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Midseason winter TV schedule 2012
Behold the broadcast primetime midseason schedule for December and January. Includes regular time-period premiere dates for Fox’s Alcatraz, NBC’s The Firm and 30 Rock, ABC’s The Bachelor and more:
MONDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 2 Broke Girls | Two and a Half Men | Mike & Molly | Hawaii Five-O | |
NBC | Who’s Still Standing (premieres 12/19) | Fear Factor (premieres 12/12, 8-10pm) | Rock Center with Brian Williams | |||
FOX | House | Alcatraz (premieres 1/16, 8-10pm) | ||||
ABC | The Bachelor (premieres 1/2) | Castle | ||||
CW | Gossip Girl | Hart of Dixie | ||||
TUESDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | NCIS | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unforgettable | |||
NBC | The Biggest Loser | Parenthood | ||||
FOX | Glee | New Girl | Raising Hope | |||
ABC | Last Man Standing | Work It (premieres 1/3) | Celebrity Wife Swap (premieres 1/3) | Body of Proof | ||
CW | 90210 | Ringer | ||||
WEDNESDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | Survivor | Criminal Minds | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | |||
NBC | Whitney (premieres 1/11 at new time) | Are You There, Chelsea? (premieres 1/11) | Harry’s Law | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ||
FOX | American Idol (premieres 1/18) | Mobbed (premieres 1/4) | ||||
ABC | The Middle | Suburgatory | Modern Family | Happy Endings | Revenge | |
CW | One Tree Hill (premieres 1/11) | Remodeled (premieres 1/18) | ||||
THURSDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | Rob (premieres 1/12) | Person of Interest | The Mentalist | ||
NBC | 30 Rock (premieres 1/12) | Parks and Recreation | The Office | Up All Night (premieres 1/12 at new time) | The Firm (premieres 1/8 from 9-11pm; 1/12 at new time) | |
FOX | American Idol Results Show (premieres 1/12) | The Finder (premieres 1/12) | ||||
ABC | Wipeout (premieres 1/5) | Grey’s Anatomy | Private Practice | |||
CW | The Vampire Diaries | The Secret Circle | ||||
FRIDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | A Gifted Man | CSI: NY | Blue Bloods | |||
NBC | Chuck | Grimm | Dateline | |||
FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | Fringe | ||||
ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 20/20 | ||||
CW | Nikita | Supernatural | ||||
SATURDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | Comedytime Saturday | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours Mystery | |||
NBC | Encore Programming | |||||
FOX | Cops | America’s Most Wanted / Encore Programming | ||||
ABC | Saturday Night Football/Specials | |||||
SUNDAY | ||||||
Time | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
CBS | 60 Minutes (at 7) / The Amazing Race | The Good Wife | CSI: Miami | |||
NBC | Football Night in America (Airs 7 – 8:15) NBC Sunday Night Football (Airs 8:15 – 11:30) | |||||
FOX | The Simpsons | Napolean Dynamite (premieres 1/15) | Family Guy | American Dad | ||
ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (at 7) / Once Upon a Time | Desperate Housewives | Pan Am | |||
KEY: ABC: PINK | CBS: BLUE | FOX: ORANGE | NBC: GREEN | CW: PURPLE Note: New shows highlighted in red | NT: New Time Slot |