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America's Funniest Home Videos
Encore Presentation
First Run on Sunday		 Men In Trees
Sep 15 (preview Sep 12, 10p)
Season 1  
 		 20/20
Sep 8
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[Jun 6, 1978]
Ghost Whisperer
Sep 23
Season 2  
[Sep 25, 2005]		 Close To Home
Oct 4
Season 1  
[Oct 4, 2005]		 Numb3rs
Sep 23
Season 3  
[Jan 23, 2005]
Friday Night Smackdown
Sep 22
Season 8  
[Apr 26, 1999; UPN]		 Local Programming
Nanny 911
Sep 8
Season 3  
[Nov 3, 2004]		 Trading Spouses
Oct 6
Season 3  
[Jul 20, 2004]		 Local Programming
Crossing Jordan
Oct 20
Season 6  
[Sep 24, 2001]		 Las Vegas
Oct 20
Season 4  
[Sep 29, 2003]		 Law & Order
Sep 22
Season 16  
[Sep 13, 1990]
Desire
Sep 5
Season 1  
 		 Fashion House
Sep 5
Season 1  
 		 Local Programming

my take on Friday
ABC Friday begins with an encore play of America's Funniest Home Videos followed by the new Men In Trees at 9. I'm concerned that Men In Trees won't find an audience in this slot. The venerable 20/20 ends the night.

CBS Friday has the distinction of being the only 3-hour night on any network to return unchanged from last season. The returnees are Ghost Whisperer, Close to Home and Numb3rs. (To be fair, Close to Home didn't begin last season on Friday, but moved after its fifth week.) They'll probably take the night.

The CW Friday is exactly the same as UPN Friday: Smackdown. 'Nuff said.

Fox Friday, besides being alliterative, is an interesting exercise in programming. It's clearly going after a much older demo than Fox ever goes for with Nanny 911 at 8 and the sometimes frightening Trading Spouses at 9. Either of these are movable or replaceable.

NBC Friday is being programmed like NBC actually gives a damn this year. The many-times-moved Crossing Jordan begins the night and should get some of its best ratings. Las Vegas continues its reign as the guilty pleasure of the night at 9. Law & Order (the mothership) moves to Friday after 14 years on Wednesday. Should be interesting to see if fans will follow.

My finishes its stripped run of Desire and Fashion House for the week.

Friday's Top 3 are Law & Order, Numb3rs and Ghost Whisperer.

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