Notable television shows coming soon, arranged by season premier date (all times Eastern):

Portlandia – A Peabody Award-winning satiric sketch comedy series, set and filmed in (and near) Portland, Oregon; much of the show focuses on parodying stereotypical Portland residents, their attitudes, and behavior.

Premier: January 4, 2013 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 3rd season (IFC); starring Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Kyle MacLachlan

 

The Biggest Loser – Jillian Michaels returns with a big, bold mission: to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic head-on by featuring kid participants (ages 13-17) for the first time ever in addition to adult contestants.

Premier: January 6, 2013 (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 14th season (NBC); starring Bob Harper, Alison Sweeney, Jillian Michaels

 

The Bachelor – Insurance agent Sean Lowe was the last contestant eliminated by Emily Maynard in the most recent edition of The Bachelorette. Now he gets to play the decision maker, as 25 lovely ladies vie for his affections

Premier: January 7, 2013 @8 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 17th season (ABC); starring Chris Harrison, Sean Lowe

 

Justified – Old-school U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky.

Premier: January 8, 2013 @10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (FX); starring Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, and Joelle Carter

 

Cougar Town – A recently divorced woman in her forties faces the often humorous challenges, pitfalls, and rewards of life’s next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and wine-loving friends who together make up her dysfunctional but caring extended family

Premier: January 8, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (TBS); starring Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Josh Hopkins

 

1600 Penn – A single camera television comedy series about an everyday American family which is average in just about every way – except for one thing: they live in the White House.

Premier: January 10, 2013 (series premier)

Details: The show’s first season (NBC); starring Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman, Robbie Amell, Courtney Carini, Adam Shapiro

 

Girls – A comedy-drama about the experiences of a close group of girls in their early 20’s as they chart their lives in bustling, professionally and socially competitive New York City.

Premier: January 13, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s  season (HBO); starring Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Adam Driver, Jemima Kirke

 

Enlightened – A self-destructive woman experiences a spiritual awakening and becomes determined to live an enlightened life, creating havoc at home and work.

Premier: January 13, 2013 @ 9:30 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (HBO); starring Laura Dern, Bayne Gibby, Diane Ladd, Dermot Mulroney

 

Californication – A writer in Los Angeles tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, and his appetite for beautiful women.

Premier: January 13, 2013 @ 10:30 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 6th season (Showtime); starring David Duchovny, Natascha McElhon, Madeleine Martin, Evan Handler

 

American Idol – Twelve finalists and/or future singers (six men and six women) who were selected from America, compete in a talent contest in which they were asked to sing any song they like on this “Star Search” clone.

Premier: January 16, 2013 @ 8 pm (season premier part I) & Jan. 17 @ 8 pm (season premier part II)

Details: The show’s 12th season (FOX); starring Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban

 

Anger Management –  Based on the 2003 film of the same name, this comedy series follows the story of a guy who is sentenced to anger management counseling with an aggressive instructor.

Premier: January 17, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (FX); starring Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Noureen DeWulf

 

Suits – On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City’s best lawyers.

Premier: January 17, 2013 @ 9 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (USA); starring Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, and Rick Hoffman

 

Chasing the Saturdays – After scoring a string of hits in the U.K., a British pop group moves to L.A. in an attempt to strike it big in the United States. The series will detail the professional and personal lives of each of the five band members.

Premier: January 20, 2013 @ 10 pm (series premier)

Details: The show’s first season (E!); starring Una Healy, Mollie King, Francesca Sandford, Vanessa White, and Rochelle Wiseman

 

The Following – A brilliant and charismatic, yet psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers following his every command.

Premier: January 21, 2013 @ 9 pm (series premier)

Details: The show’s first season (FOX); starring Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore

 

White Collar – A white collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter and racketeer.

Premier: January 22, 2013 @ 10 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (USA); starring Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Tiffani Thiessen, and Willie Garson

 

Necessary Roughness – A Long Island psychotherapist’s personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating, and she struggles to balance a blossoming career with her life as a newly minted single mom.

