Inherited shows fill CW lineup

WITH an eye on its targeted 18- to 34-year-old audience, the CW is bringing back a full slate of UPN and WB shows for its September launch as well as ordering two new dramas and a comedy spinoff series.

The network will fill its Monday lineup with a block of African American comedies, with Chris Rock’s “Everybody Hates Chris” moving from its Thursday spot to start the night off at 8 p.m. “All About Us” and “Girlfriends” will keep their 8:30 and 9 p.m. slots, to be followed by the “Girlfriends” spinoff “The Game.”

Also returning will be “America’s Next Top Model,” “Beauty and the Geek,” “Gilmore Girls,” “WWE: Smackdown!” “Smallville,” “One Tree Hill,” “7th Heaven,” “Veronica Mars” and “Supernatural.”

The network’s two new dramas will be “Runaway,” about a family that goes on the lam after its patriarch is convicted of murder, and “Palm Springs,” a prime-time soap opera with Sharon Lawrence.

Meanwhile, Fox today will be picking up four new dramas and three comedies:

“Primary” -- a drama about two hostage negotiators, a man and a woman, who have the added tension of being attracted to each other.

“Vanished” -- a broad political conspiracy surrounds the mysterious disappearance of a senator’s wife.

“American Crime” -- a drama starring Victor Garber that follows attorneys who take high-profile cases.

“The Wedding Album” -- an anthology series starring Bruno Campos about a wedding photographer and the woman he works with.

“Happy Hour” -- a buddy comedy about two noncomplementary men in Chicago. One’s been damaged by love, the other’s been blinded by it.

“Til Death” -- Joely Fisher comedy about two couples at different stages of their marriages.

“The Winner” -- a successful man in his 40s looks back at his life as a neurotic 32-year-old who still lived with his parents.

Leaving the Fox lineup will be “Killer Instinct,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Reunion” and “That ‘70s Show.”

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From Times staff reports