Leave it to Syfy to come up with something this bizarre.

According to a network press release, Syfy has picked up the popular wrestling series 'Friday Night Smackdown,' which it will begin airing on Fri., Oct. 1 at 8PM ET. In turn, Syfy will move its Friday-night dramas over to Tuesday.

Meanwhile, things aren't looking too good for 'WWE NXT': The show will officially leave the network in October to make room for 'Smackdown,' but is already said to be in talks with Bravo, according to the Baltimore Sun.

MyNetworkTV is changing its game plan by dropping some of its original content and airing syndicated programming including movies. They call it a "hybrid model".

In effect, MyNetworkTV is doing what other cable networks and/or independent stations have been doing for years. That is, paying the fees for syndication rights and having little to no original programming. Even their ratings superstar, WWE Friday Night Smackdown!, isn't owned by the network.

Obviously, this is due to the economic downturn as it is much cheaper to buy someone else's programming than create your own. Still, if this persists nobody will take MyNetworkTV seriously as a network. You need original programming to become a name brand in that business. Ask AMC.

With this model, MyNetworkTV better not lose its deal with World Wrestling Entertainment. If it did, the network would have nothing really unique to offer and would possibly become all Law & Order: Criminal Intent, all the time.

'The Ex List'
(9PM ET, CBS) series premiere
Talk about calling a do over! Thirtysomething single Bella ('Grey's Anatomy's' Elizabeth Reaser) visits a psychic who tells her she has just one year to find her true love, or she's likely to end up alone.

As if that wasn't enough to send her biological clock ticking, ticking, ticking, Bella's also told that she's already met -- and dated -- the man of her dreams, meaning she's gotta pull out the titular list of exes to reconnect and see which one was The One who got away.

Sure, it's an only-in-TV land premise, but Reaser is a delightful, quirky, and, thankfully, happier character than she was as 'Grey's's' trauma-prone Jane Doe. Although, considering Doe's woes, she'd almost have to be ...

Never fear all you wrestlemaniacs. While WWE has abandoned renegotiations with The CW to bring Smackdown back to the network, it has announced that it is already in negotiations with other networks to carry the long-running Friday night staple. Smackdown has delivered solid ratings for The CW (and UPN before it) since 1999, but has at times been an awkward fit for the demographics and perception the network has wanted to put out there.

• 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.