Fox showed some surprising stability in its schedule (our network is growing up) for the 2009-2010 season. But they are bringing in four new comedies, two dramas and a late night Saturday show.

Returning Summer: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, So You Think You Can Dance

Returning Fall/Winter: 24, American Dad, American Idol, Bones, Dollhouse,, Family Guy, Fringe, House, Kitchen Nightmares, Lie to Me, The Simpsons, 'Til Death (for some reason), So You Think You Can Dance (yeah, two separate seasons summer and fall)

Gone: Do Not Disturb, King of the Hill (though there's still episodes in the can which will air sometime next year), Prison Break (a 2-hour film is being produced that may air next year), Sit Down Shut Up, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

New: Brothers, The Cleveland Show, Glee (sneak peek tomorrow), Human Target, Past Life, Sons of Tucson, The Wanda Sykes Show (late night Saturdays)

The schedule and some details on the new shows after the jump.

Was there a theme for last night's animated shows on FOX? First The Simpsons has an episode about letting a neighbor (in this case, Ogdenville residents) into Springfield and then building a fence to keep them out. Then King of the Hill had an episode where the guys battled with a new family from Canada. I actually thought that the King of the Hill episode was funnier, though I did love that one joke where Krusty eats one of his new environmentally-friendly burgers, but it's really a stunt-eater eating it in a close-up.

What did everyone else think?

• At 7, ABC has two new episodes of Extreme Makeover, then the two-hour season finale of Desperate Housewives.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, followed by the season finale of Survivor.
  
• NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, then Saturday Night Live Just Shorts.
• At 8, FOX has the season finale of The Simpsons, then the season finales of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
• PBS has a new Nature at 8, followed by a new Masterpiece Mystery!
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8.
• Disney has a new Jonas at 8, followed by a new Sonny with a Chance.
• Also at 8: TNT has the Celtics/Magic game.
• At 9, USA has a new Law and Order: CI, then a new In Plain Sight.
• HBO has two new episodes of In Treatment at 9, followed by a new Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices.
• There's a new episode of The Tudors on Showtime at 9, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
• GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
• At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
• At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then the season finales of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit.
  
• NBC has a new Dateline at 7, followed by the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice.
  
• FOX has a new Sit Down, Shut Up at 7.
• At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
• TCM has Bunny Lake Is Missing at 8.
• HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, followed by The Alzheimer's Project.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
  
• GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
• Nickelodeon has a marathon of The Nanny starting at 9.
• Also at 9: Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
• At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
• At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then a new episode of The Amazing Race, the season (series?) finale of Cold Case, and The Unit.
  
• NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, followed by a new, two-hour Celebrity Apprentice.
• FOX has a new Sit Down, Shut Up at 7.
• At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
• HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, followed by two new episodes of In Treatment.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Classic.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• Sci-Fi has the movie Fireball at 9.
• Also at 9: Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
• At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
• At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
• At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.

Check your local TV listings for more.

I have to say that even though this trailer for Mike Judge's new (May 27) ABC animated show The Goode Family looks funnier than other recent animated shows, it also features a bunch of characters I just want to punch in the face. I know people like this, and I don't know if I can get though an episode of the show without hating the people I'm probably supposed to be rooting for (I sense these people are probably the type that don't flush their toilets more than a few times a week - gah). I think Brian Doyle Murray's curmudgeonly, un-PC character might be my favorite character on the show.

[via The Live Feed]

One of TV's most underrated animated shows reached a milestone that has been more ignored than the girl with face herpes at the high school prom.

Mike Judge's brilliant King of the Hill surpassed 250 episodes this past week with barely a mention from the network that kept on the air for 13 seasons.

And it seems a little mean, even for Fox, a network so mean that they run their cars on the tears of crying babies.

In a move that should come as no surprise to anybody, Fox has shifted the air time for the new Mitch Hurwitz animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up to 7PM, also known as the "Sunday Night Fox Animated Death Slot." Given the startlingly low ratings the series has gotten in its first two weeks, I can only wonder if anybody will even notice.

Seriously, I watched the premiere (which we reviewed here on TV Squad) and honestly, the rumors are true. The show is cute and quirky (it would probably do well on Adult Swim), but it doesn't have the right kind of funny for Fox Sunday night animation.

In an even bigger insult, Fox is switching the cartoon with its timeslot predecessor King of the Hill, which is now in its final season on the network. It says something when Fox offers greater support to a show that they know won't be back (which, at this stage, now includes Sit Down, Shut Up).

• ABC Family has a Secret Life of the American Teenager marathon all night.
• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit.
  
