Ultimate Fall 2008 TV Premiere Schedule
It's that time again when all the new shows begin again. The Fall 2008 TV Premieres start this week and I have compiled a complete list for you. I've included the premieres for Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, SciFi, CW and more and tried to make it as accurate and complete as possible, but let me know if you notice anything out of place - it's very difficult to get these right as the networks tend to change things around quite a bit.
I've included start times (US Eastern Time) and dates and noted which season each show is in. I typically just pick the shows I want to watch and the shows I think I might want to check out and set them all up to record. Many times I never get around to watching some of those new shows since I often wait to see how they do (and whether they'll be canceled) before I get to involved in the show. To be honest, theres not a single new show in this list that has caught my eye so far. I could be missing a gem in there somewhere so let me know if you have one you're looking forward to that's a new series premiere.
Also available is a free, printable PDF version of this Fall 2008 TV Premieres listing
NOTE: 9/16 THE DOWNLOADABLE PDF LISTING HAS BEEN UDPATED WITH NOTATIONS FOR SHOWS AIRING IN HD & A FEW SCHEDULING CHANGES/CORRECTIONS
(For a detailed week-by-week listing of the TV premieres check out these links: week one , week two , week three). And check out EngadgetHD for a daily list of TV shows available in HD.
| Date | Day | Time EST | Show Title | Season | Network | ||
| 8/22/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Discovery Project Earth | S1 | Discovery | NEW! | |
| 8/22/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Discovery Project Earth | S1 | Discovery | NEW! | |
| 8/25/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Deal or No Deal | S4 | NBC | ||
| 8/25/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Monday Night Football | S39 | ESPN | HD | |
| 8/25/2008 | Mon | 9:00 | America's Toughest Jobs | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 8/25/2008 | Mon | 10:30 | My Super Sweet 16 Presents: Exiled | S1 | MTV | NEW! | |
| 8/26/2008 | Tue | 8:40 | Gavin & Stacey | S1 | BBC America | NEW! | |
| 8/26/2008 | Tue | 9:00 | Greek - S2 | S2 | ABC Family | ||
| 8/27/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | Nextworld | S1 | Discovery | NEW! | |
| 8/28/2008 | Thu | 7:00 | Sunday Night Football | S3 | NBC | HD | |
| 8/29/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Grizzly Man Diaries | S1 | Animal Planet | ||
| 8/29/2008 | Fri | 10:00 | 20/20 | S30 | ABC | ||
| 8/29/2008 | Fri | 11:00 | Real Time with Bill Maher | S7 | HBO | ||
| 8/30/2008 | Sat | 8:00 | Saturday Night College Football | S3 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/1/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Gossip Girl | S2 | CW | HD | |
| 9/1/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Prison Break | S4 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/1/2008 | Mon | 9:00 | One Tree Hill | S6 | CW | HD | |
| 9/1/2008 | Mon | 10:00 | Raising the Bar | S1 | TNT | HD | NEW! |
| 9/2/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | 90210 | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 9/2/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | The Shield | S7 | FX | ||
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | America's Next Top Model | S11 | CW | ||
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | Bones | S4 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Ghost Hunters | S5 | SciFi | ||
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Top Design | S2 | Bravo | ||
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Sons of Anarchy | S1 | FX | HD | NEW! |
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Destination Truth | S3 | SciFi | ||
| 9/4/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | The Moment of Truth | S2 | Fox | ||
| 9/5/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader | S3 | Fox | ||
| 9/5/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Samurai Girl | S1 | ABC Family | HD | NEW! |
| 9/5/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Dogtown | S1 | NGC | NEW! | |
| 9/6/2008 | Sat | 8:00 | Cops | S21 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/6/2008 | Sat | 8:00 | The Locator | S1 | WE TV | NEW! | |
| 9/6/2008 | Sat | 9:00 | America's Most Wanted | S22 | Fox | ||
| 9/7/2008 | Sun | 7:00 | Football Night in America | S3 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/7/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | True Blood | S1 | HBO | HD | NEW! |
| 9/7/2008 | Sun | 10:00 | Entourage | S5 | HBO | HD | |
| 9/7/2008 | Sun | 10:00 | Sandhogs | S1 | History | HD | NEW! |
