2005–06 United States network television schedule
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The 2005–06 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2005 to August 2006. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2004–05 season.
This would be the final season of broadcasting for both UPN and The WB; their respective parent companies, CBS Corporation and Time Warner (now Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, respectively), would consolidate the two networks to form The CW the following season. It was also the final season in which Monday Night Football would be regularly broadcast on ABC; the long-running "game of the week" showcase would move to ESPN after the 2005 NFL season, following a 35-year run on ABC (which would resume airing MNF—albeit only for selected regular season and wild card games simulcast with ESPN—in 2021.) From February 10 to 26, 2006, NBC preempted its regular prime time schedule in order to air coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. i: Independent Television (renamed from its original brand, Pax TV, on July 1, and now known as Ion Television) is also not included since the network's schedule consisted mainly of syndicated reruns and movies.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2006 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1]
New series to broadcast television are highlighted in bold. Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii–Aleutian times.
All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
- Bronze indicates reruns of programming that originally aired on a cable channel.
- highlight Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.
Sunday
| Network | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (23/8.6) | Desperate Housewives (4/13.8) | Grey's Anatomy (5/12.5) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes (21/9.0) (Tied with Deal or No Deal) |
Cold Case (17/9.3) | CBS Sunday Movie | |||||
| Summer | Big Brother | Cold Case (R) | Without a Trace (R) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | The OT | King of the Hill | The Simpsons | The War at Home | Family Guy | American Dad! | Local programming | |
| Winter | Malcolm in the Middle | ||||||||
| Late winter | Free Ride | ||||||||
| Spring | American Dad! | ||||||||
| Summer | American Dad! (R) | The War at Home (R) | |||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | The West Wing | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Crossing Jordan | ||||
| Spring | Dateline NBC | ||||||||
| The WB | Fall | Reba (R) | Charmed | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV (R) | Local programming | |||
| Mid-fall | Supernatural (R) | ||||||||
| Winter | Charmed (R) | ||||||||
| Summer | Just Legal | ||||||||
Notes:
- On September 17, 2006, The WB aired The Night of Favorites and Farewells starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. The special included the pilot episodes of Felicity, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dawson's Creek. The special served as the network's last nationally scheduled broadcast.
Monday
Notes:
- Emily's Reasons Why Not and Jake in Progress premiered on ABC on January 9, 2006, at 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. respectively, and were removed from the schedule after airing one episode.
- One Ocean View premiered on ABC on July 31, 2006, at 10 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
Tuesday
Notes:
- Get This Party Started premiered on UPN on February 7, 2006, at 9:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
- Tuesday Night Book Club premiered on CBS on June 13, 2006, at 10:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Notes:
- Inconceivable premiered on NBC on September 23, 2005, at 10:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Lost (R) | Invasion (R) | Commander in Chief (R) | |||
| Mid-fall | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | Desperate Housewives (R) | |||||
| Late fall | America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | |||||
| Winter | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | ||||||
| Spring | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Evidence | |||||
| Summer | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | ||||||
| CBS | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | |||||
| Fox | COPS | COPS (R) | America's Most Wanted | Local programming | |||
| NBC | Fall | NBC Saturday Night Movie | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | ||||
| Winter | Dateline NBC | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | Conviction (R) | ||||
| Spring | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) | ||||||
By network
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Renewals and cancellations
Renewals
ABC
- Boston Legal—Renewed for a third season on May 3, 2006.[2]
- Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a third and fourth seasons.
- 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.
Fox
- American Dad!—Renewed for a second season.
- Bones—Renewed for a second season.
- Family Guy—Renewed for a fifth 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.
UPN
- All of Us—Renewed for a fourth season and moving to The CW.
- America's Next Top Model—Renewed for a seventh and eighth seasons and moving to The CW.
- Everybody Hates Chris—Renewed for a second season and moving to The CW.
- Girlfriends—Renewed for a seventh season and moving to The CW.
- Veronica Mars—Renewed for a third season and moving to The CW.
The WB
- 7th Heaven—Renewed for an eleventh season and moving to The CW.
- Gilmore Girls—Renewed for a seventh season and moving to The CW.
- One Tree Hill—Renewed for a fourth season and moving to The CW.
