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Ugly Betty
In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. How can an ordinary girl -- a slightly plump plain-Jane from Queens -- possibly fit in? When publishing mogul Bradford Meade hands the reigns of his fashion magazine, Mode, over to his son, Daniel, he specifically hires Betty as his son's new assistant – mostly because she's the only woman in NYC Daniel won't sleep with.
Starring: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Ana Ortiz, Vanessa Williams
Airs: Fridays at 8PM
Big Day
If '24' married 'Father of the Bride,' their child would be 'Big Day.' Danny and Alice's wedding day turns into a season-long roller coaster where nothing goes according to plan.
Starring: Marla Sokoloff, Josh Cooke, Wendie Malick,Kurt Fuller
Airs: Thursdays at 8PM
Brothers and Sisters
The adult children of William Walker, along with their respective families, have gathered to celebrate Kitty's birthday. Little do they know that, on this day, their lives will take a dramatic turn. These siblings are about to find out that underneath the idyllic family façade lie many secrets that threaten to either tear the family apart or bring them closer together.
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Balthazar Getty
Airs: Sundays at 10PM
Day Break
Detective Brett Hopper is having one of those hellacious days ... only he can't put it behind him because he's living the same day over and over again. On this particular day, Hopper will be accused of killing Asst. DA Alberto Garza. In order to break the cycle and move on, he will have to figure out who framed him and solve the complex mystery surrounding Garza's death.
Starring: Taye Diggs, Meta Golding, Moon Bloodgood, Victoria Pratt
Airs: Midseason, Wednesdays at 9PM
Help Me Help You
Whoever came up with the idea of group therapy? Take a bunch of people who are all really messed up in different ways and put them in a room together to try and help each other out. The group leader, Dr. Bill Hoffman, is probably the craziest and most self-obsessed of all, but his patients would never know it because he hides behind his very respectable celebrity image as a bestselling author of phenomenally successful self-help books.
Starring: Ted Danson, Jane Kaczmarek, Charlie Finn, Jim Rash
Airs: Tuesdays at 9:30PM
Knights of Prosperity
For almost 20 years, Eugene Gurkin has dreamt of opening a bar, but his dead end janitorial job won't even fund a bottle of premium booze. Soon, he recruits a group of misfits into his "gang" for a heist to finance their dreams. The target: Rock icon Mick Jagger's super-luxe Central Park West apartment. Working together, this band of affable, new-age Robin Hoods, who have never even shoplifted a candy bar, are soon casing the joint and prepping for their crime.
Starring: Donal Logue, Sofia Vergara, Kevin Michael Richardson, Maz Jobrani
Airs: Tuesdays at 9PM
Men in Trees
Relationship coach Marin Frist's personal happiness includes the upcoming wedding to her "perfect man." But like many people full of advice, she fails to apply it to herself. On her way to a speaking engagement in Alaska, she learns that her fiancé has cheated on her ... the wedding plans are instantly over.
Starring: Anne Heche, James Tupper, Suleka Mathews, Derek Richardson
Airs: Fridays at 9PM
The Nine
Nine people are caught in a bank robbery gone wrong and endure a 52-hour hostage standoff that will leave more than one person dead. When all is said and done, these people will never be the same. They will share the common bond of what happens inside the bank and will be forever affected and intertwined because of it.
Starring: Chi McBride, Tim Daly, Kim Raver, Scott Wolf
Airs: Wednesdays at 10PM
Notes From the Underbelly
Andrew and Lauren have just found out they're going to have a baby and learn that the politics of parenthood can be just as demanding as raising a child. Sometimes all that "help" from loving but intrusive parents and "advice" from well-meaning but competitive friends who are trying to show you what great parents they are is not exactly what you're looking for.
Starring: Peter Cambor, Jennifer Westfeldt, Melanie Paxson, Rachael Harris
Airs: Thursdays at 8:30PM
Set for the Rest of Your Life
In this high-tension game show, contestants battle for a monthly check they could receive for the rest of their lives. Do they end up with $50 a month ... or over $10,000? The contestant's next battle is even more important: Time! Does he win that payment just for one month or ... for the rest of his life?
