September

It's that time of year again. Time to do a lot of typing for a very small audience. Yes, it's the fall tv schedule. I've left The CW out because, well, I'm 40 years old. I'll be watching Smallville. And that covers The CW for me.

Gone are My Name Is Earl, Samantha Who, Pushing Daisies, The Unit and Without A Trace (among others). Law & Order: Criminal Intent has been permanently relocated to USA Network. Many shows, including Scrubs, New Adventures Of Old Christine and Cold Case, were saved at the last minute, while many more, such as Chuck and Better Off Ted, will have to wait for midseason.

Lots of familiar faces returning in various series - Chris O'Donnell, Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Jenna Elfman, Ed O'Neill, Christine Baranski and Sara Rue just to name a few.

With that, here's the "shed yule":

SUNDAY
8:00
ABC - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
CBS - The Amazing Race
NBC - Sunday Night Football
FOX - The Simpsons

8:30
FOX - The Cleveland Show

9:00
ABC - Desperate Housewives
CBS - Three Rivers
FOX - Family Guy

9:30
FOX - American Dad

10:00
ABC - Brothers and Sisters
CBS - Cold Case

MONDAY
8:00
ABC - Dancing With The Stars
CBS - How I Met Your Mother
NBC - Heroes
FOX - House

8:30
CBS - Accidentally On Purpose

9:00
CBS - Two And A Half Men
NBC - Trauma
FOX - Lie To Me

9:30
CBS - The Big Bang Theory

10:00
ABC - Castle
CBS - CSI: Miami
NBC - The Jay Leno Show

TUESDAY
8:00
ABC - Shark Tank
CBS - NCIS
NBC - The Biggest Loser
FOX - So You Think You Can Dance

9:00
ABC - Dancing With The Stars (results show)
CBS - NCIS: Los Angeles

10:00
ABC - The Forgotten
CBS - The Good Wife
NBC - The Jay Leno Show

WEDNESDAY
8:00
ABC - Hank
CBS - The New Adventures Of Old Christine
NBC - Parenthood
FOX - So You Think You Can Dance (results show)

8:30
ABC - The Middle
CBS - Gary Unmarried

9:00
ABC - Modern Family
CBS - Criminal Minds
NBC - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
FOX - Glee

9:30
ABC - Cougar Town

10:00
ABC - Eastwick
CBS - CSI: NY
NBC - The Jay Leno Show

THURSDAY
8:00
ABC - Flash Forward
CBS - Survivor
NBC - Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday
FOX - Bones

8:30
NBC - Parks & Recreation

9:00
ABC - Grey's Anatomy
CBS - CSI
NBC - The Office
FOX - Fringe

9:30
NBC - Community

10:00
ABC - Private Practice
CBS - The Mentalist
NBC - The Jay Leno Show

FRIDAY
8:00
ABC - Supernanny
CBS - Ghost Whisperer
NBC - Law & Order
FOX - Brothers

8:30
FOX - Til Death

9:00
ABC - Ugly Betty
CBS - Medium
NBC - Southland
FOX - Dollhouse

10:00
ABC - 20/20
CBS - Numb3rs
NBC - The Jay Leno Show

SATURDAY
8:00
ABC - College Football
CBS - Crimetime Saturday
NBC - Dateline
FOX - Cops

8:30
FOX - Cops

9:00
CBS - Crimetime Saturday
NBC - Trauma (encore)
FOX - America's Most Wanted

10:00
CBS - 48 Hrs Mystery
NBC - Law & Order: SVU (encore)