Midseason 2008 TV Premiere Schedule
Updated 8/25/08
Updated 3/10/08
Here is the 2008 midseason TV schedule for all your favorite TV shows. A quick disclaimer, networks have been shuffling around their schedules, so the premiere dates might change in the future. I’ll update this list with current information, as often as possible if changes occur, but this will give you an idea of what to expect on television and when to expect it.
MIDSEASON 2008 TV SHOWS PREMIERE DATES: (New shows are in red. New seasons are in blue.)
JANUARY 1 - Tuesday
8 pm - The Biggest Loser (NBC)
9:30 pm - According to Jim (ABC)
10 pm - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
JANUARY 2 - Wednesday
8 pm - Power of 10 (CBS)
9 pm – Law & Order (NBC) – Season Premiere
JANUARY 3 - Thursday
9 pm - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) – Season Premiere
10 pm - ER (NBC)
JANUARY 4 - Friday
8 pm - Flash Gordon (Sci-Fi)
8 pm - 1 vs. 100 (NBC)
9 pm - Friday Night Lights (NBC)
10 pm - Las Vegas (NBC)
10 pm - Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi)
JANUARY 6 - Sunday
8 pm - The Simpsons (FOX)
8 pm - Life is Wild (The CW)
8:30 pm - King of the Hill (FOX)
9 pm - The Wire (HBO)
9 pm - The L Word (Showtime)
9 pm - Family Guy (FOX)
9 pm - American Gladiators (NBC) - Series Premiere
9 pm - Desperate Housewives (ABC)
9 pm - Cold Case (CBS)
9:30 pm - American Dad (FOX)
10 pm - Cashmere Mafia (ABC) – Series Premiere
10 pm – Shark (CBS)
JANUARY 7 - Monday
8 pm - American Gladiators (NBC) – Time Period Premiere
8pm - Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC) – Series Premiere
10 pm – Medium (NBC) - Season Premiere
10 pm - October Road (ABC)
JANUARY 8 - Tuesday
8 pm - One Tree Hill (CW) – Season Premiere
9:30 pm - Carpoolers (ABC)
10 pm - Boston Legal (ABC)
JANUARY 9 - Wednesday
8 pm - Deal or No Deal (NBC)
9 pm - Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)
9 pm - Criminal Minds (CBS)
10 pm - Law & Order (NBC) – Time Period Premiere
10 pm - CSI: NY (CBS)
JANUARY 10 - Thursday
8 pm – Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (FOX)
8 pm - My Name Is Earl (NBC)
8 pm - Ugly Betty (ABC)
8:30 pm - 30 Rock (NBC)
9 pm – Don’t Forget The Lyrics (FOX)
9 pm - CSI (CBS)
9 pm - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
10 pm - Big Shots (ABC)
10 pm - Without A Trace (CBS)
JANUARY 11 - Friday
8 pm - Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
9 pm – Moonlight (CBS)
9 pm – Monk (USA)
10 pm - Numb3rs (CBS)
10 pm - Psych (USA)
JANUARY 13 - Sunday
8 pm – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX) – Series Premiere
8 pm - The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC)
9 pm – Comanche Moon: Part One (CBS)
10 pm - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
JANUARY 14 - Monday
8 pm – Prison Break (FOX)
8 pm - Kyle XY (ABC Family)
9 pm – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX) – Time Period Premiere
9:30 pm - Notes from the Underbelly (ABC)
10 pm - CSI: Miami (CBS)
JANUARY 15 - Tuesday
8 pm – American Idol (FOX) - Season Premiere
8 pm - NCIS (CBS)
8 pm - Reaper (The CW)
9 pm – Comanche Moon: Part Two (CBS)
JANUARY 16 - Wednesday
8 pm – American Idol (FOX) - Season Premiere, Cont’d
9 pm – Comanche Moon: Part Three (CBS)
10 pm - Nip/Tuck (FX)
JANUARY 20 - Sunday
10 pm - Breaking Bad (AMC) - Series Premiere
JANUARY 21 - Monday
9 pm - Wildfire (ABC Family)
JANUARY 22 - Tuesday
8 pm – American Idol (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
JANUARY 23 - Wednesday
9 pm – The Moment of Truth (FOX) - Series Premiere
JANUARY 24 - Thursday
8 pm - Chuck (NBC)
8 pm - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America) - Season Premiere
9:30 pm - Scrubs (NBC)
10 pm - Chuck (NBC) - Last episode
JANUARY 26 - Saturday
9 pm - Torchwood (BBC America) – Season Premiere
JANUARY 28 - Monday
