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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 | ||||||