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CRUSOE
Airs Next: NBC at Friday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: October 17, 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure
Based on the classic Daniel Defoe novel, this NBC drama promises plenty of action and adventure of the tropical type.

Crusoe is produced by Power Television in association with Universal Media Studios. It has received a 13 episode initial order by the network.

KATH&KIM
Airs Next: NBC at Thursday 9:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: October 9, 2008
Show Category: Comedy

Adapted from an Australian hit comedy of the same name, this NBC series finds laughs from a 40-something divorcee and her daughter living in the middle-class suburbs. Molly Shannon and Selma Blair lead the cast. Kath & Kim is produced by Reveille in association with Universal Media Studios and distributed by the NBC Television Network. 13 episodes have been ordered for the first season.

KINGS
Airs Next: NBC at Sunday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: 2009
Show Category: Drama
Inspired by the biblical story of King David, this contemporary soap is about a typical small town guy who becomes involved with high society and politics and rises to the top against all odds. Kings is produced by 3 Arts Entertainment in association with Universal Media Studios and distributed by the NBC Television Network. The series has been given a 13 episode initial order.

THE LISTENER
Airs Next: NBC at Thursday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: 2009
Show Categories: Drama, Science-Fiction
Toby Logan is a 24-year-old paramedic who can read people's thoughts. The show, which contains humorous and tragic elements, follows Toby as he uses his power to solve crimes.

The Listener is produced by Program Partners in association with Shaftesbury Films. The series has been given a 13 episode initial order by NBC.

MERLIN
Originally on: NBC (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: 2009
Show Category: Drama
Originally aired in the UK on BBC1, NBC offers up this period drama about the fantastic world of Merlin as a young man.
Cast : Colin Morgan, Merlin (Dr Who), Bradley James, Arthur, Anthony Stewart Head, Uther

MY OWN WORST ENEMY
Airs Next: NBC at Monday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 29, 2008
Show Category: Drama

Edward Albright is a super spy. Henry Spivey is living the normal American dream living in the suburbs with his wife, two kids and dog. The two have one thing in common they share the same body because Edward took part in an experiment several years earlier to create a split personality. My Own Worst Enemy is produced by Universal Media Studios. It has been given a 13 episode initial order by NBC.
Cast : Christian Slater, Henry Spivey, Mike O'Malley, Tom Grady; Saffron Burrows, Dr. Norah Skinner

THE PHILANTROPIST
Airs Next: NBC at Monday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: 2009
Show Category: Drama
A billionaire with a heart is at the center of this NBC drama. This money man uses his financial power to help those in need no matter what the risk or cost.

The Philanthropist is produced by The Levinson-Fontana Company in association with Original Media and Universal Media Studios. The series has been given a 13 episode initial order by the network.

UNTITLED OFFICE SPINOFF
Airs Next: NBC at Thursday 9:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: February 1, 2009
Show Category: Comedy
Set to debut during NBC's 2008 to 2009 season, comes a spin off from one of NBC's most successful shows: The Office . The new series will focus on another location with new faces, but still with the same unique humour found in The Office .

The show is set to premiere after Superbowl XLIII. 13 episodes have been ordered for the first season.


Les séries renouvelées :
30 Rock
The Apprentice
The Biggest Loser
Chuck
ER
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
Knight Rider
Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Life
Lipstick Jungle
Medium
My Name is Earl
The Office

Les séries annulées :
Bionic Woman
Journeyman
Las Vegas
Quarterlife

ABC

LIFE ON MARS
Airs Next: ABC at Thursday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 25, 2008
Show Categories: Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure

ABC Studios, David E. Kelley Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, and Kudos Productions are co-producing the remake of BBC drama Life on Mars. Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) is a detective from the 21st century who travels back in time to the 1970s after a car accident. Tyler clashes with new boss Gene Hunt (Colm Meaney) who doesn't take his coming from the future seriously. Tyler ends up working on a case involving a serial killer that may have something to do with his girlfriend's kidnapping in the present time.
Cast : Jason O'Mara, Sam Tyler; Colm Meaney, Gene Hunt; Lenny Clarke, George Randall; Rachelle LeFevre, Annie Cartright

Pre aired : 17 juin

Les séries annulées :
Big Shots
Carpoolers
Cashmere Mafia
Cavemen
Men in Trees
Miss/Guided
Notes from the Underbelly
October Road
Women's Murder Club

Les séries renouvelées :
According to Jim
Boston Legal
Brothers&Sisters
Desperate Housewives
Dirty Sexy Money
Eli Stone

THE CW

90210
Airs Next: The CW at Tuesday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 2, 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Soap
From Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, the creators of the hit television series Life As We Know It and producers of Freaks And Geeks and originally written by Rob Thomas, creator of Veronica Mars comes the retelling tale of FOX's 1990's hit drama Beverly Hills, 90210.

