Fall TV Schedule

Monday


The Big Bang Theory should explode this season.

Mondays won't look too different from last season, with the only significant changes being ABC expanding Dancing With the Stars to two hours, Fox's Lie to Me following House, and CBS swapping a pair of comedies. CBS made the decision to create a strong block with Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory. In experiments putting the two shows back-to-back last year, numbers were way up for Big Bang, and the network hopes to make this hit as big as Two and a Half Men. ABC is stoked that Castle's only real competition in the 10:00 hour is CSI: Miami--it should translate into a ratings jump for Castle and our beloved Nathan Fillion. This is just a guess, but neither of the two new scripted shows (CBS' Jenna Elfman comedy Accidentally on Purpose and NBC's drama Trauma) looks to make much of an impact on this night. Mondays should belong to ABC thanks to the strength of Dancing With the Stars.

8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
ABC Dancing with the Stars (performances) / The Bachelor (when DWTS ends)
CBS How I Met Your Mother (new time) / *Accidentally on Purpose
Fox House
NBC Heroes (new time)
CW Gossip Girl

9:00 - 10:00 p.m.
ABC Dancing with the Stars (performances-continued)
CBS Two and a Half Men / The Big Bang Theory (new time)
Fox Lie to Me (new time)
NBC *Trauma
CW One Tree Hill

10:00 - 11:00 p.m.
ABC Castle
CBS CSI: Miami
Fox Local Programming
NBC *The Jay Leno Show
CW Local Programming

Which network do you think will win Monday nights?

  • frankh57

    Yes, like many before me, I have to wonder why the networks like to but their own garbage such as so many "reality" shows on tv. They chase each other and to the detriment of good quality tv and family entertainment. I also have to wonder why quality shows tend to last longer on independent cable channels as opposed to main stream media. Is it a wonder that the national broadcast channels are losing veiwership?

    Sep 21, 2009
  • ymiheere

    Honestly, I don't CARE what they put on Mondays and who goes against whom - for me it's NO contest... House and Lie To Me.... two of the BEST freakin' shows on TV today - I can't STAND these "reality" scripted lie-fests anyways :p

    Jun 29, 2009
  • AprilFox

    CBS, the NCIS franchise and The Good Wife will make it so. :P

    Jun 24, 2009
  • natyshu95

    dude cmon! how am i supposed to pick a show to watch on monday nights?? house, heroes and gossip girl are all at the same time! i think is great that the vampire diaries are right bfore supernatural instead of smallville

    Jun 20, 2009
  • Endgame65

    Still hate it when they pack everything in here. SUPERNATURAL STILL RULES at 8. As much as I'd like to watch Bones I'm guilty of a little bit of competition between Vampire Diaries, I'm curious, can't help it. Couldn't give a darn about Flash Forward or the Fringe. Mentalist should do well, especially with what it's up against, but I liked it right after NCIS, it was a great lead in.

    Jun 10, 2009
  • Endgame65

    Wow, Wednesday night sucks. A lot of shows that don't look any good. Question, why is it these shows had girls who look like they should be modeling rather than being a doctor, EMT, investigator, or whatever and the guys look like crap? Girl here saying where are all my favorite guys from these shows that were canceled?

    Jun 10, 2009
  • Dramageek428

    laame so many great shows were cancelled this year

    Jun 09, 2009
  • Dramageek428

    laame so many great shows were cancelled this year

    Jun 09, 2009
  • cavorka777

    I can t wait to watch the current shows and the new shows next fall,there are too many great shows that i can t don t know how can i do that but one thing is sure;i am gonna do that,and i am also preparing me for the midseason there are too many great shows there too;that too me this is like Christmas.

    Jun 09, 2009
  • summergrace

    Idon't watch CBS that much .Except for the MONDAY night line-up (8pm-10pm)I also watch New Adventure's of old Christine and Garry Unmarried.These shows make CBS the place for great comedy.I don't like MIAMI CSI,the show is WAY over the top in acting,David Caruso is a joke,and the co-stars in this show give cheesy acting a bad rap!

    Jun 03, 2009
  • Jon521

    I'M GLAD I CAN DVR 4 TV SHOW'SAT A TIME OR I'D MISS MY SHOWS

    Jun 02, 2009
  • luvinx

    CBS may have been shortsighted enough to cancel Eleventh Hour, but the Campaign to bring it back is not over. If you love EH like we do, check out this new link at our new site. There are still possibilities to save this show but we need each and every fan to help! CBS is not the only network out there, and there are also wonderful cable stations such as TNT and USA. Let's find out which one is smart enough to grab this show up!http://www.planet-hood.net/campaign

    Jun 02, 2009
  • Tsoudis

    I will watch Lie to me, Gossip Girl and Trauma...

