Writers Strike Is Over- Now The Fallout Begins

Now that the writer's strike is over and shows are gearing up to begin production again, you might be wondering what shows are coming back and for how many episodes. It's too late in the year for anymore than nine more episodes to be produced for any series. Although some shows have yet to be officially canceled, production simply won't restart. This defacto cancellation seems to be the case with Bionic Woman and Journeyman (NBC); Big Shots and Cavemen (ABC); Cain (CBS); K-Ville (Fox); and Life Is Wild (CW).
What shows are coming back?
ABC: Boston Legal (eight episodes, April), Ugly Betty (five episodes, April), Desperate Housewives (seven episodes, April), Grey's Anatomy (five episodes, April), Lost (six more prestrike episodes, five additional, April), Brothers & Sisters (five episodes, April).
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (nine episodes, March), CSI: Miami (eight episodes, March), Cold Case (five episodes, March), Criminal Minds (seven episodes, April), CSI: NY (seven episodes, April), CSI (six episodes, April), How I Met Your Mother (nine episodes, March), Ghost Whisperer (six episodes, April), Moonlight (four episodes, April), NCIS (seven episodes, April), Numb3rs (six episodes, April), Rules of Engagement (six episodes, April), Two and a Half Men (nine episodes, March), Without a Trace (six episodes, April).
Fox: Bones (four prestrike episodes, two new, April).
NBC: 30 Rock (five episodes, April), ER (six episodes, April), Law & Order: SVU (five episodes, April), Law & Order (five episodes, April), Medium (six pre-strike episodes, seven new, April), My Name Is Earl (nine episodes, April), The Office (six episodes, April), Scrubs (five episodes, April).
CW: Aliens in America (eight prestrike episodes, currently airing), Everybody Hates Chris (12 prestrike episodes, currently airing), The Game (eight episodes, March), Gossip Girl (five episodes, April), One Tree Hill (five prestrike episodes, six more, currently airing), Smallville (five episodes, April), Supernatural (four episodes, May).

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