As fall's new shows begin to feel stale, a whole new group of series step in to make the airwaves shine again! Check out our schedule of 2009 midseason replacements, complete with video previews and more! Keep coming back; we're adding more content as it is released.
The Bachelor
Monday, January 5 at 8 p.m.
The Bachelor is back, and this time he's Jason Mesnick, a handsome single dad who was heartbreakingly rejected by DeAnna Pappas in the season finale of The Bachelorette. Let's hope Jason has better luck this time around!
Check out a preview of Scrubs!
Scrubs
Tuesday, January 6 at 8 p.m.
Scrubs is back, and it has moved to ABC for its sure-to-be-quirky eight season! Tune in for a premiere featuring guest star Courteney Cox as Dr. Maddox, a gorgeous but unethical doctor who has arrived to replace Dr. Kelso.
Lost
Wednesday, January 21 at 8 p.m.
Lost returns with a recap special at 8 and a supersized season premiere at 9! Tonight, several of the Oceanic Six gang decide they must return to the island to take care of some unfinished business.
Check out a preview of Lost!
Castle
Monday, March 9 at 10 p.m.
Richard Castle, a successful mystery writer, has just killed off his main character--but now a real murderer is mimicking the crimes detailed in Castle's books, and the writer must help the NYPD trail and trap the killer.
Cupid
Tuesday, March 24 at 10 p.m.
Get ready for the resurrection of Cupid, Rob Thomas' failed 1998 series about a man who believes he is Cupid himself, sent to Earth with the task of matching 100 happy couples without the aid of magic.
The Unusuals
Wednesday, April 8 at 10 p.m.
This new "comedic procedural" follows Casey Schrager, an undercover vice detective whose devotion to honesty lands her a spot on the homicide squad.
Comments (197)
Dollhouse on FOX, Castle on ABC, Harper's Island on CBS. The only 3 with a decent sounding premise. Back to watching 24 again after a looooooooong wait! Naturally NOTHING BUT CRAP on NBC and CW. Fell asleep during episodes of LOST last time so I've completely given up on that show.
So many great shows starting up in January. I'm especially excited about Big Love, 24 and Scrubs.http://www.joeonthetube.com
I'm sooo looking forward to new episodes of Medium. It's about time!!
I'm very happy that they brought Flashpoint back!! I'm also glad that 24, Lost, & Kyle XY are back. I'll definitely try Lie To Me and Castle (HEY! Castle's got Nathan Fillion!). I'll give The Unususuals and Dollhouse a try. I'm trying Dollhouse because it's Joss Whedon, but I'm afraid it will be a litlle too dark for my tastes. Wow, nothing on NBC.
Haper's Island on CBS sounds great!
Interesting plotline...
Cupid and Castle doesnt sound promising...
I can't wait for another season of Lost!! And Dollhouse should be great as well, Eliza Dushku is a great actress and I'm excited to see her in this new role. Plus, anything Joss Whedon makes turns out to be great.
Can't wait for Dollhouse !
24 & Flashpoint!!! Thanks CBS for being smart & bringing Flashpoint back! 'bout time Fox! - been too long without 24! As for the other networks - do they even have anything worth watching?!? Haven't seen anything yet. CBS, & Fox seem to be the only channels outside of Cable that have good programs (Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary, the Closer)! I'm with the others - gag the reality nonsense already!!!
Who has the patience to watch any of these shows? 24 weeks, one episode at a time, generously chopped up by 8 hours worth of commercials...wait a few months, see if it gets good reviews, download the dvd, watch it over a weekend.
King16x right why did they not include Kyle XY it a brilliant show cant wait till the 12th January 2009.
Most looking forward to Lost, 24 and Reaper should be good. I like Joss Whedon's work so I will check out Dollhouse and The new season of Nip / Tuck. (The Premiere of the new nip/tuck was good).
I've not even watched NBC for several years the shows have been so bad!
Where's Merlin? I thought NBC was going to show this BBC series, which is pretty good.
Enough with the reality shows!!!
tv.com forgot to include Kyle XY as one of the midseason replacements.
Also like the Medium. Great show. Keep it going.
