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2008-2009 season upfront week (may 12-15) >>
annual event showcases each network's fall schedule announcement

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    [monday, may 12, 2008]    
12:00 AM COMEDY kenny vs. spenny: first guy to stop singing loses (#4060)
[new episode - special time]
8:00 PM NBC american gladiators: episode 109 (#109-120)
[two-hour 2nd season premiere]
  CBS big bang theory, the: the peanut reaction (#116)
  FOX bones: the wannabe in the weeds (BON-312)
  MNT celebrity expose: janet jackson (#120)
  ABC dancing with the stars: episode 609 (#609-90)
  The CW gossip girl: woman on the verge (#116)
  ABC FAMILY greek: mr. purr-fect (#118)
  TLC little people, big world: lost episodes - risky business (#L301)
[special presentation]
8:30 PM CBS how i met your mother: everything must go (#319)
  TLC little people, big world: lost episodes - girls, girls, girls (#L302)
[special presentation]
9:00 PM DSC dirty jobs: turkey inseminator (#413)
  VH1 flavor of love: clip show (#314-60)
  FOX house: house's head (HOU-415)
  TLC jon & kate plus 8: fashion show (#328)
  The CW one tree hill: hate is safer than love (#3T6817)
  MNT paradise hotel: the ultimate power (#215A)
  CBS two and a half men: if my hole could talk (#518)
  ABC FAMILY wildfire: the comeback (#411)
  USA wwe raw: 051208
9:30 PM CBS rules of engagement: buyer's remorse (#214)
9:32 PM ABC samantha who?: the birthday (#1??)
[1st season finale]
10:00 PM CBS csi: miami: down to the wire (#620)
  MTV hills, the (#328-30)
[3rd season finale]
  NBC medium: drowned world (#416)
[4th season finale]
  DSC verminators: moby rat (#104)
  VH1 vh1 special: sex: the revolution, part 1
[one-hour special presentation]
10:02 PM ABC bachelor, the: episode 1208 (#1208-60)
[12th season finale]
10:30 PM MTV paper, the (#105-30)


[status] [# of series]
· canceled/ending (2007-2008 season) 49 series
· on hiatus or fate to be determined 203 series
· currently airing (2007-2008 season) 179 series
· new this summer (yet to premiere) 48 series
· returning this summer (yet to premiere) 69 series
· returning this fall (2008-2009 season) 39 series
· returning next year (2009) 21 series
· canceled/ended (2006-2007 season) 196 series


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THURSDAY'S RATINGS: CBS, ABC IN HORSE RACE FOR ADULTS 18-49 CROWN
The Alphabet tops the Eye in the key demographic by a tenth of a ratings point.




[05.11.08 - 04:33 PM]
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: SUNDAY, MAY 11
Updates include: "Boston Legal" and "The Game" get renewals; FOX pulls the plug on "New Amsterdam"; and J.D. Roth to host ABC's "Opportunity Knocks."
[05.10.08 - 08:15 AM]
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: SATURDAY, MAY 10
Updates include: FOX adds "The Inn," "Sit Down, Shut Up" to 2008-09 slate; "Back to You" out while "'Til Death" is in; and Jennie Garth is officially returning to "90210."
[05.09.08 - 05:13 PM]
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: FRIDAY, MAY 9
Updates include: Alexander Payne to direct "Hung" for HBO; Damon Lindelof promises the full 48 of "Lost"; and FOX passes on "The Oaks."
[05.09.08 - 02:01 PM]
CBS SCORES RATINGS HAT TRICK ON MAY SWEEP THURSDAY
CBS spins the numbers for Thursday, May 8.
[05.09.08 - 01:52 PM]
QUICK TAKE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008 (FAST AFFILIATE LIVE + SAME DAY RATINGS)
ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, May 8.
[05.09.08 - 01:50 PM]
FOUR MORE PLAYERS NAMED… COULD ONE OF THESE BE "THE MOLE"?
The series returns - with all-new missions, locations and music, plus online and mobile interactivity - on Monday, June 2.
[05.09.08 - 01:42 PM]
NBC'S 'DEAL OR NO DEAL' IS UPPING THE ANTE LIKE NEVER BEFORE TO GIVE AWAY THE TOP PRIZE DURING ITS EXCITING MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MADNESS
Contestants will be able to determine just how many one million dollar cases - 2 to 13 - they get to have on their board.
[05.09.08 - 01:40 PM]
NBC GIVES DARING FACEBOOK USERS THE CHANCE TO FACE OFF WITH 'THE OFFICIAL AMERICAN GLADIATORS CHALLENGE'
The interactive social gaming application will allow users to square off for the chance to win an official "American Gladiators" Joust Stick and more!
[05.09.08 - 10:06 AM]
TRUTV'S THRILLING NEW ORIGINAL SERIES BLACK GOLD DIGS INTO THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF TEXAS OIL DRILLING
The new series, from Original Productions, premieres Wednesday, June 18 at 10:00/9:00c.
[05.08.08 - 05:45 PM]
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: THURSDAY, MAY 8
Updates include: Ruben Santiago-Hudson cast in ABC's "Castle"; David Sutcliffe to return to "Private Practice"; and the Alphabet passes on "The Golden Cage."