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.

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 U.S..

Lime indicates the #1 most-watched program of the season.^[1]

Yellow indicates the top-10 most-watched programs of the season.^[1]

Cyan indicates the top-20 most-watched programs of the season.^[1]

Magenta indicates the top-30 most-watched programs of the season.^[1]

Sunday

PM		7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC		America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
CBS	Official	60 Minutes		Viva Laughlin		Cold Case		Shark
CBS	Follow-Up	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race^[2]		Cold Case		Shark
CW	Official	CW Now	Online Nation	Life Is Wild		America's Next Top Model (Reruns)		Local Programming
CW	Follow-Up	CW Now	Aliens in America (Reruns)	Life Is Wild		America's Next Top Model (Reruns)
FOX		The OT (NFL Post-Game) / Animated series reruns		The Simpsons	King of the Hill	Family Guy	American Dad!
NBC		Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football

Monday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Official	Dancing with the Stars (Performance)			Samantha Who?	The Bachelor
ABC	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	Rules of Engagement	CSI: Miami
CW		Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game	Local Programming
FOX	Official	Prison Break		K-Ville
FOX	Follow-Up	House (Reruns)		K-Ville
MNT	Official	Celebrity Exposé		Control Room Presents
MNT	Follow-Up	Breaking The Magician's Code		Celebrity Exposé
NBC		Chuck		Heroes		Journeyman

Tuesday

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

Wednesday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC		Pushing Daisies		Private Practice	Dirty Sexy Money
CBS		Kid Nation		Criminal Minds	CSI: NY
CW		America's Next Top Model		Gossip Girl^[5]	Local Programming
FOX		Back to You	'Til Death	Kitchen Nightmares^[4]
MNT		Decision House^[6]		Meet My Folks
NBC	Official	Deal or No Deal		Bionic Woman	Life
NBC	Follow-Up	Deal or No Deal			Life

Thursday

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

Friday

PM		8:00	9:00	10:00
ABC	Official	20/20	Women's Murder Club	Men in Trees
ABC	Follow-Up	Men in Trees	Women's Murder Club	20/20
CBS		Ghost Whisperer	Moonlight	Numb3rs
CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown!		Local Programming
FOX	Official	The Next Great American Band	Nashville
FOX	Follow-Up	Don't Forget the Lyrics! [1]	The Next Great American Band [2]
MNT		My Friday Night Movie
NBC		Deal or No Deal	Friday Night Lights	Las Vegas

Saturday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	Official	Saturday Night Football
ABC	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	Local Programming
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
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		Oprah's Big Give		Here Come the Newlyweds
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
CBS	60 Minutes		Big Brother 9		Cold Case		Shark (Reruns)
			Big Brother 9		Cold Case		Dexter
			Various Programming
CW	CW Now	Aliens in America (Reruns)	Life Is Wild		Crowned (Reruns)		Local Programming
	CW Now	Everybody Hates Chris (Reruns)	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game
	America's Next Top Model (Reruns)				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)
	Dateline NBC		The Office (Reruns) ^[7]				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition aired two hour episodes on January 13 through January 27.^[8]

Monday

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

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
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)		Boston Legal
	According to Jim (Reruns)	According to Jim	Dancing with the Stars (Results)		Women's Murder Club
CBS	NCIS		Big Brother 9		48 Hours: Mystery
					Jericho
					Secret Talents of the Stars
					48 Hours: Mystery
			Shark		Drama Reruns
CW	Reaper		One Tree Hill		Local Programming
	Beauty and the Geek		One Tree Hill
	Beauty and the Geek		Reaper
FOX	American Idol		House (Reruns)
FOX	American Idol		Hell's Kitchen
MNT	Street Patrol	Street Patrol	Jail	Jail
NBC	The Biggest Loser 5				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC	Most Outrageous Moments	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Various People			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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.^[9]

Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	Wife Swap		Supernanny	Cashmere Mafia
				Men in Trees
				Boston Legal
CBS	Power of 10/Comedy Reruns		Criminal Minds	CSI: NY
	Big Brother 9
	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular
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		The Moment of Truth
FOX	'Til Death	Back to You	American Idol
MNT	Whacked Out Videos	Whacked Out Videos	Various Programming
	Whacked Out Videos	Whacked Out Videos	Masters of Illusion
	Under One Roof	The Best of In Living Color	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
NBC	Deal or No Deal			Law & Order

