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Schedule Boy has returned! Yes, yes, many of you know me as the dashingly attractive Rich Keller, reviewer of such shows as Bones and ER. However, sometimes I need to put on my mask and cape (and nothing else) and take on the guise of Schedule Boy in order to give you, the holiday-exhausted TV Squad readers, a chance to see where season premiere dates will fall or what time your favorite horror movie will air on Halloween night. It's a thankless job, but someone has to do it!

This time around I have been given the task to list the days when your favorite (and not-so favorite) shows will return from the holiday break. Also included in this list will be those shows having late starts to their season, like According to Jim, and those that are coming back from mid-season finales, like Psych. Please be warned that these dates may change, and we will try to adjust the schedule accordingly when we find out about them. So, get your decoder rings out and let's begin . . . right after the jump, that is. Schedule Boy, away!

[Schedule Boy image courtesy of the Hero Machine at UGO.]

December 26th

Big Day (ABC)

Dateline NBC (NBC) -- Predators will be caught in a new time slot.

January 1st

Wildfire (ABC Family)

January 2nd

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)

Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

January 3rd

King of Queens (CBS)

According to Jim (ABC)

The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)

In Case of Emergency (ABC)

Beauty and the Geek (CW)

Deal or no Deal (NBC) -- New time slot

Friday Night Lights (NBC) -- New time slot

Medium (NBC)

January 4th

Ugly Betty (ABC)

C.S.I. (CBS)

Shark (CBS)

'Til Death (Fox)

The War at Home (Fox) -- New time slot.

The O.C. (Fox)

My Name Is Earl (NBC)

The Office (NBC)

Scrubs (NBC)

30 Rock (NBC)

ER (NBC)

January 5th

Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

Close to Home (CBS)

Numb3rs (CBS)

1 vs. 100 (NBC) -- There will be a holiday-themed episode on Christmas Day.

Las Vegas (NBC)

Law & Order (NBC)

Trading Spouses (Fox) -- I know you're excited.

Nanny 911 -- Now you're doubly excited!

January 6th

MADtv (Fox)

January 7th

America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)

Desperate Housewives (ABC)

Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

Cold Case (CBS)

Reba (CW)

The Simpsons (Fox)

American Dad (Fox)

Family Guy (Fox)

The Apprentice: Los Angeles (NBC) -- New time slot

The L Word (Showtime)

January 8th

Wife Swap (ABC)

What About Brian (ABC)

The Class (CBS)

How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

Two and a Half Men (CBS)

New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)

C.S.I.: Miami (CBS)

January 9th

Boston Legal (ABC)

House (Fox)

January 10th

C.S.I.: New York (CBS)

January 11th

Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

Smallville (CW)

Supernatural (CW)

Men in Trees (NBC)

Nashville Star (USA)

January 13th

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

January 14th

7th Heaven (CW)

Without a Trace (CBS)

24 (Fox)

Crossing Jordan (NBC)

Extras (HBO)

Rome (HBO)

January 16th

NCIS (CBS)

The Unit (CBS)

American Idol (Fox) -- Craptastic!

January 17th

Criminal Minds (CBS)

One Tree Hill (CW)

January 19th

Monk (USA)

Psych (USA)

January 21st

Battlestar Galactica (SciFi) -- New time slot

January 22nd

Everybody Hates Chris (CW)

The Game (CW)

Girlfriends (CW)

All of Us (CW)

Prison Break (Fox)

Heroes (NBC)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)

January 23rd

Gilmore Girls (CW) -- Quite the wait.

Veronica Mars (CW) -- See comment above.

January 24th

George Lopez (ABC)

Bones (Fox) -- Good Lord, what a long wait!

January 28th

King of the Hill (Fox)

February 1st

The Amazing Race 11 (CBS) -- All-Star Edition

February 7th

Lost (ABC) -- Twenty new unsolved mysteries established in the first 10 minutes.

February 21st

Jericho (CBS)

March 7th

South Park (Comedy Central)

March 30th

Standoff (Fox)

April 6th

Stargate SG-1 (SciFi)

Stargate Atlantis (SciFi)

April 8th

The Sopranos (HBO)

Entourage (HBO)

Not on the schedule at this time

The Shield