End O' the Season

Well, another season has come and gone. The finales are over, the networks are airing new show promos, the summer shows are in full swing. Looking over my post from the beginning of the season, I can now see that I was right about most of the new 2006 shows...they didn't make it on to my TiVo season pass. Here's my list of goodbyes (mostly good riddance) and what lies ahead for the fall premieres.

Buh-bye:

ABC
Day Break
Six Degrees
The Nine
What About Brian

CBS
3 Lbs.
Close to Home
Smith

Fox
Drive
Justice
The OC
The Wedding Bells
Vanished

NBC
Crossing Jordan
Kidnapped
Studio 60
The Black Donnellys

The CW
7th Heaven
Gilmore Girls
Runaway
Veronica Mars

ABC Family
Falcon Beach

HBO
Deadwood
Rome
The Sopranos

Lifetime
Angela's Eyes
Lovespring International

TNT
Saved

And for now, let's just look at the comedies. For a complete guide, see:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx?id=fall_2007


NBC:

• Chuck
  An hour-long "comedic thriller" about computer geek Chuck Bartowski, who becomes an important government spy.

• The Bionic Woman

• The IT Crowd
  Sitcom based on the British comedy about the computer nerds in the basement of a big company.
• Lipstick Jungle
  From Candace Bushnell of Sex and the City. Dramedy about three friends, successful in their careers, who are there for each other.

ABC:

• Cavemen
  The one you've been waiting for (or, perhaps, dreading). Inspired by the Geico commercials, this sitcom is about three modern cavemen friends who are trying to lead normal lives in Atlanta, despite prejudice.
• Sam I Am
  Christina Applegate returns as Samantha, a victim of amnesia who discovers not many people liked her before her accident.
• Carpoolers
  Four very different guys who share a carpool to work discuss life, the women in their lives, and their careers.
• Miss/Guided
  Airing after the run of Dancing With the Stars. A guidance counselor gets a job at her former high school, only to find her old enemy, a cheerleader, is now the English teacher.

CBS:

• The Big Bang Theory
  A beautiful girl moves next door to a pair of physics geeks who know nothing of love and the opposite sex.

Fox:

• Back to You
  Sitcom with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, who play evening news co-anchors from the 1990s who are reunited to work together again.
• The Return of Jezebel James
  Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose star as two very different sisters who move in together when one agrees to carry the other's baby.
• The Rules for Starting Over
  The Farrelly Brothers bring us a single-camera comedy about a group of singles in their thirties who are looking for love after bad breakups.

CW:

• Aliens in America
  Teen comedy about a high school student who befriends the Pakistani Muslim exchange student staying with his family.