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
ABC	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy		Big Shots
	Lost (Reruns)		Lost		Eli Stone
	Miss Guided ^[10]	Miss Guided	Lost		Eli Stone
	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy		Lost
CBS	Survivor: Micronesia		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Without a Trace
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	Various Comedy repeats	The Celebrity Apprentice		Lipstick Jungle
		30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs	ER
		Scrubs	The Office	30 Rock	ER

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.^[11]

Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
ABC	Grey's Anatomy (Reruns)		Desperate Housewives (Reruns)	20/20
CBS	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular		Ghost Whisperer	Numb3rs
CBS	Ghost Whisperer		Moonlight	Numb3rs
CW	WWE Friday Night SmackDown			Local Programming
FOX	Bones (Reruns)		House (Reruns)
	The Return of Jezebel James		House (Reruns)
	'Til Death (Reruns)	The Return of Jezebel James	Canterbury's Law
	Bones (Reruns)		Canterbury's Law
	FOX Friday Night Movie
MNT	My Friday Night Movie
NBC	The Singing Bee	The Singing Bee	Friday Night Lights	Las Vegas
	1 vs. 100		Friday Night Lights	Las Vegas
	Amne$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.^[12]

Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
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
	NFL Total Access		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 2008-2009 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.^[13]

Sunday

PM		7:00	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	July	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)	High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)		Desperate Housewives (Reruns)
ABC	August	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Reruns)		Desperate Housewives (Reruns)
CBS	June	60 Minutes (Reruns)	Million Dollar Password		Cold Case (Reruns)		Various Programming
CBS	July	60 Minutes (Reruns)	Big Brother (Nominations)		Jingles		Cold Case (Reruns)
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)	Local Programming
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
ABC	May	The Bachelorette				The Mole
ABC	July	High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Wanna Bet?		The Mole
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)
CW		Gossip Girl (Reruns)		One Tree Hill (Reruns)		Local Programming
FOX	June	Bones (Reruns)		House (Reruns)
FOX	Aug	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Reruns)		Prison Break (Reruns)
MNT	June	Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)		Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)
	July	Celebrity Exposé (Reruns)		Decision House (Reruns)
	Aug	Decision House (Reruns)		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
ABC		Wipeout		I Survived A Japanese Game Show		Primetime
CBS	June	NCIS (Reruns)		The Unit (Reruns)		Without a Trace (Reruns)
CBS	July	NCIS (Reruns)		Big Brother (Power of Veto)		Without a Trace (Reruns)
CW		TBA		Reaper (Reruns)		Local Programming
FOX	May	The Moment of Truth		Hell's Kitchen
FOX	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
ABC		Wife Swap (Reruns)		Supernanny (Reruns)		Primetime
CBS	June	Various Programming		Criminal Minds (Reruns)		CSI: NY (Reruns)
	July	Big Brother (Live Eviction)
	July	Greatest American Dog
CW		TBA		Farmer Wants A Wife		Local Programming
FOX	May	So You Think You Can Dance
FOX	Aug	Kitchen Nightmares (Reruns)		Kitchen Nightmares (Reruns)
MNT	May	Under One Roof	The Best of In Living Color	Specials/Reruns
	July	Under One Roof	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	9:00	10:00
ABC	June	Ugly Betty (Reruns)	Grey's Anatomy (Reruns)	Hopkins
ABC	Aug	Ugly Betty (Reruns)	Grey's Anatomy (Reruns)	Private Practice (Reruns)
CBS	June	Various Programming	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Reruns)	Swingtown
	July	Greatest American Dog		Swingtown
		Greatest American Dog		Flashpoint
		Big Brother		Flashpoint
CW		Smallville (Reruns)	Supernatural (Reruns)	Local Programming
FOX	May	So You Think You Can Dance
FOX	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	9:00	10:00
ABC	June	Dance Machine	Duel	20/20
ABC	July	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)	Duel	20/20
CBS	June	Ghost Whisperer (Reruns)	Moonlight (Reruns)	Numb3rs (Reruns)
	July		Numb3rs (Reruns)	Flashpoint
	July		Numb3rs (Reruns)	Swingtown
CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown		Local Programming
FOX	May	FOX Friday Night Movie
FOX	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)
MNT	July	The Academy (Reruns)	Paradise Hotel 2 (Reruns)
NBC		Various Repeats	Dateline NBC

Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	10:00
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			Local Programming
NBC	Law & Order (Reruns)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns)

By network

ABC

Returning series:

New series:

Not returning from 2006–2007:

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:

Not returning from 2006–2007:

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 2006–2007:

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 ^[14]

Not returning from 2006–2007:

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:

Not returning from 2006–2007:

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^[16]

Not returning from 2006–2007:

Full season orders and cancellations

Full season orders

The following are shows that have been given full seasons during the 2007-2008 television season. Shows listed in Bold will return for 2008-2009 television season.

