I've been slow with posting these but here is what The CW is offering this fall:

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL

9:00-10:00 PM ONE TREE HILL

The CW will continue to struggle. Neither one of these shows perform well. Even after it's massive media blitz for the return of GG it still did about the same as it did before the strike.

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM 90210 (New Series)

9:00-10:00 PM SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH (New Series)

I personally don't hold much hope for 90210. I'll give it a chance because I used to watch the original, my guess is I won't watch it a second time, but hopefully I'll be surprised. I have no desire to watch Surviving the Filthy Rich.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL

9:00-10:00 PM STYLISTA (New Series)

When America's Next Top Model is one of your biggest hits you know you're in trouble. This night will be good for CW but awful compared to the other networks.

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE

9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL

This will be a steady but again very low night for them.

FRIDAY

8:00-8:30 PM EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS

8:30-9:00 PM THE GAME

9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL (Encore Presentation)

Hopefully they will promot Chris and The Game. They both did pretty well when it was on UPN, The CW has pretty much destroyed these two shows. Hopefully on a weak night they will finally find a decent sized audience.

MONDAY:

8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
9:30 p.m. "Samantha Who?"
10:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"

Monday DWTS is declining but still solid. Samantha Who does well as long as it's after DWTS, so it will be okay until after DWTS ends. Boston Legal is going to finish up in I believe 13 episodes so we should see a new drama here at mid-season. Nothing here I'll be watching in the fall.

TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS"
9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show"
10:00 p.m. "Eli Stone"

Definitely not a night I'll be watching ABC. Opportunity Knocks sounds like a horrible game show, probably will be in the Duel ratings. The results show should do okay. Eli Stone was a loser in its run this past season so I expect it only to do worse, it may have mediocre ratings until DWTS is over but once that's done the ratings will plumet.

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies"
9:00 p.m. "Private Practice"
10:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money"

Wednesday last season was dropping each week, with the exception of Private Practice. Expect this to continue and DSM and Pushing Daisies gone at mid-season for new shows. Another night I won't be watching ABC

THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"
9:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00 p.m. "LIFE ON MARS"

Ugly Betty is going down, I really only expect this to last this season, maybe next. GA is declining but is still a solid performer but terrible for launching new shows. Life on Mars looks really good, I've seen a few promos and has my favorite actor Jason O'Mara in it. I think LOM has a chance because it is different from GA, all the failed shows launched after GA were relationship dramas and it doesn't seem to work, maybe a procedural will. LOM is the only show on ABC Thursday I'll be watching.

FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Wife Swap"
9:00 p.m. "Supernanny"
10:00 p.m. "20/20"

While I won't be watching this is probably a good move for ABC, ratings for WS and Nanny are okay during the week and I think they'll be about the same which is very good for Friday.

SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night College Football"

I'll watch depending on who is playing.

SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"
10:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"

Sunday's are getting old. I personally don't like any of the shows listed. DH is about the only show I see growing the rest should start to decline. I really think that ABC should have swapped B&S and LOM. DH is much better at launching shows then GA.

I know NBC actually has their upfront tomorrow but here is the schedule they released last month for Fall.

NBC OFFICIAL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2008-09

*New programs in UPPER CASE (with the exception of "ER")

MONDAY
8-9 p.m. "Chuck"
9-10 p.m. "Heroes"
10-11 p.m. "MY OWN WORST ENEMY"

I really think NBC is making a mistake with Chuck. It rerally didn't do well last year and I doubt it will improve this season. Heroes was down some last year and unless they do something to fix it this year it will continue to decline. Which is not going to help new show My Own Worst Enemy. This show has some potential but I'll have to see it and make my decision then.

TUESDAY
8- 9:30 p.m. "The Biggest Loser: Families"
9:30-10 p.m. "KATH & KIM"
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

I'm not really impressed with Biggest Loser now they're going to do families. I really think this is the year it will become the bigget loser rating wise. Kath & Kim I don't like Molly Shannon so I'll be passing on this one. L&O SVU is one of my favorites, I won't miss that one.

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. "KNIGHT RIDER"
9-10 p.m. "Deal or No Deal"
10-11 p.m. "Lipstick Jungle"

Knight Rider might have done well as a movie last season but I really don't see it lasting as a series. I think it's gone by midseason. Deal or No Deal I like this show but NBC is really burning it out. It's on too much each week and the ratings are starting to suffer because of it. Lipstick Jungle I really don't hold much hope for. I liked it but the ratings weren't there last season and I really doubt they will be this season.

THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. "My Name Is Earl"
8:30-9 p.m. "30 Rock"
9- 9:30 p.m. "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. "The Office"/ "SNL THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE"
10-11 p.m. "ER"

NBC really needs to fix My Name is Earl. I hardly watched this season and when I did, I was very disappointed. 30 Rock is such a waste I don't know why this is getting a 3rd season it didn't deserve the 2nd. The Office will continue to do well for them I personally don't like it. ER I think will do okay as it has in the past. If they bill it as the last season ratings should actually go up because fans will come back to watch the ending.

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. "CRUSOE"
9-10 p.m. "Deal or No Deal"
10-11 p.m. "Life"

I really don't have much interest in Crusoe. Overplaying DOND again. One night a week is plenty. Life's ratings will go down from last year here on Fridays. That's a shame because it is a good show. Hopefully enough will tune in to keep it going a few seasons.

SATURDAY
8-9 p.m. "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. "KNIGHT RIDER" (Encores)
10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (Encores)

I don't even talk about Saturday. There really isn't anything to say.

SUNDAY
7- 8:20 p.m. "Football Night in America"
8:20-11 p.m. "NBC Sunday Night Football"

NBC will dominate because of the Sunday Night games but they really need to do something about Football Night in America, it's ratings aren't good at all.

With the problems caused by the writer's strike it's hard to believe it's almost time for the upfronts, and nobody is really talking about it. Usually there is so much out there about new pilots and guesses about what will be picked up and what won't. Overall I think this year's upfronts will be kind of boring.

Not many pilots have been filmed yet so there just isn't all the buzz about what people liked and didn't on the various sites. NBC has already announced their schedule the other networks will next week, ABC on Tuesday May 13, CBS and CW on Wednesday May 14, and Thursday May 15 Fox.

Since there hasn't been too much buzz this year the only pilot I'm really pulling for at this point is Life on Mars. There have been a few articles lately that David E. Kelley might be stepping down but that ABC Studios wants to take over the project. The pilot has been filmed already and my guess is ABC wants it on their schedule or they wouldn't really care what Kelley was going to do.

Other pilots that I have some interest in but really haven't heard too much about are:

ABC: Castle, Section 8 and The Unusuals

CBS: Mythological X and Tower

CW: nothing really I'll probably check out 90210 just because I used to watch the original. I doubt I'll watch it a second time.

FOX: Courtroom K.

That's about it for now. I'll post next week what I think about the schedules. Let me know what you think about this year's upfronts.

I'm in Orlando for a few days so I won't be able to check my queue as often. It will probably just be once a day. If you send something through I'll get to it as soon as I can.

Happy New Year!