2004–05 United States network television schedule

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List of American television programs currently in production

Daytime: 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

Prime time: 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

Late night: 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

The following is the 2004–05 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2004 through August 2005. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2003–04 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.

Beginning this season, the major networks were no longer producing original dramatic content for Saturday broadcast (an exception being ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney, although it often featured rebroadcast material). Saturday schedules consisted instead of nonfiction reality-based programming and rebroadcasts of dramatic series episodes from earlier in the week, or new episodes of series previously scheduled on other nights that had been de facto cancelled and were "burning off" unaired episodes.

New series are highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

  Yellow indicates the top ten most watched programs of the season.

  Cyan indicates the top 20 most watched programs of the season.

  Magenta indicates the top 30 most watched programs of the season.

Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

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	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (18/9.1) (Tied with Medium)		Desperate Housewives (4/14.5)		Boston Legal (24/8.1)
	Spring							Grey's Anatomy (8/11.6)
	Mid-Summer					My Kind of Town		Desperate Housewives
CBS		60 Minutes (16/9.2) (Tied with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)		Cold Case (14/9.7) (Tied with The Apprentice)		CBS Sunday Movie (27/7.6) (Tied with The Amazing Race)
Fox	Fall	King of the Hill	Malcolm in the Middle	The Simpsons	Arrested Development	My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss		Local Programming
	Winter					Family Guy	The Simpsons (Repeats)
	Spring					The Simpsons (Repeats)	Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
	Follow Up				The Simpsons (Repeats)	Family Guy	American Dad!
	Summer	Malcolm in the Middle (Repeats)	King of the Hill (Repeats)
	Mid-Summer				The Princes of Malibu
	Follow Up				The Simpsons (Repeats)
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		American Dreams		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (25/7.9)		Crossing Jordan (26/7.7)
	Spring			The Contender
	Summer	Dateline NBC
The WB	Fall	Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge		Charmed		Jack & Bobby		Local Programming
	Follow Up					The Mountain
	Winter	Summerland				Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
	Spring	Charmed
	Mid-Summer			WB Sunday Movie

NOTES: At mid-season, Fox was supposed to start Sundays with Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show at 7:00, King of the Hill at 7:30, Malcolm in the Middle at 8:30, Arrested Development at 9, and American Dad! at 9:30, but it was changed at the last minute. On ABC, Alias was supposed to have aired mid-season in the time slot, but the network had to stick with Desperate Housewives at the last minute.

Monday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Benefactor		NFL Monday Showcase	Monday Night Football (10/10.8)
	Follow Up	Life of Luxury
	Winter	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That?		The Bachelorette		Supernanny
	Spring			The Bachelor
	Summer	The Scholar		The ABC Monday Night Movie
	Mid-Summer	The ABC Monday Night Movie
CBS		Still Standing	Listen Up!	Everybody Loves Raymond (9/11.2)	Two and a Half Men (11/10.6)	CSI: Miami (5/12.4)
Fox	Fall	North Shore		Renovate My Family		Local Programming
	Follow Up	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		The Swan
	Winter			24
	Late Winter	American Idol
	Spring	Nanny 911
	Summer			Hell's Kitchen
NBC	Fall	Fear Factor		Las Vegas		LAX
	Follow Up					$25 Million Dollar Hoax
	Late fall					Various Programming
	Winter					Medium (18/9.1) (Tied with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)
UPN	Fall	One on One	Half & Half	Girlfriends	Second Time Around	Local Programming
	Winter		Cuts		Half & Half
	Summer		All of Us
The WB	Fall	7th Heaven		Everwood
	Spring			Summerland
	Follow Up			Everwood
	Summer			Summerland

NOTE: On Fox, Athens was supposed to have started the night at 8–9 at mid-season, but it was cancelled at the last minute.