Dollhouse and Castle..
...Lost and scrubs
Biggest anticipated midseasoner for me is of course Medium---I've loved that show from the beginning. Since my Fridays are fairly open, I'm going to check out Dollhouse (Thank you CBS for helping me vacate this timeslot so I could see this premiere :D). If I end up watching any "reality" shows its going to be because someone else in the household watches it. I could care less otherwise (I truly detest reality shows for killing real shows) Only paying attention to the Lost premiere date cause another in the household is anticipating the show's return. Last but not least: I hope this is the last season of American Idol. I'm so sick of it that it makes my ears ring just to think about it.
I'm looking forward to a number of these shows
Anyone wanna start a pool on how long it takes for "Cupid" to be canceled?
when is the Simpsons returning?
uhhh...where's Friday Night Lights?
Howie Do It is one of the dumbest things i've ever seen. ever...
Dollhouse on Fridays? That can't be a good sign...
Dollhouse and medium are the ones I am looking forward to. Also will be tuning into Lost. Might give Castle a try as I like Nathan Fillion.
cant wait for Reaper, hopefully season two doesnt isnt its last.
Can't wait for Scrubs, BSG, and Dollhouse!!!
I can not WAIT for LOST! I have been watching reruns online since it went off air! Thank you ABC for keeping them online and for bringing it back. Hopefully they also put the new ones on line too!!!!! WHOOOOHOOOO LOST!!!
Scrubs, coming back! Best show out of all these, yes. Is gonna be awesome because they just realized the show was doing pretty bad lately, now they decided to make it as the earlier seasons again. You gotta check it out, or don't watch TV at all!
There are a lot of good shows coming as midseason replacements but I am most excited about Scrubs. I cannot wait!
Looks like 24 and Lost are the only 2 watchable shows. This confirms that the networks don't think or don't care that the viewers can't stand all of these cheap reality shows. Let them save their money and force me to give up on network TV (along with a vast majority of viewers) and switch to watching movies and good shows on cable. The only good reality show is the NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol mike_10009, Lost is NOW answering all the questions it started in season1, just like a mystery novel that requires you to take it all in stride and as a reward they throw the answers LATER in your face when you least expect it.
Honestly, though, the true suckfest? NBC.
Cupid (I loved Veronica Mars, so give me a break), Harper's Island (so long as it ends after episode 13), DOLLHOUSSSSSSSSSSE, Damages (but if they don't start answering questions, I'm giving up just on it like the suckfest that "Lost" turned into without any story direction or continuity), Battlestar Galactica, and (finally!) Reaper.
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost!
Where is Burn Notice? I thought it was premiering in January as well.
When is law and ordwer CI coming back on?
Lost, Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse . . . well, I guess I have to wait. Just have to make sure it's on the ole dvr's season pass.
I most looking forward to the return of battlestar Galactica and the start of Dollhouse.
I'm excited about Dollhouse.Lost is so boring, I don't understand why people watch it. :)
The only one I'm really excited about is Lost, but a few of the new shows might be interesting. Kings has the potential to be horrible -- I can't imagine network TV these days (especially the network that gave us garbage like Will & Grace, among others) doing a faithful presentation of any Biblical subject, although I'd like to be wrong about this. Scrubs jumped the shark a few seasons back, and BSG is overrated, Reaper is okay, all so-called "reality" shows (if they know the camera's on them, it's not reality, folks, and if they don't know, then it's an invasion of privacy) should be dumped, or at least moved over to one of the many worthless cable channels, for example, Lifetime or Bravo.
No mention of Monk of Burn Notice. They are great shows.
I love Battlestar. Can't wait for Reaper and Big Love. Not on the list, Saving Grace. It will be back in March.
I'm ready for the returns of Scrubs and Reaper. I can't wait to see Lie to Me, Hell's Kitchen and 13: Fear is Real.
Can't wait to check out The Dollhouse, and really looking forward to the return of Reaper, Battlestar Galactica, Big Love and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Kyle XY is missing! The show is returning on Monday January 12, on Abc Family=D
They forgot Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family
Some cool stuff, nothing too special.