# Your Ideal Primetime TV Weeknight Schedule **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056 "2010-03-02T23:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/1 "2010-03-02T23:30:35Z")
Let’s give you the power to move all your favorite programs from whatever network they’re currently being mismanaged by to the night and hour of your choice from whatever starts your Prime Time until whenever it’s over. This would be **Your Channel** so you wouldn’t even have to flip channels on that tiresome remote. If you have to bring back dead shows that the fools cancelled before their time, in order to fill out the 20-25 hours in your weeknight slots, do it. Monday-Friday only. Let’s keep it real! Fight the Power! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/2 "2010-03-03T02:15:14Z")
Shouldn’t this be in Cafe Society? M: Top Gear, Monday Night Football, WWE Raw\* T: Firefly (never saw it, but I loved Serenity), Behind the Music W: The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Tomorrow’s World Th: The Riches, [The Velvet Claw](http://www.nhbs.com/the_velvet_claw_a_natural_history_of_the_tefno_37142.html) F: Star Trek: TNG, Airwolf \*don’t hate! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/3 "2010-03-03T04:19:22Z")
Which nights are unimportant, but I’ll have four hours in my Prime Time each night. Bones House Grey’s Anatomy \*TBD Lie To Me Mentalist Medium \*TBD Dexter Good Wife Weeds Nurse Jackie \*TBD Breaking Bad Mad Men 24 Southland Survivor Nova Sons of Anarchy Fringe \*TBD = To Be Determined once the new schedules are out. No revivals or cancelled shows for me. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/4 "2010-03-03T12:43:04Z")
How I Met Your Mother Big Bang Theory Scrubs - New episodes Scrubs - old episodes TBD House Bones TBD So You Think You Can Dance (2 hr dancing show) Iron Chef SYTYCD (1 hr results show) Law & Order SVU Law & Order (original) Fridays would have boring shows on so I’m encouraged to get my errands run Saturday would have all-day marathons of various shows I love. Some would be guilty pleasures, like America’s Next Top Model, some would be shows from my youth (how cool would an all day Boy Meets World marathon be?), some would be shows-that-aren’t-on-the-air-anymore, like Pop-Up Video and Press Your Luck. Sunday would be football or baseball (depending on the season), followed by my own version of Animation Domination. Simpsons Family Guy Futurama Daria Ren & Stimpy The Angry Beavers ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/5 "2010-03-03T13:40:42Z")
Moved IMHO --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/6 "2010-03-03T13:51:56Z")
When you say “bring back dead shows”, do you mean I can make them create new episodes of the shows? Or will they just be reruns of existing episodes? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/7 "2010-03-03T15:50:22Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > When you say “bring back dead shows”, do you mean I can make them create new episodes of the shows? Or will they just be reruns of existing episodes? Be your own Network Executive. Since this is not apt to take place until we have to start paying by the minute, just treat it as a Fantasy Situation. As for shows that should still be running with new episodes at least once a week, I’d have to have The Sopranos Deadwood The Unit 365/24 (the expanded 24) Boston Legal But be your own boss. Make TV matter. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/8 "2010-03-03T17:08:36Z")
Monday is comedy night: Simpsons Family Guy Big Bang Theory Seinfeld Community The Dick Van Dyke Show Tuesday Dramas: Life Magnum PI NCIS Wed Sci-Fi: Buffy Firefly V (the new one) That’s all I got, I’ll go read a book Thu through Sun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/9 "2010-03-03T19:18:37Z")
Alright, Monday-Sunday 8-11. I know you said Monday through Friday, but since I’m the executive, I make the calls now. 😃 Monday: Dexter, House, 24 Tuesday: V, Firefly, Rome Wednesday: New Amsterdam, Lost, Human Target Thursday: The Office (with a new staff of writers), 30 Rock, Arrested Development, some new comedy show that I will greenlight later, and a one hour Jay Leno variety show (with Headlines) Friday: Monk, Psych, Burn Notice Saturday: A new Twlight Zone series, a new Outer Limits, and new episodes of MST3K Sunday: Simpsons (ditto a new staff of writers), King of the Hill, Futurama, American Dad, Mission Hill, Home Movies. All new episodes. Conan gets The Tonight Show at 11:35, Craig Ferguson afterwards at 12:35, and Jimmy Kimmel at 1:35. Various older sitcom reruns after that. On weekends, reruns of Carson’s Tonight Show will broadcast from 11:35 onward. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/10 "2010-03-03T19:27:42Z")
Like your style there, **Justin Credible**. Might even come over to your place some night for a break from my fare. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/11 "2010-03-03T19:38:56Z")
Monday: Chuck, Psych Tuesday: House, Castle Wednesday: Leverage, White Collar Thursday: 24, Burn Notice Friday: Eureka, Glee Saturday: Movie Night! Rotate through a mix of genres, but always something good every week. Sunday: How I Met Your Mother, Family Guy, American Dad, Archer, Mad Men That’s from 8-10pm every weeknight. From 10 to 11 during the week, we would have the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, five nights a week instead of four, and live instead of recorded. Sticking to shows that currently exist keeps me from having to get my time machine going to get the cast, crew, and writers from Sports Night, The West Wing, Firefly, Boston Legal, and Babylon 5 back together. Of course, I would then proceed to DVR that entire schedule and watch it after whatever live sporting events are on that evening, or when I get back from the bar, or the next day after work while I am making dinner, or whenever else I am generally free. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/12 "2010-03-03T19:42:47Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Of course, I would then proceed to DVR that entire schedule and watch it after whatever live sporting events are on that evening, or when I get back from the bar, or the next day after work while I am making dinner, or whenever else I am generally free. True dat. Heaven on Earth as we know it. Thing is, we do pretty much that nowadays, since Thursday here is overrun with decent shows and Wednesday just plain sucks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/13 "2010-03-17T20:18:24Z")
Definitely having to hit the wayback machine to fill this schedule; there’s not a whole lot of TV which I care to watch. Monday - Top Gear - Monday Night Football Tuesday - Futurama - Mythbusters - Dirty Jobs Wednesday - Pushing Daisies - Leverage - White Collar Thursday - Firefly - test pattern \* - Castle Friday - Star Trek: TNG - Stargate: SG-1 - Battlestar Galactica - - Thursdays from 8pm-9pm CT, my wife has the DVR monopolized by recording both “Supernatural” and “Fringe”. It doesn’t matter _what_ I put on at that time…I’d never get to see it! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/14 "2010-03-17T22:14:36Z")
I guess it should be obvious that being a network programming type is no easy job. We couldn’t even please seven people with our requirements for “good TV” and we haven’t even scratched the surface of all that’s being offered. Maybe some bold individual will set up a poll to see how many of our “must see” items would pass muster with other Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/15 "2010-03-17T22:53:23Z")
Night of the week doesn’t matter to me. Also, I’d have to resurrect dead shows, 'cause I don’t watch enough new TV. 1. Breaking Bad, Damages, Lost, Mad Men 2. Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Community, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 3. The Sopranos, The Wire, The Shield, Deadwood 4. Newsradio, The Larry Sanders Show, Mr. Show, Strangers With Candy, The Office (US), Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. Top Chef, House, The Amazing Race, Dexter ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/16 "2010-03-17T23:21:21Z")
House Bones Scrubs Hill Street Blues Northern Exposure Lie to Me Firefly BSG Farscape …and I’m sure I’m forgetting something… Oooh, ST:TNG! Yes. And the Adult Swim Lineup would have only the GOOD stuff, and not the junk they’ve been replaying lately, yuck. And it’d be every night! So… Samurai Champloo Cowboy Bebop ATHF Venture Brothers Metalacolypse Family Guy/American Dad ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/17 "2010-03-17T23:36:57Z")
It’s probably a good thing I’m not in charge of the programming, or I’d sit around watching TV all week and have no life. **Monday** House Chuck The Big Bang Theory Weeds Psych **Tuesday** Firefly Battlestar Galactica Fringe Eureka **Wednesday** Castle Bones The Mentalist Burn Notice **Thursday** Dark Angel Supernatural Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles True Blood **Friday** Star Trek - Deep Space 9 Heroes (with the writers from the 1st season) Dollhouse Merlin ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-primetime-tv-weeknight-schedule/531056/18 "2010-03-17T23:44:45Z")
My prime time 8-11pm Monday: House 24 Daily Show Colbert Report Tuesday: Simpsons Family Guy Seinfeld Arrested Development Daily Show Colbert Report Wednesday: V Heroes Daily Show Colbert Report Thursday: Justice X-Files (with Mulder and Scully) Daily Show Colbert Report Friday: Law & Order (with ADA one of the hot chicks, McCoy, Angie Harmond, Zombie Orbach, Detective Green, Ice-T, and Munch [My all time favorite L&O cast]) Iron Chef (original Japanese version with english dubbing) Daily Show Colbert Report