Patrick Dempsey by Bob D'Amico/ABC, Hugh Laurie by Isabella Vosmikova/Fox, Steve Carell by Paul Drinkwater/NBC
Now that the networks have mapped out plans for what's left of this post-strike spring season, we've got your one-stop source for the return dates of all your favorite shows and how many episodes you can expect once they return. (Of course, if you prefer your data sorted A-Z, Ausiello's original chart lives on at TVGuide.com/ShowStatus.)
Saturday, February 23
• Saturday Night Live (starting with four consecutive new episodes)
Wednesday, February 27
• Men in Trees (with 11 pre-strike episodes)
Sunday, March 2
• Aliens in America (with eight pre-strike episodes)
• Everybody Hates Chris (with 12 pre-strike episodes)
• Unhitched (series premiere on Fox)
• Oprah's Big Give (series premiere on ABC)
Monday, March 3
• When Women Rule the World (series premiere on Fox)
Tuesday, March 4
• New Amsterdam (series premiere on Fox)
Monday, March 10
• Canterbury's Law (series premiere on Fox)
Tuesday, March 11
• Beauty & the Geek (fifth season premiere)
• Gene Simmons Family Jewels (third season premiere)
Wednesday, March 12
• The Return of Jezebel James (series premiere on Fox)
• South Park (12th season premiere)
• Top Chef (Fourth season premiere)
Monday, March 17
• Dancing with the Stars (sixth season premiere)
• The Bachelor (12th season premiere)
• The Big Bang Theory (with nine new episodes)
• How I Met Your Mother (with nine new episodes)
• Two and a Half Men (with nine new episodes)
Tuesday, March 18
• The Riches (with seven Season 2 episodes)
Sunday, March 23
• The Game (with nine new episodes)
Monday, March 24
• CSI: Miami (with eight new episodes)
• Greek (with 12 new episodes)
Sunday, March 30
• Cold Case (with five new episodes)
Wednesday, April 2
• Criminal Minds (with seven new episodes)
• CSI: NY (with seven new episodes)
Thursday, April 3
• CSI (with six new episodes)
• My Name Is Earl (with nine new episodes)
• Without a Trace (with six new episodes)
Friday, April 4
• Battlestar Galactica (the first half of a 20-episode final season)
• Ghost Whisperer (with six new episodes)
• Numbers (with six new episodes)
Monday, April 7
• Samantha Who? (with six new episodes)
Tuesday, April 8
• Boston Legal (with six new episodes)
• NCIS (with seven new episodes)
Thursday, April 10
• 30 Rock (with five new episodes)
• The Office (with six new episodes)
• Scrubs (with five pre-strike episodes and the possibility of four new episodes)
• ER (with six new episodes)
Friday, April 11
• Moonlight (with four new episodes)
• Hell's Kitchen (fourth season premiere)
Sunday, April 13
• Desperate Housewives (with six new episodes)
Monday, April 14
• Bones (with six new episodes)
• One Tree Hill (with six post-strike episodes)
• Rules of Engagement (with six new episodes)
Tuesday, April 15
• Law & Order: SVU (with five new episodes)
Wednesday, April 16
• Back to You (with eight to 10 new episodes)
• 'Til Death (an undetermined number of new episodes)
Thursday, April 17
• Smallville (with five new episodes)
Sunday, April 20
• Brothers & Sisters (with four new episodes)
Monday, April 21
• Gossip Girl (with five new episodes)
Tuesday, April 22
• Reaper (with five new episodes)
Wednesday, April 23
• Law & Order (with five new episodes)
Thursday, April 24
• Ugly Betty (with five new episodes)
• Grey's Anatomy (with five new episodes)
• Lost (with five new post-strike episodes)
• Supernatural (with four new episodes)
Monday, April 28
• House (with four new episodes)
Return Dates to Be Determined
• 24 (January 2009)
• Army Wives (June 2008)
• Big Love (Season 3 production begins in the spring)
• Burn Notice (Season 2 production begins in late April)
• Cane (no new episodes this season)
• Chuck (new episodes return in the fall)
• The Closer (Season 4 begins this summer)
• Dirty Sexy Money (no new episodes until the fall)
• Friday Night Lights (no new episodes this season)
• Girlfriends (series canceled, though a one-hour finale is being discussed)
• Heroes (new episodes in the fall)
• Life (new episodes in the fall)
• Law & Order: CI (expected to shoot an undetermined number of episodes to air in the spring)
• Medium (expected to shoot seven new episodes, to supplement five remaining pre-strike episodes)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine (seven pre-strike episodes remain; no new episodes this season)
• Nip/Tuck (Season 6 production begins this summer)
• October Road (three pre-strike episodes remain)
• Prison Break (not yet renewed for fall)
• Private Practice (no new episodes until the fall)
• Pushing Daisies (no new episodes until the fall)
• Shark (expected to shoot four new episodes; airdates TBD)
• The Shield (final season has been shot)
• Women's Murder Club (no new episodes expected this season)
Canceled
• Big Shots
• Bionic Woman
• Las Vegas
• Life Is Wild
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