2006–07 United States network television schedule

The following are the 2006-07 season prime time schedules for six of the eight most popular commercial broadcast U.S. television networks.

Three sets of schedules are included:

• the 2006 official fall schedule
• the 2006 fall follow-up
• the 2007 winter/spring schedule

All times are Eastern and Pacific. The "follow-up" grid depicts the schedule after shows cancelled during fall were replaced.

The schedules include the four most popular networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox), and two new network introduced as part of the broadcast TV realignment: The CW Television Network and MyNetworkTV. It omits Public Broadcasting Service, a non-commercial broadcast network whose schedule is set by local stations. It also omits Univision, and Telemundo, two Spanish language networks. Univision averaged more viewers during 2005-06 than either of CW's predecessors, and continues to draw more viewers than The CW. Telemundo draws more viewers than MyNetworkTV.

The #1 most-watched program of the season to date is highlighted in lime. The top-10 most-watched programs of the season are colored in highlighted in yellow. The top-20 most-watched programs of the season are colored in highlighted in cyan.

2006 official fall schedule

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
CBS	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Cold Case		Without A Trace
FOX	Comedy encores/football overrun/The O.T.		The Simpsons	American Dad	Family Guy	The Winner	Local Programming
NBC	Football Night in America (ends 8:15)		8:15 NBC Sunday Night Football
CW	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game	America's Next Top Model (repeats)		Local Programming

Monday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Wife Swap		The Bachelor: Rome		What About Brian
CBS	How I Met Your Mother	The Class	Two and a Half Men	The New Adventures of Old Christine	CSI: Miami
FOX	Prison Break		Vanished		Local Programming
NBC	Deal or No Deal		Heroes		Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
CW	7th Heaven		Runaway		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Tuesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Dancing with the Stars			Help Me Help You	Boston Legal
CBS	NCIS		The Unit		Smith
FOX	House		Standoff		Local Programming
NBC	Friday Night Lights		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
CW	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Wednesday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Dancing with the Stars		Lost		The Nine
CBS	Jericho		Criminal Minds		CSI: NY
FOX	Bones		Justice		Local Programming
NBC	30 Rock	Twenty Good Years	The Biggest Loser		Kidnapped
CW	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Thursday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy		Six Degrees
CBS	Survivor: Cook Islands		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Shark
FOX	'Til Death	Happy Hour	The OC		Local Programming
NBC	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Deal or No Deal		ER
CW	Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Friday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Grey's Anatomy (repeats)		Men in Trees		20/20
CBS	Ghost Whisperer		Close To Home		NUMB3RS
FOX	Nanny 911		Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		Local Programming
NBC	Crossing Jordan		Las Vegas		Law & Order
CW	WWE Friday Night SmackDown!				Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Saturday

PM	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	ESPN Saturday Night Football
CBS	Crimetime Saturday (repeats)		Crimetime Saturday (repeats)		48 Hours Mystery
FOX	COPS	COPS (repeats)	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	Dateline Saturday Night		NBC Drama Repeat		NBC Drama Repeat
My	Desire Highlights		Fashion House Highlights		Local Programming

2006 fall follow-up

Sunday

	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		Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
CBS	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Cold Case		Without A Trace
FOX	Comedy encores/football overrun		The Simpsons	American Dad	Family Guy	Family Guy (repeat)	Local Programming
NBC	Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football
CW	Reba (repeat)	Reba	7th Heaven		America's Next Top Model (repeat)		Local Programming

Monday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Wife Swap		The Bachelor		What About Brian
CBS	How I Met Your Mother	The Class	Two and a Half Men	The New Adventures of Old Christine	CSI: Miami
FOX	Prison Break		Justice/House (repeat)		Local Programming
NBC	Deal or No Deal		Heroes		Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
CW	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game	Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Tuesday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos (encore)		Big Day	Help Me Help You	Boston Legal
CBS	NCIS		The Unit		3 lbs.
FOX	Standoff		House		Local Programming
NBC	Friday Night Lights		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
CW	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Wednesday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Show Me The Money		Day Break		ABC News Specials
CBS	Jericho		Criminal Minds		CSI: NY
FOX	Bones		The OC		Local Programming
NBC	Specials		The Biggest Loser		Medium
CW	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Thursday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy		Men in Trees
CBS	Survivor		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Shark
FOX	'Til Death	The War at Home	The OC		Local Programming
NBC	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Scrubs	30 Rock	ER
CW	Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Friday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos (repeat)		ABC News Specials		20/20
CBS	Ghost Whisperer		Close To Home		NUMB3RS
FOX	Vanished/Justice		Trading Spouses		Local Programming
NBC	1 vs. 100		Las Vegas		Law & Order
CW	WWE Friday Night SmackDown!				Local Programming
My	Desire		Fashion House		Local Programming

