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{{USTV|2004}}The following is the 2004–05 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2004 through May 2005. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2003–04 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. Beginning this season, the major networks were no longer producing original dramatic content for Saturday broadcast (an exception being ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney, although it often featured rebroadcast material). Saturday schedules consisted instead of nonfiction reality-based programming and rebroadcasts of dramatic series episodes from earlier in the week, or new episodes of series previously scheduled on other nights that had been de facto cancelled and were "burning off" unaired episodes. New series are highlighted in bold. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[1] {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow indicates the top ten most watched programs of the season. {{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the top 20 most watched programs of the season. {{Color box|magenta|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the top 30 most watched programs of the season. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research. PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. SundayNetwork | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | America's Funniest Home Videos | Home Edition {{small|(18/9.1) (Tied with Medium)}} | Desperate Housewives {{small|(4/14.5)}} | Boston Legal {{small|(24/8.1)}} |
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Spring | Grey's Anatomy {{small|(8/11.6)}} |
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Mid-Summer | My Kind of Town | Desperate Housewives |
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CBS | 60 Minutes {{small|(16/9.2) (Tied with Special Victims Unit)}} | Cold Case {{small|(14/9.7) (Tied with The Apprentice)}} | CBS Sunday Movie {{small|(27/7.6) (Tied with The Amazing Race)}} |
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Fox | Fall | King of the Hill | Malcolm in the Middle | The Simpsons | Arrested Development | My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss | Local Programming |
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Winter | Family Guy | The Simpsons |
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Spring | The Simpsons | Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show |
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Follow Up | The Simpsons | Family Guy | American Dad! |
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Summer | Malcolm in the Middle | King of the Hill |
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Mid-Summer | The Princes of Malibu |
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Follow Up | The Simpsons |
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NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | American Dreams | Criminal Intent {{small|(25/7.9)}} | Crossing Jordan {{small|(26/7.7)}} |
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Spring | The Contender |
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Summer | Dateline NBC |
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The WB | Fall | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | Charmed | Jack & Bobby | Local Programming |
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Follow Up | The Mountain |
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Winter | Summerland | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge |
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Spring | Charmed |
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Mid-Summer | WB Sunday Movie |
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MondayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | The Benefactor | NFL Monday Showcase | Monday Night Football {{small|(10/10.8)}} |
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Follow-up | Life of Luxury |
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Winter | Home Edition: How'd They Do That? | The Bachelorette | Supernanny |
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Spring | The Bachelor |
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Summer | The Scholar | The ABC Monday Night Movie |
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Mid-Summer | The ABC Monday Night Movie |
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CBS | Fall | Still Standing | Listen Up! | Everybody Loves Raymond {{small|(9/11.2)}} | Two and a Half Men {{small|(11/10.6)}} | Miami {{small|(5/12.4)}} |
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Summer | Still Standing |
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Mid-Summer | The King of Queens | Everybody Loves Raymond | Two and a Half Men | Rock Star |
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Late summer | Two and a Half Men |
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Fox | Fall | North Shore | Renovate My Family | Local Programming |
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Follow-up | Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy | The Swan |
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Winter | 24 |
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Late winter | American Idol |
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Spring | Nanny 911 |
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Summer | Hell's Kitchen |
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NBC | Fall | Fear Factor | Las Vegas | LAX |
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Follow-up | $25 Million Dollar Hoax |
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Late fall | Various Programming |
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Winter | Medium {{small|(18/9.1) (Tied with Home Edition)}} |
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UPN | Fall | One on One | Half & Half | Girlfriends | Second Time Around | Local Programming |
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Winter | Cuts | Half & Half |
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Summer | All of Us |
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The WB | Fall | 7th Heaven | Everwood |
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Spring | Summerland |
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Follow-Up | Everwood |
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Summer | Summerland |
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TuesdayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | My Wife and Kids | George Lopez | According to Jim | Rodney | NYPD Blue |
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Spring | Blind Justice |
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Mid-Summer | Empire |
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Late summer | According to Jim {{small>(R)}} | Rodney {{small>(R)}} | Boston Legal {{small|(R)}} |
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CBS | Fall | NCIS {{small|(22/8.8)}} | Clubhouse | Judging Amy {{small|(29/7.4) (Tied with The West Wing)}} |
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Late fall | The Amazing Race {{small|(27/7.6) (Tied with The CBS Sunday Movie)}} |
