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 |
