Canada's Must-See Schedule: CTV Mid-Season Lineup Revealed

    
           - Season's biggest events return: THE GOLDEN GLOBES(R),
                   SUPER BOWL XLIII(R) and THE OSCARS(R) -
          - Final season of LOST is found on CTV beginning Feb. 2 -
           - AMERICAN IDOL returns Tuesday and Wednesday nights -
              - New series HUMAN TARGET debuts on CTV Jan. 15 -
          - TWO AND A HALF MEN and THE BIG BANG THEORY in hour-long
                          CTV comedy block Jan. 4 -
    

TORONTO , Dec. 17 /CNW/ - As CTV's No. 1 Fall season comes to a close, the network announced today its midseason, pre-Olympic Games lineup featuring Canada's most-watched television series and biggest broadcasting events. The blockbuster lineup kicks off the week of January 4 with a new Monday night comedy block of television's hit comedies, TWO AND A HALF MEN at 9 p.m. ET and THE BIG BANG THEORY at 9:30 p.m. ET , followed by the return of America's No. 1 series AMERICAN IDOL featuring new judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday, January 12 at 8 p.m. ET and Wednesday, January 13 at 8 p.m. ET . Also returning are Top 10 hits GREY'S ANATOMY ( January 14 at 9 p.m. ET ), THE MENTALIST ( January 14 at 10 p.m. ET ), and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ( January 3 at 9 p.m. ET ).

Book-ending the schedule is the final season of LOST, which returns with a gripping, two-hour episode on Tuesday, February 2 at 9 p.m. ET . New to the schedule, adventure drama HUMAN TARGET premieres on a special day, Friday, January 15 at 10 p.m. ET before moving to its regular timeslot, Mondays at 8 p.m. ET beginning January 18, 2010 . See "schedule" below for a night-by-night listing of programming. Visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times.

The mid-season schedule is a warm-up to the biggest television event of the year, the VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES. The broadcast schedule for the 2010 Winter Games will be revealed January 11, 2010 .

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Highlights from CTV's Pre-Olympic Games schedule:

* It's a new hour-long Comedy block on CTV as America's favourite comedies TWO AND A HALF MEN and THE BIG BANG THEORY move to CTV from /A\, beginning January 4

* The 67th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS(R) launch award season January 17

* SUPER BOWL XLIV(R) kicks-off February 7

* Coming off one of its most successful seasons ever and consistently ranking among the Top 10 programs in television, THE AMAZING RACE returns with cycle 16 this Winter.

* Catch all-new episodes from hit series CSI: MIAMI , LAW & ORDER: SVU, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, CSI, GREY'S ANATOMY, THE MENTALIST and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.

* Following the Olympic Games, buzz continues to build for THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS(R) March 7

To view the complete release, please click here: http://ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=11997&yyyy=2009

For further information: Amanda Rinaldo, CTV Inc., [phone] or [email protected]; Renée Horton, CTV Inc., [phone] or [email protected]