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Summer | Fire Me...Please | 48 Hours |
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Mid-Summer | Big Brother | Rock Star |
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Fox | Fall | Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy | The Next Great Champ | Local Programming |
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Mid-fall | Branson's Quest for the Best | House, M.D. {{small|(23/8.3)}} |
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Winter | American Idol {{small|(2/15.7)}} |
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Summer | Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy |
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NBC | Fall | Last Comic Standing | Father of the Pride | Scrubs | Special Victims Unit {{small|(16/9.2) (Tied with 60 Minutes)}} |
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Late fall | The Biggest Loser |
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Winter | The Biggest Loser | Scrubs | Committed |
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Mid-Winter | Most Outrageous Moments / Criminal Intent {{small|(R)}} |
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Spring | Will & Grace {{small>(R)}} | Scrubs {{small>(R)}} | The Office |
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Late spring | Most Outrageous Moments {{small|(R)}} |
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Summer | Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back | I Want To Be a Hilton |
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Mid-summer | Meet Mister Mom |
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Late summer | Various Programming | Tommy Lee Goes to College | The Office {{small>(R)}} |
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UPN | Fall | All of Us | Eve | Veronica Mars | Local Programming |
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Late spring | Chaotic | The Bad Girl's Guide |
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Summer | Half & Half | Girlfriends |
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Mid-summer | One on One | All of Us | Half & Half |
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Late summer | Eve | R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli |
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The WB | Fall | Gilmore Girls | One Tree Hill |
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Winter | High School Reunion |
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Mid-winter | One Tree Hill |
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Spring | The Starlet |
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Follow-up | One Tree Hill |
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WednesdayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | Lost {{small|(13/9.8)}} | The Bachelor | Wife Swap |
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Late fall | ABC Special Presentation |
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Winter | Alias |
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Spring | Eyes |
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Summer | Supernanny | Dancing with the Stars | Lost |
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Mid-Summer | Brat Camp | Brat Camp |
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CBS | Fall | 60 Minutes II | Crime Scene Investigation / Miami {{small|(R)}} | NY {{small|(20/8.9) (Tied with Law & Order)}} |
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Follow-up | The King of Queens | Center of the Universe |
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Winter | Yes, Dear |
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Mid-Summer | The Cut | Rock Star | The King of Queens |
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Follow-up | Still Standing | Yes, Dear |
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Fox | Fall | That '70s Show | Quintuplets | The Bernie Mac Show | The Bernie Mac Show | Local Programming |
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Follow-up | Nanny 911 |
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Winter | The Simple Life | American Idol {{small|(3/15.3)}} |
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Spring | American Idol {{small|(3/15.3)}} | Life on a Stick |
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Mid-spring | The Simple Life | Stacked |
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Late spring | That '70s Show | That '70s Show | Stacked |
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Summer | Stacked | The Inside |
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Mid-Summer | So You Think You Can Dance | The Bernie Mac Show |
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NBC | Fall | Hawaii | The West Wing {{small|(29/7.4) (Tied with Judging Amy)}} | Law & Order {{small|(20/8.9) (Tied with NY)}} |
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Follow-up | LAX |
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Winter | Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search |
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Spring | American Dreams |
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Follow-up | Dateline NBC | Revelations |
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Summer | Psychic Detectives | Law & Order |
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Mid-Summer | Most Outrageous Moments |
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Late summer | Meet Mister Mom |
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UPN | Fall | America's Next Top Model | Kevin Hill | Local Programming |
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Winter | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott |
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Spring | America's Next Top Model |
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Summer | Eve | Eve | Veronica Mars |
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Mid-Summer | R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli |
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The WB | Fall | Smallville | The Mountain |
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Follow-up | Jack & Bobby |
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Late fall | Big Man on Campus |
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Follow-up | Jack & Bobby |
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Summer | Beauty and the Geek | Smallville |
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Mid-Summer | One Tree Hill |
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ThursdayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | Extreme Makeover | Life as We Know It | Primetime Live |
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January | Life as We Know It | Extreme Makeover |
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Follow-up | Extreme Makeover |
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Spring | Jake in Progress | Jake in Progress |
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Follow-up | ABC Thursday Night Movie |
