The 2004–05 network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2004 to August 2005. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2003–04 television season.
Beginning this season, largely resulting from continuing declines in prime time television viewership on that night of the week, the major networks ceased producing original scripted programs for broadcast on Saturday evenings (an exception being ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney, although it often featured rebroadcast material, mainly in the form of Disney theatrical films). From this point on, Saturday prime time network schedules would instead consist of nonfiction reality-based programs, rebroadcasts of scripted prime time series (most commonly featuring dramatic series), unaired episodes of de facto cancelled series that were being "burned off" after having been pulled from their previous timeslot on a different night, theatrical or made-for-television movies, and/or sporting events (which became increasingly common in the time period beginning with the 2012–13 season).
PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Pax TV (now Ion Television) is also not included; although the network aired a few original first-run series, Pax's schedule at the time consisted primarily of syndicated reruns and movies.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2005 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
New series are highlighted in bold.
Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by .
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time, except for certain live events (such as Monday Night Football) that are broadcast simultaneously in all time zones. Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
All sporting events air live in all time zones, with local and/or late-night programming (including those normally aired by Fox affiliates during the 10:00 p.m. ET/PT hour) being shown after the game's completion.
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. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | America's Funniest Home Videos | Desperate Housewives | Boston Legal | |||||
Spring | Grey's Anatomy | ||||||||
Summer | My Kind of Town | Desperate Housewives | |||||||
CBS | 60 Minutes | Cold Case | CBS Sunday Movie | ||||||
Fox | Fall | King of the Hill | Malcolm in the Middle | The Simpsons | Arrested Development | My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss | Local programming | ||
Winter | Family Guy | The Simpsons | |||||||
Late winter | The Simpsons | Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show | |||||||
Late spring | The Simpsons | Family Guy | American Dad! | ||||||
Summer | Malcolm in the Middle | King of the Hill | The Simpsons | ||||||
Mid-summer | The Princes of Malibu | ||||||||
Late summer | The Simpsons | ||||||||
NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | American Dreams | Crossing Jordan | |||||
Winter | The Contender | ||||||||
Summer | Dateline NBC | ||||||||
The WB | Fall | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | Charmed | Jack & Bobby | Local programming | ||||
Mid-fall | The Mountain | ||||||||
Winter | Summerland | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | |||||||
Spring | Charmed | ||||||||
Summer | WB Sunday Movie |
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | The Benefactor | NFL Monday Showcase | Monday Night Football | |||
November | Life of Luxury | ||||||
Winter | The Bachelorette | Supernanny | |||||
Spring | The Bachelor | ||||||
Summer | The Scholar | The ABC Monday Night Movie | |||||
Mid-Summer | The ABC Monday Night Movie | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Still Standing | Listen Up | Everybody Loves Raymond | Two and a Half Men | ||
May | Everybody Loves Raymond (R) | ||||||
Summer | Still Standing | ||||||
Mid-Summer | The King of Queens (R) | Everybody Loves Raymond | Two and a Half Men | Rock Star | |||
Fox | Fall | North Shore | Renovate My Family | Local programming | |||
Follow-up | Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy | The Swan | |||||
Winter | 24 | ||||||
Late Winter | American Idol | ||||||
Spring | Nanny 911 | ||||||
Summer | Hell's Kitchen | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Fear Factor | Las Vegas | LAX | |||
November | $25 Million Dollar Hoax | ||||||
December | Various Programming | ||||||
Winter | Medium | ||||||
UPN | Fall | One on One | Half & Half | Girlfriends | Second Time Around | Local programming | |
Winter | Cuts | Half & Half | |||||
Summer | All of Us | ||||||
