2006–07 United States network television schedule

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.

Legend

Light blue indicates local programming.
Gray indicates encore programming.
Blue-gray indicates news programming.
Light green indicates sporting events.
Light purple indicates movies.
Red indicates series being burned off and other scheduled programs, including specials.
Yellow indcates the top-10 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 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
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 (R)
	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 (R)		Local programming
	Mid-fall	Smallville (R)		7th Heaven
	Late fall	Reba	Reba
	Winter	Reba	Reba			Beauty and the Geek (R)
	Spring	Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (R)				America's Next Top Model (R)
	Mid-spring	7th Heaven (R)				America's Next Top Model (R)
	Summer	Reba	Reba			Supernatural (R)
	Late summer	Smallville (R)				Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (R)
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL	The OT	The Simpsons	American Dad!	Family Guy	The War at Home
	Late fall	Fox NFL	The OT		American Dad!		King of the Hill
	Winter	'Til Death (R)	The War at Home		King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Late winter	Various Repeats			King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Spring	The War at Home (R)			The Winner		The Winner
	Mid-spring	The War at Home (R)			King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Late spring	King of the Hill (R)	King of the Hill		The Simpsons (R)		American Dad!
	Summer	The War at Home (R)			The Loop		The Loop
	Mid-summer	'Til Death (R)			American Dad! (R)		Family Guy (R)
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		Grease: You're the One That I Want!		Deal or No Deal		The Apprentice
	Late spring			Dateline NBC		Deal or No Deal		The Apprentice
	Summer					Friday Night Lights		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Mid-summer					Law & Order (R)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Wife Swap		The Bachelor		What About Brian
	Winter	Wife Swap		Supernanny
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)
	Mid-spring	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)			The Bachelor
	Summer	Wife Swap		The Ex-Wives Club		Supernanny
	Mid-summer			Extreme Makeover
	Late summer			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)
	Mid-fall	How I Met Your Mother	The Class		The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Winter		The Class		Rules of Engagement (25/7.8)
	Spring		The New Adventures of Old Christine		Rules of Engagement (25/7.8)
	Mid-spring				The King of Queens (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?)
	Late spring	Creature Comforts			How I Met Your Mother (R)
	Summer	The King of Queens (R)			How I Met Your Mother (R)
	Mid-summer	How I Met Your Mother (R)			Rules of Engagement (R)
The CW	Fall	7th Heaven		Runaway		Local programming
The CW	Mid-fall	Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	The Game
Fox	Fall	Prison Break		Vanished
	Mid-fall			Justice
	Late fall			House (R)
	Winter			24 (27/7.4) <(Tied with Ugly Betty and ER)
	Spring	Drive
	Mid-spring	House (R)
	Summer	Prison Break		Hell's Kitchen
	Mid-summer	Hell's Kitchen		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
	Mid-spring			Heroes (23/8.0)		The Real Wedding Crashers
	Late spring			Heroes (23/8.0)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent
	Summer	Age of Love (R)		Age of Love		Dateline NBC
	Late summer	Thank God You're Here		Heroes (R)		Dateline NBC

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars' (3/12.7)			Help Me Help You	Boston Legal
	Winter	Various Christmas Specials		Big Day	Help Me Help You
	Mid-winter	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		Big Day	Big Day
	Late winter	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		Primetime: The Outsiders / Dancing with the Stars (Results)
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars Recap		Dancing with the Stars Results (3/12.7)
	Mid-spring	George Lopez	According to Jim	Dancing with the Stars Results (3/12.7)
	Late spring	According to Jim	George Lopez	Shaq's Big Challenge		Primetime: Family Secrets
	Summer	Just for Laughs	Just for Laughs	Shaq's Big Challenge		Primetime: Family Secrets
	Mid-summer			Primetime Crime		i-Caught
	Late summer			i-Caught		Primetime Crime
CBS	Fall	NCIS (15/9.0)		The Unit		Smith
	Mid-fall					Various CBS Drama Repeats
	Late fall					3 lbs
	Winter					Various CBS Drama Repeats
	Summer					48 Hours
	Mid-summer			Big Brother		Pirate Master
	Late summer	Power of 10		Big Brother		NCIS
The CW	Fall	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		Local programming
	Spring			Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll
	Mid-spring			Veronica Mars
	Summer			Beauty and the Geek (R)
Fox	Fall	House (8/11.1)		Standoff
	Mid-fall	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
	Mid-spring	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		Law & Order: Criminal Intent
	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 p.m,.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars (3/12.7)		Lost (22/8.3)		The Nine
	Late fall	Show Me the Money		Day Break		Primetime: Basic Instincts
	Winter	According to Jim	According to Jim	The Knights of Prosperity	In Case of Emergency	Primetime: Medical Mysteries
	Late winter	George Lopez	The Knights of Prosperity	Lost (R)		Lost (22/8.3)
	Spring		According to Jim	According to Jim	In Case of Emergency
	Mid-spring		George Lopez	According to Jim	In Case of Emergency
	Follow-up	According to Jim	Notes from the Underbelly	Lost (R)
	Summer	The Next Best Thing		American Inventor		Traveler
	Late summer	According to Jim	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)
	Winter	The King of Queens (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?)	The King of Queens
	Mid-winter	Armed & Famous
	Late winter	Jericho
	Summer	The King of Queens	The King of Queens
	Late summer	Power of 10
The CW	Fall	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill		Local programming
	Winter	Beauty and the Geek		One Tree Hill
	Spring	America's Next Top Model		Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (R)
	Late spring	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill
	Summer	Hidden Palms		One Tree Hill
	Follow-up	Hidden Palms		Hidden Palms
	Mid-summer	America's Next Top Model (R)		America's Next Top Model (R)
Fox	Fall	Bones		Justice
	Winter			Bones (R)
	Mid-winter			American Idol (1/17.3)
	Spring			American Idol (1/17.3)	'Til Death
	Mid-spring			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
	Mid-spring	American Heiress		Saints & Sinners
	Summer	MyNetworkTV Special Presentation
NBC	Fall	30 Rock	Twenty Good Years	The Biggest Loser		Kidnapped
	Mid-fall	30 Rock	Twenty Good Years	The Biggest Loser		Dateline NBC
	Late fall	The Biggest Loser				Medium
	Winter	Friday Night Lights		Deal or No Deal
	Spring	Friday Night Lights		Crossing Jordan
	Mid-spring	Thank God You're Here		Crossing Jordan
	Summer	Last Comic Standing (R)		Last Comic Standing		Dateline NBC
	Mid-summer	Most Outrageous Moments	30 Rock	Last Comic Standing		Dateline NBC

