2005–06 United States network television schedule

The 2005–06 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the primetime hours from September 2005 through August 2006. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2004–05 season.

This would be the final season of broadcasting for both UPN and The WB; their respective parent companies, CBS Corporation and Time Warner (now Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery, respectively), would consolidate the two networks to form The CW the following season. It was also the final season in which Monday Night Football would be regularly broadcast on ABC; the long-running "game of the week" showcase would move to ESPN after the 2005 NFL season, following a 35-year run on ABC (which would resume airing MNF—albeit only for selected regular season and wild card games simulcast with ESPN—in 2021.) From February 10 to 26, 2006, NBC preempted its regular prime time schedule in order to air coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. i: Independent Television (renamed from its original brand, Pax TV, on July 1, and now known as Ion Television) is also not included since the network's schedule consisted mainly of syndicated reruns and movies.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2006 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.^[1]

New series are highlighted in bold.

Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming (including Fox affiliates during the 10 p.m. ET/PT hour) by affiliates after game completion.

Legend

Light blue indicates local programming.
Gray indicates encore programming.
Blue-gray indicates news programming.
Light green indicates sporting events.
Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
highlight Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Sunday

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC		America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (23/8.6)		Desperate Housewives (4/13.8)		Grey's Anatomy (5/12.5)
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (21/9.0) (Tied with Deal or No Deal)		Cold Case (17/9.3)		CBS Sunday Movie
CBS	Summer	60 Minutes (21/9.0) (Tied with Deal or No Deal)		Big Brother		Cold Case (R)		Without a Trace (R)
Fox	Fall	The OT	King of the Hill	The Simpsons	The War at Home	Family Guy	American Dad!	Local programming
	Winter	Malcolm in the Middle					American Dad!
	Late winter						Free Ride
	Spring						American Dad!
	Summer				American Dad! (R)		The War at Home (R)
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		The West Wing		Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Crossing Jordan
NBC	Spring	Dateline NBC				Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Crossing Jordan
The WB	Fall	Reba (R)		Charmed		Blue Collar TV	Blue Collar TV (R)	Local programming
	Mid-fall					Supernatural (R)
	Winter					Charmed (R)
	Summer	Just Legal				Charmed (R)

Note: On September 17, 2006, The WB aired The Night of Favorites and Farewells starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. The special included the pilot episodes of Felicity, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dawson's Creek. The special served as the network's last nationally scheduled broadcast.

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Wife Swap		Monday Night Football (continued to game completion) (9/10.6) (Tied with House)
	Winter			The Bachelor
	Late winter			Supernanny		Miracle Workers
	Spring					What About Brian
	Late spring					How to Get the Guy
	Summer			Supernanny (R)
	Mid-summer	Wife Swap (R)				Supernanny (R)
CBS	Fall	The King of Queens	How I Met Your Mother	Two and a Half Men (13/9.7) (Tied with The Unit)	Out of Practice (30/7.8)	CSI: Miami (8/11.8)
	Winter				Courting Alex
	Late winter				The New Adventures of Old Christine (25/8.3) (Tied with Unan1mous)
	Summer				How I Met Your Mother (R)
	Mid-summer	Two and a Half Men (R)			The New Adventures of Old Christine (R)
Fox	Fall	Arrested Development	Kitchen Confidential	Prison Break		Local programming
	Mid-fall	Prison Break (R)		Prison Break
	Late fall	Arrested Development		Nanny 911
	Winter	Skating with Celebrities		24 (28/8.1) (Tied with ER)
	Late winter	Prison Break		24 (28/8.1) (Tied with ER)
	Spring	Hell's Kitchen
NBC	Fall	Surface		Las Vegas		Medium
	Winter	Deal or No Deal (15/9.6) (Tied with Dancing with the Stars		The Apprentice
	Summer	Treasure Hunters (R)		Treasure Hunters
	Mid-summer	Various programming		Treasure Hunters
UPN		One on One	All of Us	Girlfriends	Half & Half	Local programming
The WB	Fall	7th Heaven		Just Legal
	Mid-fall			Related
	Spring			Everwood
	Summer	7th Heaven (R)

