TV Show Renewals for the 2012-2013 Season
A list of all the primetime series on broadcast networks that have been renewed for another season during the 2012-2013 TV season. If I missed any, let me know. Thanks.
*this will also include the shows renewed by broadcast networks which are set to return in summer 2013.
Here's a list of the return dates for all fall shows.
Other lists of mine you may find helpful:
2011-2012 TV Season Cancellations
Renewed Cable Shows for 2013
*this will also include the shows renewed by broadcast networks which are set to return in summer 2013.
Here's a list of the return dates for all fall shows.
Other lists of mine you may find helpful:
2011-2012 TV Season Cancellations
Renewed Cable Shows for 2013
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- CreatorWhitney CummingsMichael Patrick KingStarsKat DenningsBeth BehrsGarrett MorrisTwo 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.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorTina FeyStarsTina FeyAlec BaldwinTracy MorganLiz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.On 5/10/12, NBC renewed it for a seventh & final season of 13 episodes.
source - CreatorDarren StarJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsShenae Grimes-BeechTristan Mack WildsAnnaLynne McCordA Kansas family relocates to Beverly Hills, where their two children adapt to the infamous social drama of West Beverly Hills High.On 4/3/12, The CW renewed it for a fifth season.
source - StarsJess HarnellTom BergeronBob SagetViewers from around America send in home videos with comedic moments.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a twenty-third season.
source - CreatorKen MokTyra BanksKenya BarrisStarsAdrianne CurryYoanna HouseTyra BanksA cyclical competition in which women from all over the U.S. compete for the honor of being America's next "it girl" in the modeling world.
- CreatorMike BarkerSeth MacFarlaneMatt WeitzmanStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesThe escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, and keeping America safe.On 2/23/11, FOX renewed it through its ninth season.
source - CreatorMike FleissStarsChris HarrisonBrad WomackJesse PalmerA single bachelor dates multiple women over several weeks, narrowing them down to hopefully find his true love.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a seventeenth cycle.
source - StarsReatha GreyAnn BensonBetty WhiteA hidden camera show where senior citizens play pranks on unsuspecting youngsters.On 5/13/12, NBC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a sixth season.
source - CreatorMitchell BurgessRobin GreenStarsDonnie WahlbergBridget MoynahanWill EstesRevolves around a family of New York cops.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorChristopher MurpheyStarsDana DelanyJeri RyanGeoffrey ArendMedical examiner Megan Hunt's unique approach to solving crimes puts her at odds with her superiors.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorHart HansonStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinF.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.on 3/29/12, FOX renewed it for an eighth season.
source - StarsAllison DeBonaMadeleine GardellaPaul Michael BloodgoodSeries goes behind the stage curtain for an intense, unfiltered look at one of the most competitive ballet companies in the country, Ballet West, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Beneath the beauty and glamour of the dance and costumes is a gritty dog-eat-dog world of extreme athleticism, focus, dedication, passion, pressure and, of course, the hunt for the unattainable perfectionOn 9/26/12, The CW renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorAndrew W. MarloweStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a fifth season.
source - CreatorRichard AppelMike HenrySeth MacFarlaneStarsMike HenrySanaa LathanKevin Michael RichardsonCleveland Brown moves back to his hometown in Virginia, where he finds his high school sweetheart and her two troublemaking kids.On 5/11/11, FOX renewed it through its fourth season.
source - CreatorDan HarmonStarsJoel McHaleDanny PudiDonald GloverA suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.On 5/10/12, NBC renewed it for a fourth season of 13 episodes.
source - CreatorJeff DavisStarsKirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. CookA group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for an eighth season.
source - CreatorAnthony E. ZuikerStarsWilliam PetersenLaurence FishburneTed DansonIn Las Vegas, a squad of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by meticulously examining the evidence. They employ advanced technology and their rationality to detect the perpetrators.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a thirteenth season.
source - CreatorAnn DonahueCarol MendelsohnAnthony E. ZuikerStarsGary SiniseCarmine GiovinazzoHill HarperForensic scientists and investigators of the New York City Police Department unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths.On 5/13/12, CBS renewed it for a ninth season.
source - StarsCarrie Ann InabaBruno TonioliTom BergeronU.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.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a fifteenth cycle.
source - CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsKrysten RitterDreama WalkerMichael BlaiklockChloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsAlex BorsteinSeth MacFarlaneSeth GreenIn a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.On 5/11/11, FOX renewed it through its tenth season.
source - CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.On 4/26/12, FOX renewed it for a fifth & final season of 13 episodes, which brings it to a total of 100 episodes.
source - CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.On 4/9/12, FOX renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorMichelle KingRobert KingStarsJulianna MarguliesChris NothJosh CharlesAlicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's 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.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.On 5/11/12, The CW renewed it for a sixth & final season of 11 episodes.
source - CreatorShonda RhimesStarsEllen PompeoChandra WilsonJames Pickens Jr.A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a ninth season.
source - CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.On, 3/16/12, NBC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorDavid CaspeStarsEliza CoupeElisha CuthbertZachary KnightonThis Chicago-set sitcom follows the intertwined lives of six young urbanites trying to learn the ropes of adulthood. Through breakups and whatever other curve-balls life throws them, the pals stick together.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorLeila GersteinStarsRachel BilsonJaime KingCress WilliamsNew Yorker and new doctor Zoe Hart accepts an offer from a stranger, Dr. Harley Wilkes, to work in his medical practice in Bluebell, Alabama. She arrives to find that he has died and left half the practice to her in his will.On 5/11/12, The CW renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorPeter M. LenkovAlex KurtzmanLeonard FreemanStarsAlex O'LoughlinScott CaanTaylor WilyWhen Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own task force: Five-0.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for an eighth season.