9:30 pm - In Treatment (HBO) – Series Premiere
JANUARY 29 - Tuesday
9 pm – House (FOX)
JANUARY 31 - Thursday
8pm - Smallville (The CW)
9 pm - Supernatural (The CW)
9 pm - Lost (ABC) – Season Premiere
10 pm - Eli Stone (ABC) – Series Premiere
FEBRUARY 3 - Sunday
6 PM/ET - SUPER BOWL XLII (FOX)
10 PM/ET – House (FOX) – New episode guest staring Mira Sorvino
FEBRUARY 4 - Monday
8:30 pm – Welcome To The Captain (CBS) - Series Premiere
9 pm - Samantha Who (ABC)
9:30 pm – The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) - Season Premiere
FEBRUARY 5 - Tuesday
9 pm – House (FOX)
FEBRUARY 7 - Thursday
8 pm – Survivor 16 (CBS) – Season Premiere
10 pm - Lipstick Jungle (NBC) – Series Premiere
FEBRUARY 10 - Sunday
8 pm - Everybody Hates Chris (The CW)
FEBRUARY 12 - Tuesday
9 pm – Big Brother 9 (CBS) – Season Premiere
10 pm - Jericho - Season Premiere
FEBRUARY 17 - Sunday
9 pm - Knight Rider (NBC) – Two-hour TV movie
FEBRUARY 18 - Monday
8 pm - The Baby Borrowers (NBC) - Series Premiere
9 pm - Quarterlife (NBC) - Series Premiere
9 pm - The Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (The CW) - Season Premiere
FEBRUARY 20 - Wednesday
8 pm - America's Next Top Model (The CW) - Season Premiere
FEBRUARY 26 - Tuesday
9:30 pm – Back To You (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
FEBRUARY 27 - Wednesday
9:30 pm – Back To You (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
MARCH 2 - Sunday
9 pm - Oprah's Big Give (ABC)
9 pm - Unhitched (FOX) - Series Premiere
10 pm - Dirt (FX) - Season Premiere
MARCH 4 - Tuesday
9 pm - New Amsterdam (FOX) - Series Preview
MARCH 6 - Thursday
9 pm New Amsterdam (FOX) - Series Preview
MARCH 10 - Monday
9 pm New Amsterdam (FOX) - Series Premiere
MARCH 11 - Tuesday
8 pm - Beauty and the Geek (The CW) - Season Premiere
MARCH 12 - Wednesday
9 pm - American Idol (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
MARCH 14 - Friday
8:30 pm - The Return of Jezebel James (FOX) - Series Premiere
8 pm - Til Death (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
MARCH 16 - Sunday
8 pm - John Adams (HBO) - Miniseries Premiere
MARCH 17 - Monday
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
8 pm - Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
10 pm - The Bachelor (ABC)
MARCH 18 - Tuesday
10 pm - The Riches (FX) - Season Premiere
10:30 pm - Miss/Guided (ABC) - Sneak Preview
MARCH 19 - Wednesday
9:30 pm - Back To You (FOX) - Time Period Premiere
MARCH 20 - Thursday
8 pm - Miss/Guided (ABC) - Time Period Premiere
MARCH 23 - Sunday
The Game (CW)
MARCH 24 - Monday
8 pm - Greek (ABC Family)
CSI: Miami (CBS)
MARCH 25 - Tuesday
‘Til Death (Fox)
MARCH 30 - Sunday
Cold Case (CBS)
The Tudors (Showtime) – Season Premiere
APRIL 1 - Tuesday
9 pm – Hell’s Kitchen (FOX) - Season Premiere
APRIL 2 - Wednesday
Criminal Minds (CBS)
CSI: NY (CBS)
APRIL 3 - Thursday
CSI (CBS)
My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Without a Trace (CBS)
APRIL 4 - Friday
10 pm - Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) - Season Premiere
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
Numb3rs (CBS)
APRIL 7 - Monday
Samantha Who? (ABC)
APRIL 8 - Tuesday
Boston Legal (ABC)
NCIS (CBS)
APRIL 10 - Thursday
30 Rock (NBC)
ER (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Scrubs (NBC)
APRIL 13 - Sunday
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
APRIL 14 - Monday
Bones (Fox)
One Tree Hill (CW)
Rules of Engagement (CBS)
APRIL 15 - Tuesday
Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
APRIL 17 - Thursday
Smallville (CW)
APRIL 20 - Sunday
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
APRIL 21 - Monday
Gossip Girl (CW)
House (Fox)
APRIL 22 - Tuesday
Reaper (CW)
APRIL 23 - Wednesday
Law and Order (NBC)
APRIL 24 - Thursday
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Lost (ABC)
Supernatural (CW)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
