2006–07 United States network television schedule explained

The 2006–07 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2006 to 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.

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television (renamed from its original rebrand, i: Independent Television, on January 27) is also not included since the network's schedule consisted mainly of syndicated reruns and movies.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2007 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 some live sports or events). Subtract for one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming (including Fox affiliates during the 10 p.m. ET/PT hour) by affiliates after game completion.

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				Desperate Housewives		*Brothers & Sisters*
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Cold Case		Without a Trace
	Winter			Various programming
	Late winter			The Amazing Race
	Spring			Various programming
	Summer			Big Brother
The CW	Fall	Various programming				America's Next Top Model		Local programming
	Mid-fall	Various programming		7th Heaven
	Late fall	Reba	Reba
	Winter	Reba	Reba			Beauty and the Geek
	Late winter	Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll				America's Next Top Model
	Spring	7th Heaven				America's Next Top Model
	Summer	Reba				Supernatural
	Mid-summer	Smallville
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL	The OT	The Simpsons	American Dad!	Family Guy	The War at Home
	Winter	Various programming			King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Late winter	Various programming	The War at Home		*The Winner*		*The Winner*
	Spring	The War at Home	The War at Home		King of the Hill		American Dad!
	Mid-spring	King of the Hill	King of the Hill		The Simpsons		American Dad!
	Summer	The War at Home			The Loop		The Loop
	Mid-summer	*'Til Death*			American Dad!		Family Guy
NBC	Fall	*Football Night in America*		*NBC Sunday Night Football*
	Winter	Deal or No Deal		Grease: You're the One That I Want!		The Apprentice		Crossing Jordan
	Late winter	Dateline NBC		Grease: You're the One That I Want!		Deal or No Deal		The Apprentice
	Spring	Dateline NBC				Deal or No Deal		The Apprentice
	Mid-spring					Various programming
	Late spring					*Friday Night Lights*
	Summer					Law & Order

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		What About Brian
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars			The Bachelor
	Late spring	Wife Swap		*The Ex-Wives Club*		Supernanny
	Summer			Extreme Makeover
	Mid-summer			*Fat March*
CBS	Fall	*The Class*	How I Met Your Mother	Two and a Half Men	The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Mid-fall	How I Met Your Mother	*The Class*		The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Winter		*The Class*		*Rules of Engagement*
	Late winter		The New Adventures of Old Christine		*Rules of Engagement*
	Spring				The King of Queens
	Late spring	*Creature Comforts*			How I Met Your Mother
	Summer	How I Met Your Mother			*Rules of Engagement*
The CW		Everybody Hates Chris	All of Us	Girlfriends	*The Game*	Local programming
Fox	Fall	Prison Break		*Vanished*
	Mid-fall			*Justice*
	Late fall			House
	Winter			24
	Spring	House		24
	Late spring	Various programming		Hell's Kitchen
MNT	Fall	*Desire*		*Fashion House*
	Late fall	*Wicked Wicked Games*		*Watch Over Me*
	Winter	*IFL Battleground*
NBC	Fall	Deal or No Deal		*Heroes*		*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip*
	Winter	Deal or No Deal		*Heroes*		*The Black Donnellys*
	Late winter	Deal or No Deal				*The Black Donnellys*
	Spring	Deal or No Deal		*Heroes*		*The Real Wedding Crashers*
	Summer	*Age of Love*		*Age of Love*		Dateline NBC
	Mid-summer	*Thank God You're Here*		*Heroes*		Dateline NBC

Note: Drive premiered on Fox on April 16, 2007 at 8 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.

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			*Help Me Help You*	Boston Legal
	Late fall	Various programming		*Big Day*	*Help Me Help You*
	Winter	America's Funniest Home Videos		*Big Day*
	Mid-winter	America's Funniest Home Videos		Primetime: The Outsiders
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars		Dancing with the Stars
	Mid-spring	George Lopez	George Lopez	Dancing with the Stars
	Summer	According to Jim		*Shaq's Big Challenge*		*Primetime: Family Secrets*
	Mid-summer	*Just for Laughs*		*Shaq's Big Challenge*		*Primetime: Family Secrets*
	Late summer	*Just for Laughs*		*i-Caught*		*Primetime Crime*
CBS	Early fall	NCIS		The Unit		*Smith*
	Fall					Various programming
	Mid-fall					*3 lbs*
	Late fall					Various programming
	Spring					48 Hours
	Summer			Big Brother		Various programming
	Late summer	*Power of 10*		Big Brother		NCIS
The CW	Fall	Gilmore Girls		Veronica Mars		Local programming
	Winter
	Spring			Veronica Mars
	Summer			Beauty and the Geek
Fox	Fall	House		*Standoff*
	Mid-fall	*Standoff*		House
	Winter	American Idol
	Spring	*On the Lot*
MNT	Fall	*Desire*		*Fashion House*
	Late fall	*Wicked Wicked Games*		*Watch Over Me*
	Winter	*American Heiress*
	Spring	*My Tuesday Night Movie*
NBC	Fall	*Friday Night Lights*
	Winter	Dateline NBC
	Spring	America's Got Talent
	Summer	America's Got Talent			*The Singing Bee*

Note: Pirate Master aired at 10 p.m. ET on CBS on June 10 and 17, 2007 and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
Note: aired at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on June 12 and 19, 2007.

