The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
SATURDAY
8PM - 9PM
FOX
Cops
Season 25 premieres 1/7 at 8pm
SUNDAY
7PM - 8PM
NBC
Dateline NBC
Returns 1/8 at 7pm
8PM - 9PM
ABC
Once Upon a Time
Season 1 returns 1/8 at 8pm
CBS
Undercover Boss
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 3 premieres 1/15 at 8pm; starting 2/17, the show moves to FridaysInstead of sitting back and taking money baths, CEOs of big corporations don disguises and work the jobs in their own company that they wouldn't wish on their worst Fortune 500 enemy.
FOX
The Simpsons
Season 23 returns with new episodes 1/8 at 8pm
The Cleveland Show
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/8 at 8:30pm, then moves to its regular timeslot of 7:30pm beginning on 1/15
Napoleon Dynamite
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/15 at 8:30pmNapoleon Dynamite and his wacky friends do all sorts of goofy things in Idaho in this animated ode to the hit indie movie. Jon Heder will reprise his role as Napoleon and provide the voice for the TV show.
NBC
Harry's Law
NEW TIME! Season 2 returns with new episodes 3/4 at 8pm
DISCOVERY
Frozen Planet
NEW SERIES! Premieres in the U.S. 3/18 at 8pm
HBO
Luck
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/29 at 8pmThis horse-racing drama from David Milch and Michael Mann examines degenerate gamblers, corruption, and high-stakes business at a racetrack. It also features some of the most amazing horse-racing shots you'll ever see, unless you're a jockey. (HBO aired a preview of the pilot in December.)
9PM - 10PM
ABC
Desperate Housewives
Season 8 returns with new episodes 1/8 at 9pm
CBS
The Good Wife
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/15 at 9pm
FOX
Family Guy
Season 10 returns with new episodes 1/8 at 9pm
American Dad
Season 7 returns with new episodes 1/8 at 9:30pm
Bob's Burgers
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 3/11 at 9:30pmWe're big fans of this 'toon about a family that runs a burger joint. H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, and Kristen Schaal provide voices.
NBC
Celebrity Apprentice
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Premieres 2/12 at 9pmThe next group of participating entre-lebrities includes Debbie Gibson, Clay Aiken, Tia Carrere, Lou Ferrigno, Arsenio Hall, George Takei, Cheryl Tiegs, and Penn Gillette.
AMC
The Walking Dead
Season 2 returns 2/12 at 9pm
PBS
Downton Abbey
Season 2 premieres 1/8 at 9pm
SHOWTIME
Shameless
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 1/8 at 9pm
10PM - 11PM
ABC
GCB
NEW SERIES! Premieres 3/4 at 10pmIf you're looking for a saucy new page-turner but you're too lazy to actually turn pages, this drama from the new home of catty television features Texas-sized "oohs," "ahhs," and "where did she get those pumps?" Plus Kristin Chenoweth!
CBS
CSI: Miami
Season 10 returns 1/8 at 10pm
AMC
Comic Men
NEW SERIES! Premieres 2/12 at 10pmThis docudrama, formerly known as Secret Stash, follows the goings-on at Kevin Smith's New Jersey comic-book store.
HBO
Angry Boys
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/1 at 10pmThe latest from Summer Heights High creator Chris Lilley.
Eastbound & Down
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 3 premieres 2/19 at 10pmLife's Too Short
NEW SERIES! Premieres 2/19 at 10:30pm
SHOWTIME
House of Lies
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/8 at 10pmCalifornication
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 5 premieres 1/8 at 10:30pm
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
MONDAY
DAYTIME
ABC
The Revolution
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/16 at 2pmThis talk show about heath and lifestyle and healthy lifestyles airs in the afternoon, so you can think about the advice you heard on the show over a pitcher of margaritas and chocolate-chili-cheese-waffle nachos at happy hour.
8PM - 9PM
ABC
The Bachelor
Season 16 premieres 1/2 at 8pmThis time it's Ben Flajnik, the guy who got his heart crushed by whatshername in the last edition of The Bachelorette, who will have two dozen women vying for the right to become the woman Ben eventually takes his rejection out on. All in dazzling locales!
Dancing With the Stars
Season 14 premieres 3/19 at 8pmThe cast hasn't been announced yet, but probably will be soon during an episode of The Bachelor.
CBS
How I Met Your Mother
Season 7 returns with new episodes 1/2 at 8pm
2 Broke Girls
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/2 at 8:30pm
FOX
House
New Time! Season 8 returns with new episodes 1/23 at 8pmThis is probably the last bit of Hugh Laurie you'll see on your television screen for quite some time, so enjoy it. Doctor's orders.
