TVSquad

I know, I know -- a lot of you are shrugging and saying "so?"

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that if ratings don't improve for the last place network, buzz is that The CW could actually vanish next year. Ratings in the 18-49 demographic are down 28%, and the ratings for the May sweeps are down 22%. I guess Gossip Girl just isn't enough to prop up an entire network, and they just lost Friday Night Smackdown, not to mention that Smallville, Supernatural, and Reaper are probably going into their last seasons.

Wrestling fans can breathe a sigh of relief today: you'll still get your Friday fix of power drives and folded chair smashing.

MyNetwork (aka "the network no one is quite sure they have on their local cable system or not") has won the rights to air Friday Night Smackdown. The show had been on The CW (and before that UPN - remember those days?) since 1999, but the rights ran out on January 31.

• At 8, NBC has a new 1 vs. 100, followed by new episodes of Friday Night Lights and Las Vegas.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• There's a new Flash Gordon on Sci-Fi at 8.
• G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
• At 9, USA has a new Monk, followed by a new Psych.
• Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked at 9.
• Hallmark has the new movie Daniel's Daughter at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• Lifetime has two new episodes of Top This Party at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 10.
• Also at 10: Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents, with Eugene Mirman and Jordan Rubin.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher.
• At 12:05am, HBO Family has the reunion movie The Odd Couple: Together Again.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has a new Men in Trees, then new episodes of Women's Murder Club and 20/20.
• CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8, followed by new episodes of Moonlight and Numb3rs.
• There's a new Next Great American Band on FOX at 8, then a new Don't Forget The Lyrics.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild.
• Lifetime has a new Lisa Williams: Life Among The Dead at 9, followed by a new America's Psychic Challenge.
• HGTV has Decked For The Holidays at 9.
• At 10, E! has a new ep of The Soup.
• At 10:30, Food Network has a new Giada's Weekend Getaways.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has a new Men In Trees, followed by new episodes of Women's Murder Club and 20/20.
• CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8, then new episodes of Moonlight and Numb3rs.
• FOX has a new, two-hour Next Great American Band.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, then new episodes of Friday Night Lights and Las Vegas.
• There's a new NOW on PBS at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week, Bill Moyers Journal, and Expose'.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• At 10, E! has a new episode of The Soup.
• Lifetime has a new America's Psychic Challenge at 10.
• At 10:30, Food Network has a new Giada's Weekend Getaways.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Valerie Plame Wilson and Joseph Wilson, Martin Short, Markos Moulitsas, and Alison Stewart.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ESPN has the Navy/Rutgers football game.
• At 8, PBS has a new NOW, then new episodes of Washington Week, Bill Moyers Journal, and Expose: America.
• The CW has a new Friday Night Smackdown! at 8.
• Noggin has a new South of Nowhere at 8.
• At 8:30, Animal Planet has a new Meerkat Manor.
• At 9, ABC has the special Fashion Rocks.
• USA has new episodes of Monk and Psych starting at 9.
• Discovery has a new Survivorman at 9.
• There's a new Paula's Party at 9 on Food Network.
• Also at 9: Sci-Fi has a new Flash Gordon, followed by a new Painkiller Jane.
• At 10, ABC's 20/20 investigates Dateline's "To Catch A Predator" series.
• TV Land is showing Twilight Zone: The Movie at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Ralph Nader, Cornell West, Mos Def, and Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, PBS has a new NOW, then a new Washington Week.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• Food Network has a new Emeril Live at 8.
• Nickelodeon has the final two episodes of Ned's Declassified at 8.
• Also at 8: Sci-Fi has a new Stargate SG-1, followed by new episodes of Stargate Atlantis and Painkiller Jane.
• At 9, Standoff returns to FOX with new episodes.
• ABC has a new National Bingo Night at 9, then a new 20/20.
• Hallmark has the new movie Love's Unending Legacy at 9.
• At 10, A&E has a new Intervention.
• G4 has a new G4's Free Stuff at 10, then a new Ninja Warrior.
• TCM has Butterfield 8 (with Elizabeth Taylor) at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, CBS has the special That's The Way It Is: Cronkite at 90, then another special with the horrible Dr. Phil, Caged?
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• TNT has an NBA playoff game at 8.
• At 9, ABC has - are you ready? - the premiere of National Bingo Night.
• Larry King interviews Hugh Hefner on CNN at 9.
• G4 has a new X-Play at 9, focusing on Star Wars.
• At 10, CBS has the season finale of Numb3rs.
• HGTV has a new House Hunters at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Bradley Whitford, Senator Chris Dodd, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, and Russell Simmons.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ESPN has the Red Sox vs. the Yankees. As if it matters now.
• At 8, FOX has a new Nanny 911, followed by a new Celebrity Duets.
• ABC repeats the Men In Trees pilot at 8, then there's a new episode.
• NBC has a new Dateline at 8.
• UPN has a new Friday Night Smackdown at 8.
• Kill Bill, Volume 1 airs on TNT at 8.
• TLC has two new episodes of Take Home Chef at 8.
• Also at 8: HBO has Serenity.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Stargate SG-1, followed by Stargate Atlantis.
• Funny Friends repeat at 10, the one where Eddie moves in with Chandler. It's on TBS.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time With Bill Maher, with Pat Buchanan, actor Michael McKean, national security expert Clark Kent Ervin, and Gloria Steinem.

• At 6:30, ESPN2 has the Rogers Masters tennis tournament, while at 7, ESPN starts their coverage of The Little League World Series.
• At 8, NBC has a new Dateline.
• UPN has a new Friday Night Smackdown! at 8.
• TLC has two new episodes of Take Home Chef, starting at 8.
• My biggest guilty pleasure is on TNT at 8: You've Got Mail. Shut up it's a good movie.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate: SG-1 at 8, followed by a new Stargate Atlantis.
• At 9, ABC has a new Kyle XY, followed by a new Primetime.
• USA has a new Monk at 9, followed by a new Psych.
• At 10, Showtime has Coffee & Cigarettes.