The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Everwood | ||||
Spring | Summerland | ||||||
Follow-up | Everwood | ||||||
Summer | Summerland | ||||||
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | Extreme Makeover | Life as We Know It | Primetime Live | |||
January | Life as We Know It | Extreme Makeover | |||||
Follow-up | Extreme Makeover | ||||||
Spring | Jake in Progress | Jake in Progress | |||||
Follow-up | ABC Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Extreme Makeover | Hooking Up | |||||
CBS | Fall | Without a Trace | |||||
January | Wickedly Perfect | ||||||
February | |||||||
Summer | The Cut | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Big Brother | ||||||
Fox | Fall | The O.C. | North Shore | Local programming | |||
Winter | Point Pleasant | ||||||
Spring | Tru Calling | ||||||
Summer | The O.C. | ||||||
Mid-Summer | That '70s Show | That '70s Show | |||||
NBC | Fall | Joey | Will & Grace | The Apprentice | ER | ||
June | Hit Me Baby, One More Time | ||||||
July | Joey | Will & Grace | Will & Grace | ||||
Follow-up | Will & Grace | The Law Firm | |||||
August | Scrubs | Will & Grace | |||||
UPN | WWE Thursday Night SmackDown! | Local programming | |||||
The WB | Fall | Blue Collar TV | Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | Various drama encores (R) | |||
Follow-up | The WB Thursday Night Movie | ||||||
Spring | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV | |||
Summer | Beauty and the Geek | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Smallville | Everwood | |||||
Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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ABC | Fall | 8 Simple Rules | Complete Savages | Hope & Faith | Less than Perfect | 20/20 | |
Winter | 8 Simple Rules (R) | ||||||
Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos | ||||||
Summer | 8 Simple Rules | Hope & Faith | |||||
CBS | Fall | Joan of Arcadia | JAG | Dr. Vegas | |||
Follow-up | (R) | ||||||
Winter | Numb3rs | ||||||
Summer | JAG | ||||||
Mid-Summer | 60 Minutes II | The Cut | |||||
Fox | Fall | The Complex: Malibu | The Next Great Champ (R) | Local programming | |||
Follow-up | The Simpsons (R) | That '70s Show (R) | The Complex: Malibu | ||||
Late Fall | Totally Outrageous Behavior | World's Craziest Videos | Renovate My Family | ||||
December | Fox Friday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | The Bernie Mac Show | The Bernie Mac Show | Jonny Zero | ||||
Spring | Malcolm in the Middle | Nanny 911 | |||||
Follow-up | Fox Friday Night Movie | ||||||
Late Summer | The Bernie Mac Show | Arrested Development | Malcolm in the Middle | Arrested Development | |||
NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | Third Watch | Medical Investigation | |||
Spring | Medical Investigation | ||||||
Mid-Spring | Third Watch | ||||||
Summer | Dateline NBC | ||||||
Late Summer | Crossing Jordan | ||||||
UPN | Fall | America's Next Top Model (R) | Local programming | ||||
Winter | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott (R) | ||||||
Spring | America's Next Top Model (R) | ||||||
Summer | UPN's Night at the Movies | ||||||
The WB | Fall | What I Like About You | Grounded for Life | Reba | Blue Collar TV | ||
Follow-up | Reba (R) | ||||||
Late Fall | Blue Collar TV | ||||||
Winter | Blue Collar TV | ||||||
Spring | Reba (R) | Living With Fran | |||||
Summer | What I Like About You | ||||||
Mid-Summer | Blue Collar TV | ||||||
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | The Wonderful World of Disney | Desperate Housewives | ||||
Spring | Little House on the Prairie | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | |||||
Late spring | The Wonderful World of Disney | Desperate Housewives | |||||
Summer | America's Funniest Home Videos | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours Mystery | ||||
Winter | The Will | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
Mid-winter | Crimetime Saturday | ||||||
Late winter | Wickedly Perfect | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
Spring | Crimetime Saturday | ||||||
Summer | Big Brother | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local programming | |||
NBC | Fall | Various programming | |||||
Mid-fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
Winter | Law & Order | ||||||
Late winter | LAX | ||||||
Spring | Crossing Jordan | Law & Order | |||||
Summer | NBC Saturday Night Movie | Dateline NBC |
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Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.