ABC

Private Practice - On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season.^[17]
Pushing Daisies - On October 23, 2007, the show received the order for nine additional episodes comprising a full season.^[18]
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.^[19]
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.^[20]

CBS

The Big Bang Theory - On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season.^[21]
The Unit - On October 19, 2007, the show was given a full 22-episode season order.^[21]

FOX

Kitchen Nightmares - On October 16, 2007, the show was renewed for another season of 10 episodes.^[22]
The Moment of Truth - On February 1, 2008, Fox ordered an additional 13 episodes, bringing the total episode order to 25.^[23]

NBC

Chuck- On November 26, 2007 NBC gave a full 22-episode season to the show.^[24]
Life - On November 26, 2007 NBC gave a full 22-episode season to the show.^[24]

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.^[25]
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.^[26]

Cancellations

The following are shows that have been cancelled during the 2007-2008 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.^[27]
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.^[27]
Cashmere Mafia - ABC announced on March 13, 2008 that the show will not return.^[28]
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.^[27]
Men in Trees - ABC announced on May 4, 2008 that the show will not return next season.^[7]
Miss Guided - Confirmed cancelled on May 12, 2008
Notes from the Underbelly - Confirmed cancelled on May 12, 2008
October Road - Confirmed cancelled on May 12, 2008.
Women's Murder Club - Confirmed cancelled on May 12, 2008.

CBS

Cane - Confirmed cancelled on May 14, 2008
Jericho - CBS announced on March 21, 2008, that the show will not return for another season.^[29]
Kid Nation - Confirmed cancelled May 14, 2008
Moonlight - Confirmed cancelled May 14, 2008
Power of 10 - The show was cancelled 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 - Cancelled after one episode due to low ratings.^[30]
Shark - Confirmed cancelled on May 14, 2008
Viva Laughlin - Cancelled on October 22, 2007, after airing only two episodes. The previously unscheduled The Amazing Race started early and took over the timeslot.^[31]
Welcome to The Captain - After the 5th episode aired, the show was cancelled due to poor ratings.^[32]

FOX

Canterbury's Law - Confirmed cancelled on May 15, 2008.
Back to You - Cancelled after FOX decided not to bring the show back for an already in-production second season.^[33]
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.^[27]
Nashville - Originally scheduled to return on November 9, 2007, but after airing only two episodes, FOX cancelled the series on October 19, 2007.^[34]
New Amsterdam - On May 11, 2008, FOX cancelled the freshman series.^[35]
The Return of Jezebel James - On March 24, 2008, after three episodes in one complete week, FOX cancelled the comedy due to low ratings.^[36] It is unlikely that the unaired episodes will ever air, due to its official site being taken down by FOX.

NBC

1 vs. 100 - Cancelled 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 cancelled
Amne$ia - Cancelled 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.^[27]
My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad - Cancelled 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.^[37]^[38]
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.^[39]
Phenomenon - Cancelled at the 2008 upfront presentation.^[40]
Quarterlife - The web-series-turned-network-program was cancelled 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 cancelled before it aired and was confirmed at the upfronts.^[41]
Scrubs - After seven seasons, NBC announced that the show would not return. However, ABC picked it up for the 2008-2009 season.
The Singing Bee - Cancelled 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.^[42]
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 cancelled. While there won't be any additional episodes produced for the season, a series finale/retrospective for the show is in talks.^[27]
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.^[27]
Online Nation - First show to be cancelled in the 07-08 season. This show set a record for the lowest ratings in The CW's brief history.^[43]
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 2007-2008 broadcast season.^[44]^[45]^[46] On February 26, 2008, WWE announced that MyNetworkTV picked up Friday Night Smackdown for the 2008-2009 television season.^[47]
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.^[48]

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United States network television schedules

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1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60
1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70
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2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10
2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13

2007–08 United States network television schedule

Contents

Fall schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Mid-season schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Summer Schedule

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

By network

ABC

NBC

CBS

FOX

The CW

MyNetworkTV

Full season orders and cancellations

Full season orders

Cancellations

References