    Jun 02, 2009
  • ClayMeow

    @reliableg, do you not know how to read? Two and a Half Men is on at the exact same time, and Big Bang Theory now follows it.

    May 31, 2009
  • reliableg

    OMG! Did they cancel Two and a half men. Also,where IS Big Bang Theory

    May 31, 2009
  • ClayMeow

    @tntrance49tv.com is 100% correct...Medium has switched to CBS.

    May 30, 2009
  • ClayMeow

    As if other nights weren't bad enough...Fridays used to have practically nothing, and now Ugly Betty, Medium, Dollhouse and Southland are all at the same time?! WTF?! I can only DVR 2 shows at once and watch a third...now I'm going to have to record a fourth show on another TV or resort to always watching one of them online. Ridiculous.

    May 30, 2009
  • tntrace49

    tv.com you need to check your listings....when did medium become a CBS show?

    May 30, 2009
  • Nickolakis

    This year the shows will be great! You can't choose!

    May 30, 2009
  • DojinFan_2K

    The Cleveland Show will be Fox's biggest bust since that short-lived Reality TV show that had a porn star trying to be a TV station's weather reporter, whose title escapes me.

    May 29, 2009
  • remycathy

    Monday house and heroes at the same time come on, two good shows how will we make a desicion...

    May 28, 2009
  • lefty1213

    house heroes AND gossip girl all on at eight!!!! ahhh this is crazy!! how am i suppose to choose!

    May 28, 2009
  • tidus1117

    Monday: Heroes, One Tree Hill
    Wednesday: Flashforward, Vampire Diaries
    Friday: Smallville, Dollhouse

    Next year: V, Day One and Lost and the above!

    May 28, 2009
  • Kalel18

    Thanks "olsoncm". I wondered where NBC was going to stick Chuck after seeing that it was renewed but didn't show up on the Fall schedule. It's crimanal! They should give it a full season and just dump Heroes. That show was great the first season but has been a joke ever since. No one ever dies in this comic book series, they just pass their superpowers back and forth.

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Sunday night will go to ABC from 9-11. I adore DH and Brothers and Sisters. Actually every time I watch B&S I always find myself saying "I love this show" well till this seasons' finale, I felt it was kinda blah for a finale.. No cliffhanger for me.

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Friday I guess I will see whats on cable from 8-9 since I no longer am a fan of "The Ghost Whisper" stopped watching this when they decided to make it Unbelievable with Jim's spirit jumps into another just dead body. Couldn't make that leap myself. Then CBS wins again, as I LOVE LOVE LOVE Medium and Numbers. I think that moving Ugly Betty (which I also stopped watching this last season) was a HUGH mistake on ABC's part, I think that this will end the show.

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Thursday evening I will start out at 8 with CBS, LOVE survivor!! Then its off to ABC for Grey's and Private Practice, which means I will have to TiVo either the Mentalist or PP, unsure of that yet. Still not seeing Chuck anywhere... Interesting.

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Well it looks like CBS wins again for Wednesday night as well, although I thought Chuck was renewed, I wonder WHERE the heck NBC has decided to put the show?!?! NBC isn't doing itself any favours putting Jay Leno on 5 nights a week, seriously, if they wanted him on every night, why make him leave the tonight show?

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Well looks like CBS has my full attention for this night, although I don't know if I will vest my time into another "new show, The Good Wife" I don't see myself wanting to watch Jay Leno 5 nights a week.. Not a fan.

    May 28, 2009
  • maggiewhy

    Looks like since Chuck won't be competing with House, I will be able to watch House, then I will switch to CBS for Two and a Half Men... This show is BRILLIANTLY done, and since NBC decided to be ignorant and get rid of Medium, I will stay with CBS and watch CSI Miami...

    May 28, 2009
  • IndianaMom

    Looks like I can go back to watching <em>House</em>, since it won't be opposite <em>Chuck</em> or <em>The Big Bang Theory</em>. Other than that I think I'll be turning to the American Life Network to watch sitcoms from the '70s and '80s. I refuse to watch <em>Two and a Half Men</em>. For me, they crossed the good taste line a few years ago.

    May 28, 2009
  • Gailrework1

    I love watching the No 1 ladys det agency. I keep checking on demand to see if number 8 has come out. Please continue the show - my husband and I enjoy it. Jill Scott does an excellent job along with the other cast. Continue Please Continue.