Note: Emily's Reasons Why Not and Jake in Progress premiered on ABC on January 9, 2006, at 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. respectively, and were removed from the schedule after airing one episode.
Note: One Ocean View premiered on ABC on July 31, 2006, at 10 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	According to Jim	Rodney	Commander in Chief (24/8.4)		Boston Legal
	Spring		Hope & Faith	Sons & Daughters
	Mid-spring		Hope & Faith		Less than Perfect
	Summer	According to Jim (R)		The One: Making a Music Star
	Mid-summer	George Lopez (R)				Primetime: The Outsiders
CBS	Fall	NCIS (12/9.8)		The Amazing Race		Close to Home
	Mid-fall			The Amazing Race		Various programming
	Winter			Various programming		Love Monkey
	Late winter			The Unit (13/9.7) (Tied with Two and a Half Men)		The Amazing Race
	Summer	Big Brother		Rock Star		48 Hours (R)
Fox	Fall	Bones		House (9/10.6) (Tied with Monday Night Football)		Local programming
	Winter	American Idol (1/17.6)		House (9/10.6) (Tied with Monday Night Football)
	Spring	House (R)
NBC	Fall	The Biggest Loser		My Name Is Earl	The Office	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (18/9.2) (Tied with Lost and CSI: NY)
	Winter	Fear Factor		Scrubs
	Spring	Most Outrageous Moments	Scrubs (R)	Scrubs	Teachers
	Late spring	Fear Factor		Last Comic Standing
UPN	Fall	America's Next Top Model (R)		Sex, Love & Secrets		Local programming
	Mid-fall			Various programming
	Spring			Veronica Mars
	Summer	Veronica Mars (R)
The WB	Fall	Gilmore Girls		Supernatural
	Spring	Gilmore Girls		Pepper Dennis
	Summer	Gilmore Girls (R)

Note: Get This Party Started premiered on UPN on February 7, 2006, at 9:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.
Note: Tuesday Night Book Club premiered on CBS on June 13, 2006, at 10:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	George Lopez	Freddie	Lost (18/9.2) (Tied with CSI: NY and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)		Invasion
	Spring	George Lopez	Freddie			The Evidence
	Mid-spring	Alias				Invasion
	Late spring	George Lopez (R)	Freddie (R)			Commander in Chief
	Summer	George Lopez (R)	Freddie (R)	Lost (R)
	Mid-summer	George Lopez (R)				Primetime: Medical Mysteries
CBS	Fall	Still Standing	Yes, Dear	Criminal Minds (27/8.2)		CSI: NY (18/9.2) (Tied with Lost and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
	Spring	The Amazing Race
	Summer	Rock Star
Fox	Early fall	So You Think You Can Dance		Head Cases		Local programming
	Fall	MLB on Fox
	Late fall	That '70s Show	Stacked	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy		Local programming
	Winter	American Idol (2/17.2)		Bones
	Spring	Bones		American Idol (2/17.2)	Unan1mous (25/8.3) (Tied with The New Adventures of Old Christine)
	Late spring	So You Think You Can Dance
NBC	Fall	The Apprentice: Martha Stewart		E-Ring		Law & Order
	Mid-fall	E-Ring		The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
	Winter	E-Ring		The Biggest Loser
	Late winter	The Biggest Loser		Law & Order (R)
	Spring	Deal or No Deal (21/9.0) (Tied with 60 Minutes)		Law & Order		Heist
	Mid-spring			Heist		Law & Order
	Late spring			Dateline NBC
	Summer	America's Got Talent
UPN	Fall	America's Next Top Model		Veronica Mars		Local programming
	Winter	South Beach
	Spring	America's Next Top Model
	Late spring	UPN Wednesday Night Movie
	Summer	America's Next Top Model		Eve	Cuts
The WB	Fall	One Tree Hill		Related
	Winter			Beauty and the Geek (R)
	Spring			The Bedford Diaries
	Summer	Blue Collar TV (R)		One Tree Hill (R)