The series revolves around the three-generational Mills family who have recently moved to Beverly Hills, California after the father Harrison Mills accepts the position of being the principal of West Beverly Hills High School.

Degrassi: The Next Generation's Shenae Grimes and The Wire's Tristan Wilds play the lead roles in the teen soap as Annie Mills and Dixon Mills, siblings who attend West Beverly Hills High. Reaper's Jessica Stroup, The Winner's Michael Steger, Runaway's Dustin Milligan and American Heiress's AnnaLynne McCord have been recently casted in the upcoming drama. Their characters are Daphne the wannabe socialite, Navid the politico, Ethan the popular jock and Naomi the wealthy socialite.

Full House's Lori Loughlin, Arrested Development's Jessica Walter, Dirt's Ryan Eggold and Melrose Place's Rob Estes have been cast as the adult characters in the drama. Loughlin will play the mother of Annie and Dixon Mills, Walter will play Annie and Dixon's grandmother, Eggold will play the student's English teacher and Estes will play Annie and Dixon's father. Original 90210 alumni Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling reprise their roles as Kelly Taylor and Donna Martin under recurring status.

90210 has been given an initial order of 13 episodes by the CW Television Network and is produced by CBS Paramount Network Television.
Cast : Shenae Grimes, Annie Mills; Lori Loughlin, Debbie Mills ; Tristan Wilds, Dixon Mills ; Ryan Eggold, Ryan Matthews; Jessica Walter, Tabitha Mills; AnnaLynne McCord, Naomi Bennett; Rob Estes, Harrison "Harry" Mills

SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH GIRLS
Airs Next: The CW at Tuesday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 2, 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Soap

Adapted from the novel How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean, Surviving the Filthy Rich tells the story of a Yale-educated young woman named Megan who, after losing her job at a gossip rag, becomes a live-in tutor to the granddaughters, Rose and Sage, of a wealthy cosmetics baron. Megan must win over the baron's granddaughters while also maneuvering her way through Palm Beach's 'high society' and coping with her own issues. The pilot was written by Gilmore Girl's Rina Mimoun, who will executive-produce along with Gossip Girl's Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy. 30 Rock's Michael Engler directed the pilot.
Cast : Joanna Garcia, Megan Smith; Lucy Hale, Rose Baker; Michael Cassidy, Charlie

Les séries annulées :
Aliens in America
Beauty and the Geek
Girlfriends
Life is Wild

Les séries renouvelées :
Everybody hates Chris
The Game
Gossip Girl
One Tree Hill
Reaper
Smallville
Supernatural

CBS

ELEVENTH HOUR
Airs Next: CBS at Thursday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premiered: 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure

This Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI) produced sci-fi series on CBS is an adaptation of a British thriller of the same name. The new show is about a special science adviser to the US government who saves people from the worst abuses of science. He is accompanied by his feisty female bodyguard.CBS ordered the show to series on 12 May 2008.The show is being produced by Granada International, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television.
Cast : Marley Shelton, Rachel Young; Rufus Sewell, Jacob Hood

THE EX LIST
Airs Next: CBS at Friday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premiered: 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Comedy

Creator Diane Ruggiero and 20th Century Fox Television brings The Ex List to CBS. When a woman visits a psychic and discovers that she's already dated the man she is destined to marry, she sets out to find out who it is by looking up past loves.
Cast : Elizabeth Reaser (Grey’s Anatomy), Bella Bloom; Alex Breckenridge (Dirt), Vivian;

THE MENTALIST
Airs Next: CBS at Tuesday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 23, 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure

The Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane who is employed as an independent detective working with the California Bureau of Investigation to solve crimes. He has refined his observations skills to a near perfect level and lends these skills to the CBI to help them solve cases. The team that he works with consists of the senior agent, Teresa Gibson, agents Kimball Cho & Wayne Rigsby and the rookie, Grace Van Pelt.
Cast : Amanda Righetti (The OC, CSI), Grace Van Pelt; Owain Yeoman (the Nine), Wayne Rigsby; Tim Kang (Third Watch), Kimball Cho; Robin Tunney (Prison Break), Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon

PROJECT GARY
Airs Next: CBS at Wednesday 8:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 1, 2008
Show Category: Comedy

A newly divorced father of two balances life with his new girlfriend and his ex-wife to whom he was married for fifteen years. Jay Mohr stars in this CBS comedy.
Cast : Jaime King (Kitchen Confidential), Vanessa; Jay Mohr (Ghost Whisperer), Gary Barnes; Paula Marshall (Nip/Tuck), Allison

WORST WEEK
Airs Next: CBS at Monday 9:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premiered: 2008
Show Category: Comedy

Worst Week, from the mind of Matt Tarses, is an American take on the British series The Worst Week of My Life. This CBS offering centers on young couple dealing with their soon-to-be-in-laws during a family vacation..CBS ordered the show to series on 12 May 2008.
The show is being produced by Hat Trick Productions and Universal Media Studios.
13 episodes were ordered for the first season.

