2008-2009 TV Schedule « somethingcreative

2008-2009 TV Schedule

THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED!!!

(please be patient as it will take me awhile to compile all this information!!)

Picked up SIX new series which include:

Project Gary - A guy in his 30’s gets divorced, re-enters the dating pool and is forced to stay in touch with his ex-wife whom he hates because they have kids.
Worst Week - A single camera comedy series based on the British limited run
series about a couple’s nightmarish week before their wedding dealing with family and in-law politics.
Eleventh Hour - A U.S. version of a British Miniseries. The series follows the adventures of a professor who is an adviser to a government scientific agency that troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting scientific endeavor. He is joined by a female government operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as he has made powerful enemies through his work.
The Mentalist - A dramatic series about a guy with psychic abilities who works as an independent contractor for the police.
The Ex-List- A dramatic series based on an Israeli series about a woman who tracks down all of her exes after a psychic tells her that she has already met the man she is going to marry.
Harper’s Island - Horror story that unfolds during the course of a season as a group of friends meet on an island off the Seattle coast for a destination wedding.

CANCELLED on CBS:

RENEWED on CBS:

PICKED UP (*W is for Winter):

MY OWN WORST ENEMY -“The Bourne Identity” meets “Jekyll & Hyde” and centers on a mild-mannered suburban dad (Slater) who learns that his alter ego is a spy.
KATH & KIM - A comedy series based on the hit Australian sitcom about a divorced woman, KATH, with a married daughter out of the house who dating a great guy and looking terrific. Just as things are about to get really serious with her boyfriend, KATH’s daughter KIM leaves her perfectly nice husband and moves in with her mother, upending her life.
KNIGHT RIDER
SNL Thursday Night Live - During the Elections
CRUSOE -Adaptation of the classic novel follows a shipwrecked man and his loyal manservant as they struggle to survive on an island fraught with natural and man-made perils.
W* THE PHILANTHROPIST - A dramatic series about an iconoclastic billionaire who looks
for ways to distribute his wealth and help people by using all of his
resources, regardless of the risk.
W* THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF- TBD
W* MERLIN - Merlin & his friend Prince Arthur grow up in Camelot where magic has been banned
W* KINGS - A modern-day re-imagining of the historical story of King David, featuring a strong leader who unites two previously divisive factions.

CANCELLED on NBC:

RENEWED on NBC:

PICKED UP:

Life on Mars - A U.S. adaptation of the BBC series about a 21st century detective who is mysteriously transported back to the 1970’s.

CANCELLED:

RENEWED:

PICKED UP:

Dollhouse - A group of agents working for a shadowy organization are programmed with certain talents and personality traits for specific missions. Between assignments, they reside in a compound called the Dollhouse where their memories are wiped clean. When one member of the group becomes self-aware, she starts trying to find answers to who she really is and the company’s mysterious purpose.
The Fringe - A dramatic series centering on a young female FBI agent who unites with a brilliant, and perhaps crazy institutionalized research scientist. Together, they confront powerful and unexplained phenomena.

CANCELLED:

RENEWED:

PICKED UP:

90210 - A contemporary version of the 1990’s FOX teen-driven soap opera. The main family consists of a grandmother who was a huge star in the 1970’s, her do-gooder son and his athletic wife who are in the their late 30’s and their two teenagers. Their sixteen year old daughter is an aspiring and talented actress and their adopted son is also sixteen, highly intelligent, but with lingering behavioral issues.
Surviving the Filthy Rich - The story follows a young smart woman who is fired from her job at a tabloid newspaper, only to be hired by a very wealthy man to be the live-in tutor and life coach for his teenage granddaughters.

CANCELLED:

RENEWED: