TV Calendar: When the Top Shows Return

PRIVATE PRACTICE (ABC)
RETURNS Fall 2008
EPISODES TO AIR 13+

REAPER (The CW)
RETURNS April 22
EPISODES TO AIR 5

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (CBS)
RETURNS April 14
EPISODES TO AIR 6

SAMANTHA WHO? (ABC)
RETURNS Late March
EPISODES TO AIR 6+

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC)
RETURNS Feb. 23
EPISODES TO AIR To be determined

SCRUBS (NBC)
RETURNS April 10
EPISODES TO AIR 5, may shoot 4 more

SHARK (CBS)
RETURNS To be determined
EPISODES TO AIR 4

SMALLVILLE (The CW)
RETURNS April 17
EPISODES TO AIR 5

SUPERNATURAL (The CW)
RETURNS April 24
EPISODES TO AIR 4

30 ROCK (NBC)
RETURNS April 10
EPISODES TO AIR 5
INSIDE SCOOP What's in store? Spills Tina Fey via e-mail: ''Liz has a pregnancy scare.'' Even better, ''Jack may get called to serve his country.''

24 (Fox)
RETURNS Early '09
EPISODES TO AIR 24 (duh!)
INSIDE SCOOP For once, Jack Bauer isn't running out of time. Eight eps are done, and production will resume soon for an uninterrupted '09 season.

TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)
RETURNS March 17
EPISODES TO AIR 9

UGLY BETTY (ABC)
RETURNS Late April
EPISODES TO AIR 4 or 5
INSIDE SCOOP Exec producer Silvio Horta says a few plotlines will have to be tweaked. Which makes us wonder: Early labor for Wilhelmina?

WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS)
RETURNS April 3
EPISODES TO AIR 6