2005–06 United States network television schedule
The following is the 2005–06 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2005 through August 2006. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2004–05 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
This would be the final season of broadcasting for both UPN and The WB. They would merge to form The CW next season. The famous Monday Night Football would move to ESPN from ABC after the 2005 NFL season ended with Super Bowl XL
New series are highlighted in bold.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
- Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
- Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
- Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation, but is not included because member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
From February 10 to 26, 2006, all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Sunday
Monday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Wife Swap | Monday Night Football (continued to game completion) (9/10.6) (Tied with House) | ||||
| Winter | Emily’s Reasons Why Not | Jake in Progress | The Bachelor: Paris | ||||
| Spring | Supernanny | Miracle Workers | |||||
| Follow-up | What About Brian | ||||||
| Summer | How to Get a Guy | ||||||
| Mid-Summer | One Ocean View | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The King of Queens | How I Met Your Mother | Two and a Half Men (13/9.7) (Tied with The Unit) |
Out of Practice (30/7.8) | CSI: Miami (8/11.8) | |
| Late January | Courting Alex | ||||||
| Spring | The New Adventures of Old Christine (25/8.3) (Tied with Unan1mous) | ||||||
| Mid-Summer | Two and a Half Men | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Arrested Development | Kitchen Confidential | Prison Break | Local Programming | ||
| Follow Up | Prison Break (Reruns) | ||||||
| December | Arrested Development | Arrested Development (Reruns) | Nanny 911 | ||||
| Winter | Skating with Celebrities | 24 (28/8.1) (Tied with ER) | |||||
| Spring | Prison Break | ||||||
| Summer | Hell's Kitchen | Hell's Kitchen | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Surface | Las Vegas | Medium | |||
| Spring | Deal or No Deal (15/9.6) (Tied with Dancing with the Stars – Results) |
The Apprentice | |||||
| Summer | Treasure Hunters (Reruns) | Treasure Hunters | |||||
| Mid-Summer | Repeats of Various NBCUniversal Cable Shows | ||||||
| UPN | One on One | All of Us | Girlfriends | Half & Half | Local Programming | ||
| The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Just Legal | ||||
| Follow Up | Related | ||||||
| Spring | Everwood | ||||||
| Summer | 7th Heaven | ||||||
NOTE: On January 9, 2006, ABC aired Emily's Reasons Why Not and Jake in Progress at 9pm and 9:30pm ET. A few days later, ABC canceled Emily's Reasons Why Not, took Jake in Progress off the schedule and replaced the shows with the previous week's episode of The Bachelor: Paris.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies / The Wonderful World of Disney | |||||
| Summer | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Evidence (Repeats) | |||||
| Mid-Summer | ABC Saturday Night at the Movies | ||||||
| CBS | Crimetime Saturday (Reruns) | 48 Hours Mystery | |||||
| Fox | COPS | COPS | America's Most Wanted | Local Programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie / Various NBC Repeats | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns) | ||||
| Late Winter | Dateline NBC | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Reruns) | Conviction (Reruns) | ||||
| Late Spring | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Reruns) | ||||||
By network
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
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Returning series
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New series
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Canceled/Ended
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The WB
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Returning series
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New series
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Canceled/Ended
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Renewals and cancellations
Renewals
ABC
- Boston Legal - renewed for a third season.
- Dancing with the Stars - renewed for a third and fourth season.
- Desperate Housewives - renewed for a third season.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - renewed for a fourth season.
- Grey's Anatomy - renewed for a third season.
- Lost - renewed for a third season
CBS
- Close to Home - renewed for a second season.
- Criminal Minds - renewed for a second season.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - renewed for a seventh season.
- CSI: Miami - renewed for a fifth season.
- CSI: NY - renewed for a third season.
- Ghost Whisperer - renewed for a second season.
- How I Met Your Mother - renewed for a second season.
- NCIS - renewed for a fourth season.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine - renewed for a second season.
- Numb3rs - renewed for a third season.
- Two and a Half Men - renewed for a fourth season.
The CW
- 7th Heaven - renewed for an eleventh season.
- America's Next Top Model - renewed for a seventh and eighth season.
- Gilmore Girls - renewed for a seventh season.
- One Tree Hill - renewed for a fourth season.
- Smallville - renewed for a sixth season.
- Supernatural - renewed for a second season.
Fox
- American Dad! - renewed for a second season.
- Bones - renewed for a second season.
- Family Guy - renewed for fifth season.
- Futurama - renewed for an eighth season.
- House - renewed for a third season.
- Prison Break - renewed for a second season.
- The Simpsons - renewed for an eighteenth season.
- The War at Home - renewed for a second season.
NBC
- The Biggest Loser - renewed for a third season.
- ER - renewed for a thirteenth season.
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent - renewed for a sixth season.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - renewed for an eighth season.
- My Name Is Earl - renewed for a second season.
- Law & Order - renewed for a seventeenth season.
- The Office - renewed for a third season.
Cancellations and series endings
ABC
- Alias - On November 23, 2005, it was announced that the series would conclude in May 2006.[2]
- Commander in Chief
- Crumbs
- Emily's Reasons Why Not
- The Evidence
- Freddie
- Hope & Faith
- Hot Properties
- How to Get the Guy
- In Justice
- Invasion
- Jake In Progress
- Less than Perfect
- Master of Champions
- Miracle Workers
- Night Stalker
- The One: Making a Music Star
- One Ocean View
- Rodney
- Sons & Daughters
CBS
- Courting Alex
- CBS Sunday Movie - Cancelled on May 17, 2006.[3]
- Gameshow Marathon
- Love Monkey
- Out of Practice
- Still Standing
- Threshold
- Tuesday Night Book Club
- Yes, Dear
Fox
- Arrested Development - In March 2006, it was revealed the series was cancelled.[4] (Revived in 2013 on Netflix)
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Free Ride
- Head Cases
- Killer Instinct
- Kitchen Confidential
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Reunion - On November 29, 2005, it was announced Fox was not ordering any additional episodes, essentially cancelling it.[5]
- Skating with Celebrities
- Stacked
- That '70s Show - It was announced on January 17, 2006, that the eighth season would be the last.[6]
- Unan1mous
NBC
- The Book of Daniel
- Celebrity Cooking Showdown
- Conviction
- E-Ring
- Fear Factor - Cancelled in May 2006 (revived in 2011 for one season).
- Four Kings
- Heist
- Inconceivable
- Joey
- Surface
- Teachers
- Thick & Thin
- Three Wishes
- Treasure Hunters
- The West Wing
- Will & Grace a return was announced in January 2017 followed by a second revival year on August 3, 2017
- Windfall
UPN
The WB
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. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
- Johns, Anna (November 23, 2005). "Alias is canceled -- BREAKING NEWS!". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- Bauder, David (May 18, 2006). "TV: CBS will cancel Sunday movie, add four shows". Orange County Register. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- Adalian, Josef (March 26, 2007). "Hurwitz takes a hike". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2007.
- "'Prison' Breaks 'til March; 'Reunion' Ending Early". Zap2it. November 29, 2005. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved December 9, 2005.
- ""That '70s Show" says goodbye to an era with the 200th episode and series finale this may on FOX". TheFutonCritic. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
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