2006–07 United States network television schedule

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List of American television programs currently in production

Daytime: 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

Prime time: 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

Late night: 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

The following is the 2006–07 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2006 through August 2007. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2005–06 season.

The schedules include the four most popular networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox) and two new networks introduced as part of the broadcast TV realignment: The CW and MyNetworkTV.

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

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

  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.

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		America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (26/7.7)		Desperate Housewives (9/10.8)		Brothers & Sisters (30/7.3) (Tied with The King of Queens and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?)
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (20/8.7) (Tied with Shark)		The Amazing Race		Cold Case (16/8.9) (Tied with CSI: NY)		Without a Trace (12/9.4)
	Winter			CSI:Miami
	Spring			The Amazing Race
	Summer			The Unit
	Mid-Summer			Big Brother				Shark
The CW	Fall	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game	America's Next Top Model (Reruns)		Local Programming
	Follow Up	Time		7th Heaven
	Mid-November	Reba	Reba
	January					Beauty and the Geek (Reruns)
	Spring	Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (Reruns)				America's Next Top Model (Reruns)
	Follow Up	7th Heaven (Reruns)
	Summer	Reba	Reba			Supernatural (Reruns)
	August	Smallville (Reruns)				Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (Reruns)
Fox	Fall	NFL on Fox (Overrun) The OT		The Simpsons	American Dad!	Family Guy	The War at Home
	December						King of the Hill
	January	'Til Death	The War at Home		King of the Hill		American Dad!
	February	Various Repeats
	March	The War at Home (Reruns)			The Winner		The Winner
	Follow Up				King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Late Spring	King of the Hill (Reruns)	King of the Hill		The Simpsons (Reruns)
	Summer	The War at Home			The Loop		The Loop
	Mid-Summer	'Til Death			American Dad!		Family Guy (Reruns)
NBC	Fall	Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football (11/10.5)
	Winter	Deal or No Deal		Grease: You're the One That I Want!		The Apprentice		Crossing Jordan
	Spring	Dateline NBC				Deal or No Deal		The Apprentice
	Follow Up			Dateline NBC
	June					Friday Night Lights		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	Summer					Law & Order

Monday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Wife Swap		The Bachelor		What About Brian
	Winter			Supernanny
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)
	Follow Up	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)			The Bachelor
	June	Wife Swap		The Ex-Wives Club		Supernanny
	July			Extreme Makeover
	August			Fat March
CBS	Fall	The Class	How I Met Your Mother	Two and a Half Men (14/9.1)	The New Adventures of Old Christine	CSI: Miami (10/10.7)
	Follow Up	How I Met Your Mother	The Class
	February				Rules of Engagement (25/7.8)
	Spring		The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Follow Up				The King of Queens (#30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?)
	Summer	Creature Comforts			How I Met Your Mother
	Follow Up	The King of Queens
	Mid-Summer	How I Met Your Mother			Rules of Engagement
The CW	Fall	7th Heaven		Runaway		Local Programming
	Follow Up	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game
Fox	Fall	Prison Break		Vanished
	Follow Up			Justice
	November			House (Reruns)
	Winter			24 (27/7.4) (Tied with Ugly Betty and ER)
	April	Drive
	Follow Up	House (Reruns)
	Summer	Prison Break		Hell's Kitchen
	Follow Up	Hell's Kitchen
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	International Fight League
NBC	Fall	Deal or No Deal (13/9.2)		Heroes (23/8.0)		Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
	Spring			Deal or No Deal		The Black Donnellys
	Follow Up			Heroes (23/8.0)		The Real Wedding Crashers
	May					Law & Order: Criminal Intent
	Summer	Age of Love (Reruns)		Age of Love		Dateline NBC
	August	Thank God You're Here		Heroes

Tuesday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)			Help Me Help You	Boston Legal
	December	Various Christmas Specials		Big Day
	January	America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)			Big Day
	February			Primetime: The Outsiders / Dancing with the Stars – Results
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars (Recap)		Dancing with the Stars – Results (3/12.7)
	Follow Up	George Lopez	According to Jim
	June	According to Jim	George Lopez	Shaq's Big Challenge		Primetime: Family Secrets
	July	Just for Laughs	Just for Laughs
	August			Primetime Crime		i-Caught
	Follow Up			i-Caught		Primetime Crime
CBS	Fall	NCIS (15/9.0)		The Unit		Smith
	Follow-Up					Various CBS Drama Repeats
	November					3 lbs
	Winter					Various CBS Drama Repeats
	Summer					48 Hours
	Mid-Summer			Big Brother		Pirate Master
	August	Power of 10				NCIS
The CW	Fall	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		Local Programming
	Spring			Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll
	Follow Up			Veronica Mars
	Summer			Beauty and the Geek (Reruns)
Fox	Fall	House (8/11.1)		Standoff
	Follow Up	Standoff		House (8/11.1)
	Winter	American Idol (2/16.8)
	Summer	On the Lot
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	American Heiress		American Heiress
	Follow Up	Wicked Wicked Games		American Heiress
	Summer	My Tuesday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	Friday Night Lights		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (24/7.9)
	Winter	Dateline NBC
	Summer	America's Got Talent
	Mid-Summer	America's Got Talent			The Singing Bee

NOTE: Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race aired at 8PM ET on ABC during the NBA Finals in June.