Saturday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	ABC Saturday Night College Football
CBS	Crimetime Saturday		Crimetime Saturday		48 Hours Mystery
FOX	COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	Dateline Saturday		NBC Drama Repeat		NBC Drama Repeat
My	Desire Highlights		Fashion House Highlights		Local Programming

2007 winter/spring schedule

Sunday

	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		Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
CBS	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Cold Case		Without A Trace
FOX	Comedy encores	The War at Home	The Simpsons/Drive	The Winner/King of the Hill/Drive	Family Guy	The Winner/American Dad	Local Programming
NBC	Dateline NBC		Grease: You're The One That I Want		Deal or no Deal		The Apprentice
CW	One Tree Hill (R)		7th Heaven		America's Next Top Model (E)		Local Programming

Monday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Dancing with the Stars/Wife Swap/Supernanny			The Bachelor/What About Brian
CBS	How I Met Your Mother	The Class/The New Adventures of Old Christine	Two and a Half Men	Rules of Engagement/The King of Queens	CSI: Miami
FOX	Prison Break/Drive		24		Local Programming
NBC	Deal or No Deal/Thank God You're Here (4/9)		Heroes/Deal or No Deal		The Black Donnellys/Studio 60
CW	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game	Local Programming
My	International Fight League		International Fight League		Local Programming

Tuesday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeats)		Dancing with the Stars: Results Show/Primetime		Boston Legal
CBS	NCIS		The Unit		Drama Repeats
FOX	American Idol		House		Local Programming
NBC	Dateline NBC		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
CW	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars/Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll		Local Programming
My	American Heiress		American Heiress		Local Programming

Wednesday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	George Lopez	George Lopez	According to Jim	In Case of Emergency	Lost/Traveler
CBS	Jericho		Criminal Minds		CSI: NY
FOX	Bones		American Idol	'Til Death	Local Programming
NBC	Friday Night Lights		Crossing Jordan		Medium
CW	Beauty and the Geek/ America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill/Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (E)		Local Programming
My	Wicked Wicked Games/Saints and Sinners		Watch Over Me/Saints and Sinners		Local Programming

Thursday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy		Men in Trees/October Road/Notes From the Underbelly
CBS	Survivor: Fiji		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		Shark
FOX	Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?		Drama/Comedy Repeats		Local Programming
NBC	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Scrubs/30 Rock	30 Rock/Andy Barker P.I./Scrubs	ER/Raines
CW	Smallville		Supernatural		Local Programming
My	Wicked Wicked Games/ My Thursday Night Movie		Watch Over Me/ My Thursday Night Movie		Local Programming

Friday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	Grey's Anatomy (repeats)		Six Degrees		20/20
CBS	Ghost Whisperer		Close To Home		NUMB3RS
FOX	Nanny 911/Standoff/Hell's Kitchen		Trading Spouses/The Wedding Bells		Local Programming
NBC	1 vs 100/Identity		Raines		Law & Order
CW	WWE Friday Night SmackDown!				Local Programming
My	Wicked Wicked Games/ My Friday Night Movie		Watch Over Me/ My Friday Night Movie		Local Programming

Saturday

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
ABC	ABC Movie of the Week
CBS	Crimetime Saturday		Crimetime Saturday		48 Hours Mystery
FOX	COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	Dateline Saturday		NBC Drama Repeat		NBC Drama Repeat
My	Encore of International Fight League				Local Programming

Ratings winners

As of October 15, 2006:

• the #1 most-watched program of the season is highlighted in lime.
• the top-10 most-watched programs of the season are colored in highlighted in yellow.
• the top-20 most-watched programs of the season are colored in highlighted in cyan.