- Reba—Renewed for a sixth season and moving to The CW.
- Smallville—Renewed for a sixth season and moving to The CW.
- Supernatural—Renewed for a second season and moving to The CW.
Cancellations and series endings
ABC
- Alias—The series concluded on May 22, 2006.[3]
- Commander in Chief—Canceled after one season.
- Crumbs—Canceled after one season.
- Emily's Reasons Why Not—Canceled after one episode due to low ratings.
- The Evidence—Canceled after one season.
- Freddie—Canceled after one season. The series concluded on May 31, 2006.
- Hope & Faith—Ended after three seasons.
- Hot Properties—Canceled after one season.
- How to Get the Guy
- In Justice—Canceled after one season.
- Invasion—Canceled after one season.
- Jake in Progress—Canceled after two seasons.
- Less than Perfect—Ended after four seasons.
- Master of Champions
- Miracle Workers
- Night Stalker—Canceled after one season.
- The One: Making a Music Star
- One Ocean View
- Rodney—Canceled after two seasons.
- Sons & Daughters—Canceled after one season.
CBS
- Courting Alex—Canceled after one season.
- CBS Sunday Movie—Cancelled on May 17, 2006.[4]
- Gameshow Marathon
- Love Monkey—Canceled by CBS after three episodes. The last five unaired episodes aired from April 18, 2006, until May 16, 2006, on VH1.
- Out of Practice—Canceled after one season.
- Still Standing—Ended after four seasons.
- Threshold—Canceled after one season.
- Tuesday Night Book Club
- Yes, Dear—Ended after six seasons.
Fox
- Arrested Development—In March 2006, it was revealed the series was cancelled.[5] The series was later revived in 2013 on Netflix.
- The Bernie Mac Show—Ended after five seasons. Bernie Mac died on August 9, 2008, at the age of 50.
- Free Ride—Canceled after one season.
- Head Cases—Canceled after one season.
- Killer Instinct—Canceled after one season.
- Kitchen Confidential—Canceled after one season.
- Malcolm in the Middle—Ended after seven seasons.
- Reunion—On November 29, 2005, it was announced Fox was not ordering any additional episodes, essentially cancelling it.[6]
- Skating with Celebrities
- Stacked—Canceled after two seasons.
- That '70s Show—It was announced on January 17, 2006, that season eight would be the final season.[7] The series concluded on May 18, 2006.
- Unan1mous
NBC
- The Book of Daniel—Canceled after one season.
- Celebrity Cooking Showdown
- Conviction—Canceled after one season.
- E-Ring—Canceled after one season.
- Fear Factor—Cancelled in May 2006. It was later revived in 2011.
- Four Kings—Canceled after one season.
- Heist—Canceled after one season.
- Inconceivable—Canceled after one season.
- Joey—Canceled after two seasons.
- Law & Order: Trial By Jury—The final episode aired on January 21, 2006, on Court TV.
- Surface—Canceled after one season.
- Teachers—Canceled after one season.
- Thick & Thin—It was announced that the show will not air on NBC.
- Three Wishes
- Treasure Hunters
- The West Wing—Ended after seven seasons.
- Will & Grace—Revived in January 2017.
- Windfall
UPN
- Cuts—Canceled after two seasons.
- Eve—Ended after three seasons.
- Get This Party Started
- Half & Half—Ended after four seasons.
- Love, Inc.—Canceled after one season.
- One on One—Ended after five seasons.
- Sex, Love & Secrets—Canceled after one season.
- South Beach—Canceled after one season.
The WB
- The Bedford Diaries—Canceled after one season.
- Blue Collar TV—Canceled after two seasons.
- Charmed—Ended after eight seasons.
- Everwood—Ended after four seasons.
- Just Legal—Canceled after one season. The series concluded on September 10, 2006.
- Living with Fran—Canceled after two seasons.
- Misconceptions
- Modern Men—Canceled after one season.
- Pepper Dennis—Canceled after one season. The series concluded on July 4, 2006.
- Related—Canceled after one season.
- Survival of the Richest
- Twins—Canceled after one season.
- What I Like About You—Ended after four seasons.
Notes
- An ABC Family original series; airs repeats.