Premier: January 23, 2013 @ 10 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (USA); starring Marc Blucas, Scott Cohen and Hannah Marks

 

Dallas – The next generation of the Ewing family – cousins John Ross Ewing and Christopher Ewing – clash over the family’s oil business and vast fortune.

Premier: January 28, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (TNT); starring Larry Hagman, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Patrick Duffy

 

Do No Harm – A brilliant neurosurgeon who has to battle his own alter-ego so that he can live a normal life; a modern take on the classic story, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Premier: January 31, 2013 (series premier)

Details: The show’s first season (NBC); starring Steven Pasquale, Jennifer Lynn Nuccitelli, Barbara Edwards, John Jillard Sr.

 

Touch – Martin Bohm is a widower and single father who is haunted by an inability to connect to his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son Jake. But when Martin discovers that Jake can predict events before they happen, everything changes.

Premier: February 1, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (FOX); starring Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz

 

How I Met Your Mother – A sitcom following the social and romantic lives of Ted Mosby and his friends as Ted searches for the woman of his dreams in New York City.

Premier: February 4, 2013 @ 8 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 8th season (CBS); starring Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris

 

Rules of Engagement – Two couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment and marriage.

Premier: February 4, 2013 @ 8:30 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 7th season (CBS); starring Megyn Price, Patrick Warburton, Oliver Hudson, Bianca Kajlich, David Spade

 

2 Broke Girls – Two young women waitressing at a greasy spoon diner strike up an unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business – if only they can raise the cash.

Premier: February 4, 2013 @ 9 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (CBS); starring Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Garrett Morris, Jonathan Kite

 

Mike & Molly – A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love after first meeting each other at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.

Premier: February 4, 2013 @ 9:30 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 3rd season (CBS); starring Melissa McCarthy, Billy Gardell, Reno Wilson, Katy Mixon, Nyambi Nyambi

 

Hawaii Five-O – Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father’s killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-O). Steve’s team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny “Danno” Williams and Kono Kalakaua.

Premier: February 4, 2013 @ 10 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 3rd season (CBS); starring Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park

 

Body of Proof – Medical examiner Megan Hunt’s unique approach to solving crimes puts her at odds with her superiors as she struggles to find time to reconnect with her estranged daughter.

Premier: February 5, 2013 @ 10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 3rd season (ABC); starring Dana Delany, Jeri Ryan, Windell Middlebrooks

 

Tosh.O – Stand-up comedian Daniel Tosh provides humorous commentary commentary on online video clips, society, celebrities, and other parts of popular culture and stereotypes.

Premier: February 5, 2013 @ 10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 5th season (Comedy Central); starring Daniel Tosh, Nick Malis and Megan Abrigo

 

Smash – There is more drama behind the scenes than on stage, as the team prepares an ambitious Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Premier: February 5, 2013 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (NBC); starring Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Anjelica Huston, Jennifer Hudson

 

Community – A smarmy lawyer, whose education is deemed void by the bar, is forced to attend a local community college with an extremely eclectic staff and student body.

Premier: February 7, 2013 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (NBC); starring Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs

 

Survivor – A reality show where a group of contestants are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The lone survivor of this contest takes home a million dollars.

Premier: February 13, 2013 @ 8 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 26th season (CBS): starring Jeff Probst

 

Criminal Minds – An elite group of profilers analyze the nation’s most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

Premier: February 13, 2013 @ 9 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 8th season (CBS); starring Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson

 

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – A police drama about an elite team of Las Vegas crime scene investigation experts who use forensic evidence to solve grisly murder cases.

Premier: February 13, 2013 @ 10 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s13th season (CBS): starring Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox

 

Southland – Southland takes a raw look at Los Angeles as it is in the 2000s and as well at the lives of the officers of the Los Angeles Police Department who are trying to contain it.

Premier: February 13, 2013 @ 10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 5th season (TNT); starring Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatos, Regina King, and Ben McKenzie

 

60 Minutes – A television news magazine: the most successful TV broadcast in history offers investigative reports, interviews, feature  segments and profiles of people in the news.