Daily winners

As of October 26, 2006:

• Sunday: Desperate Housewives, averaging over 21,650,000 viewers, wins one of (if not the) most competitive days in television.
• Monday: CSI: Miami, averaging roughly 18,200,000 viewers, beats out its CBS stablemate Two and a Half Men.
• Tuesday: Dancing with the Stars, with average 19,230,000 viewers, is the top-rated reality show so far this year.
• Wednesday: Lost pulls in an average of 17,150,000 viewers, easily winning the 9/10pm slot, although it suspended its airing until February as a marketing policy.
• Thursday: In the first time ever that CSI:, the most popular show in the nation for three years running, has lost its timeslot, ABC's soap Grey's Anatomy gets the win, averaging almost 24 million viewers per week. This has also helped its lead-in, new dramedy Ugly Betty, to get almost instant ratings, which have lead to a full-season pickup.
• Friday: Although few shows want to call themselves winners of the Friday night death slot, NUMB3RS gets the win with an average of 11,400,000 viewers, being one of only two shows to win their day without being in the top 20 shows nationwide.
• Saturday: On what is historically the least-watched night of television in America, ESPN on ABC Saturday Night College Football has won so far, beating its meager competition with an average of 6,500,000 viewers.

Cancellations and pickups

Cancelled

ABC

• Extreme Makeover - Pulled from the schedule after one airing on Friday, October 20. ABC will continue to air Grey's Anatomy repeats in its timeslot, as it had been getting higher ratings in the weeks before Extreme Makeover's airing.
• Help Me Help You- Pulled on December 14 after 9 airings; only 4 episodes have yet to air, though at this point it is unlikely that the show will return to ABC.
• Day Break - Pulled from the lineup after their December 13 airing, ABC has stated that they will air the final seven episodes online, thus making this program the first scripted drama series from ABC to officially be cancelled.
• Show Me the Money - Days after ordering six more shows, ABC halted production on the program. Like Day Break, they too were officially cancelled.
• The Knights of Prosperity - Despite the positive reviews, the move to an earlier time away from the American Idol spotlight didn't help The Knights of Prosperity. It's been removed from the schedule, to be replaced with reruns of According to Jim. Had it continued there would've been plans to change the series' storyline, which would had the Knights go from robbing Mick Jagger apartment to Ray Romano's place.
• The Great American Dream Vote - Pulled after two episodes due to low ratings.
• Six Degrees - Originally Pulled in November, ABC returned the series on March 23 but due to low ratings pulled it after the March 30 episode.

CBS

• Smith - Pulled from the schedule after the October 3 airing, replaced with crime drama repeats. The remaining four episodes started airing on CBS' Innertube website November 9.
• Waterfront - Scheduled to be a midseason replacement in the spring but cancelled on October 17 due to high production costs and limited timeslots in the Spring. Five unaired shows had already been completed when CBS made the announcement.
• 3 lbs. was pulled after its third airing on November 28 due to low ratings. It originally was a replacement for the former timeslot occupant Smith
• The King of Queens - After nine seasons, the sitcom's star, Kevin James, has announced that this season will be their last. The show is scheduled to air its final 7 episodes in the Monday 9:30 pm slot starting April 9, 2007.
• Armed and Famous - Pulled from the schedule on January 26 after 4 episodes. The remaining episodes aired on VH1 in February. This show was a midseason replacement for Jericho which returns in February.

FOX

• Happy Hour - After one airing post-baseball, pulled from the schedule on November 3. FOX filled the 8:00 hour on Thursday with a new 'Til Death and then a Til Death rerun, resulting in a de facto cancellation.
• The Rich List was pulled after its inaugural episode and was replaced by a new The O.C. the next week as well as another new O.C. the next night. The O.C.'s premiere was a series low so FOX was testing out the Wednesday slot, hoping for an improvement. There was no improvement so The O.C. stayed in its Thursday 9 P.M. timeslot while The Rich List's former timeslot was occupied by drama repeats.
• Vanished was pulled after its November 10 airing due to low ratings and on November 15 FOX scheduled it to return on December 1 [1]. However on November 16, FOX decided to officially cancel the show and move Justice to its timeslot on December 1.
• Justice - Pulled from November sweeps after November 6 airing and returned on December 1 to burn off the remaining episodes. It was officially cancelled in January after 12 episodes aired, leaving one episode unaired.
• The O.C. - Cancelled on January 3 due to low ratings, however FOX stuck by the program and showed the remaining episodes every Thursday until the series finale aired on February 22, 2007.
• The Wedding Bells - Production was halted after the 7th episode due to low ratings and the remaining episodes are scheduled to air in April.