Les séries annulées :
Cane
Jericho
Moonlight
Shark
Viva Laughlin
Welcome to the Captain

Les séries renouvelées :
Cold Case
Criminal Minds
CSI
CSI:Miami
CSI: New York
Ghost Whisperer
How I Met Your Mother
NCIS
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Numb3rs
Survivor
Two and a Half Men
The Unit
Without a Trace

FOX

DOLLHOUSE
Airs Next: FOX at Monday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: 2009
Show Categories: Science-Fiction, Drama

Echo (Eliza Dushku) is just one of the playthings in The Dollhouse, a secret - and highly illegal - facility where human slaves are programmed to fulfill the fantasies, needs, and whims of the rich and powerful. These "Dolls" can be the perfect companion, lover, even the perfect spy, and when the job is done they forget everything. But something is wrong with Echo. She is no longer just a blank slate waiting for her next assignment. She is remembering flashes of the lives that she has lived and the games she has played, and she is starting to wonder just who she really is...
The show is a production of 20th Century Fox Television and Mutant Enemy. 7 episodes have been ordered for the first season.
Cast : Eliza Dushku, Echo; Tahmoh Penikett (BSG), Paul Smith; Harry J. Lennix, Boyd; Olivia Williams, Adelle DeWitt Langton

DO NOT DISTURB / THE INN
Airs Next: FOX at Wednesday 9:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 10, 2008
Show Category: Comedy

A glamorous New York hotel has a not-so-glamorous staff in this multi-camera comedy project from Fox. Fox has ordered 13 episodes for broadcast during 2008/2009 season.
Cast : Jerry O'Connell, Neal;

Pre aired : 19 juin

FRINGE
Airs Next: FOX at Tuesday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: September 9, 2008
Show Categories: Drama, Science-Fiction

FBI agents Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop are faced with a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon of the threatening kind. In an attempt to stop the spread, they enlist the assistance of Bishop's estranged father, the institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop.
Joshua Jackson will play the lead role of Peter Bishop, a smart guy with many gambling debts. Anna Torv will play Olivia Dunham, a young, tough FBI agent who has to confront an unexplained phenomena.
Also cast in the series are The Black Donnelly's Kirk Acevedo and Boston Legal's Mark Valley. They will play FBI agents. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's John Noble and The Wire's Lance Reddick soon were added to the credits. Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop and Reddick as Phillip Broyles, a special agent for Homeland Security head of the Fringe division, that investigates terrorist and paranormal events. Alongside them are veteran actress Blair Brown and Take the Lead actress Jasika Nicole. Brown will play Nina Sharp, a 16-year veteran of Prometheus Corp., a cutting-edge research facility, while Nicole got the recurring role of Astrid, a federal assistant.
This highly anticipated sci-fi drama is created by Transformers /Star Trek/ Mission: Impossible III's J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Fringe is directed by Emmy Award-winning Alex Graves ("The West Wing") and produced by Warner Bros. Television, Bad Robot Productions and Fringe Element Films.

Pre aired : 15 juin

THE OAKS
Originally on: FOX (60 min.)
Status: New Series Premieres: TBD
Show Categories: Drama, Science-Fiction
The Oaks is a new drama/sci-fi show from the writer and producer of Desperate Housewives David Schulner. The Oaks tells the story of three families who move into the same haunted house in different decades, 1968, 1998 and 2008.

STARTING UNDER
Originally on: FOX (30 min.)
Status: New Series Premiered: 2008
Show Category: Comedy
A Bernie Mac comedy featuring Ken Davitian of the Borat fame, this series is about a boy and his son who live and work together at a marketing firm.

Les series annulées :
Canterbury’s Laws
New Amsterdam
The Return of Jezebel James
Unhitched

Les séries renouvelées :
24
American Dad
American Idol
Bones
House
Prison Break
The Simpsons
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
'Til Death

C'est pour ça qu'il faut se pencher sur les séries canadiennes \o/