The Writers' Strike is officially over....good, now they all need to get their arses back into the office and create new episodes of Ugly Betty and Pushing Daisies. If it were not for Eli Stone the Aging Disco Diva would be mired in mediocre reality TV limbo (except for The Biggest Loser of course) A friend, who knows I love dark, twisted comedy, recommended Breaking Bad so I am going to have to check it out. One good thing has come out of the strike: it looks like the Cavemen has gone on to that giant tar pit in the sky. Damn, that was such a stinker of a show that you had to wonder what the hell they were smoking when they decided to turn a one-note commercial concept into a TV series.....
Published: February 13, 2008
The 3-month-old writers' strike is over, so what's the status of your favorite TV shows?
It's all kind of iffy right now. But here's the plan: Most writers go back to work this week. New sitcom episodes will probably will arrive in four weeks. New dramas will likely will arrive in six weeks.
There could be eight to 10 new episodes of sitcoms airing before this season ends in May and about six new episodes of dramas. Those so-so shows "on the bubble," in Hollywood lingo, may might never return.
Here's the skinny on the networks' prime-time lineups.
LIKELY TO RETURN THIS SEASON
Have episodes in stock or will add more for this season
ABC
"Boston Legal"
"Brothers & Sisters"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Lost"
"Ugly Betty"
CBS
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Cold Case"
"Criminal Minds"
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
"CSI: Miami"
"CSI: NY"
"Ghost Whisperer"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"Moonlight"
"NCIS"
"The New Adventures of Old Christine"
"Numb3rs"
"Samantha, Who?"
"Two and a Half Men"
"Without A Trace"
"Welcome to the Captain"
"Rules of Engagement"
The CW
"Aliens in America"
"Everybody Hates Chris"
"Girlfriends"
"Gossip Girl"
"One Tree Hill"
"Reaper"
"Smallville"
"Supernatural"
FOX
"Back to You"
"'Til Death"
"Bones"
"House"
"Prison Break" (season finale Monday)
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
NBC
"30 Rock"
"ER"
"Las Vegas"
"Law & Order"
"Law & Order: SVU"
"Medium"
"My Name is Earl"
"The Office"
"Saturday Night Live"
"Scrubs"
LIKELY WON'T SEE UNTIL FALL
ABC
"Dirty Sexy Money"
"Private Practice"
"Pushing Daisies"
"Women's Murder Club"
CBS
"The Unit"
FOX
"24" (January 2009)
NBC
"Chuck"
"Heroes"
"Life"
"Las Vegas"
FATE UNDETERMINED OR GONE FOREVER
ABC
"Big Shots"
"Cavemen"
"Carpoolers"
"Men in Trees" (episodes in stock, not on schedule)
CBS
"Cane"
"Shark"
"The Unit"
NBC
"Friday Night Lights"
"Bionic Woman"
"Journeyman"
The CW
"Life is Wild"
It's all kind of iffy right now. But here's the plan: Most writers go back to work this week. New sitcom episodes will probably will arrive in four weeks. New dramas will likely will arrive in six weeks.
There could be eight to 10 new episodes of sitcoms airing before this season ends in May and about six new episodes of dramas. Those so-so shows "on the bubble," in Hollywood lingo, may might never return.
Here's the skinny on the networks' prime-time lineups.
LIKELY TO RETURN THIS SEASON
Have episodes in stock or will add more for this season
ABC
"Boston Legal"
"Brothers & Sisters"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Lost"
"Ugly Betty"
CBS
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Cold Case"
"Criminal Minds"
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
"CSI: Miami"
"CSI: NY"
"Ghost Whisperer"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"Moonlight"
"NCIS"
"The New Adventures of Old Christine"
"Numb3rs"
"Samantha, Who?"
"Two and a Half Men"
"Without A Trace"
"Welcome to the Captain"
"Rules of Engagement"
The CW
"Aliens in America"
"Everybody Hates Chris"
"Girlfriends"
"Gossip Girl"
"One Tree Hill"
"Reaper"
"Smallville"
"Supernatural"
FOX
"Back to You"
"'Til Death"
"Bones"
"House"
"Prison Break" (season finale Monday)
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
NBC
"30 Rock"
"ER"
"Las Vegas"
"Law & Order"
"Law & Order: SVU"
"Medium"
"My Name is Earl"
"The Office"
"Saturday Night Live"
"Scrubs"
LIKELY WON'T SEE UNTIL FALL
ABC
"Dirty Sexy Money"
"Private Practice"
"Pushing Daisies"
"Women's Murder Club"
CBS
"The Unit"
FOX
"24" (January 2009)
NBC
"Chuck"
"Heroes"
"Life"
"Las Vegas"
FATE UNDETERMINED OR GONE FOREVER
ABC
"Big Shots"
"Cavemen"
"Carpoolers"
"Men in Trees" (episodes in stock, not on schedule)
CBS
"Cane"
"Shark"
"The Unit"
NBC
"Friday Night Lights"
"Bionic Woman"
"Journeyman"
The CW
"Life is Wild"
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