    May 27, 2009
  • contessa420

    What is wrong with the people who come up with these schedules??? I DVR enough television and there are SO MANY nights with bad television...don't they get that the same people who watch CBS...How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men are the same people who watch Heroes and Lie to Me???? They messed up my Monday nights this past year, putting 24 against Heroes and Two and a Half Men...silly silly silly. All the great shows get cancelled...why can't they put Dancing with the Stars on Saturday night or something...I mean, who watches that show anyway??? Ridiculous. Just like when they cancelled one of the best shows to have come out in many years...JUSTICE, by putting it in a time slot against shows already watched by people who also watched Justice.moreless

    May 27, 2009
  • slrf81

    If The Game doesn't come back to the CW I will stop watching the station all together!!! It seems that when ever a good, BLACK, successful T.V show starts, and always gets cancelled...First Girlfriends and now The Game. What is the problem?

    May 27, 2009
  • bondgirl42

    Wow, Wednesday's schedule doesn't look good. Looks like we'll be watching NCIS reruns on USA or ION instead. :)

    May 27, 2009
  • bondgirl42

    Castle! Castle! Castle! So glad that ABC renewed it--what a great show it is!

    May 27, 2009
  • andromeda62

    I was really upset that they cancelled the Eleventh Hour. Seems that most of the shows that are popular are those where you don't have to use much gray matter. Eleventh Hour I called my "science class", I learned a lot of stuff there. I will also miss Without a Trace but am glad that the Mentalist and Big Bang will be back.

    May 27, 2009
  • freddieholmes

    I'm quoting a comment found on this site since it echoes my thinking pretty closely...Bones??? Eleventh Hour???"I really can't believe Fox. They pre-empted and moved around Bones for the last 2 years. Now it appears they have dropped it. Darn that was my favorite show. How many unreality shows, Sports shows, fat shows, dance shows, and singing shows can they put on tv? NBC it appears has taken off "The Eleventh Hour". Darn!" After losing some really good shows like "Shark" and replacing them with more reality drivel, why should we be surprised. Our line-up is THE MENTALIST,all the L&Os, all the CSIs, NCIS, Bones, Numbers, TWO AND A HALF MEN, Criminal Minds and Lie to Me. And losing Women's Murder Club was disappointing too.

    May 27, 2009
  • Maverick405

    I've only recently found <em>The Big Bang Theory</em>, it's Excellent!

    May 27, 2009
  • scatha_guardian

    Is NBC trying to kill Heroes??? Why did they put it up against House? They should have left it at the old time slot...

    May 27, 2009
  • sebetai

    tv used to be awesome. what does the * mean? i don't recall where the explanation was.

    May 27, 2009
  • supergrannys

    We are so sorry that Monk has left the 'room'! Loved that show. Seems like TNT and USA are airing some really decent series. We're not into far out sci-fi or reality shows. We do really like DWTS and AI, Castle is definitely charming and Kyra from The Closer is dynamite. Desperate Housewives is still tops - that's about as sci-fi as we like. Course, we're a couple of seniors sliding head-long down the backside of life and we love to lurk about the tv screen in the evenings. Sure would like another truly funny sit-com like Two and a Half Men - with NO laugh track!! Visit & enjoy my blog: http://supergrannysmusings.blogspot.com/

    May 27, 2009
  • cgreid

    Also, I have come to the conclusion that there are so few decent shows on TV -- that I can download them in .avi format using utorrent or bitcomet --- the quality is better --- and I don't have commercials to sift through. http://www.xtvi.com/

    May 27, 2009
  • cgreid

    I am very sorry about "The Unit" being canceled. To me, outside of NCIS [not the LA version], it was one of the top 5 shows on TV. Extremely well done. and really who needs NCIS LA??? Give me a break!!Jay Leno at 10:00. Sure!! Either Leno self-destructs or Conan had better head for the hills.Glad also to see MEDIUM on CBS -- must be cheaper to produce than The Unit.Shows like Burn Notice on USA are excellent shows --their production costs must be a lot less .... why can't the BIG networks [GM, Ford and Chrysler -- whoops I mean CBS, NBC and ABC] get their acts together and realize what products the people really want. And it ain't reality shows!!

    May 27, 2009
  • VickiMc

    I, too, do not understand the popularity of "reality" shows. After listening to people talk all day about their husbands, their children, their dogs (and them listening to me, too), I want to come home and escape from all of that. What happened to good writing? So many channels, yet half of them are repeats of shows long gone. The only TV shows I watch are Castle, NCIS, The Mentalist, Numbers, Flashpoint, and Cold Case. I also watch The Closer, Leverage, and Burn Notice on TNT and USA. A lot of the comedies, to me, are crude. I don't expect TV to be "Leave it to Beaver-like" or even Cosby-like, but it would be nice to laugh without having to deal with what we used to call locker-room jokes.

    May 27, 2009
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