Last updated: January 22, 2006.
Here is the list of new shows that premiered in Fall 2005 (i.e. in the '05-'06 TV season). (Note: I will not be listing known '05-'06 Mid-Season shows...)
I'm listing them by network, with some descriptions of the new shows, and some of the lead stars (when known). (Note: A 'Leads & Cast' list of "[unknown]" means that either the cast is not known to me, or the cast is made up of unknowns! (i.e. the actors and actresses involved are people I have never heard of before)...)
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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Commander-in-Chief Geena Davis, drama from Rob Lurie: Davis plays a Vice-President
Kyle Secor, who unexpectedly assumes the Presidency.
Caitlin Wachs Wackiness ensues.
Freddie Freddie Prinze Jr., sitcom: Prinze plays bachelor chef who takes in his
Brian A. Green, sister, sister-in-law, niece and grandmother,
Jacqueline Obradors thus cramping his bachelor lifestyle.
*Hot Properties Gail O'Grady, sitcom: Three women who run a Manhattan real estate
Nicole Sullivan office must deal with 4th woman who's their new partner.
Invasion William Fichtner, skiffy drama: After a huge storm, strange events befall
Eddie Cibrian a Florida town, prompting theories that aliens have
Kari Matchett invaded the place.
*[The] Night Stalker Stuart Townsend, skiffy drama: revisionist take on the Skiffy cult classic
Gabrielle Union about a reporter who investigates the supernatural.
* Already cancelled!
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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Close to Home Jennifer Finnigan, drama: New wife and mother works as an aggressive
Christian Kane, prosecutor.
Criminal Minds Mandy Patinkin, procedural drama: About group of "mind hunters" - the
Thomas Gibson elite squad of profilers in the FBI's Behavioral
Lola Glaudini Analysis Unit.
Ghost Whisperer Jenn. Love Hewitt, skiffy drama: CBS's version of "Medium" - Skiffy drama
David Conrad about psychic newlywed who communes with the dead.
How I Met Your Mother Neil Patr. Harris, sitcom: Father recounts the flashbacked tale of how
Alyson Hannigan he met the love of his life.
Out of Practice Henry Winkler, sitcom: Family of overachieving M.D.'s attempts
Stockard Channing to "deal" with son/brither who is "just"
Christopher Gorham a psychologist.
*Threshold Carla Gugino, skiffy drama: When it appears that aliens are coming
Charles S. Dutton to Earth, an expert team must prepare for "First
Brent Spiner Contact" with them.
* Already cancelled!
NOTE: FOX has maintained its 3-track premiere schedule for its shows.
See the Summer Shows page for shows that premiered before Sept.
(e.g. The Inside). FOX shows that premiere in Jan. 2006 will
be handled in the Mid-Seasons show guide for '05-'06.
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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Bones Emily Deschanel, forensics drama: Inspired by real-life forensic
David Boreanaz anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs.
*Head Cases Chris O'Donnell, legal drama: post-nervous breakdown lawyer partners
Adam Goldberg up with a low-rent lawyer he knows from the loony bin.
*Killer Instinct Johnny Messner, cop drama: Veteran cop with the San Francisco
(aka. The Gate, Kristin Lehman, Police Department's Deviant Crime Unit takes on
Deviant Behavior) Chi McBride new rookie partner.
*Kitchen Confidential Bradley Cooper, sitcom: Recovering addict chef takes over as
Bonnie Somerville the head chef at a top New York restaurant - and
Nicholas Brendon, he has just 24 hours to put together his new team!
John Cho
*Reunion Chyler Leigh, drama: Each episode covers one year in the lives of
Will Estes, 6 friends, from High School through their 20 year
Amanda Righetti reunion - when/where one of them gets murdered.
The War at Home Michael Rapaport, sitcom: Previously wild adults attempt to keep their
Anita Barone teen kids in line.
* Already cancelled!
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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*The Apprentice: (contestants) reality: Guess...
Martha Stewart
E-ring Benjamin Bratt, drama: About people who work in the Pentagon
Dennis Hopper
*Inconceivable Ming-Na (Wen), medical drama: About the people who work in a fertility
Angie Harmon, clininc, and the patients they encounter.
Jonathan Cake
My Name Is Earl Jason Lee, sitcom: Lee plays low-rent crook who vows to reform
Jaime Pressly after winning lottery.
Surface Lake Bell, skiffy drama: Strange, beautiful creatures are discovered
(aka. Fathom) Rade Serbedzija in the oceans, and they may just be aliens. But are
Leighton Meester they friendly, or hostile?...
*Three Wishes (contestants) reality: Amy Grant grants people's wishes.
* Effectively cancelled!
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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Everybody Hates Chris Tyler Williams, sitcom: Inspired by the childhood of comedian
Terry Crews Chris Rock.
Love, Inc. Shannen Doherty, sitcom: Woman, and her friends, run a
Holly Robinson full-service dating consultant business.
Peete
*Sex, Love and Secrets Denise Richards, drama: Complex relationships of a tight-knit group
(aka. Sex, Lies Eric Balfour of friends who live in Silver Lake
and Secrets) Tamara Taylor (Los Angeles-area), California.
* Already cancelled!
New Show Title Leads & Cast Comments
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*Just Legal Jay Baruchel, legal drama: Young adult law school prodigy is taken
Don Johnson under the wing of an "old salt" ambulance chaser.
Related Jennifer Esposito, family drama: 4 adults sisters live, work and love
Lizzy Caplan, in New York City.
Kiele Sanchez
Supernatural Jensen Ackles, skiffy drama: "The X-Files meets Route 66" - two brothers
Jared Padalecki drive America to find why their mom mysteriously died.
Twins Sara Gilbert, sitcom: 'Brains' squares off against 'beauty' in two
Molly Stanton, twin sisters. Wacky parents look on.
Melanie Griffith,
Mark Linn-Baker
* Already cancelled!
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