NBC

• Twenty Good Years - NBC announced on October 25 that it was pulling the show from its lineup after the November 1 airing but has said it may air the rest of the episodes midseason. 4 episodes have aired and 9 have yet to air.
• Kidnapped - Officially pulled as of October 31. The serial crime drama moved from Wednesdays after the October 4 airing, to Saturdays at 9:00. NBC told them to finish producing 13 episodes, allowing them to finish the story. But after scoring a paltry 1.2/4 rating (in the 18-49 demos) in its October 28 airing, NBC decided to cancel the program altogether, but will allow the final shows to be shown online at the network's website [2]. Medium assumed the vacated Wednesday slot starting on November 15.
• The Black Donnellys- NBC announced April 2, that the shows last episode will be April 16. Two days later they cancelled the show completely. The Real Wedding Crashers will take its place the following week.

The CW

• Runaway - Pulled from the schedule on October 18 after ratings sunk to less than 2 million. Encores of America's Next Top Model and Beauty and the Geek are to fill the Sunday 9:00 slot. Reba assumed the timeslot on November 19 with original and rerun episodes to fill the vacated ANTM encore slot at 7pm.
• Reba - Despite being one of the higher rated shows and the highest rated comedy by far on the CW, the show was cancelled because it did not fit in with The CW's target demographic. Series Finale aired February 18.
• 7th Heaven - After 11 seasons this long running drama will air it's series finale on May 13.

Full season pickups

• NBC's Heroes has been picked up for a full season. The series is the first so far from NBC to receive an early full season pickup and has emerged as this season's top-rated new show among the 18-49 audience, in addition to one of its most critically acclaimed and as of January 17, 2007, the first freshman show to be renewed for the 2007-2008 TV season. Also receiving surprise full season pickups, despite mixed ratings, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Friday Night Lights, and 30 Rock, the latter having seen an increase in viewers since the network moved the show from Wednesday to Thursday. This means of its 6 new series, 4 are picked up, and 2 are cancelled.
• CBS' The Unit and The New Adventures of Old Christine, midseason replacements last season, have gotten full orders to 22 episodes, with The Unit eventually increasing to 23 overall ordered episodes. Days later, CBS gave Jericho a full 22, and on October 20, did the same with Shark, also receiving a 22-episode commitment. This means of its 5 new series, 2 are picked up, 2 are cancelled and The Class has been extended to 19 episodes.
• ABC's Ugly Betty, which has emerged as this season's overall top-rated new series, was picked up for a full 23 episode season on 2006-10-13. The series has so far averaged 14 to 16 million viewers since its debut, thus giving ABC a solid hit and lead-in to wildly popular soap Grey's Anatomy. Also picking up a full season order was Brothers & Sisters. Men In Trees, another bright spot on ABC's lineup, was airing in a difficult Friday night time period, but in a surprise decision moved the show to Thursday at 10PM(E/P) on November 30 in the post-Grey's slot, hoping to build an audience. A full order came with that, and it has paid off with an increase of 11.9 million viewers, thus turning ABC's once-struggling Thursday night lineup into an emerging force to be reckon with thanks to the pairing of Betty, Grey's and Trees. The mid-season holdover from the 2005-2006 TV season, What About Brian, who, like Trees, another sleeper hit doing well in a troubling time period, also nabbed a full season order. On March 21, 2007 ABC announced that Betty, Brothers, and Trees have been renewed along with fourteen other shows for the 2007-2008 TV season, joining America's Funniest Home Videos, Supernanny and Wife Swap, , whose early renewals were announced in January 2007.
• The CW made a commitment to The Game for a full year, making it the first new series on the new network to be picked up. Additionally, 7th Heaven, which was originally given a provisional 13-episode order, has been upgraded to a full 22-episode order. One Tree Hill and Veronica Mars have both been extended to 21 and 20 episodes respectively.
• FOX's 'Til Death and Standoff have both been extended with 22 and 19 episodes respectively. While ratings for both shows are less than spectacular, they're the only two new FOX shows that haven't been cancelled or put on hiatus. All other new shows this season on Fox have been cancelled including Vanished, Justice, Happy Hour and The Rich List.

Series on-hold or added later

The status of these following programs that was announced as part of this season's lineup, including those that were added after the announcement was made, have yet to set an airdate and have either been shelved or will be used as a backup:

NBC

• The Singles Table - Midseason 2007; Date TBA