Ahhh, May is such a wonderful time of year. There is such hope for the start of the fall TV season. All these new shows ready to break-out and score huge ratings. Here’s what’s on tap for the fall –

NBC:

Mondays …
8pm ET “Fear Factor”
9pm ET “Las Vegas”
10pm ET “LAX” (Flashy airport drama starring Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood)

Tuesdays …
8pm ET 1st half of season”Average Joe”
2nd half of season “The Contender” (from creator Mark Burnett, with Sly Stallone)
9pm ET “Father of the Pride” (Animated comedy, think Shrek for TV)
9:30pm ET “Scrubs”
10pm ET “Law & Order: SVU”

Wednesdays …
8pm ET “Hawaii” (Cop drama)
9pm ET “West Wing”
10pm ET “Law & Order”

Thursdays …
8pm ET “Joey”
8:30pm ET “Will & Grace”
9pm ET “The Apprentice”
10pm ET “ER”

Friday …
8pm ET “Dateline NBC”
9pm ET “Third Watch”
10pm ET “Medical Investigation” (Drama featuring doctors at the National Institute of Health)

Thursday nights will be a big question mark with “Joey” anchoring the night. It’ll also be interesting to see what happens with “The Apprentice” in the 9pm ET timeslot for a whole season. Tuesday nights which had been comedy, is now more reality, which is an indicator of the world we live in.

ABC:

Mondays …
8pm ET “The Benefactor” (Mark Cuban’s answer to Donald Trump’s “Apprentice”)
9pm ET 1st half of season “Monday Night Football”
10pm ET 2nd half of season “Grey’s Anatomy” (Female medical student drama)

Tuesdays …
8pm ET “My Wife and Kids”
8:30pm ET “George Lopez”
9pm ET “Acccording to Jim”
9:30pm ET “Rodney” (Middle class white guy pursues career in stand-up comedy)
10pm ET 1st half of season “NYPD Blue” (no reruns)
2nd half of season “Blind Justice” (Blind cop drama)

Wednesdays …
8pm ET “Lost” (Plane crash survivors attempt to make a new life on a Pacific island)
9pm ET “The Bachelor”
10pm ET “Wife Swap” (Two wives swtich places)

Thursdays …
8pm ET “Extreme Makeover”
9pm ET “Life as we Know It” (Three teen boys come of age)
10pm ET “Primetime Live”

Friday …
8pm ET “8 Simple Rules”
8:30pm ET “Savages” (Single dad tries to teach rowdy sons domestic tasks)
9pm ET “Hope and Faith”
9:30pm ET “Less than Perfect”
10pm ET “20/20″

Sundays …
8pm ET “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
9pm ET 1st half of season “Desparate Housewives” (Dead housewife explores her world from the afterlife)
2nd half of season “Alias” (no reruns)
10pm ET “The Practice: Fleet Street” (David E. Kelley’s spin-off of The Practice with James Spader and William Shatner)

Well, ABC has the return of TGIF, more comedy on Tuesday nights, no reruns for “NYPD Blue” or Alias”, and some really cheesy new shows. Sounds about right.

The WB also announced their new fall lineup this week. I won’t torture you with the full line-up, but here are some highlights of their new shows:

“Jack and Bobby”, Sundays, 9pm ET, An eccentric single mother raises two teen boys, one of whom is destined to be president of the United States.

“Blue Collar TV”, Wednesdays, 9pm ET, Taking a “Blue Collar” perspective, each show begins with a standup routine by Jeff Foxworthy. The rest of the episode then continues with skits based on the them set up at the beginning.

“Commando Nanny”, Fridays 8:30pm ET, A 20-year-old ex-commando for the British Special Forces moves to Beverly Hills and takes a job as a nanny for three spoiled rich kids

Gotta love the WB!