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Mid-Summer | Extreme Makeover | Hooking Up |
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CBS | Fall | Survivor {{small|(7/12.0)}} | Crime Scene Investigation {{small|(1/16.5)}} | Without a Trace {{small|(6/12.3)}} |
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January | Wickedly Perfect |
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February | Survivor {{small|(7/12/0)}} |
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Summer | The Cut |
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Mid-Summer | Big Brother |
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Fox | Fall | The O.C. | North Shore | Local Programming |
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Winter | Point Pleasant |
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Spring | Tru Calling |
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Summer | The O.C. |
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Mid-Summer | That '70s Show | That '70s Show |
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NBC | Fall | Joey | Will & Grace | The Apprentice {{small|(14/9.7) (Tied with Cold Case}} | ER {{small|(12/10.4)}} |
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June | Hit Me Baby, One More Time |
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July | Joey | Will & Grace | Will & Grace |
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Follow-up | Will & Grace | The Law Firm |
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August | Scrubs | Scrubs |
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UPN | WWE SmackDown! | Local Programming |
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The WB | Fall | Blue Collar TV | Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | Various Drama Repeats |
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Follow-up | The WB Thursday Night Movie |
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Spring | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV | Blue Collar TV |
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Summer | Beauty and the Geek |
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Mid-Summer | Smallville | Everwood |
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FridayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | Fall | 8 Simple Rules | Complete Savages | Hope & Faith | Less than Perfect | 20/20 |
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Winter | 8 Simple Rules |
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Spring | America's Funniest Home Videos |
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Summer | 8 Simple Rules | Hope & Faith |
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CBS | Fall | Joan of Arcadia | JAG | Dr. Vegas |
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Follow-up | Various programming |
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Winter | Numb3rs |
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Summer | JAG |
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Mid-Summer | 60 Minutes II | The Cut |
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Fox | Fall | The Complex: Malibu | The Next Great Champ | Local Programming |
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Follow-Up | The Simpsons | That '70s Show | The Complex: Malibu |
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Mid-fall | Various Repeats and Specials | Renovate My Family |
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Late fall | Various Repeats and Specials |
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Winter | The Bernie Mac Show | The Bernie Mac Show | Jonny Zero |
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Spring | Malcolm in the Middle | Various Repeats |
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Follow-up | FOX Friday Night Movie |
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Late summer | Arrested Development |
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NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | Third Watch | Medical Investigation |
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Spring | Medical Investigation | Trial by Jury |
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Mid-spring | Third Watch |
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Summer | Dateline NBC |
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Late summer | Crossing Jordan |
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UPN | Fall | Enterprise | America's Next Top Model {{small|(R)}} | Local Programming |
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Winter | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott |
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Spring | America's Next Top Model {{small|(R)}} |
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Summer | UPN's Night at the Movies |
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The WB | Fall | What I Like About You | Grounded for Life | Reba | Blue Collar TV |
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Follow-up | Reba |
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Late fall | Blue Collar TV |
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Winter | Various Repeats |
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Spring | Reba | Living With Fran |
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Summer | What I Like About You |
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Mid-Summer | Blue Collar TV |
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SaturdayNetwork | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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ABC | The Wonderful World of Disney / ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | Desperate Housewives {{small|(R)}} |
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CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday {{small|(R)}} | 48 Hours Mystery |
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Mid-summer | Big Brother | Crimetime Saturday {{small|(R)}} |
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Fox | Cops | Cops | America's Most Wanted | Local Programming |
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NBC | Law & Order {{small|(R)}} | Criminal Intent {{small|(R)}} | Special Victims Unit {{small|(R)}} |
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By networkABC{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- 20/20
- 8 Simple Rules
- ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
- According to Jim
- Alias
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- The Bachelor
- The Bachelorette
- Extreme Makeover
- Home Edition
- George Lopez
- Hope & Faith
- Less than Perfect
- Monday Night Football
- My Wife and Kids
- NYPD Blue
- Primetime Live
- The Wonderful World of Disney
{{col-3}}New series:- The Benefactor
- Blind Justice
- Boston Legal
- Complete Savages
- Desperate Housewives
- Eyes
- Grey's Anatomy
- Jake in Progress
- Life as We Know It
- Life of Luxury
- Lost
- Rodney
- Supernanny
- Wife Swap
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- Officers on Duty
- The Big House
- The Drew Carey Show
- I'm With Her
- It's All Relative
- Karen Sisco
- Kingdom Hospital
- Line of Fire
- Married to the Kellys
- The D.A.
