What's Curtis Watching? (Fall 2005)

Just a quick overview. Rants will come after actual viewing. My rating scale:

Hell yeah!

Okay, I'm interested.

Whatever.

Not interested.

Fuck no.

The grids below were stolen from The TV IV Wiki (but hey, it's okay):

Monday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Wife Swap		Monday Night Football
CBS	The King of Queens	How I Met Your Mother*	Two and a Half Men	Out of Practice	CSI: Miami
FOX	Arrested Development	Kitchen Confidential*	Prison Break		Local Programming
NBC	Surface		Las Vegas		Medium**
UPN	One on One	All of Us	Girlfriends	Half & Half	Local Programming
The WB	7th Heaven		Just Legal		Local Programming

* It's Xander and Willow!

** Surprisingly good. Usually pretty clever about tweaking the idea of precognition, and otherwise carried by a great regular cast.

Tuesday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	According to Jim	Rodney	Commander-in-Chief**		Boston Legal
CBS	NCIS		The Amazing Race		Close to Home
FOX	Bones*		House		Local Programming
NBC	The Biggest Loser		My Name is Earl	The Office	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
UPN	America's Next Top Model (encores)		Sex, Love & Secrets		Local Programming
The WB	Gilmore Girls		Supernatural		Local Programming

* It's Angel!

** An intriguing high concept, but all the previews I've seen are beyond lame, and I hated series producer Rod Lurie's two pretentious, twee, and very similarly premised political dramas, Deterrence and The Contender.

Wednesday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	George Lopez	Freddie	Lost		Invasion
CBS	Still Standing	Yes, Dear	Criminal Minds*		CSI: New York
FOX	That '70s Show	Stacked	Head Cases		Local Programming
NBC	The Apprentice: Martha Stewart		E-Ring**		Law & Order
UPN	America's Next Top Model		Veronica Mars		Local Programming
The WB	One Tree Hill		Related		Local Programming

* It's Mandy Patinkin!

** Dennis Hopper? In the Pentagon? What kind of crazy alternate reality is this?

Thursday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Alias		The Night Stalker		Primetime Live
CBS	Survivor		CSI		Without a Trace
FOX	The O.C.		Reunion		Local Programming
NBC	Joey	Will & Grace	The Apprentice		ER
UPN	Everybody Hates Chris	Eve	Cuts	Love, Inc.	Local Programming
The WB	Smallville*		Everwood		Local Programming

* It's Spike!

Friday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Supernanny		Hope & Faith	Hot Properties	20/20
CBS	The Ghost Whisperer		Threshold*		NUMB3RS
FOX	The Bernie Mac Show	Malcolm in the Middle	Killer Instinct		Local Programming
NBC	Dateline NBC		Three Wishes		Inconceivable
UPN	WWE Smackdown				Local Programming
The WB	What I Like About You	Twins	Reba	Living With Fran	Local Programming

* It's Data!

Saturday

Network	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	ABC Movie of the Week
CBS	Crime Time Saturday		Crime Time Saturday		48 Hours Mystery
FOX	Cops	Cops	America's Most Wanted		Local Programming
NBC	The NBC Saturday Night Movie

Sunday

Network	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: The Home Edition		Desperate Housewives		Grey's Anatomy
CBS	60 Minutes		Cold Case		CBS Sunday Night Movie
FOX	NFL Overrun	King of the Hill	The Simpsons	The War at Home	Family Guy	American Dad	Local Programming
NBC	Dateline NBC		The West Wing		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Crossing Jordan
The WB	Reba	Reba	Charmed		Blue Collar TV	Blue Collar TV	Local Programming

If you're counting, that's 14.5 broadcast hours per week of TV I'm interested in watching. That doesn't include cable, of course, which is most of what I'll actually watch-- more on that later-- and 90% of the new shows will turn out to be crap anyway. (Thank you, Theodore Sturgeon.)