Premier: February 17, 2013 @ 7 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 45th season (CBS); starring Andrew Rooney, Scott Pelley, and Lesley Stahl

 

The Amazing Race – A worldwide trek in which 11 two-member teams must complete a series of challenges in the race to avoid falling behind and being eliminated. The first team to arrive at the final destination wins $1 million.

Premier: February 17, 2013 @ 8 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s 22nd season (CBS); starring Phil Keoghan, Drew Feinberg, Kevin O’Connor

 

The Good Wife – Alicia has been a good wife to her husband, a former state attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.

Premier: February 17, 2013 @ 9 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (CBS); starring Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry

 

The Mentalist – An infamous ‘psychic’ abandons his public persona, outing himself as a fake, to focus on his work as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation in order to find “Red John,” the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

Premier: February 17, 2013 @ 10 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 5th season (CBS); starring Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

 

NCIS – A police procedural drama revolving around a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Premier: February 26, 2013 @ 8 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 10th season (CBS); starring Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum

 

NCIS: Los Angeles – The Naval Criminal Investigation Service’s Office of Special Projects takes on the undercover work and the hard to crack cases in LA. Key agents are G. Callen and Sam Hanna, streets kids risen through the ranks.

Premier: February 26, 2013 @ 9 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s third season (CBS); starring Chris O’Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Barrett Foa, LL Cool J

 

Golden Boy – a drama about the meteoric rise of an ambitious cop who becomes the youngest police commissioner in the history of New York City.

Premier: February 26, 2013 @ 10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s first season (CBS); starring Carol Commissiong, Jay Horton, Elizabeth Alderfer

 

Psych – A novice sleuth is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With this assistance of his reluctant best friend the duo take on a series of complicated cases.

Premier: February 27, 2013 @ 10 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s  season (USA); starring James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen

 

Undercover Boss – Each week, Undercover Boss follows a different executive as they leave the comfort of their corner office for an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of their companies.

Premier: March 8, 2013 @ 8 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 4th season (CBS); starring Mark Keller, Steven Foster, John Fuller

 

The Celebrity Apprentice – A reality-tv based show in which contestants compete for a job as an apprentice to American billionaire and real estate mogul Donald Trump.

Premier: March 3, 2013 (season premier)

Details: The show’s 6th season (NBC); starring Donald Trump, Robin Himmler, Ivanka Trump

 

Grimm – In modern day Portland, Oregon, a police detective inherits the ability to see a world of supernatural creatures, where characters inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales exist

Premier: March 8, 2013 (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 2nd season (NBC); starring David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell

 

Dancing with the Stars – U.S. reality show based on the British series “Strictly Come Dancing,” where celebrities partner up with professional dancers and compete against each other in weekly elimination rounds to determine a winner.

Premier: March 18, 2013 @ 8 pm (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 15th season (ABC); starring Bruno Tonioli, Tom Bergeron, Carrie Ann Inaba

 

The Voice – Four famous musicians search for the best voices in America and will mentor these singers to become artists. America will decide which singer will be worthy of the grand prize.

Premier: March 25, 2013 (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s 3rd season (NBC); starring Carson Daly, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Blake Shelton

 

Revolution – A group of revolutionaries must battle a governing dictatorial militia 15 years after an instantaneous global shutdown of all electronic devices known as the Blackout.

Premier: March 25, 2013 (midseason premier)

Details: The show’s first season (NBC); starring Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Giancarlo Esposito, Zak Orth

 

Game of Thrones – Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Through its morally ambiguous characters, the series explores issues of social hierarchy, religion, civil war, sexuality, crime and punishment.

Premier: March 31, 2013 @ 9 pm (season premier)

Details: The show’s  season (HBO); starring Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, and Michelle Fairley

 

Ready for Love – Three of America’s most eligible guys search for their soul mates.

Premier: March 31, 2013 (series premier)

Details: The show’s first season (NBC); starring Eva Longoria

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