Airs: Midseason, Tuesdays at 8PM
Six Degrees
They say that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person through a chain of six people, which means that no one is a stranger ... for long. Six very different New Yorkers go about their lives without realizing the impact they're having on one another -- yet. A mysterious web of coincidences will gradually draw these strangers closer, changing the course of their lives forever.
Starring: Jay Hernandez, Bridget Moynahan, Hope Davis, Campbell Scott
Airs: Thursdays at 10PM
Traveler
Jay, Tyler and Will are friends whose simple prank to rollerblade through one of New York City's most famous museums makes Jay and Tyler prime suspects in a terrorist bombing that destroys the museum seconds later. Hopeful that Will can help clear up this misunderstanding, they learn he's been missing since the explosion and think he may be dead. They're unable to turn to authorities when they realize they can't prove Will even exists.
Starring: Matthew Bomer, Logan Marshall-Green, Aaron Stanford, Steven Culp
Airs: Unscheduled
In Case of Emergency
Who you were in high school is usually not who you end up being. Harry, Jason, Sherman and Kelly all went to the same high school. Several years on since graduation, their lives haven't exactly turned out the way they planned. A series of emergencies will reunite this hapless brood and they'll find, at the end of the day, that they've got each other in case of emergency.
Starring: Jonathan Silverman, David Arquette, Greg Germann, Kelly Hu
Airs: Unscheduled
CBS
The Class Watch Preview
A group of 20-somethings is inextricably bound together, having shared the same third grade class. Now, face to face at an impromptu reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they met, they wonder if they'll have anything in common besides vague memories of playground kisses and underwear sightings on the monkey bars. Turns out they do. Their lives will intersect from this point forward, sharing childhood memories and dealing with adult issues -- career, relationships and the general direction or misdirection life will take them.
Starring: Jason Ritter, Andrea Anders, Lizzy Caplan, Sean Maguire
Airs: Mondays at 8:30PM
Jericho Watch Preview
A nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. But in this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes will emerge.
Starring: Skeet Ulrich, Ashley Scott, Gerald McRaney, Pamela Reed
Airs: Mondays at 8:30PM
Shark Watch Preview
Multiple Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner James Woods stars as Sebastian Stark, a charismatic, supremely self-confident defense attorney who, after a shocking outcome in one of his cases and a personal epiphany, brings his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor's office. Though Stark is seeking to redeem himself, he has no intention of cooling his underhanded approach to cases just because he's now working for the "good guys."
Starring: James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sam Page, Alexis Cruz
Airs: Thursdays at 10PM
Smith Watch Preview
Emmy Award winner Ray Liotta stars as a criminal mastermind in a drama about a close-knit crew of career criminals who plot and execute intricate and ingenious high-stakes heists across the country. Though Bobby Stevens (Liotta) appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually an expert thief who is seeking just two or three more big jobs so he can finally leave the business for a comfortable, lawful lifestyle with his wife.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Simon Baker, Amy Smart
Airs: Tuesdays at 10PM
CW
The Game
Being the wife or girlfriend of a pro-football player might sound like a glamorous and stress-free existence, but Melanie Barnett is about to discover the truth. Melanie's boyfriend, Derwin, is the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie learns about the power plays that NFL wives use to get their men the best agents, managers, endorsements, merchandising deals and even the in charity.
Starring: Aldis Hodge, Tia Mowry, Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez
Airs: Sundays at 8:30PM
Runaway
The Raders look like a normal middle-class American family, with a dad, Paul Rader, his lovely wife Lily, teenagers Henry and Hannah and 8-year-old Tommy. Those are their real names, but as they struggle to blend into a new life in Bridgewater, Iowa, they are all using secret identities. This family is on the run, hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Radar of a terrible and violent crime. As Paul works to protect his loved ones and uncover the evidence that will clear him, he lives with the daily fear that someone will accidentally reveal the family's dark secret .
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Ramos
Airs: Mondays at 9PM
Fox
Happy Hour Watch Preview
Straight arrow Henry Beckman had it all: a great job, a perfect girlfriend and a sweet apartment. He was a big fish in the small pond of Amsterdam, Missouri. And then he let Heather talk him into moving to Chicago to work in her family business, where it all went wrong. In the space of one morning, Henry gets dumped by Heather, learns he can no longer work for Heather's uncle, and gets kicked out of their apartment. It's in this vulnerable state that he meets his new roommate, a vain, flashy, loveable rogue named Larry Cone.