| 9/8/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles | S2 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/8/2008 | Mon | 11:00 | Rachel Zoe Project | S1 | Bravo | NEW! | |
| 9/9/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | Fringe | S1 | Fox | HD | NEW! |
| 9/9/2008 | Tue | 9:00 | Privileged | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 9/10/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Till Death | S3 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/10/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Inside the NFL | S32 | Showtime | HD | |
| 9/10/2008 | Wed | 9:30 | Do Not Disturb | S1 | Fox | NEW! | |
| 9/10/2008 | Wed | 11:00 | Manswers | S2 | SpikeTV | ||
| 9/11/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | Hole in the Wall | S1 | Fox | NEW! | |
| 9/11/2008 | Thu | 9:00 | Kitchen Nightmares | S2 | Fox | ||
| 9/11/2008 | Thu | 11:00 | Comics Without Borders | S1 | Showtime | NEW! | |
| 9/12/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Don't Forget The Lyrics! | S2 | Fox | ||
| 9/13/2008 | Sat | 10:35 | Saturday Night Live | S34 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/13/2008 | Sat | 11:00 | MadTV | S14 | Fox | ||
| 9/13/2008 | Sat | 12:00 | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | S3 | Fox | ||
| 9/16/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | Lincoln Heights | S3 | ABC Family | HD | |
| 9/16/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | House | S5 | Fox | HD | |
| 9/16/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | S1 | Bravo | NEW! | |
| 9/17/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Ultimate Fighter | S12 | SpikeTV | ||
| 9/18/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | Smallville | S8 | CW | HD | |
| 9/18/2008 | Thu | 9:00 | Supernatural | S4 | CW | HD | |
| 9/18/2008 | Thu | 10:00 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | S4 | FX | HD | |
| 9/19/2008 | Fri | 10:00 | 20/20 | S31 | ABC | ||
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Dancing With the Stars | S7 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | The Big Bang Theory | S2 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Heroes | S3 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 8:30 | How I Met Your Mother | S4 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 9:00 | Two and a Half Men | S6 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 9:30 | Worst Week | S1 | CBS | HD | NEW! |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 10:00 | Boston Legal | S5 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/22/2008 | Mon | 10:00 | CSI: Miami | S7 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | Opportunity Knocks | S1 | ABC | NEW! | |
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | NCIS | S6 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 8:00 | The Biggest Loser | S6 | NBC | ||
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 9:00 | The Mentalist | S1 | CBS | HD | NEW! |
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | Without a Trace | S7 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | Law & Order: SVU | S10 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | New Adventures of Old Christine | S4 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | Knight Rider | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 8:30 | Gary Unmarried | S1 | CBS | HD | NEW! |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Criminal Minds | S4 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | CSI: New York | S5 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Lipstick Jungle | S2 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | Survivor: Gabon | S17 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | Ugly Betty | S3 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 8:00 | My Name is Earl | S4 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 9:00 | Grey's Anatomy | S5 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 9:00 | The Office | S5 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | 10:00 | ER | S15 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/27/2008 | Sat | 10:00 | 48 Hours Mystery | S12 | CBS | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 7:00 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | S6 | ABC | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 7:00 | 60 Minutes | S41 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 8:00 | The Amazing Race | S13 | CBS | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 8:00 | The Simpsons | S20 | FOX | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 8:30 | King of the Hill | S13 | FOX | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | Desperate Housewives | S5 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | Cold Case | S6 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | Family Guy | S7 | FOX | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | Dexter | S3 | Showtime | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 9:30 | American Dad | S4 | FOX | ||
