Television January 07, 2011
The Ultimate Mid-Season TV Guide
It's a new year and it's time for new TV! Across all the networks, mid-season television has begun! Don't let your DVR miss a single show -- check out "Extra's" list of what's new!
It's a new year and it's time for new TV! Across all the networks, mid-season television has begun! Don't let your DVR miss a single show -- check out "Extra's" list of what's new!
Premiere Date: Thursday, January 20Time: 8:30 PMStars: Kyle Bornheimer, Olivia Munn, Christine Woods, Hayes MacArthur, David Walton, Mary Elizabeth Ellis"Perfect Couples" is a romantic comedy that follows three flawed pairs trying to get it right.
Premieres: Monday, January 17Time: 10 PMStars: Kathy Bates, Aml Ameen, Nate Corddry, Brittany SnowEmmy-winning writer/producer David E. Kelley weaves his rich storytelling into a new legal dramedy starring Academy Award winner Kathy Bates in the title role — about how people can embrace the unexpected curveballs that life can throw them.
Two-Hour Premiere: Sunday, January 9Encore Premiere: Monday, January 10Time: 9 PMOfficially Begins: January 17Stars: David Lyons, Jennifer Ferrin, Jennifer Ferrin, James Frain, Keith David, Summer GlauFrom the producing team of Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun comes "The Cape," about a man who lost everything and is about to take it all back.
Airs:SundaysTime: 8:30 PMVoice Cast: H. Jon Benjamin (Bob), Dan Mintz (Tina), Eugene Mirman (Gene),John Roberts (Linda), Kristen Schaal (Louise)"Bob's Burgers" is a new animated series about a man, his family and a burger joint.
Premieres: Monday, February 7Time: 9 PMCast: Jason Clarke, Jennifer Beals, Matt Lauria, Devin Kelley, Todd WilliamsThe city of Chicago is a paradox that serves as the setting for Shawn Ryan's new drama, "The Chicago Code." In this series, the audience is the passenger, taking an unpredictable ride through the streets of Chicago and navigating crime and corruption with the most respected-and notorious-cops in the city.
Premieres: Wednesday, April 6Time: 9:30 PMStars: Christian Slater, Odette Yustman, Bret Harrison, Alphonso McAuley"Breaking In" is an offbeat half-hour workplace comedy about a high-tech security firm that takes extreme — and often questionable — measures to sell their protection services.
Premieres: Tuesday, February 8Time: 9:30 PMStars: David Denman, Nelson Franklin, Kris Marshall, Liza Lapira, Aya Cash"Traffic Light" is a new comedy about how friendships and romances — often difficult and sometimes messy but always worth the work — both enhance and complicate our lives.
Premieres: Wednesday, January 12Time: 10 PMStars: Valerie Cruz, Martin Henderson, Jonathan Castellanos, Caroline Dhavernas, Mamie Gummer, Jason GeorgeExecutive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers ("Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice")and creator Jenna Bans ("Grey's Anatomy") bring viewers an uplifting medical drama that explores how far one has to go in order to truly heal.
Airs: MondaysTime: 8 PMStars: Brad Womack, Chris HarrisonCalled "The Most Hated Man in America" after he notoriously jilted both DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft during his 2007 stint as "The Bachelor," Brad Womack is now returning to the hit ABC show to give reality TV love another try.
Premieres: Tuesday, March 29Time: 10 PMStars: Dana Delany, Nic Bishop, Geoffrey Arend, Windell MiddlebrooksDr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. Her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims.
Premieres: Wednesday, April 13Time: 10 PMStars: Zachary Knighton, Casey Wilson, Elisha Cuthbert, Eliza CoupeIn this modern comedy, a couple's break-up will complicate all of their friends' lives and make everyone question their choices. When life throws you for a curve, hold on tight to the people you love.
Premieres: Wednesday, February 9Time: 9:30 PMStars: Matthew Perry, Allison JanneyMatthew Perry stars as Ben Donovan, the self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday.
Premieres: Sunday, March 6Time: 8 PMSecret Millionaire is a one-hour alternative series that follows some of America's wealthiest people for one week as they leave behind their lavish lifestyles, sprawling mansions and luxury jets, conceal their true identities, and go to live and volunteer in some of the most impoverished and dangerous communities in America.
Airs: WednesdaysTime: 8 PMStars: Paula Abdul, Andrew Gunsberg, Travis Payne, Kimberly Wyatt"Love to Dance" is Paula Adbul's new reality-competition show where dancers from across the country compete to win half a million dollars.
Premieres:Wednesday, March 16Time: 9 PMStars: Bobby Flay (judge)Five big-name investors put their own reputations and money on the line and the contestants' ideas to the ultimate test. Experts not only judge quality, flavor and ingenuity, but the ability to replicate and ultimately grow into a real, operating business. In the end, one contestant will receive a new restaurant chain.
Premieres: Wednesday, February 23Time: 9 PMStars: Sara Rue (host)Nine overweight couples undergo dramatic physical and emotional transformations as they change their lifestyles and eating habits to lose weight before their wedding day. In the end, the couple with the most dramatic weight loss wins a wedding of their dreams.
Premieres: Thursday, January 27Time: 10 PMStar Voices: H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter"Archer" is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around the spy agency known as the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) and the lives of its employees.
Premieres: Friday, January 21Time: 10 PMStars: John Hannah, Lucy Lawless, Peter MensahPremiering, January 21 "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," the highly anticipated prequel to "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus.
Premieres: January 20Time: 10 PMStars: Sarah Shahi, Virginia Williams, Michael Trucco, Baron VaughnOnce a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate Reed's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a mediator. Thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and wry sense of humor, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution. Except, it seems, when it comes to conflicts in her own life.
Premieres: Monday, January 17Time: 9 PMStars: Sam Witwer , Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino"Being Human" is a re-imagining of the acclaimed BBC original series that follows three 20—omething roommates: A ghost, a vampire and a werewolf who are struggling to keep their dark secrets from the world, while also helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
Premieres: Tuesday, January 11Time: 10 PMStars: Holt McCallany, Catherine McCormack, Pablo Schreiber"Lights Out" stars Holt McCallany ("CSI: Miami") as an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who struggles to find his identity and support his wife and three daughters after retiring from the ring.