NBC
The Voice
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres post-Super Bowl on 2/5, then settles into its regular timeslot on 2/6 at 8pmNBC's hit swivel-chair competition returns to shockingly grade singers according to their voices rather than their choice of hair product or their shimmy-shake. Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton return as judges.
THE CW
Gossip Girl
Season 5 returns with new episodes 1/16 at 8pm
ABC FAMILY
Pretty Little Liars
Season 2 returns 1/2 at 8pm
9PM - 10PM
CBS
Two and a Half Men
Season 9 returns with new episodes 1/2 at 9pm
Mike & Molly
Season 2 returns with new episodes 1/2 at 9:30pm
FOX
Alcatraz
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/16 at 8pm; subsequent episodes will air at 9pmThe latest show with producer J.J. Abrams' name attached is a thriller that centers on the 1960s disappearance and modern-day reappearance of a few hundred inmates and guards at the island prison. Jorge Garcia stars as an Alcatraz expert who looks exactly like Lost's Hurley. Also starring: Sam Neill, Sarah Jones, Parminder Nagra. (Note: The series premiere is two hours long.)
Touch
NEW SERIES! Special preview event airs 1/25 at 9pm; the show premieres for realsies on 3/19 at 9pmThis is when we find out whether Tim Kring is the man who created the enjoyable first season of Heroes, or the man who created its unwatchable second season and beyond. Kiefer Sutherland stars as a man who discovers that his mute son has the ability to predict the future. (Note: Fox will air a special preview of Touch on 1/25 after American Idol.)
THE CW
Hart of Dixie
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/23 at 9pmABC FAMILY
The Lying Game
Season 1 returns 1/2 at 9pm
BRAVO
It's a Brad, Brad World
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/2 at 9pmFormer Rachel Zoe Project personality Brad Goreski tries to make it in the fashion world after striking out on his own.
SYFY
Being Human
Season 2 premieres 1/16 at 9pm
10PM - 11PM
ABC
Castle
Season 4 returns with new episodes 1/9 at 10pm
CBS
Hawaii Five-0
Season 2 returns with new episodes 1/2 at 10pm
NBC
Smash
NEW SERIES! Premieres 2/6 at 10pmThere's lots of buzz about this anticipated musical drama about the making of a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe. It'll have singing, drama, more singing, and even more singing until you purchase the soundtrack. Former American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee stars as a country girl who wows producers, Debra Messing plays the show's writer, and Anjelica Huston is the grumpy Broadway producer.
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
TUESDAY
8PM - 9PM
ABC
Last Man Standing
Season 1 returns 1/3 at 8pmWork It
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/3 at 8:30pmThis is not a joke: Two men pretend to be women in order to get jobs in the pharmaceutical business (sound like an old show you've heard of before?). If Billy Joel does the theme song, I give up. Starring Amaury Nolasco, Ben Koldyke, and Rebecca Mader.
CBS
NCIS
Season 9 returns with new episodes 1/3 at 8pm
FOX
Glee
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/17 at 8pmBreaking In
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 3/6 at 8:30pmThe comedy, which was canceled and then un-canceled, gets a second shot at life. Starring Christian Slater and Bret Harrison, it follows a computer security team that may or may not be good at its job. Megan Mullally, who is as funny as her name is to say, joins the cast as the new boss.
NBC
The Biggest Loser
Season 13 premieres 1/3 at 8pm
THE CW
90210
Season 4 returns with new episodes 1/17 at 8pm
ABC FAMILY
Switched at Birth
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/3 at 8pm
9PM - 10PM
ABC
Celebrity Wife Swap
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/3 at 9pmBottom-of-the-barrel "celebrities" participate in this social experiment that sends the matriarch of one family to live with another family, and vice versa. Among the folks in the cast: Tracey Gold, Flavor Flav, Gary Busey, Dee Snider, Tina Yothers. Like I said, "celebrities."
The River
NEW SERIES! Premieres 2/7 at 9pmA found-footage horror show on network TV? Zoinks! Consider us excited about this search for a missing TV personality in the Amazon as it's being conducted by a rescue team that always has its camcorders on, even while they're being eaten by crocodiles.
Dancing With the Stars Results
Season 14's results segment premieres 3/20 at 9pmYou watched last night's episode, so you may as well tune in tonight to see who won.
