Countdown to The Upfronts

It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen: we're just days away from the start of the annual network upfronts. NBC is scheduled to be first out of the box, with its upfront presentation scheduled for Monday (May 14) at 3:00pm. ABC unveils its lineup on Tuesday at 4, followed by CBS on Wednesday, The CW on Thursday, and Fox on Friday.

With the official word on Fall lineups only a few days away, here are a few of the things that I've been hearing this week (and remember, between now and next week, anything can change!):


- NBC has renewed the low-rated Friday Night Lights

- NBC has given pick-up orders to The Bionic Woman remake, a time-traveling Journeyman, Chuck the spy, and and cop drama Life

- Heroes... Thursdays at 10?

- CBS is considering a switch of Shark from Thursdays to Tuesdays

- CBS is considering the post-CSI slot on Thursday for the new Jimmy Smits drama Los Duques

- Both How I Met Your Mother and Old Christine will live to see another Fall

- The Amazing Race will likely lose its Sunday-night slot, but could still renewed

- Jericho is a goner

- ABC is looking strongly at Cashmere Mafia and Dirty Sexy Money

- ABC appears to be high on Christina Applegate's new comedy Sam I Am, maybe for Monday

- Wednesdays are looking more and more like the home of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off

- ABC will give Notes From the Underbelly another chance

- Lost returns in February... on Tuesdays?

- Fox is thiiiiiis close to a second-season pick-up of Brad Garrett's Til Death, possibly pairing it with the new Kelsey Grammar/Patricia Heaton comedy Back to You


Please remember to keep in mind that the upfronts are still a whole four days away, and in the world of television programming, four days is an eternity... and therefore anything can still happen. Except for a renewal of ABC's Great American Dream Vote, that is. No amount of time in the world could save that dog.