing new episodes.)
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