source - CreatorJack BurdittStarsTim AllenNancy TravisHector ElizondoA married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorDick WolfStarsMariska HargitayChristopher MeloniIce-TThis series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.On 5/9/12, NBC renewed it for a fourteenth season.
source - CreatorBruno HellerStarsSimon BakerRobin TunneyTim KangA famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a fifth season.
source - CreatorEileen HeislerDeAnn HelineStarsPatricia HeatonNeil FlynnCharlie McDermottThe daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the town of Orson, Indiana.On 5/10/12, ABC renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorMark RobertsStarsBilly GardellMelissa McCarthyReno WilsonA couple meets at an Overeaters' Anonymous meeting.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorSteven LevitanChristopher LloydStarsEd O'NeillSofía VergaraJulie BowenThree different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.On 5/10/12, ABC renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a tenth season.
source - CreatorShane BrennanStarsChris O'DonnellDaniela RuahLL Cool JNCIS's covert operations team go undercover to investigate cases involving terrorism and National Security.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsZooey DeschanelJake JohnsonMax GreenfieldAfter a bad break-up, Jess, an offbeat young woman, moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Although they find her behavior very unusual, the men support her - most of the time.On 4/9/12, FOX renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorCraig SilversteinStarsMaggie QShane WestLyndsy FonsecaA rogue assassin returns to take down the secret organization that trained her.On 5/11/12, The CW renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorDeena DillRichard JoelPhilip GurinStarsRobin DiMaggioAlex AlCallie FosterA fun, high-stakes, high-octane musical chairs competition, in which 12 thrill-seeking daredevils race head-to-head through five physically demanding, chair-splitting obstacle course-style eliminations as they each compete to claim a chair - all to the sounds of a live band. At the end of the hour, only one contestant will be left sitting triumphant to seize the cash prize and the title of OH SIT! champion.On 9/26/12, The CW renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.On 5/10/12, ABC renwed it for a second season.
source - CreatorJason KatimsStarsPeter KrauseLauren GrahamDax ShepardThe lives and tragedies of the Braverman family tree.On 5/10/12, NBC renewed it for a fourth season of 15 episodes.
source - CreatorGreg DanielsMichael SchurStarsAmy PoehlerJim O'HeirNick OffermanThe absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.On 5/11/12, NBC renewed it for a fifth season of 22 episodes.
source - CreatorJonathan NolanStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanAn ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.On 3/14/12, CBS renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorShonda RhimesStarsKate WalshPaul AdelsteinKaDee StricklandA spin-off of the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" centering on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a sixth season of 13 episodes.
source - CreatorGregory Thomas GarciaStarsLucas NeffMartha PlimptonGarret DillahuntJimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after her mother, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on Death Row.On 4/9/12, FOX renewed it for a third season.
source - CreatorMike KelleyStarsMadeleine StoweEmily VanCampGabriel MannAn emotionally troubled young woman sets out to exact revenge against the people who wronged her father.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a second season.
source - StarsBrian WilliamsHarry SmithKate SnowOn 5/13/12, NBC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorMorwyn BrebnerTassie CameronEllen VanstoneStarsMissy PeregrymGregory SmithEnuka OkumaAndy McNally and her friends are out of the academy and must adjust to the challenging life of a police officer at the 15th Division in Toronto.On 6/26/12, ABC renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorTom HertzStarsPatrick WarburtonMegyn PriceOliver HudsonTwo couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment, and marriage.On 5/21/12, CBS renewed it for a seventh season.
source - CreatorShonda RhimesStarsKerry WashingtonDarby StanchfieldKatie LowesA former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.On 5/11/12, ABC renewed it for a second season.
source - StarsKevin O'LearyPhil CrowleyMark CubanAmbitious entrepreneurs present their breakthrough business concepts.On 5/10/12, ABC renewed it for a fourth season of 22 episodes.
source - CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.On 10/8/11, FOX renewed it for a twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth season. Keeping it safe until spring 2014.
source - CreatorTheresa RebeckStarsDebra MessingJack DavenportKatharine McPheeMore drama occurs behind the scenes than on stage, as the team prepares an ambitious Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe.On 3/22/12, NBC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorEmily KapnekStarsJeremy SistoJane LevyCarly ChaikinTessa Altman is used to the big city, but when her dad moves her away, she has to adapt to her new suburban life in Chatswin.On 5/10/12, ABC renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.On 4/3/12, The CW renewed it for an eighth season.
source - CreatorTim KringStarsKiefer SutherlandDavid MazouzGugu Mbatha-RawA widower struggling to raise his emotionally challenged son discovers that he can predict events before they happen.On 5/9/12, FOX renewed it for a second season.
source - CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.On 5/12/12, CBS renewed it for a tenth season.
source - CreatorJohn BellucciEd RedlichStarsPoppy MontgomeryDylan WalshJames Hiroyuki LiaoCarrie Wells, a former police detective, has a rare ability to remember virtually everything she experiences including detailed visual recall. She returns to police work and uses her ability to solve crimes.On 6/29/12, CBS renewed it for a second season of 13 episodes after previously cancelling it. It is set to return summer 2013.
source - CreatorEmily SpiveyStarsChristina ApplegateMaya RudolphWill ArnettTakes an irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.On 5/11/12, NBC renewed it for a second season of 13 episodes.
source - CreatorJulie PlecKevin WilliamsonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderThe lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.On 4/3/12, The CW renewed it for a fourth season.
source - CreatorJohn de MolStarsCarson DalyBlake SheltonAdam LevineFour 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.
- CreatorWhitney CummingsStarsWhitney CummingsChris D'EliaRhea SeehornA girl, a guy, and their friends are twenty-somethings living in Chicago.On 5/11/12, NBC renewed it for a second season.
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