Tuesday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	My Wife & Kids	George Lopez	According to Jim	Rodney	NYPD Blue
	Spring					Blind Justice
	Mid-Summer					Empire
	Late Summer	According to Jim (R)	Rodney (R)			Boston Legal (R)
CBS	Fall	NCIS (22/8.8)		Clubhouse		Judging Amy (29/7.4) (Tied with The West Wing)
	Late Fall			The Amazing Race (27/7.6) (Tied with the CBS Sunday Movie)
	Summer			Fire Me...Please		48 Hours
	Mid-Summer			Big Brother		Rock Star
Fox	Fall	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		The Next Great Champ		Local Programming
	Mid-Fall	The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best		House, M.D. (23/8.3)
	Winter	American Idol (2/15.7)
	Summer	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
NBC	Fall	Last Comic Standing		Father of the Pride	Scrubs	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (16/9.2) (Tied with 60 Minutes)
	Late Fall	The Biggest Loser
	Winter	The Biggest Loser		Scrubs	Committed
	Mid-Winter	Most Outrageous Moments / Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)
	Spring	Will & Grace (R)	Scrubs (R)		The Office
	Late Spring	Most Outrageous Moments (R)
	Summer	Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back		I Want To Be a Hilton
	Mid-Summer	Meet Mister Mom
	Late Summer	Various Programming		Tommy Lee Goes to College	The Office
UPN	Fall	All of Us	Eve	Veronica Mars		Local Programming
	Late Spring			Britney and Kevin: Chaotic	The Bad Girl's Guide
	Summer		Half & Half	Girlfriends
	Mid-Summer	One on One	All of Us		Half & Half
	Late Summer		Eve	R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli
The WB	Fall	Gilmore Girls		One Tree Hill
	Winter			High School Reunion
	Mid-Winter			One Tree Hill
	Spring			The Starlet
	Follow Up			One Tree Hill

NOTES: On NBC, Average Joe was supposed to have started the night at 8–9, but it was delayed to summer, and The Contender was supposed to premiere in the timeslot on March 1, 2005, but it was delayed to March 9, 2005, before switching places with American Dreams and landed on its Sunday slot. On Fox, The Jury was supposed to have stayed on the night prior to November, but low ratings canned the show at a last minute.

Wednesday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Lost (13/9.8)		The Bachelor		Wife Swap
	Late Fall			Boston Legal
	Winter			Alias
	Spring					Eyes
	Summer	Supernanny		Dancing with the Stars		Lost
	Mid-Summer	Brat Camp		Brat Camp
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes II		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		CSI: NY (20/8.9) (Tied with Law & Order)
	Follow Up			The King of Queens	Center of the Universe
	Winter				Yes, Dear
	Mid-Summer	The Cut		Rock Star	The King of Queens
	Follow Up	Still Standing	Yes, Dear
Fox	Fall	That '70s Show	Quintuplets	The Bernie Mac Show	The Bernie Mac Show	Local Programming
	Follow Up			Nanny 911
	Winter		The Simple Life	American Idol (3/15.3)
	Spring			American Idol (3/15.3)	Life on a Stick
	Mid-Spring	The Simple Life	Stacked
	Late Spring	That '70s Show	That '70s Show		Stacked
	Summer		Stacked	The Inside
	Mid-Summer	So You Think You Can Dance			The Bernie Mac Show
NBC	Fall	Hawaii		The West Wing (29/7.4) (Tied with Judging Amy)		Law & Order (20/8.9) (Tied with CSI: NY)
	Follow Up	LAX
	Winter	Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
	Spring	American Dreams
	Follow Up	Dateline NBC		Revelations
	Summer	Psychic Detectives		Law & Order
	Mid-Summer	Most Outrageous Moments
	Late Summer	Meet Mister Mom
UPN	Fall	America's Next Top Model		Kevin Hill		Local Programming
	Winter	The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott
	Spring	America's Next Top Model
	Summer	Eve	Eve	Veronica Mars
	Mid-Summer	R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli
The WB	Fall	Smallville		The Mountain
	Follow Up			Jack & Bobby
	Late Fall			Big Man on Campus
	Winter			Jack & Bobby
	Summer	Beauty and the Geek		Smallville
	Mid-Summer	One Tree Hill

NOTE: On Fox, Method & Red was supposed to have stayed at 9:30-10, but it was cancelled at the last minute due to low ratings of the show from last season and at midseason, Life on a Stick would've been aired at 8:30-9, and The Bernie Mac Show would've been concluded the night at 9:30-10, but it was changed at a last minute.