• NBC has a new Dateline at 7, followed by new episodes of Kings and Celebrity Apprentice.
  
• At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
• There's a new Challenge on Food Network at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Classic.
• MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory at 9, followed by new episodes of Bully Beatdown and Nitro Circus.
• HBO has the season finale of Big Love at 9, then the season finale of Flight of the Conchords and a new Eastbound & Down.
• At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
• Comedy Central has the Craig Fergsuon: A Wee Bit 'O Revolution standup special at 10.
• Also at 10: Showtime has a new United States of Tara.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Delocated, followed by a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• TCM is showing Elvis Presley movies all night.
• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, then new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit.
  
• NBC has Saturday Night Live Just Game Show Parodies at 7, then Saturday Night Live Just Commercials, and then a new, two-hour Celebrity Apprentice.
  
• FOX has a new Hole in the Wall at 7, followed by new episodes of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
• At 8, Food Network has a new Challenge.
  
• Discovery has two new episodes of Rampage at 8, then Hudson Plane Crash: What Really Happened.
• Showtime has The L Word Finale Special at 8, followed by the series finale and new episodes of The United States of Tara and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
• At 9, HBO has a new Big Love, followed by new episodes of Flight of the Conchords and East Bound & Down.
• MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory at 9, then new episodes of The CollegeHumor Show, Nitro Circus, and How's Your News?
• At 10, AMC has the season premiere of Breaking Bad.
  
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Delocated, followed by a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• Hallmark has a Golden Girls marathon all night.
• At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Amazing Race and the movie Jesse Stone: Thin Ice.
• ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos at 7, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover and Brothers & Sisters.
• At 7:30, Disney has a new Hannah Montana, then new episodes of Sonny with a Chance and Wizards of Waverly Place.
• At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then a new King of the Hill.
• At 9, NBC has the season premiere of Celebrity Apprentice.
• Food Network has a new Iron Chef America at 9.
• HBO has a new Big Love at 9, followed by new episodes of Flight of the Conchords and East Bound & Down.
• Showtime has a new L Word at 9, then new episodes of The United States of Tara and Secret Life of a Call Girl.
• Also at 9: MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, then new episodes of CollegeHumor, Nitro Circus, and How's Your News?
• At 9:30, FOX has a new American Dad.
• At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Bromances have been around, well, forever really, but you'd never use the term for say, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte (48 Hours) or Paul Newman and Robert Redford (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). That just wouldn't be right! And besides that, when do "buddies" turn into "bromantic pals"? Would love to hear your thoughts on that.

At any rate, "bromance" is part of our language now, and it's even the title of an MTV show starring Brody Jenner and his buds.

I'm not ashamed to say I have girl-crushes on a few TV babes (True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse springs to mind), so it's not unfeasible for a guy to have a man-crush on another guy. I don't know if that's true for all these pairings, but since I'm writing this, we'll say it is. Take a look at my top ten bromances on TV right now:

• At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
  
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, The Grammy Awards.
  
• FOX has a new Hole in the Wall at 7.
• At 8, NBC has a new Dateline, then the miniseries XIII.
• PBS has a new Nature at 8.
• There's a new Challenge on Food Network at 8, then a new Ultimate Recipe Showdown.
• At 8:30, FOX has a new King of the Hill.
• At 9, HBO has a new Big Love, followed by a new Flight of the Conchords.
• Showtime has a new episode of The L Word at 8, then new episodes of The United States of Tara and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
• Also at 9: MTV has four new shows starting: Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, The CollegeHumor Show, Nitro Circus, and How's Your News?
• At 9:30, FOX has a new American Dad.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
• At 12:30, Cartoon Network has a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

The network that brought you Family Matters, Cavemen and is still bringing you the parade of unfunny that is According to Jim wants to bring the sitcom back to its rightful throne on the airwaves.

ABC made a solemn vow to bring back more hit, half-hour sitcoms to the airwaves starting with the new TV season, according to Variety.

The network's heads made their announcement at last week's Television Critics Association gathering.

It's that time of year again, isn't it? That brief period between the humongous holidays of Halloween and Christmas that television and retail outlets have forgotten about. I talk about Thanksgiving, of course. The holiday of football games, unbuttoned pants, family arguments, and giant Snoopy balloons. It is also the time to give thanks.

Thanks for what? Well, we aren't trading chickens for a gallon of gas yet, so that's something. And, we still have television, which we can eventually trade in for chickens in order to get a gallon of gas. But, since our television shows are more important than driving in many cases, we may just start riding our bikes and eat peanut butter sandwiches instead.

With those happy thoughts, here is what I am thankful for when it comes to the flat screen idiot box.