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.

Anchorwoman aired two back-to-back episodes on August 22, 2007 on Fox. The show was cancelled a few days later.

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
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 (R)
	Late winter	Survivor: Fiji (18/8.8) (Tied with Criminal Minds)
	Summer	Pirate Master
	Mid-summer	Big Brother				Without a Trace
The CW		Smallville		Supernatural		Local programming
Fox	Fall	'Til Death	Happy Hour	Celebrity Duets		Local programming
	Mid-fall	MLB Post Season / World Series
	Late fall	'Til Death	Family Guy (R)	The O.C.		Local programming
	Winter	'Til Death	The War at Home	The O.C.
	Spring	American Idol		Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and The King of Queens)
	Mid-spring	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (30/7.3) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters and The King of Queens)		Family Guy (R)	'Til Death
	Late spring			Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
	Summer			So You Think You Can Dance
	Mid-summer	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
	Late summer	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	My Name Is Earl		Scrubs	30 Rock	ER (27/7.4) (Tied with Ugly Betty and 24)
	Spring	30 Rock		Scrubs	Andy Barker, P.I.	Raines
	Mid-spring	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
	Mid-summer		30 Rock	The Office		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 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Grey's Anatomy (R)		Men in Trees		20/20
	Winter	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		20/20
	Mid-winter	Grey's Anatomy (R)		Desperate Housewives (R)
	Late winter			20/20
	Early spring			Wife Swap
	Spring			Six Degrees
	Mid-spring			Wife Swap
	Late spring	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		National Bingo Night
	Summer	George Lopez (R)	According To Jim (R)	Kyle XY
	Mid-summer	Set for Life		Greek
	Late summer	Set for Life		George Lopez (R)	According to Jim (R)
CBS	Fall	Ghost Whisperer		Close to Home		Numbers
CBS	Summer	Ghost Whisperer		Jericho (R)		Numbers
The CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown				Local programming
Fox	Fall	Nanny 911		Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
	Late fall	Vanished
	Winter	Justice
	Mid-winter	Nanny 911
	Spring	House (R)		The Wedding Bells
	Mid-spring	House (R)		Bones (R)
	Summer	Bones (R)		Standoff
	Late summer	Fox Friday Night Movie
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		Las Vegas
	Spring	Identity		Raines
	Late spring	Dateline NBC
	Summer	'1 vs. 100		Las Vegas (R)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)

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 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	ESPN Saturday Night Football
	Winter	ABC Saturday Night Movie
	Summer	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Mid-summer	The Wonderful World of Disney			America's Funniest Home Videos (R)
	Late summer	ABC Saturday Night Movie			Masters of Science Fiction
CBS		Crimetime Saturday / CBS Saturday Night Movie			48 Hours Mystery
Fox		COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted	Local programming
MNT	Fall	Desire		Fashion House
	Winter	Wicked Wicked Games		Watch Over Me
	Spring	My Saturday Night Movie
	Late spring	International Fight League
NBC	Fall	Dateline Saturday Night		Various NBC Drama Repeats	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Mid-fall			Kidnapped
	Late fall			Dateline Saturday Night
	Winter			Various NBC Drama Repeats
	Late winter			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)
	Spring			Law & Order (R)	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)
	Mid-spring			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)	Law & Order (R)
	Summer	America's Got Talent (R)			Medium (R)
	Mid-summer	The Singing Bee (R)	America's Got Talent (R)		Medium (R)