CBS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/3 at 9pm
FOX
New Girl
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/17 at 9pmRaising Hope
Season 2 returns with new episodes on 1/17 at 9:30pm
Ringer
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/31 at 9pm
ABC FAMILY
Jane by Design
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/3 at 9pmTeen Jane is mistaken for an adult and lands a job as an assistant at a big-time fashion business. How will Jane juggle her professional life, her high-school life, the handsy guy from accounting, the super-cute high-school quarterback, the lunch meeting with the Johnson account, fourth period's pop quiz, lunch money, a 401k, and her family? Our guess: a Big Gulp-sized 5-Hour Energy Drink!
10PM - 11PM
ABC
Body of Proof
Season 2 returns with new episodes on 1/3 at 10pm
CBS
Unforgettable
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/3 at 10pm
NBC
Parenthood
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/3 at 10pmFashion Star
NEW SERIES! Premieres 3/13 at 9pm, regular one-hour eps begin 3/20 at 10pmElle Macpherson hosts this fashion competition that is in no way a rip-off of Project Runway except that it totally is, in every conceivable way.
COMEDY CENTRAL
Tosh.0
Season 4 premieres 1/31 at 10pmKey & Peele
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/31 at 10:30pmTwo comedians we don't know much about get their own racially charged sketch show. Look out, white people!
FX
Justified
Season 3 premieres 1/17 at 10pm
TNT
Southland
Season 4 premieres 1/17 at 10pm
USA
White Collar
Season 3 returns 1/17 at 10pm
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
WEDNESDAY
8PM - 9PM
ABC
The Middle
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/4 at 8pmSuburgatory
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/4 at 8:30pm
CBS
Survivor
Season 24 premieres 2/15 at 8pm
FOX
American Idol
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 11 premieres 1/18 at 8pmThe singing sensation is looking to build on its Simon-free resurgence, with new judges J-Lo and Steven Tyler leading the way. Two-hour episodes begin February 15.
NBC
Whitney
NEW NIGHT/TIME! Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/11 at 8pmAre You There, Chelsea?
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/11 at 8:30pmBased on the book Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea by late-night raunch-mistress Chelsea Handler, this comedy stars Laura Prepon as a sexed-up woman in her 20s who works at a bar and gets her heels stuck in the hanging martini-glass rack. Also starring: Chelsea Handler, Jake McDorman, Lenny Clarke.
THE CW
One Tree Hill
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 9 premieres 1/11 at 8pmIt's the final season for the long-running soap about love and basketball! Sad face. Chad Michael Murray, who was kicked off the show so the network could save cash, will return for a special appearance.
9PM - 10PM
ABC
Modern Family
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/4 at 9pmHappy Endings
Season 2 returns with new episodes 1/4 at 9:30pm
CBS
Criminal Minds
Season 7 returns with new episodes 1/18 at 9pm
FOX
Mobbed
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 begins 1/4 at 9pmThis reality show is about flash mobs and is hosted by Howie Mandel, and that's really all you need to know about that.
NBC
Rock Center with Brian Williams
NEW NIGHT! New episodes resume 2/8 at 9pm
THE CW
Remodeled
NEW SERIES! Premieres Tuesday, 1/17 at 9pm, then settles into its normal Wednesday time period starting 2/1 at 9pmThis reality show follows modeling expert Paul Fisher as he brings together several small agencies to form "The Network." But really, this show looks like what garbage throws out.
10PM - 11PM
ABC
Revenge
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/4 at 10pm
CBS
CSI
Season 12 returns with new episodes 1/18 at 10pm
NBC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 13 returns with new episodes 1/11 at 10pm
SYFY
Face Off
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 1/11 at 10pmThis competitive reality show gathers wannabe Hollywood makeup effects artists and puts 'em through the gauntlet of creating zombies, fairytales characters, and other creatures. Also, it's surprisingly good.
COMEDY CENTRAL
South Park
Season 15 premieres 3/14 at 10pm
USA
Royal Pains
Season 4 premieres 1/18 at 10pm
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
THURSDAY
8PM - 9PM
ABC
Winter Wipeout
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Special run starting 1/5 at 8pmReally, this show is just an excuse to laugh while people send themselves to the hospital. But this time, there's fake snow.
Missing
NEW SERIES! Premieres 3/15 at 8pmAfter her son goes, ahem, MISSING while on an internship in Europe, a mother sets out to search for him. But she's not a minivan-driving, brownie-baking, quilt-stitching stay-at-home housewife. She's ex-CIA. And she's Ashley Judd.
CBS
The Big Bang Theory
Season 5 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 8pmRob
NEW SERIES! Series debuts on 1/12 at 8:30pmRob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) returns to television as a white guy who marries a sexy Mexican-American woman, and, consequently, her large and boisterous family. If we're lucky, Rob will eat something really, really spicy, thus comically illustrating the chasm between two cultures.
