Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Ultimate Guide to the Winter 2010 TV Premieres

The TV networks are in the thick of December with college football, Christmas specials and long TV series hiatuses the norm.  We’ll take this time to see what's coming in the TV world for the new year.  I've gathered as much about the Winter 2010 TV Schedule as I can and there are several premieres included.


The chart below guides you through the entire Winter 2010 TV Season by date with a little December 2009 thrown in for good measure.  Season/series premieres will have their season number in the "season premiere" column.  All start times are U.S. Eastern time.  There are some shows that may have a special premiere date and then follow later that week in their normal time slot day - in these cases I only show the first premiere. 

Subscribe to GeekTonic and you'll get a weekly preview of new Winter 2009 airings each Sunday and noting those that will air in HD as well as more information about each series/season premiere in those posts as well.  These will be posted each Saturday and will include TV info for eight days: Sunday through Sunday.

New Premieres include:  Men of a Certain Age, Better off Ted, Human Target, Life Unexpected, Caprica, the Pacific, Parenthood and a few others.

New Reality/game-shows abound, but nothing really all that notable.  The reality TV genre is a pretty tired one in my opinion, but the price is cheap and some folks will watch anything I guess.  American Ninja Warrior, Bank of Hollywood, Platinum Weddings, Conviction Kitchen and the list goes on.
Returning Shows with new season premieres include:  Lost, 24, Scrubs, Damages, Chuck and many more.
Lost The Final Season

Free Printable PDF Guides for the Winter 2010 TV Season (these will be updated periodically with network changes):

NOTE:  The PDF Downloads (see above) are up-to-date and comprehensive including some changes and additions not reflected below.

 

For a cliff-notes version of the downloads read on:

Premiere Date

Day

Time

Network

Season

Title

12/7/2009 Mon 9 TNT   Closer, The
12/7/2009 Mon 10 TNT 1 Men of a Certain Age
12/8/2009 Tue 9 ABC 5 Scrubs
12/8/2009 Tue 9:30 ABC 1 Better Off Ted
12/9/2009 Wed 11 G4   Campus PD
12/12/2009 Sat 9 TLC 1 Ghost Intervention 
12/13/2009 Sun 9 A&E 1 Jacksons A Family Dynasty, The 
12/13/2009 Sun 10 E! 4 Keeping Up With the Kardashians 
12/13/2009 Sun 10:30 Style 2 Giuliana & Bill 
12/14/2009 Mon 6 G4 1 American Ninja Warrior 
12/14/2009 Mon 8 NBC 4 Sing Off, The 
12/14/2009 Mon 10 E! 1 Bank of Hollywood 
12/15/2009 Tue 9 Fox 1 Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live 
12/15/2009 Tue 9 A&E 2 Psychic Kids 
12/15/2009 Tue 10 A&E 4 Paranormal State 
12/25/2009 Fri 9 Fox   Til' Death
12/29/2009 Tue 9 TLC   One Big Happy Family
12/30/2009 Wed 10:30 MTV 24 Real World DC, The 
1/1/2010 Fri 9 Cartoon   Star Wars: The Clone Wars
1/1/2010 Fri 9 Food 8 Iron Chef America
1/1/2010 Fri 10 MSNBC 1 Squeeze, The
1/2/2010 Sat 8 Animal 1 It's Me or the Dog
1/2/2010 Sat 9 Style 1 What I Hate About Me
1/2/2010 Sat 10 BBCA 1 Demons
1/3/2010 Sun 9 WE 1 Platinum Weddings 
1/3/2010 Sun 10 ABC   Brothers and Sisters 
1/3/2010 Sun 10 ABC   Desperate Housewives 
1/3/2010 Sun 10 FOOD 1 Worst Cooks in America 
1/4/2010 Mon 8 ABC FAM   Secret Life of the American Teenager, The 
1/4/2010 Mon 8 ABC 14 Bachelor: On the Wings of Love, The 
1/4/2010 Mon 8 NBC   Heroes 
1/4/2010 Mon 9 ABC FAM   Make It or Break It 
1/4/2010 Mon 10 SUND 1 Be Good Johnny Weir 
1/4/2010 Mon 10 BBCA 1 Blood, Sweat & Takeaways
1/4/2010 Mon 10:30 COMEDY 2 Goode Family , The
1/5/2010 Tue 8 NBC 9 Biggest Loser, The 
1/5/2010 Tue 8 CBS   NCIS 
1/5/2010 Tue 9 CBS   NCIS: Los Angeles 
1/5/2010 Tue 9 BBCA 3 Last Restaurant Standing 
1/5/2010 Tue 10 ABC   Forgotten, The
1/5/2010 Tue 10 History 2 Life After People
1/5/2010 Tue 10 CBS   Good Wife, The 
1/6/2010 Wed 8:30 ABC   Middle, The
1/6/2010 Wed 8 NBC   Mercy
1/6/2010 Wed 9 ABC   Modern Family
1/6/2010 Wed 9 NBC   Law & Order: SVU
1/6/2010 Wed 9 SYFY 2 Ghost Hunters Intl
1/6/2010 Wed 9:30 ABC   Cougar Town
1/6/2010 Wed 10 ABC   Ugly Betty
1/6/2010 Wed 10 FX 7 Nip/Tuck 
1/6/2010 Wed 10 PLANET 1 Conviction Kitchen 
1/7/2010 Thu 8 NBC   Community
1/7/2010 Thu 8:30 NBC   Parks & Recreation
1/7/2010 Thu 9 NBC   Office, The
1/7/2010 Thu 9:30 NBC   30 Rock
1/8/2010 Fri 8 FOX   Bones 
1/8/2010 Fri 8 CBS   Ghost Whisperer 
1/8/2010 Fri 9 FOX   Dollhouse 
1/8/2010 Fri 9 CBS   Medium 
1/8/2010 Fri 9 ABC   Shark Tank 
1/8/2010 Fri 10 CBS   Numb3rs 
1/8/2010 Fri 10 TLC 1 Manhattan Marriage Project w/Gino Fillippone 
1/8/2010 Fri 11 COMEDY 1 John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
1/9/2010 Sat 10 PLANET 1 Operation Wild 
1/10/2010 Sun 8 Food 10 Food Network Challenge
1/10/2010 Sun 8 FOX 1 Simpsons, The 
1/10/2010 Sun 8:30 FOX   Simpsons, The 
1/10/2010 Sun 9 NBC 3 Chuck 
1/10/2010 Sun 9 HBO 4 Big Love 
1/10/2010 Sun 10 VH1 3 Celebrity Rehab 
1/11/2010 Mon 0:00 Fox   House 
1/11/2010 Mon 8:30 CBS   Accidentally on Purpose 
1/11/2010 Mon 8 CBS   How I Met Your Mother 
1/11/2010 Mon 9 CBS   Two and a Half Men 
1/11/2010 Mon 9:30 CBS   Big Bang Theory, The
1/11/2010 Mon 10 CBS   CSI: Miami 
1/11/2010 Mon 10 ABC   Castle
1/11/2010 Mon 10 Food   Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives
1/11/2010 Mon 10 VH1 1 Fantasia For Real
1/11/2010 Mon 10:30 VH1 1 Let's Talk About Pep
1/12/2010 Tue 8 FOX 9 American Idol 
1/12/2010 Tue 10 Spike 1 Blue Mountain State
1/13/2010 Wed 8 CBS   New Adventures of Old Christine, The 
1/13/2010 Wed 8:30 CBS   Gary Unmarried 
1/13/2010 Wed 9 CBS   Criminal Minds 
1/13/2010 Wed 9 FOX 1 Our Little Genius 
1/13/2010 Wed 10 CBS   CSI: NY 
1/13/2010 Wed 10 TNT   Leverage 
1/13/2010 Wed 10 WE 2 Little Miss Perfect 
1/13/2010 Wed 10:30 COMEDY 2 Tosh.0
1/14/2010 Thu 8 CW   Vampire Diaries, The 
1/14/2010 Thu 8:30 NBC   Parks and Recreation 
1/14/2010 Thu 9 CBS   CSI 
1/14/2010 Thu 9 FOX   Fringe 
