TV OUTLOOK Expect more reruns

It’s a blizzard of reruns through December. But thanks to the writers strike, there won’t be much relief for your favorite fall shows even when January arrives. Of course, the networks plan lots of new programs, including loads of reality fare. And there will be fresh-scripted series that were ready before the strike began. Looks like that will have to occupy you until the strike is settled.

END IN SIGHT

There’s just one more new episode of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” (yet to be scheduled).

ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” has one new episode, likely airing in January.

NBC’s comedy “30 Rock” has one more fresh episode, as yet without an air date.

Just three new episodes of ABC’s “Ugly Betty” remain.

ABC’s “Samantha Who?” returns with three new episodes in January.

Fox has three new episodes of “House” slotted for early 2008, one of them after the Super Bowl broadcast.

STUCK IN REPEATS

NBC dramas “Heroes” and “Life” are kaput.

NBC’s “The Office” is closed for business, as is ABC’s “Private Practice.” “Big Bang Theory” has run dry, along with fellow CBS sitcoms “How I Met Your Mother,” “Two And a Half Men” and “Rules of Engagement.”

CBS’ “Crime Scene Investigation” trio, “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds,” “Without a Trace” and “Cold Case” are all in reruns.

The last of ABC’s new “Pushing Daisies” has aired.

WHO KNOWS WHEN

The planned January return of Fox’s “24” has been postponed indefinitely. Since only some of the series’ 24 episodes have been shot, Fox didn’t want to risk beginning a new season that might be interrupted.

MIDSEASON RELIEF

Fox’s “Family Guy” has scheduled a normal mix of new and repeat episodes at least through January. Even better, “The Simpsons” has a full season’s worth of episodes in store.

Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” will have a two-night premiere Jan. 13-14. This new drama, a reinvention of the “Terminator” film franchise, arrives with 13 episodes completed.

NBC’s “Law & Order” will have its season premiere Jan. 2, and “Medium” will return Jan. 7 with nine episodes in the can.

“The New Adventures of Old Christine” will be back Jan. 28 with at least eight episodes of this CBS sitcom, and the apocalyptic drama “Jericho” returns in February with seven episodes.

“Cashmere Mafia,” ABC’s new comedy-drama starring Lucy Liu, will arrive with seven episodes completed.

NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” with Brooke Shields, premieres Feb. 7.

Associated Press