- The Practice
- The Ultimate Love Test
- Threat Matrix
{{col-end}}CBS{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- 48 Hours
- 60 Minutes
- The Amazing Race
- Big Brother
- Cold Case
- CBS Sunday Movie
- Crime Scene Investigation
- Miami
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- JAG
- Joan of Arcadia
- Judging Amy
- The King of Queens
- NCIS
- Still Standing
- Survivor
- Two and a Half Men
- Without a Trace
- Yes, Dear
{{col-3}}New series:- Center of the Universe
- Clubhouse
- NY
- Dr. Vegas
- Fire Me...Please
- Listen Up!
- Numb3rs
- Rock Star
- Wickedly Perfect
- The Will
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- Becker
- The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
- Century City
- The District
- The Guardian
- Hack
- The Handler
- Star Search
- The Stones
{{col-end}}Fox{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- 24
- American Idol
- America's Most Wanted
- Arrested Development
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Cops
- Family Guy
- King of the Hill
- Malcolm in the Middle
- The O.C.
- The Simple Life
- The Simpsons
- The Swan
- That '70s Show
- Totally Outrageous Behavior
- Tru Calling
{{col-3}}New series:- American Dad!
- The Complex: Malibu
- House
- Jonny Zero
- Life on a Stick
- My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
- Nanny 911
- The Next Great Champ
- North Shore
- Quintuplets
- Point Pleasant
- Branson's Quest for the Best
- Renovate My Family
- The Sketch Show
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Stacked
- Trading Spouses
- Who's Your Daddy?
- World's Craziest Videos
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- A Minute with Stan Hooper
- American Juniors
- Boston Public
- Cracking Up
- Forever Eden
- Futurama
- Joe Millionaire
- Luis
- Method & Red
- My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
- Oliver Beene
- Skin
- The Swan
- Wonderfalls
{{col-end}}NBC{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- American Dreams
- The Apprentice
- Crossing Jordan
- Dateline NBC
- ER
- Fear Factor
- Las Vegas
- Last Comic Standing
- Law & Order
- Criminal Intent
- Special Victims Unit
- Scrubs
- Third Watch
- The West Wing
- Will & Grace
{{col-3}}New series:- $25 Million Dollar Hoax
- The Biggest Loser
- Committed
- The Contender
- Father of the Pride
- Hawaii
- Joey
- Trial by Jury
- LAX
- Medical Investigation
- Medium
- The Office
- Revelations
- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- Average Joe
- Boomtown
- Coupling
- Ed
- Frasier
- Friends
- Happy Family
- The Lyon's Den
- Miss Match
- The Restaurant
- The Tracy Morgan Show
- Whoopi
{{col-end}}UPN{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- All of Us
- America's Next Top Model
- Eve
- Girlfriends
- Half & Half
- One on One
- Enterprise
- WWE SmackDown
{{col-3}}New series:- Cuts
- Kevin Hill
- The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott
- Second Time Around
- Veronica Mars
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- Amish in the City
- Jake 2.0
- The Mullets
- Rock Me Baby
- The Player
- The Parkers
{{col-end}}The WB{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}Returning series:- 7th Heaven
- Charmed
- Everwood
- Gilmore Girls
- Grounded for Life
- High School Reunion
- One Tree Hill
- Reba
- Smallville
- Steve Harvey's Big Time
- Summerland
- The WB Thursday Night Movie
- What I Like About You
{{col-3}}New series:- Big Man on Campus
- Blue Collar TV
- Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
- Jack & Bobby
- Living With Fran
- The Mountain
- The Starlet
{{col-3}}Not returning from 2003–04:- All About the Andersons
- Angel
- The Help
- The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
- Like Family
- Run of the House
- The Surreal Life
- Tarzan
{{col-end}}References1. ^Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. {{ISBN|978-0-345-49773-4}}.
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