1/14/2010 Thu 9 ABC   Grey’s Anatomy 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 FX   Archer 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 CBS   Mentalist, The 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 ABC   Private Practice 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 LIFE 7 Project Runway 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 GSN 1 Carnie Wilson: Unstapled 
1/14/2010 Thu 10 Food   Ace of Cakes
1/14/2010 Thu 11 LIFE 2 Models of the Runway 
1/16/2010 Sat 9 CMT 2 Singing Bee, The
1/16/2010 Sat 10 Animal 1 Pit Boss, The
1/17/2010 Sun 8 FOX 1 Human Target 
1/17/2010 Sun 9 FOX 8 24
1/18/2010 Mon 8 CW   One Tree Hill 
1/18/2010 Mon 9 CW 1 Life Unexpected 
1/18/2010 Mon 10 MTV 1 Buried Life, The 
1/19/2010 Tue 8 CW   90210
1/19/2010 Tue 9 CW   Melrose Place
1/19/2010 Tue 10 BRAVO   Millionaire Matchmaker 
1/19/2010 Tue 10 USA   White Collar 
1/20/2010 Wed 9 SCIENCE 1 Meteorite Men 
1/21/2010 Thu 8 ABC 1 Deep End, The 
1/21/2010 Thu 9 CW   Supernatural 
1/21/2010 Thu 10 USA   Burn Notice 
1/22/2010 Fri 8 CW   Smallville 
1/22/2010 Fri 9 SYFY 1 Caprica 
1/22/2010 Fri 9 TLC 4 Say Yes to the Dress
1/22/2010 Fri 9 BBCA 1 Inbetweeners, The
1/22/2010 Fri 10 STARZ 1 Spartacus: Blood & Sand
1/22/2010 Fri 10:30 Show 3 State of the Union
1/22/2010 Fri 11 SHOW 1 La La Land 
1/25/2010 Mon 10 FX 3 Damages 
1/25/2010 Mon 10 ABC FAM   Greek 
1/25/2010 Mon 10 SHOW 3 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 
1/27/2010 Wed 10 USA   Psych 
1/29/2010 Fri 9 FOX 3 Kitchen Nightmares 
1/30/2010 Sat 10 TLC 2 Four Weddings 
1/31/2010 Sun 8:30 FOX   Cleveland Show, The 
1/31/2010 Sun 9:30 FOX   American Dad 
1/31/2010 Sun 9 FOX   Family Guy 
2/1/2010 Mon 10 BRAVO 1 Kell on Earth 
2/1/2010 Mon 10 PLANET 1 Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts 
2/2/2010 Tue 9 ABC 6 Lost 
2/3/2010 Wed 11 Bravo 3 Shear Genius
2/4/2010 Thu 10:30 COMEDY 3 Sarah Silverman Program, The
2/5/2010 Fri 8 CW SP Smallville: Absolute Justice 
2/11/2010 Thu 8 FOX 1 Past Life 
2/14/2010 Sun 9 VH1 7 Celebrity Fit Club
2/14/2010 Sun 10 HBO 1 How to Make it in America
2/14/2010 Sun 10:30 HBO 2 Life & Times of Tim, The
2/19/2010 Fri 9 HBO   Real Time with Bill Maher 
Feb TBD   8 CBS 20 Survivor 20: All Stars 
3/1/2010 Mon 9 NBC 1 Parenthood 
3/2/2010 Tue 10 TNT 2 Southland 
3/3/2010 Wed 8 CW 14 America's Next Top Model
3/4/2010 Thu 8 ABC   Flash Forward 
3/7/2010 Sun 10 AMC 3 Breaking Bad 
3/8/2010 Mon 8 ABC 10 Dancing with the Stars
3/8/2010 Mon 9 CW   Gossip Girl 
3/10/2010 Wed 10 COMEDY 14 South Park
3/14/2010 Sun 8 NBC 1 Marriage Ref, The
3/14/2010 Sun 8:30 FOX 1 Sons of Tucson 
3/14/2010 Sun 9 NBC 9 Apprentice
3/14/2010 Sun 9 HBO 1 Pacific, The 
3/22/2010 Mon 10 SHOW   Nurse Jackie 
3/22/2010 Mon 10:30 SHOW   United States of Tara 
3/30/2010 Tue 9 ABC   V 
March TBD     FX 1 Justified 
March TBD     DISC 1 Life 
4/11/2010 Sun   SHOW 4 Tudors, The 
4/14/2010 Wed   FOX   Glee 
TBD     ABC FAM   10 Things I Hate About You 
TBD     CBS   Amazing Race, The 
TBD     CBS   Bridge, The 
TBD     NBC   Day One 
TBD     CBS   Flashpoint 
TBD     NBC   Friday Night Lights 
TBD     ABC   Happy Town 
TBD     FOX   Hell's Kitchen 
TBD     USA   In Plain Sight 
TBD     FOX   Lie To Me
TBD     FX   Louie 
TBD     CBS   Miami Trauma 
TBD     TNT   Raising the Bar 
TBD     USA   Royal Pains 
TBD     CBS   Rules of Engagement 
TBD     TNT   Saving Grace 
TBD     SYFY   Stargate Universe 
TBD     BRAVO   Top Chef Masters 
TBD     NBC   Trauma 
TBD     SYFY   Warehouse 13 

That should give you some TV shows to set up as favorites on the old DVR.  I've done my best to make this guide as accurate and complete as possible, but let me know if you notice a show I missed or if you see anything out of place - it's very difficult to get these right as the networks tend to change things around quite a bit.
Also Let me know in the comments which shows you're most looking forward to.  To get the weekly Winter 2010 premier updates be sure and subscribe to the GeekTonic RSS feed or subscribe to the daily newsletter.