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 10:00 | Brothers & Sisters | S3 | ABC | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 10:00 | The Unit | S4 | CBS | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 10:00 | Californication | S2 | Showtime | HD | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 10:30 | Life & Times of Tim | S1 | HBO | NEW! | |
| 9/28/2008 | Sun | 11:00 | Little Britain | S1 | HBO | HD | NEW! |
| 9/29/2008 | Mon | 8:00 | Chuck | S2 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/29/2008 | Mon | 10:00 | Life | S2 | NBC | HD | |
| 9/30/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | Scare Tactics | S3 | SciFi | ||
| 10/1/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | Pushing Daisies | S2 | ABC | HD | |
| 10/1/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Private Practice | S2 | ABC | HD | |
| 10/1/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | Dirty Sexy Money | S2 | ABC | HD | |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Wife Swap | S5 | ABC | ||
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Ghost Whisperer | S4 | CBS | HD | |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Everybody Hates Chris | S4 | CW | HD | |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 8:30 | The Game | S3 | CW | HD | |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Supernanny | S5 | ABC | ||
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | The Ex List | S1 | CBS | HD | NEW! |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 9:00 | Sanctuary | S1 | SciFi | NEW! | |
| 10/3/2008 | Fri | 10:00 | Numb3rs | S5 | CBS | HD | |
| 10/5/2008 | Sun | 7:00 | America's Funniest Home Videos | S19 | ABC | ||
| 10/5/2008 | Sun | 7:00 | In Harm's Way | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 10/5/2008 | Sun | 8:00 | Valentine, Inc. | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 10/5/2008 | Sun | 9:00 | Easy Money | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 10/6/2008 | Mon | 9:30 | Samantha Who? | S2 | ABC | HD | |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 8:30 | Kath & Kim | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 9:00 | CSI | S9 | CBS | HD | |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 9:30 | SNL Thursday Night Live | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 10:00 | Eleventh Hour | S1 | CBS | HD | NEW! |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 10:00 | Life on Mars | S1 | ABC | HD | NEW! |
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | 10:30 | Testees | S1 | FX | NEW! | |
| 10/10/2008 | Fri | 10:00 | The Starter Wife | S2 | USA | HD | |
| 10/13/2008 | Mon | 9:00 | My Own Worst Enemy | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 10/14/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | Eli Stone | S2 | ABC | HD | |
| 10/15/2008 | Wed | 10:00 | South Park | S13 | Comedy | ||
| 10/17/2008 | Fri | 8:00 | Crusoe | S1 | NBC | HD | NEW! |
| 10/17/2008 | Fri | 10:00 | Crash | S1 | Starz | HD | NEW! |
| 10/21/2008 | Tue | 11:00 | Frank TV | S2 | TBS | HD | |
| 10/29/2008 | Wed | 9:00 | Stylista | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 10/30/2008 | Thu | 9:30 | 30 Rock | S3 | NBC | HD | |
| 11/2/2008 | Sun | 7:30 | Surviving Suburbia | S1 | CW | HD | NEW! |
| 11/4/2008 | Tue | 10:00 | Bad Girls Club | S3 | Oxygen | ||
| 11/9/2008 | Sun | 10:30 | Summer Heights High | S1 | HBO | HD | NEW! |
| 11/23/2008 | Sun | TBA | 24 "Redemption Movie" | Special | Fox | HD | NEW! |
| 12/3/2008 | Wed | 8:00 | Secret Millionaire | S1 | Fox | NEW! | |
| 1/12/2009 | Mon | TBA | Kyle XY | S3 | ABC Family | HD |
Winter 2009 Midseason TV Shows
| 24 | |||
| ACCORDING TO JIM | |||
| AMERICAN IDOL | |||
| ANCIENT DISCOVERIES | |||
| APPRENTICE | |||
| BACHELOR | |||
| BATTLESTAR GALACTICA | |||
| BIG LOVE | |||
| BREAKING BAD | |||
| BROTHERHOOD | |||
| COLLEGE HILL | |||
| CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM | |||
| DAMAGES | |||
| FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS | |||
| HEAD CASE | |||
| HELL'S KITCHEN | |||
| HIGH SCHOOL REUNION | |||
| IN PLAIN SIGHT | |||
| IN TREATMENT | |||
| KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS | |||
| KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS | |||
| L WORD, THE | |||
| LAW & ORDER | |||
| LOST | |||
| MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL | |||
| MEDIUM | |||
| MOMENT OF TRUTH | |||
| NIP/TUCK | |||
| PARKING WARS | |||
| REAL WORLD | |||
| REAPER | |||
| RESCUE ME | |||
| ROBIN HOOD | |||
| RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | |||
| SCRUBS | |||
| SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE | |||
| SOLITARY | |||
| STATE OF THE UNION | |||
| TORCHWOOD | |||
| TUDORS |