Wednesday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)		Lost (22/8.3)		The Nine
	Follow Up	Show Me the Money		Day Break		Primetime: Basic Instincts
	January	According to Jim	According to Jim	The Knights of Prosperity	In Case of Emergency	Primetime: Medical Mysteries
	February	George Lopez	The Knights of Prosperity	Lost (Reruns)		Lost (22/8.3)
	March		According to Jim	According to Jim	In Case of Emergency
	April		George Lopez
	Follow Up	According to Jim	Notes from the Underbelly	Boston Legal
	Summer	The Next Best Thing		American Inventor		Traveler
	August	George Lopez	According to Jim	NASCAR in Primetime		Primetime: The Outsiders
CBS	Fall	Jericho		Criminal Minds (18/8.8) (Tied with Survivor)		CSI: NY (16/8.9) (Tied with Cold Case)
	December	The King of Queens (#30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?)	The King of Queens
	January	Armed & Famous
	February	Jericho
	Summer	The King of Queens	The King of Queens
	August	Power of 10
The CW	Fall	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill		Local Programming
	Winter	Beauty and the Geek
	Spring	America's Next Top Model		Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (Reruns)
	May			One Tree Hill
	Summer	Hidden Palms
	Follow Up			Hidden Palms
	Mid-Summer	America's Next Top Model (Reruns)		America's Next Top Model (Reruns)
Fox	Fall	Bones		Justice
	Follow Up			Bones (Reruns)
	Winter			American Idol (1/17.3)
	Spring			American Idol (1/17.3)	'Til Death
	Follow Up			American Idol (1/17.3)
	Summer	So You Think You Can Dance
	Mid-Summer	So You Think You Can Dance			Don't Forget the Lyrics!
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	Saints & Sinners		Saints & Sinners
	Follow Up	American Heiress		Saints & Sinners
	Mid-Summer	MyNetworkTV Special Presentation
NBC	Fall	30 Rock	Twenty Good Years	The Biggest Loser		Kidnapped
	Follow Up					Dateline NBC
	Late November	The Biggest Loser				Medium
	January	Friday Night Lights		Deal or No Deal
	Spring			Crossing Jordan
	Follow Up	Thank God You're Here
	Summer	Last Comic Standing (Reruns)		Last Comic Standing		Dateline NBC
	Mid-Summer	Most Outrageous Moments	30 Rock

NOTES: Fox premiered The Rich Li$t on November 1, 2006 at 9PM ET. Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled two days later.

ABC premiered The Great American Dream Vote at 8PM ET on March 28, 2007 (after airing the pilot the previous night). The show was cancelled on March 29, 2007.

Thursday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Ugly Betty (27/7.4) (Tied with ER and 24)		Grey's Anatomy (7/12.1)		Six Degrees
	Winter					Men in Trees
	Spring					October Road
	Summer					Men in Trees
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Cook Islands (18/8.8) (Tied with Criminal Minds)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (6/12.2)		Shark (20/8/8) (Tied with 60 Minutes)
	Winter	Criminal Minds (Reruns)
	February	Survivor: Fiji (18/8.8) (Tied with Criminal Minds)
	Summer	Pirate Master
	Follow-up	Big Brother				Without a Trace
The CW		Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
Fox	September	'Til Death	Happy Hour	Celebrity Duets
	October	MLB Post Season / World Series
	November	'Til Death	Family Guy	The O.C.		Local Programming
	Winter		The War at Home
	March	American Idol		Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and The King of Queens)
	Follow Up	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and The King of Queens)		Family Guy	'Til Death
	Spring			Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
	June			So You Think You Can Dance
	July	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
	August	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	My Thursday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Deal or No Deal		ER (27/7.4) (Tied with Ugly Betty and 24)
	Winter			Scrubs	30 Rock
	Spring	30 Rock			Andy Barker, P.I.	Raines
	Follow Up	My Name Is Earl		30 Rock	Scrubs	ER (27/7.4) (Tied with Ugly Betty and 24)
	Summer		30 Rock	The Office		Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
	Follow Up					ER (27/7.4) (Tied with Ugly Betty and 24)

NOTES: In May 2006, when ABC announced their fall lineup for the 2006-2007 TV season, Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly was scheduled to air at 8PM and 8:30PM ET.^[2] However, due to both shows not getting "buzz" before their fall premieres, ABC moved Ugly Betty from its planned Friday night 8PM slot to the Thursday night 8PM ET slot. Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly aired later on in the season on different nights.