Starring: John Sloan, Lex Medlin, Nat Faxon, Jamie Denbo
Airs: Thursdays at 8:30PM
Premieres: Thu., Sept. 27 at 8:30PM
Justice Watch Preview
From Jerry Bruckheimer comes an unflinching, behind-the-scenes look at the way high-profile cases are tried in the media age. A dream team of four lawyers from disparate backgrounds join forces to tackle the most controversial and newsworthy cases.
Starring: Victor Garber, Kerr Smith, Eamonn Walker, Rebecca Mader
Airs: Wednesdays at 9PM
Premieres: Wed., Aug. 31 at 9PM
Standoff Watch Preview
There's no crisis situation they can't handle ... unless it involves each other. Matt Flannery and Emily Lehnman are the top-ranked negotiators in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU). They're trained to talk their way through volatile situations. They're experts at knowing what makes other people tick. They're also sleeping together … a secret that they agreed to keep to themselves, until Matt reveals it to the entire world during a tense hostage standoff.
Starring: Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Michael Cudlitz, Gina Torres
Airs: Tuesdays at 8PM
Premieres: Tue., Sept. 5 at 8PM
'Til Death Watch Preview
Middle-aged Eddie and Joy are on day 8,743 of their marriage and have the battle scars to prove it. Their new next-door neighbors are young newlyweds Steph and Jeff, idealistic, passionate, adorable and married for all of 12 days. It's a show about new marriage versus old marriage, about keeping the romance alive -- or at least staying together so you have someone to drive you to the hospital for your operations.
Starring: Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kat Foster
Airs: Thursdays at 8PM
Premieres: Thu., Sept. 7 at 8PM
Vanished Watch Preview
Sara is the beautiful young wife of prominent Georgia Senator Jeffrey Collins, and she has gone missing. But before the FBI can solve the mystery of where she is, they first need to figure out who she really is. Viewers will journey inside a sensational, mysterious national soap opera. Kelton, working with Agent Lin Mei, uncovers enigmatic clues that suggest Sara's disappearance may be part of a large, sinister conspiracy.
Starring: Gale Harold, Rebecca Gayheart, Ming-Na, John Allen Nelson
Airs: Mondays at 9PM
Premieres: Mon., Aug. 21 at 9PM
The Wedding Album
Watch the ups and downs of tying the knot through the eyes of the second-most important man in the room -- the wedding photographer. Tony Zutto is the guy everyone wants to capture their big day. But just because he's working every high-profile ceremony in town doesn't mean he'll be walking down the aisle himself anytime soon. Tony's near-celebrity status on the marriage circuit -- combined with his own less-than-stellar family history-- has turned him into a serial bachelor and consummate playboy ... at least until Tony hires new assistant Milla Cavendish.
Starring: Bruno Campos, Tara Summers, Tony Lo Bianco, Eva Pigford
Airs: Midseason, Fridays at 9PM
The Winner
A 43-and-a-half-year-old narrator, who is incredibly rich and successful, looks way back to 1994, when he lost his innocence and started to become a man - at the tender age of 32. In 1994, Glen Abbott, still living with his parents, finally steps out into the world and tries to make something of himself when the only girl he'd ever kissed, the radiant Alison Miller, returns to town. Driven by the desire to become a success and win Alison's heart, Glen goes through his "wonder years" a mere 20 years older than, well, most everyone.
Starring: Rob Corddry, Keir Gilchrist, Erinn Hayes, Julie Hagerty
Airs: Unscheduled
NBC
20 Good Years
This high-energy comedy follows two New Yorkers who have finally realized that life doesn't last forever. Mismatched buddies John Mason (John Lithgow), an impulsive, thrice-divorced surgeon who has been forced into retirement, and Jeffrey Pyne (Jeffrey Tambor), a widower judge who agonizes over every situation, are polar opposites in every way. The one thing the duo can agree on is that they only have about 20 good years left and both men vow to live each day as if it were their last -- with no regrets.
Starring: John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Burns, Jake Sandvig
Airs: Wednesdays at 9PM
30 Rock
Tina Fey of 'Saturday Night Live' writes, produces and stars in this workplace comedy that takes viewers behind the scenes of a frenetic television variety show. Single Liz Lemon (Fey) is living every comedy writer's dream. She's head writer on a demanding, live TV program in New York City whose life is jolted when a brash new network president (Alec Baldwin) interferes with her show and bullies Liz into convincing Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), a wild and unpredictable movie star, to join the cast. Now Liz must manage the unmanageable so that the show -- and her dream -- can go on.