FOX
Bones
Season 7 returns with a single new episode on 1/12 at 8pm, then goes back on hiatus until later in the spring (date is still TBD)American Idol
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 11's first results show premieres 1/19 at 8pm
NBC
30 Rock
MIDSEASON ADDITION! NEW TIME! Season 6 premieres 1/12 at 8pmTina Fey had unprotected sex, so this season was delayed a bit while the resulting baby genius formed in her womb. In its return, the show leads off NBC's comedy block in place of our beloved Community. How will the 8 o'clock crowd react to Fey's witty witticisms?
Parks and Recreation
Season 4 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 8:30pm
THE CW
The Vampire Diaries
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/5 at 8pm
9PM - 10PM
ABC
Grey's Anatomy
Season 8 returns with new episodes 1/5 at 9pm
CBS
Person of Interest
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 9pm
FOX
The Finder
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/12 at 9pmThis Bones spin-off is based on The Locator series of books and stars Geoff Stults as Walter Sherman, a man with the talent of being able to find anything. He's like a living, breathing Bing, except more people use him.
NBC
The Office
Season 8 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 9pmUp All Night
NEW NIGHT/TIME! Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 9:30pm
THE CW
The Secret Circle
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/5 at 9pm
LIFETIME
Project Runway
Season 10 premieres 1/5 at 9pm
10PM - 11PM
ABC
Private Practice
Season 5 returns with new episodes 1/5 at 10pm
CBS
The Mentalist
Season 4 returns with new episodes 1/12 at 10pm
NBC
The Firm
NEW SERIES! Two-hour series premiere airs Sunday, 1/8; regular Thursday-night episodes debut 1/12 at 10pmRemember that movie The Firm starring Tom Cruise? Or that book featuring that guy who you imagined looked a lot like Tom Cruise? This show is kind of like those, except it takes place 10 years later, it's on your television, and there will be no Tom Cruise. Josh Lucas stars.
FX
Archer
Season 3 returns with new episodes 1/19 at 10pmUnsupervised
NEW SERIES! Premieres 1/19 at 10:30pmFrom some people who drew Archer and wrote It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, this new 'toon follows two kids who live in a house with no adults.
MTV
Jersey Shore
Season 5 premieres 1/5 at 10pmThe kids are back in Jersey this time, so the rest of the world is safe.
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
The dawn of 2012 means it's time for TV to get back to work! But with schedules shifting all over the place to make room for new midseason series, it's difficult to keep track of when and where your favorite shows will air. That's why we're here. We've sorted through the mess of jumbled network press releases, cryptic announcements, and word-of-mouth to assemble this beast of a midseason schedule. You're welcome.
(Note: This should be used as a general guide. Schedules are subject to change, and they probably will.)
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
FRIDAY
8PM - 9PM
ABC
Shark Tank
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 3 premieres 2/3 at 8pmIn this Mark Burnett reality competition, aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to potential investors looking for the next Pet Rock or Squirrel Underpants.
CBS
A Gifted Man
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/6 at 8pm
FOX
Kitchen Nightmares
Season 5 returns with new episodes 1/13 at 8pm
NBC
Who Do You Think You Are?
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 2/3 at 8pm
Lisa Kudrow produces this genealogy show that sees celebrities discover that their great, great, great grandparents owned slaves.
Chuck
Season 5 wraps up with a two-hour series finale on 1/27 at 8pm
The CW
Nikita
Season 2 returns with new episodes 1/6 at 8pm
9PM - 10PM
CBS
CSI: NY
Season 8 returns with new episodes 1/6 at 9pm
FOX
Fringe
Season 4 returns with new episodes 1/13 at 9pm
NBC
Grimm
Season 1 returns with new episodes 1/13 at 9pm
The CW
Supernatural
Season 7 returns with new episodes 1/6 at 9pm
10PM - 11PM
CBS
Blue Bloods
Season 2 returns with new episodes 1/6 at 10pm
IFC
Portlandia
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Season 2 premieres 1/6 at 10:30pm
Fred and Carrie explore the weirdo characters of Portland (and other progressive and unique cultures) in this sketch comedy that birthed the safe word "Cacao!"
STARZ
Spartacus: Vengeance
MIDSEASON ADDITION! Premieres 1/27 at 10pm
A new era of Spartacus begins after the tragic death of star Andy Whitfield. Liam McIntyre takes over the lead role.
| SAT/SUN | MON | TUES | WED | THU | FRI |
What will YOU be watching this midseason? Share your personal viewing schedule in the comments!
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