Fast Cars and Superstars debuted June 7 on ABC as a lead-in to coverage of the 2007 NBA Finals.

Friday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	Grey's Anatomy (Encore)		Men in Trees		20/20
	December	America's Funniest Home Videos		20/20
	January	Grey's Anatomy (Encore)		Desperate Housewives (Encore)
	February			20/20
	March			Wife Swap
	Follow Up			Six Degrees
	April			Wife Swap
	Mid-May	America's Funniest Home Videos		National Bingo Night
	Mid-June	George Lopez	According To Jim	Kyle XY
	Mid-July	Set for Life		Greek
	August			George Lopez	According to Jim
CBS	Fall	Ghost Whisperer		Close to Home		Numbers
	Mid-Summer			Jericho
The CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown				Local Programming
Fox	Fall	Nanny 911		Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
	November	Vanished
	December	Justice
	January	Nanny 911
	March	House (Repeats)		The Wedding Bells
	Mid-April			Bones (Repeats)
	Summer	Bones (Repeats)		Standoff
	August	Fox Friday Night at the Movies
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	My Friday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	Deal or No Deal		Las Vegas		Law & Order
	Follow Up	1 vs. 100
	Spring	Identity		Raines
	May	Dateline NBC
	Summer	1 vs. 100		Las Vegas		Law & Order: Criminal Intent

NOTE: In May 2006, when ABC announced their fall lineup for the 2006-2007 TV season, Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly was scheduled to air at 8PM and 8:30PM ET for Thursday nights and Ugly Betty at 8PM ET Friday nights time slot.^[3] However, before their fall premieres, ABC moved Ugly Betty from its planned Friday night 8PM slot to the Thursday night 8PM ET slot. The Friday night 8PM time slot was filled with the previous night's episode of Grey's Anatomy until December.

Saturday[]

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Fall	ESPN Saturday Night Football
	Winter	ABC Saturday Night Movie
	Summer	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Follow Up	The Wonderful World of Disney				America's Funniest Home Videos (Reruns)
	August	ABC Saturday Night Movie				Masters of Science Fiction
CBS		Crimetime Saturday (Reruns) / CBS Saturday Movie				48 Hours Mystery
Fox		COPS	COPS (Reruns)	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
MNT	Fall	Desire (Recap)		Fashion House (Recap)
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games (Recap)		Watch Over Me (Recap)
	Spring	My Saturday Night Movie
	Follow Up	International Fight League (Encore)
NBC	Fall	Dateline Saturday Night		Various NBC Drama Repeats		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)
	Follow Up			Kidnapped
	November			Dateline Saturday Night
	Winter			Various NBC Drama Repeats
	February			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Repeats)
	Spring			Law & Order (Repeats)
	Follow Up			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeats)		Law & Order (Repeats)
	Summer	America's Got Talent (Encore)				Medium (Repeats)
	Mid-Summer	The Singing Bee (Reruns)	America's Got Talent (Encore)

By network[]

ABC[]

CBS[]

The CW[]

Fox[]

MyNetworkTV[]

NBC[]

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

Pickups and cancellations[]

Full season pickups[]

ABC

• 20/20
• According to Jim
• America's Funniest Home Videos

CBS

• Jericho
• Shark
• Rules of Engagement

The CW

• The Game
• 7th Heaven
• One Tree Hill
• Veronica Mars

FOX

• 'Til Death
• Standoff

NBC

• Heroes
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• 30 Rock
• Friday Night Lights

Canceled or ended[]

ABC

• The Nine
• Help Me Help You
• Day Break
• Show Me the Money
• The Knights of Prosperity
• The Great American Dream Vote
• Six Degrees
• In Case of Emergency
• What About Brian
• George Lopez

CBS

• Smith
• The King of Queens
• Armed and Famous
• The Class
• Close to Home
• 3 lbs
• Waterfront - cancelled before it aired^[4]

FOX

• Happy Hour
• The Rich List
• Vanished
• Justice
• The O.C.
• The Wedding Bells
• Drive
• Standoff
• The Winner

NBC

• Kidnapped
• Twenty Good Years
• The Black Donnellys
• Andy Barker, P.I.
• The Real Wedding Crashers
• Crossing Jordan
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• Thank God You're Here
• Raines
• Identity
• Grease: You're the One That I Want!
• The Singles Table (Canceled before it aired any episodes)

The CW

• Runaway
• Reba
• 7th Heaven
• Gilmore Girls
• Veronica Mars
• All of Us

MyNetworkTV

• Desire
• Fashion House
• Wicked Wicked Games
• Watch Over Me
• American Heiress
• Saints & Sinners

Footnotes[]