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		Lost		*The Nine*
	Late fall	*Show Me the Money*		*Day Break*		Primetime: Basic Instincts
	Winter	According to Jim		*The Knights of Prosperity*	*In Case of Emergency*	Primetime: Medical Mysteries
	Mid-winter	George Lopez	*The Knights of Prosperity*	According to Jim	*In Case of Emergency*	Primetime: Medical Mysteries
	Late winter		*The Knights of Prosperity*	Lost		Lost
	Spring		According to Jim	According to Jim	*In Case of Emergency*
	Mid-spring		George Lopez	According to Jim	*In Case of Emergency*
	Late spring	According to Jim	*Notes from the Underbelly*	Lost
	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
	Winter	The King of Queens	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
	Late spring	America's Next Top Model		One Tree Hill
	Summer	*Hidden Palms*		One Tree Hill
	Mid-summer	*Hidden Palms*		*Hidden Palms*
	Late summer	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model
Fox	Fall	Bones		*Justice*
	Winter			Bones
	Mid-winter			American Idol
	Spring			American Idol	*'Til Death*
	Mid-spring			American Idol
	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		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*		Grey's Anatomy		*Six Degrees*
	Winter					Men in Trees
	Spring					*October Road*
	Summer					Men in Trees
CBS	Fall					*Shark*
	Winter	Criminal Minds
	Late winter
	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	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?*
	Mid-spring	*Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?*		Family Guy
	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
	Winter	My Name Is Earl	The Office	Scrubs	*30 Rock*	ER
	Spring	Encore programming		Scrubs	*Andy Barker, P.I.*	*Raines*
	Mid-spring	My Name Is Earl	The Office	*30 Rock*	Scrubs	ER
	Summer		30 Rock	The Office		*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip*
	Mid-summer		30 Rock	The Office		ER

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		*Men in Trees*		20/20
	Winter	America's Funniest Home Videos		20/20
	Mid-winter	Grey's Anatomy		Desperate Housewives		20/20
	Late winter			20/20
	Early spring			Wife Swap		20/20
	Spring			Six Degrees
	Mid-spring			Wife Swap
	Late spring	America's Funniest Home Videos		*National Bingo Night*
	Summer	George Lopez	According To Jim	Kyle XY
	Mid-summer	*Set for Life*		*Greek*
	Late summer	*Set for Life*		George Lopez	According to Jim
CBS	Fall	Ghost Whisperer		Close to Home		Numbers
CBS	Summer	Ghost Whisperer		*Jericho*		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		*The Wedding Bells*
	Mid-spring	House		Bones
	Summer	Bones		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
	Mid-fall	*1 vs. 100*		Las Vegas
	Spring	*Identity*		*Raines*
	Late spring	Dateline NBC
	Summer	*1 vs. 100*		Las Vegas

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]

Fox

Happy Hour—Canceled after one season.
The Rich List—Canceled after one episode.
Vanished—Canceled after one season.
Justice—Canceled after one season.
The O.C.—Ended after four seasons.
The Wedding Bells—Canceled after one season.
Drive—Canceled after one season.
Standoff—Canceled after one season.
The Winner—Canceled after one season.
The War at Home—Canceled after two seasons.

NBC

Kidnapped—Canceled after one season.
—The show moved from NBC to USA Network.
Twenty Good Years—Canceled after one season.
The Black Donnellys—Canceled after one season.
Andy Barker, P.I.—Canceled after one season.
The Real Wedding Crashers
Crossing Jordan—Ended after six seasons.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip—Canceled after one season.
Thank God You're Here
Raines—Canceled after one season.
Identity
The Singles Table—Canceled before it aired.

The CW

Runaway—Canceled after one season.
Reba—Ended after six seasons.
7th Heaven—Ended after eleven seasons.
Gilmore Girls—Ended after seven seasons.
Hidden Palms—Canceled after one season.
Veronica Mars—Ended after three seasons.
All of Us—Ended after four seasons.

MyNetworkTV

Notes and References

Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
Web site: Breaking News - ABC Unveils 2006-07 Primetime Schedule TheFutonCritic.com.
Web site: POPSURFING.COM: CBS Cancels New Show "Waterfront" -- Before It Airs. York. Michael In New. 2006-10-19. POPSURFING.COM. 2019-08-02.

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 Movie of the Week
	Summer	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Mid-summer	The Wonderful World of Disney			America's Funniest Home Videos
	Late summer	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week			*Masters of Science Fiction*
CBS		Crimetime Saturday			48 Hours
Fox		COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted	Local programming
MNT	Fall	*Desire*		*Fashion House*
	Winter	*Wicked Wicked Games*		*Watch Over Me*
	Mid-winter	My Saturday Night Movie
	Spring	International Fight League
NBC	Fall	Dateline Saturday Night		Various programming
	Mid-fall			Kidnapped
	Late fall			Dateline Saturday Night
	Winter			Various programming
	Late winter
	Spring			Law & Order
	Mid-spring				Law & Order
	Summer	America's Got Talent			Medium
	Mid-summer	The Singing Bee	America's Got Talent		Medium