After the Strike

The TV Grid: When Is Your Favorite Show Coming Back?

With the writers' strike over, here's a look at where your favorite TV shows currently stand.

ABC
Back with new episodes in the spring	Samantha Who? (April 7, 6 episodes) Boston Legal (April 8, 6 episodes) Desperate Housewives (April 13, 5 episodes plus two-hour finale) Brothers & Sisters (April 20, 4 episodes) Ugly Betty (April 24, 5 episodes) Grey's Anatomy (April 24, 5 episodes) Lost (April 24, 5 episodes) Women's Murder Club (April, 3 episodes)
Returning next season	Private Practice Pushing Daisies Dirty Sexy Money
On the bubble	Cashmere Mafia Carpoolers
Dead?	Big Shots Notes From the Underbelly Cavemen
The rest	Eli Stone (runs through April 17) October Road (completed season March 10) Men in Trees (runs through the spring) According to Jim (runs through March 11) Miss/Guided (premieres March 18)
NBC
Back with new episodes in the spring	Medium (will continue its current run) Saturday Night Live (returns Feb. 23) My Name Is Earl (returns April 3) 30 Rock (returns April 10) ER (returns April 10) Scrubs (returns April 10) The Office (returns April 10) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (returns April 15) Law & Order (returns April 23)
Back in the fall	Heroes Chuck Life
On the bubble	Friday Night Lights
Dead?	Bionic Woman Las Vegas
We await details on...	Journeyman Lipstick Jungle
CBS
Back with new episodes in the spring	Two and a Half Men (March 17, 9 new episodes) How I Met Your Mother (March 17, 9 new episodes) The Big Bang Theory (March 17, 9 new episodes) CSI: Miami (March 24, 8 new episodes) Cold Case (March 30, 5 new episodes) Criminal Minds (April 2, 7 new episodes) CSI: NY (April 2, 7 new episodes) Without a Trace (April 3, 6 new episodes) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (April 3, 6 new episodes) Ghost Whisperer (April 4, 6 new episodes) Numb3rs (April 4, 6 new episodes) NCIS (April 8, 7 new episodes) Moonlight (April 11, 4 new episodes) Rules of Engagement (April 14, 6 new episodes)
Dead?	Cane
We await details on...	The New Adventures of Old Christine Welcome to the Captain The Unit Shark Jericho (seven already shot episodes, airing now) Swingtown (hasn't yet aired)
Fox
Back with new episodes in the spring	Bones (returns April 14) Back to You (returns April 16) 'Til Death (returns April 16) House (returns April 21) Unhitched (premieres March 2) New Amsterdam (premieres March 4) Canterbury's Law (premieres March 10) The Return of Jezebel James (premieres March 14) Hell's Kitchen (new season April 1)
Probably won't be back until next season	24 (returns January 2009)
On the bubble	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Dead?	K-Ville
CW
Back with new episodes in the spring	The Game (March 23, 9 new episodes) One Tree Hill (April 14, 6 new episodes) Smallville (April 17, 5 new episodes) Gossip Girl (April 21, 5 new episodes) Reaper (April 22, 5 new episodes) Supernatural (April 24, 4 new episodes)
Dead?	Life Is Wild
We await details on...	Aliens in America Girlfriends Everybody Hates Chris
HBO
Strike proof	In Treatment (First season airing now; all episodes were completed before the strike)
Likely to be back in late 2008/early 2009	Writing to resume immediately after the strike ends on Entourage Big Love Flight of the Conchords Tell Me You Love Me
On the horizon	True Blood (Two episodes were completed before the strike; this series is expected to debut in the fall.) 12 Miles of Bad Road (Five episodes shot on another new series; no air date scheduled yet.)
Showtime
Likely to be back in late spring/early summer	Weeds (Scheduled to go in production in April) Secret Diaries of a Call Girl (Eight episodes of a new half-hour comedy series have already been shot) The Tudors (Ten episodes of season 2 have been shot; season 2 is scheduled to debut March 30.) State of the Union ( Tracey Ullman's new show, is set to premiere March 30 with five episodes.)
We await details on...	Production schedules and debut dates unavailable. Dexter Californication Brotherhood
FX
On next month	Dirt (The strike-shortened seven-episode season begins airing in March.) The Riches (The strike-shortened season begins airing in March.)
Strike proof	30 Days (The documentary show was unaffected by the strike; a six-episode season airs in early summer) The Shield (Production on all 13 episodes of the seventh and final season are completed, but awaiting final edit. Will air sometime after the summer.)
Back in late 2008/early 2009	Writing on all the shows is set to resume as soon as the strike ends. Damages Rescue Me Nip/Tuck It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

--Los Angeles Times

The TV Grid: When Is Your Favorite Show Coming Back?

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