The following list includes shows on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW which are scheduled to return in the 2012-13 season. A few series for summer 2012 are also included. This does not include cable shows except for Cougar Town, because it is moving from ABC to cable’s TBS.
In addition to the shows listed below, Rules of Engagement may return, although its future was still uncertain at this writing. The known returners — fall shows, midseason items and unscheduled bench series — include:
2 Broke Girls
20/20
30 Rock (final season)
48 Hours Mystery
60 Minutes
90210
The Amazing Race
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Next Top Model
American Dad
American Idol (midseason)
The Bachelor (midseason)
Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
The Big Bang Theory
Big Brother (July 12)
The Biggest Loser
Blue Bloods
Bob’s Burgers
Body of Proof (midseason)
Bones
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: NY
Castle
Celebrity Apprentice (mideason)
The Cleveland Show
Community
Cops (midseason)
Cougar Town (off ABC, but on TBS in 2013)
Criminal Minds
Dancing With the Stars
Dateline NBC
Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Family Guy
Fashion Star (midseason)
Football Night in America
Fringe (final season)
Glee
The Good Wife
Gossip Girl (final season)
Grey’s Anatomy
Grimm
Happy Endings
Hart of Dixie
Hawaii Five-0
Hell’s Kitchen (June 4)
How I Met Your Mother
Kitchen Nightmares
Last Man Standing (November)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Masterchef
The Mentalist
The Middle
Mike & Molly
Modern Family
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
New Girl
Nikita
The Office
Once Upon a Time
Parenthood
Parks & Recreation
Person of Interest
Primetime: What Would You Do?
Private Practice
Raising Hope
Revenge
Rock Center With Brian Williams
Rookie Blue (returns Thursday)
Scandal
Shark Tank
The Simpsons
Smash (midseason)
So You Think You Can Dance (returns Thursday)
Suburgatory
Supernatural
Survivor
Touch
Two and a Half Men
Undercover Boss (midseason)
Up All Night
The Vampire Diaries
The Voice
Whitney
Wife Swap (midseason)
The X Factor
