Happy Mid-Season 2016

JANUARY 1

“Sherlock: The Abominable Bride” (PBS/10)

JANUARY 2

“Doc Martin” Season 7 begins. (OPB/10)

JANUARY 3

“Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life”premieres. (Fox/12)

“Bordertown” premieres. (Fox/12)

“Galavant” Season 2 premieres. (ABC/2) “Giada Entertains” premieres. (Food Network)

“Downton Abbey” Season 6 – also the final season – premieres. (PBS/10)

“Million Dollar American Princesses” Season 2 premieres (Smithsonian Channel)

JANUARY 4

“Telenovela” gets its official premiere after an early preview. (NBC/8)

“Superstore” also officially premieres after a sneak peek. (NBC/8)

“The Biggest Loser: Temptation Nation” premieres. (NBC/8)

“The Bachelor” kicks off a new season. (ABC/2)

JANUARY 5

“Hollywood Game Night” begins Season 4. (NBC/8)

“New Girl” returns for Season 5. (Fox/12)

“Zoe Ever After” premieres. (BET)

“The Shannara Chronicles” premieres. (MTV)

“Finding Your Roots” returns for Season 3. (PBS/10)

“Tyler Perry’s The Haves and Have Nots” returns for Season 4. (OWN)

“Pitch Slapped” premieres. (Lifetime)

“Killing Fields” premieres. (Discovery)

“Dance Moms” returns for Season 6. (Lifetime)

JANUARY 6

“American Crime” returns with a new case, new story, but some familiar actors (Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Elvis Nolasco, Lili Taylor) for Season 2. (ABC/2)

“Mike & Molly” returns for its sixth, and likely final, season. (CBS/6)

“American Idol” begins Season 15, its last. (Fox/12)

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and this show will never die, as it begins Season 11. (FXX)

“Man Seeking Woman” returns for Season 2. (FXX)

“Restaurant Startup” begins Season 3. (CNBC)

People’s Choice Awards bestows more prizes on popular favorites. (NBC/8)

JANUARY 7

“Beyond the Tank” begins Season 2. (ABC/2)

“Angel from Hell” premieres. (CBS/6)

“Shades of Blue” premieres. (NBC/8)

“My Diet is Better than Yours” premieres. (ABC/2)

“Todd Margaret” returns for Season 3. (IFC)

“Lip Sync Battle” begins Season 2. (Spike)

“Growing Up Hip Hop” premieres. (WEtv)

JANUARY 8

“Love Thy Neighbor” returns for Season 5. (OWN)

JANUARY 9

“Mythbusters” returns for its fourteenth and final season. (Discovery)

JANUARY 10

73rd Golden Globe Awards. (NBC/8)

“Shameless” returns for Season 6. (Showtime)

“Live to Tell” premieres. (History)

 JANUARY 11

“Cake Wars” returns for Season 4. (Food Network)

JANUARY 12

“Shadowhunters” premieres on Freeform. (formerly ABC Family)

JANUARY 13

“Second Chance” premieres. (Fox/12)

“Younger” returns for Season 2. (TV Land)

“Duck Dynasty” begins Season 9. (A&E)

“Teachers” premieres. (TV Land)

“Face Off” returns for Season 10. (Syfy)

JANUARY 14

“Workaholics” returns for Season 6. (Comedy Central)

“Colony” premieres. (USA)

“Idiotsitter” premieres. (Comedy Central)

JANUARY 15

“Hell’s Kitchen” cooks up Season 15. (Fox/12)

“Degrassi: Next Class” premieres. (Netflix)

“Burgers, Brew & ‘Que” begins Season 2. (Food Network)

JANUARY 16

“Sesame Street” begins Season 46 in its new first-run home. (HBO)

JANUARY 17

“Angie Tribeca” premieres. (TBS)

“Mercy Street” premieres. (PBS/10)

“Billions” premieres. (Showtime)

“The Real Housewives of Potomac” premieres. (Bravo)

Critics Choice Movie Awards. (A&E/Lifetime/LMN)
 
JANUARY 18

“War and Peace” premieres. (Lifetime/A&E/History)

“Hit the Floor” begins Season 3. (VH1)
 
JANUARY 19

“Marvel’s Agent Carter” returns for Season 2. (ABC/2)

“Just Jillian” premieres.  (E!)