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Alias		Night Stalker		Primetime
	Late fall	ABC Thursday Night Movie
	Winter	Dancing with the Stars (7/12.0)			Crumbs
	Late winter	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		American Inventor
	Spring	American Inventor				Commander in Chief (24/8.4)
	Summer	Master of Champions		Grey's Anatomy (R)		Primetime
	Mid-summer	Grey's Anatomy (R)				Primetime
CBS	Fall	Survivor: Guatemala (11/10.3)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (3/15.6)		Without a Trace (6/12.3)
	Winter	Various programming
	Mid-winter	Survivor: Panama (11/10.3)
	Spring	Gameshow Marathon
	Summer	Big Brother
Fox	Fall	The O.C.		Reunion		Local programming
	Winter	That '70s Show	That '70s Show (R)	The O.C.
	Late winter	That '70s Show	The Loop
	Spring	That '70s Show
	Late spring	That '70s Show		So You Think You Can Dance
NBC	Fall	Joey	Will & Grace	The Apprentice		ER (28/8.1) (Tied with 24)
	Winter	Will & Grace	Four Kings	My Name Is Earl	The Office
	Spring	Will & Grace	My Name Is Earl (R)
	Summer	My Name Is Earl (R)	The Office (R)			Windfall
	Mid-summer	My Name Is Earl (R)	The Office (R)	America's Got Talent		Windfall
UPN		Everybody Hates Chris	Love, Inc.	Eve	Cuts	Local programming
The WB	Fall	Smallville		Everwood
	Winter			Beauty and the Geek
	Spring			Supernatural

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Supernanny		Hope & Faith	Hot Properties	20/20
	Winter	Dancing with the Stars (15/9.6) (Tied with Deal or No Deal)		In Justice
	Late winter	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		In Justice
	Spring	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)
	Late spring	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		Hope & Faith (R)
	Summer	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		Kyle XY (R)
CBS	Fall	Ghost Whisperer		Threshold		Numbers
	Late fall	Ghost Whisperer		Close to Home
	Summer	NCIS (R)		The Unit (R)
Fox	Fall	The Bernie Mac Show	Malcolm in the Middle	Killer Instinct		Local programming
	Winter		Malcolm in the Middle	Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy
	Mid-winter		The Bernie Mac Show (R)
	Late winter	Nanny 911
	Spring	The Bernie Mac Show
	Mid-spring	Fox Friday Night Movie
	Summer	24 (R)
	Mid-summer	That '70s Show (R)		24 (R)
	Late summer	Fox Friday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	Dateline NBC		Three Wishes		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)
	Winter	Most Outrageous Moments	Most Outrageous Moments (R)	Dateline NBC		The Book of Daniel
	Mid-winter	Most Outrageous Moments	Most Outrageous Moments (R)	Dateline NBC
	Late winter	Deal or No Deal		Las Vegas		Conviction
	Spring	Dateline NBC				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Summer	Dateline NBC				Law & Order (R)
UPN		WWE Friday Night SmackDown!				Local programming
The WB	Fall	What I Like About You	Twins	Reba	Living with Fran
	Mid-fall	What I Like About You	Living with Fran		Twins
	Spring	Survival of the Richest			Modern Men
	Late spring	What I Like About You (R)	Twins (R)		Living with Fran (R)

Note: Inconceivable premiered on NBC on September 23, 2005, at 10:00 p.m. and was removed from the schedule after airing two episodes.

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Lost (R)		Invasion (R)	Commander in Chief (R)
	Mid-fall	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week			Desperate Housewives (R)
	Late fall	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
	Winter	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
	Spring	The Wonderful World of Disney			The Evidence
	Summer	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
CBS		Crimetime Saturday			48 Hours
Fox		COPS	COPS (R)	America's Most Wanted	Local programming
NBC	Fall	NBC Saturday Night Movie			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Winter	Dateline NBC		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)	Conviction (R)
	Spring	Dateline NBC		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)