2010–11 United States network television schedule explained

The 2010–11 network television schedule for the five major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2010 through August 2011. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2009–10 season. As in previous years, the schedule omits the Public Broadcasting Service (whose programming is listed here).

NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 16, 2010,^[1] followed by Fox on May 17,^[2] ABC on May 18,^[3] CBS on May 19,^[4] and The CW on May 20, 2010.^[5]

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. The CW is not included on weekends, since it does not offer network programming. Beginning this season, MyNetworkTV is completely excluded; with the loss of WWE Friday Night SmackDown to Syfy, it has a schedule of all archived and rerun programming.

New series are highlighted in bold.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[6]

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	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos^[7]				Desperate Housewives		Brothers & Sisters
	Spring			Secret Millionaire
	Late spring
	Summer					Castle		*Body of Proof*
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Undercover Boss
	Winter
	Mid-winter			The Amazing Race
	Summer			Big Brother		*Same Name*
	Mid-summer			Big Brother		The Good Wife
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL	The OT	The Simpsons	The Cleveland Show	Family Guy	American Dad!	Local programming
	Winter	The Simpsons	American Dad!		*Bob's Burgers*		The Cleveland Show
	Summer	American Dad!	*Bob's Burgers*		The Cleveland Show		American Dad!
NBC	Fall	Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football
	Winter	Dateline NBC		Various Movies, repeats or Specials
	Spring			*America's Next Great Restaurant*		The Apprentice
	Summer			Encore programming				The Marriage Ref

Monday

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				Castle
	Late fall	Holiday specials		*Skating with the Stars*
	Winter	The Bachelor
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars
	Summer	The Bachelorette				*Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition*
	Mid-summer	Bachelor Pad				*Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition*
CBS	Fall	How I Met Your Mother	Rules of Engagement	Two and a Half Men	*Mike & Molly*	*Hawaii Five-0*
CBS	Winter	How I Met Your Mother	*Mad Love*	Two and a Half Men	*Mike & Molly*	*Hawaii Five-0*
The CW		90210		Gossip Girl		Local programming
Fox	Fall	House		*Lone Star*
	Mid-fall			Lie to Me^[8]
	Winter			*The Chicago Code*
	Summer	MasterChef
NBC	Fall	Chuck		*The Event*		*Chase*
	Winter	The Sing-Off				*Chase*
	Mid-winter	Chuck		*The Cape*		*Harry's Law*
	Spring			*The Event*		*Harry's Law*
	Mid-spring			*The Event*		^[9]

Note: In February 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. stop producing Two and a Half Men for the rest of the season because of the firing of Charlie Sheen. So it aired reruns of the show.

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	*No Ordinary Family*	Dancing with the Stars –		*Detroit 1-8-7*
	Winter	Holiday specials	*No Ordinary Family*
	Mid-winter	*No Ordinary Family*	V
	Spring	Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution	Dancing with the Stars		*Body of Proof*
	Mid-spring	Dancing with the Stars	Dancing with the Stars		*Body of Proof*
	Summer	Wipeout	*101 Ways to Leave a Game Show*		*Combat Hospital*
CBS		NCIS			The Good Wife
The CW	Fall	One Tree Hill	Life Unexpected		Local programming
The CW	Winter	One Tree Hill	*Hellcats*
Fox	Fall	Glee	*Raising Hope*	*Running Wilde*
	Winter		*Million Dollar Money Drop*
	Mid-winter		*Raising Hope*	*Traffic Light*
	Summer	MasterChef	*Raising Hope*	*Raising Hope*
	Mid-summer	Hell's Kitchen	MasterChef
	Late summer	Glee	*Raising Hope*
NBC	Fall	The Biggest Loser			Parenthood
	Mid-fall	Holiday specials	The Biggest Loser
	Winter	The Biggest Loser			Parenthood
	Spring	The Biggest Loser	*The Voice*
	Mid-spring	The Biggest Loser			*The Voice*

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The Middle	*Better with You*	Modern Family	Cougar Town	*The Whole Truth*
	Winter				Cougar Town	*Off the Map*
	Late winter				*Mr. Sunshine*	*Off the Map*
	Spring				Cougar Town	*Happy Endings*
CBS	Fall			Criminal Minds		*The Defenders*
	Winter	*Live to Dance*				*Blue Bloods*
	Spring
	Summer	Big Brother
The CW	Fall	America's Next Top Model		*Hellcats*		Local programming
	Winter	America's Next Top Model		*Shedding for the Wedding*
	Spring	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model
Fox	Fall	Hell's Kitchen
	Mid-fall	Human Target		Hell's Kitchen
	Winter	Human Target
	Mid-winter	American Idol
	Late winter	American Idol		Human Target
	Spring	American Idol
	Mid-spring	American Idol			*Breaking In*
	Late spring	So You Think You Can Dance
	Summer	*Buried Treasure*		*Buried Treasure*
NBC	Fall	*Undercovers*
	Winter	The Sing-Off
	Mid-winter	Minute to Win It		*Chase*
	Late winter	Minute to Win It
	Summer	Minute to Win It		America's Got Talent		*Love in the Wild*

Thursday

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.
ABC	Fall	Grey's Anatomy		Grey's Anatomy		Private Practice
	Winter	Holiday Specials
	Mid-winter	Wipeout
	Summer	*Expedition Impossible*				Rookie Blue
	Late summer	*Take the Money & Run*				Rookie Blue
CBS	Fall	The Big Bang Theory	**$#! My Dad Says***			The Mentalist
	Winter		Rules of Engagement
	Summer		Rules of Engagement	Big Brother
The CW		The Vampire Diaries		*Nikita*		Local programming
Fox	Fall	Bones		Fringe
	Winter	*Million Dollar Money Drop*		Bones
	Mid-winter	American Idol		Bones
	Summer	So You Think You Can Dance		Glee
NBC	Fall	Community	30 Rock	The Office	*Outsourced*	The Apprentice
	Winter		*Perfect Couples*^[10]		Parks and Recreation	30 Rock	*Outsourced*
	Spring		*The Paul Reiser Show*^[11]
	Mid-spring		The Office

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Supernanny	Primetime	20/20
ABC	Spring	Shark Tank	Primetime	20/20
CBS	Fall	Medium		*Blue Bloods* (14/8.0) (Tied with The Big Bang Theory)
	Winter	*The Defenders*		Criminal Minds
	Mid-winter	*The Defenders*		*Blue Bloods* (14/8.0) (Tied with The Big Bang Theory)
	Spring	*CHAOS*^[12]
	Mid-spring	Flashpoint
The CW		Smallville	Supernatural	Local programming
Fox	Fall	House	The Good Guys
	Winter	Kitchen Nightmares	Fringe
	Summer	Bones	House
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		*Outlaw*
	Mid-fall	*School Pride*	Dateline NBC
	Winter	Who Do You Think You Are?
	Spring	Friday Night Lights
	Summer	*Friends with Benefits*

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Saturday Night Football
ABC	Winter	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
CBS		Crimetime Saturday				48 Hours
Fox	Fall	COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted		Local programming
	Spring	Fox Sports programming
	Late spring	COPS	COPS	America's Most Wanted
	Summer			Family Guy	The Cleveland Show
	Late summer			American Dad!	The Cleveland Show
NBC	Fall			*Chase*
	Mid-fall	*Outlaw*
	Winter	*Chase*
	Mid-winter	*Harry's Law*
	Spring	*Chase*

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