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Friday and Saturday schedules

A look at Friday and Saturday night TV.

By ERIC DEGGANS
Published September 10, 2006

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	The small screen never looked so big In today's increasingly wired world, the threats to network television just keep growing. Their reality is ours When it comes to reality TV, fall was once the scarcest time of all. Daytime: a star, a chef and a shrink It sounds like the start to a bad joke, but really those are the highlights from this year's syndicated season, such as it is. When schedules collide: how to keep up We've all been there. Cable: more than the big four Cable TV used to cede the fall season to the networks, but look for some quality programs in the next few weeks. Debuts of new and returning shows Programs marked with an (n) are new series. Network affiliates Here are the Tampa Bay area affiliate stations for the national networks: Sunday schedule A look at Sunday night TV. Monday schedule A look at Monday night TV. Tuesday schedule A look at Tuesday night TV. Wednesday schedule A look at Wednesday night TV. Thursday schedule A look at Thursday night TV. Friday and Saturday schedules A look at Friday and Saturday night TV.

What else?

Men in Trees

9 p.m., ABC; special preview at 10 p.m. Tuesday, time period debut Friday.

Showbiz shorthand: Northern Exposure meets Moonlighting.

My take: Anne Heche is a relationship coach so smooth, you know she's getting her comeuppance before long. Sure enough, at a speaking engagement in Alaska, she discovers that her perfect fiance is cheating on her and that the isolated town, which boasts a 10-1 ratio of men to women (hence the title), is more than it seems. And if you need to ask whether her citified career girl will fall for the hunky forestry expert who saves her from falling in an icy lake, you haven't seen too many romantic comedies.

Will it survive? Too odd for female viewers and too mushy for men, this series may fall into a very large hole on Friday nights.

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