Starring: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch
Airs: Wednesdays at 9:30PM
Andy Barker, P.I.
Andy Richter re-teams with co-writer and executive producer Conan O'Brien in this comedy as he portrays Andy Barker, an earnest, hard-working CPA who has succeeded at everything -- that is until his new accounting business fails to take off. But when he's mistaken for the retired private detective who used to occupy his office, Andy embraces the twist of fate and takes the case.
Starring: Andy Richter, Amy Farrington, Tony Hale, Marshall Manesh
Airs: Unscheduled
The Black Donnellys
Academy Award winners Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco ('Crash') are the creators of this gritty new crime drama series loosely based on Moresco's background. The series follows the exploits of four young, working-class Irish brothers and their involvement in organized crime in New York City. Despite their rough surroundings, the Donnelly brothers basically remain "good kids" -- who will do anything to protect each other against all odds.
Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Billy Lush, Thomas Guiry, Michael Stahl-David
Airs: Thursdays at 10PM starting in January 2007
Friday Night Lights
Expanding on the themes from the hit feature film, this series centers on the small rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the vaunted 2006 state football championship rings are held in the highest regard. The town's promising high school team, its star quarterback, and newly appointed head coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) feel the mounting pressure of the town's pride and honor riding on their shoulders as a new season kicks off.
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Scott Porter, Gaius Charles, Connie Britton
Airs: Tuesdays at 8PM
Heroes
The epic drama chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, the death of a genetics professor's father in India leads him to uncover a secret theory -- there are people with super powers living among us. A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia) tries to convince his politician brother that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere) learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Ali Larter), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son, uncovers that her mirror image has a secret. A prison inmate (Leonard Roberts) mysteriously finds himself waking up outside of his cell. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and the relationship with his girlfriend, can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck beat cop (Greg Grunberg) can hear people's thoughts, including the secrets of a captured terrorist. In Japan, a young man (Masi Oka) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world.
Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Greg Grunberg, Hayden Panettiere
Airs: Mondays at 9PM
Kidnapped
In this high-stakes, serialized thriller, the teenaged son of a wealthy Upper East Side family is kidnapped and everyone is a suspect. The series focuses on the elaborate, triangulated game between the kidnappers, law enforcement, FBI, and the private negotiating team of the perhaps less-than-picture-perfect family.
Starring: Jeremy Sisto, Delroy Lindo, Dany Delaney, Timothy Hutton
Airs: Tuesdays at 9PM
Raines
Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Graham Yost ('Boomtown'), acclaimed director-writer-producer Frank Darabont ('The Shawshank Redemption') and star Jeff Goldblum combine creative forces in this inventive police drama, which blends traditional noir storytelling with humor and intrigue. Eccentric LAPD detective Michael Raines' unique ability to have detailed conversations with deceased crime victims allows him to re-trace their lives leading up to their murder and helps him to solve their cases.
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Nicole Sullivan, Linda Park, Matt Craven
Airs: Unscheduled
The Singles Table
In this comedy, a group of witty and single strangers meet at a wedding and suddenly realize they have one thing in common -- they are each a party of one stuck at a remote singles table. For richer or poorer, these five kindred spirits will grow to become good friends -- and, in some cases, they may become more than that.
Starring: John Cho, Conor Dubin, Jarrad Paul, Rhea Seehorn
Airs: Unscheduled
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Emmy Award-winning executive producer-writer Aaron Sorkin ('The West Wing') returns to television with this crackling take on the drama behind the humor of producing a popular, late-night comedy sketch show. Sorkin lays bare the backstage politics, romances and delicate balance between creative talent, on-air personalities and network executives in an instant text-messaging world. Prominent are Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet), a savvy new network entertainment chief who inherits a massive public relations disaster on the series -- even before she starts her first day -- and Matt Albie (Matthew Perry) and Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford), a brilliant creative team that she wants to resurrect the program.
Starring: Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford, Steven Weber
Airs: Thursdays at 9PM
Last Night's Best Moments