 JANUARY 21

“DC Legends of Tomorrow” premieres. (The CW/3)

“Dark Net” premieres. (Showtime)

“Portlandia” returns for Season 6. (IFC)

“Baskets” premieres. (FX)

“The 100” returns for Season 3. (The CW/3)

“Recipe for Deception” premieres. (Bravo)
 
JANUARY 22

“Mad Dogs” premieres. (Amazon)

JANUARY 23

“Chelsea Does” premieres. (Netflix)

“Beowulf” premieres. (Esquire)

“Black Sails” returns for Season 3. (Starz)

JANUARY 24

“The X-Files” begins its limited return. (Fox/12)

JANUARY 25

“Recovery Road” premieres. (Freeform)

“Lucifer” premieres. (Fox/12)

“The Magicians” premieres. (Syfy)
 
JANUARY 26

“Outsiders” premieres. (WGN America)

JANUARY 27

“Lucha Underground” begins Season 2. (El Rey Network)

“Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan” returns for Season 3. (Travel Channel)

JANUARY 28

“You, Me and the Apocalypse” premieres. (NBC/8)
 
JANUARY 29

“Grimm” continues Season 5. (NBC/8)
 
JANUARY 30

22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards. (TNT/TBS)

JANUARY 31

“Grease Live” offers another live musical production for TV. (Fox/12)
 
FEBRUARY 2

“American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” premieres. (FX)

FEBRUARY 3

“Madoff” premieres. (ABC/2)
FEBRUARY 5

“Animals” premieres. (HBO)

“Vice” returns for Season 4. (HBO)

FEBRUARY 7

“The Venture Bros.” returns for Season 6. (Adult Swim)

FEBRUARY 8

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” premieres, as the former “Daily Show” correspondent gets her own late-night talk show. (TBS)
 
FEBRUARY 9

“Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” premieres. (Comedy Central)

“Tosh.0” returns for Season 8. (Comedy Central)

FEBRUARY 11

“Grey’s Anatomy” returns to continue Season 12. (ABC/2)

“Scandal” also picks up where its Season 5 left off. (ABC/2)

“How to Get Away with Murder” likewise picks up Season 2. (ABC/2)

FEBRUARY 12

“The Amazing Race” begins Season 28. (CBS/6)
 
FEBRUARY 14

“Vinyl” premieres. (HBO)

“The Walking Dead” returns to continue Season 6. (AMC)

 FEBRUARY 15

“11.22.63” premieres. (Hulu)

58th Grammy Awards. (CBS/6)

“Better Call Saul” returns for Season 2. (AMC)

FEBRUARY 17

“Broad City” returns for Season 3. (Comedy Central)

“Survivor” begins Season 32. (CBS/6)
 
FEBRUARY 18

“Vikings” returns for Season 4. (History)

FEBRUARY 21

“Girls” begins Season 5. (HBO)

“Togetherness” returns for Season 2. (HBO)
 
FEBRUARY 26

“Fuller House” premieres. (Netflix)

FEBRUARY 28

88th Academy Awards. (ABC/2)

MARCH 2

“The Real O’Neals” premieres. (ABC/2)

“Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” premieres. (CBS/6)

MARCH 3

“The Family” premieres. (ABC/2)

MARCH 4

“House of Cards” returns for Season 4. (Netflix)

MARCH 8

“Of Kings & Prophets” premieres. (ABC/2)

MARCH 9

“Underground” premieres. (WGN America)

MARCH 21

“Dancing with the Stars” returns for Season 21. (ABC/2)

MARCH 24

“The Catch” premieres. (ABC/2)

MARCH 30

“The Path” premieres. (Hulu)
 
APRIL 1

“Banshee” returns for its fourth, and last season. (Cinemax)

APRIL 3

“Call the Midwife” returns for Season 5. (PBS/10)

APRIL 7

“The Odd Couple” returns for Season 2. (CBS/6)

APRIL 10

MTV Movie Awards. (MTV)

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