APRIL 25 - Friday
Moonlight (CBS)
APRIL 26 - Saturday
9 pm - Robin Hood (BBC America) - Season Premiere
APRIL 28 - Monday
8 pm – Bones (FOX)
APRIL 29 - Tuesday
9 pm – Shark (CBS)
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The tv schedules over the last few years have been ridiculous. It is irresponsible to have so many reruns and breaks in the shows. Many people are so aggravated that they are finding other ways to entertain themselves. Some day soon tv will be a thing of the past for alot of people since they can't depend on the network. GET ORGANIZED PLEASE!
Where is CANE? CBS just baits us to see what their RATINGS will be, we get HOOKED and then BOOM,,,,,the tv show we like and look forward to is no LONGER there,,,,,,,,,WHY,,,,,,,when will it pick up so we can continue the story???
debbie, there are probably no more episodes because of the writers strike. Once it resolves we'll get more Cane I'm sure.
when is the writers strike going to be over. i want to see more episodes of desperate housewives.
Well Abbey, that's the question we are all asking but unfortunately nobody has the answer yet.
When is Hero's going to start again
Heroes will be back in the Fall.
what happened to scrubs? it was playing and then it disappeared midseason.
When does season 7 of the series 24 start?
Pat Child,
24 will start in January 2009.
When is the UNIT coming back on?
I too, would love to know when CBS' The Unit will return.
There is no date schedule yet for the return of The Unit.
I'm just triing to find out when Chuck's coming back on?
Chuck will return in the Fall.
When is:
The Unit
Bionic Woman
Las Vegas
Cane
coming back on tv?
Bionic Woman and Las Vegas have both been cancelled.
No date so far for The Unit or Cane.
Any schedule for HBO shows premieres?
DEAR SIR
WHICH DAY WILL MOVIE SHARK BE SHOWN?
MONDAY 28 OR TUESDAY 29TH
HOPE TO HEAR YOUR REPLY SOON
THANKS
Hi Alvin,
From what I can tell it's Tuesday 29th. But since the networks have been changing their schedule constantly, it's hard to guarantee anything. We will probably know more when we get closer to the date.
Maybe I am from the older generation but it seems that the very best shows play out a season or two and then falls by the wayside. There are promises of shows to come but usually my husband and I find therearen't any more episodes even written. I am aware of the strike but MERCY give me a break. I am close to 60 years old and good shows for our age group is fading away fast. I doubt we can do anything to change the powers at be short of paying them billions of dollars but a person can wish. I am refering to shows like Cain, The Unit. Las Vegas started out to be good but thank God it has been canceled. Who likes a murder drama with comedy. Anyway it felt good speaking SOME of my mind. Anyone else feel this way?
Why am I unable to find the TRUE premier date of RESCUE ME ?
Also, the premier date of NIP/TUCK. Everywhere I look the dates are different.
So - what's the scoop?
And while I'm asking, how about IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA? Please answer ONLY if you know for SURE !!!
Thank you !
Hi P.zaborek,
There are not dates set yet for the return of either shows, however I know that "Rescue Me" is scheduled to return next Spring.
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" should return this Fall, and as for "Nip/Tuck," I don't have a date but I know that they are back in production this Summer, so maybe later this year or early next year.
Hope that helps.
Sandie:
Mamy thanks for the info. I neglected to ask about my very favorite show - The Shield. Any word on that one?
We are almost an exclusive FX household. I think that the best shows on tv are on FX////////////!!
Hi P.zaborek,
The final and seventh season of "The Shield" is slated to premiere on September 2, 2008.