Thursday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Extreme Makeover		Life as We Know It		Primetime Live
	January	Life as We Know It		Extreme Makeover
	Follow Up	Extreme Makeover
	Spring	Jake in Progress	Jake in Progress
	Follow Up	ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Mid-Summer	Extreme Makeover		Hooking Up
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Vanuatu (7/12.0)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1/16.5)		Without a Trace (6/12.3)
	January	Wickedly Perfect
	February	Survivor: Palau (7/12.0)
	Summer	The Cut
	Mid-Summer	Big Brother
Fox	Fall	The O.C.		North Shore		Local Programming
	Winter			Point Pleasant
	Spring			Tru Calling
	Summer			The O.C.
	Mid-Summer	That '70s Show	That '70s Show
NBC	Fall	Joey	Will & Grace	The Apprentice (14/9.7) (Tied with Cold Case)		ER (12/10.4)
	June			Hit Me Baby, One More Time
	July		Joey	Will & Grace	Will & Grace
	Follow Up		Will & Grace	The Law Firm
	August			Scrubs	Will & Grace
UPN		WWE SmackDown				Local Programming
The WB	Fall	Blue Collar TV	Drew Carey's Green Screen Show	Various Drama Repeats
	Follow Up	The WB Thursday Night Movie
	Spring	Blue Collar TV	Blue Collar TV	Blue Collar TV	Blue Collar TV
	Summer			Beauty and the Geek
	Mid-Summer	Smallville		Everwood

NOTE: On Fox, Tru Calling would've supposed to have stayed at 9-10, but it was pushed up to spring and place North Shore at fall instead.

Friday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	8 Simple Rules	Complete Savages	Hope & Faith	Less than Perfect	20/20
	Winter		8 Simple Rules
	Spring	America's Funniest Home Videos
	Summer	8 Simple Rules	Hope & Faith
CBS	Fall	Joan of Arcadia		JAG		Dr. Vegas
	Follow Up					CSI: Miami
	Winter					Numb3rs
	Summer	JAG
	Mid-Summer	60 Minutes II		The Cut
Fox	Fall	The Complex: Malibu		The Next Great Champ (R)		Local Programming
	Follow Up	The Simpsons	That '70s Show	The Complex: Malibu
	Late Fall	Malcolm In the Middle	Malcolm In the Middle	Renovate My Family
	December	Fox Friday night Movie
	Winter	The Bernie Mac Show	The Bernie Mac Show	Jonny Zero
	Spring		Malcolm in the Middle	Nanny 911
	Follow Up	Fox Friday Night Movie
	Late Summer	The Bernie Mac Show	Arrested Development	Malcolm in the Middle	Arrested Development
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		Third Watch		Medical Investigation
	Spring			Medical Investigation		Law & Order: Trial by Jury
	Mid-Spring			Third Watch
	Summer	Dateline NBC
	Late Summer					Crossing Jordan
UPN	Fall	Star Trek: Enterprise		America's Next Top Model (R)		Local Programming
	Winter			The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott
	Spring			America's Next Top Model (R)
	Summer	UPN's Night at the Movies
The WB	Fall	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Ace
	Follow Up				Reba
	Late Fall				Blue Collar TV
	Winter		Blue Collar TV
	Spring		Reba		Living With Fran
	Summer		What I Like About You
	Mid-Summer		Blue Collar TV

NOTES: On Fox, The Jury was supposed to have remained on Fridays, and that The Next Great Champ was supposed to have started the night at 8–9, but due to low ratings of The Jury, it was cancelled, and The Complex: Malibu was signed on at the last minute, and at midseason, The Inside would've started the night at 8–9, followed by Jonny Zero. On The WB, Commando Nanny would've been aired at 9:30-10, but it was cancelled due to production difficulties.

Saturday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	The Wonderful World of Disney				Hanover: Health
	Midseason	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week				Desperate Housewives (R)
CBS	Fall	Crimetime Saturday (Reruns)				48 Hours Mystery
	Mid-Summer	Big Brother		Crimetime Saturday (R)
Fox		COPS		America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	Fall	Encore Programming				Life to Race
	Midseason	Law & Order (R)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)

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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

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