2011–12 United States network television schedule

The following is the 2011–12 United States network television schedule.

## Legend
: Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
: Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
: Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.

## Sunday
## Monday
## Tuesday
## Wednesday
## Thursday
## Friday
## Saturday
## By network
### ABC
**Returning series**
* *20/20*
* *Cougar Town*
* *Primetime: What Would You Do?*
* *Private Practice* *
* ***Duets*** *
* ***Final Witness*** *
* ***GCB*** *
* ***NY Med*** *
* ***Once Upon a Time***
* ***Trust Us with Your Life*** *
* ***Work It***
* *Mr. Sunshine*
* *My Generation*
* *No Ordinary Family*
* *Off the Map*
* *Skating with the Stars*
* *Supernanny*
* *Take the Money and Run*
* *V*
* *The Whole Truth*

### CBS
**Returning series**
* *48 Hours*
* *60 Minutes*
* *The Amazing Race*
* *The Big Bang Theory*
* *Blue Bloods*
* *Criminal Minds*
* *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*
* *CSI: Miami*
* *CSI: NY*
* *The Good Wife*
* *Hawaii Five-0*
* *How I Met Your Mother*
* *The Mentalist*
* *Mike & Molly*
* *NCIS*
* *NCIS: Los Angeles*
* *Rules of Engagement*
* *Survivor*
* *Two and a Half Men*
* *Undercover Boss*

**New series**
* ***2 Broke Girls***
* ***How to Be a Gentleman*** *
* ***Person of Interest***
* ***¡Rob!*** *
* ***Unforgettable***
* *Live to Dance*
* *Mad Love*
* *Medium*

### The CW
**Returning series**
* *90210*
* ''America's Next Top Model*
* *Gossip Girl*
* *Nikita*
* *One Tree Hill*
* *Supernatural*
* *The Vampire Diaries*
* *Racing Track*

**New series**
* ***Breaking Pointe*** *
* ***The Catalina*** *
* ***H8R***
* ***Hart of Dixie***
* ***The L.A. Complex*** *
* ***The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep*** *
* ***Oh Sit!*** *
* ***Remodeled*** *
* ***Ringer***
* ***The Secret Circle***
* *Life Unexpected*
* *Shedding for the Wedding*
* *Smallville*

### Fox
**Returning series**
* *American Dad!*
* *American Idol*
* *Bob's Burgers*
* *Bones*
* *Breaking In*
* *The Cleveland Show*
* *COPS*
* *Family Guy*
* *Fringe*
* *Glee*
* *Hell's Kitchen*
* *House*
* *Kitchen Nightmares*
* *Mobbed*
* *Raising Hope*
* *The Simpsons*

**New series**
* ***Alcatraz*** *
* ***Allen Gregory*** *
* ***The Choice*** *
* ***The Finder*** *
* ***The X Factor***

**Not returning from 2010–11:**
* *America's Most Wanted* (moved to Lifetime; returned to Fox in 2020–21)
* *The Chicago Code*
* *The Good Guys*
* *Human Target*
* *Running Wilde* (burned off on FX)
* *Traffic Light*
* *Chuck*
* *Community*
* *Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán*
* *Football Night in America*
* *Harry's Law*
* *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*
* *Love in the Wild*
* *NBC Sunday Night Football*
* *The Office*
* *The Sing-Off* *
* ***Awake*** *
* ***Bent*** *
* *'''Betty White's Off Their Rockers*** *
* ***Escape Routes*** *
* ***Fashion Star*** *
* ***The Firm***
* ***The Playboy Club***
* ***Prime Suspect***
* ***Rock Center with Brian Williams***
* ***Smash'''*
* *Once Upon a Time*—Picked up for a full season on November 3, 2011.
* *Shark Tank*—Picked up two additional episodes, totaling to 15 episodes on February 28, 2012.
* *Suburgatory*—Picked up for a full season on October 13, 2011.
* *Person of Interest*—Picked up for a full season on October 25, 2011.
* *Unforgettable*—Picked up for a full season on October 25, 2011.
* *Ringer*—Picked up for a full season on October 12, 2011.
* *The Secret Circle*—Picked up for a full season on October 12, 2011.

#### NBC
* *Grimm*—Picked up for a full season on November 21, 2011.
* *Harry's Law*—Picked up for a full season on January 6, 2012.
* *Up All Night*—Picked up for a full season on October 4, 2011, plus an additional 2 episodes on November 21, 2011.
* *Whitney*—Picked up for a full season on October 4, 2011.
* *America's Funniest Home Videos*—Picked up for a twenty-third season on May 11, 2012.
* *The Bachelor*—Picked up for a seventeenth cycle on May 10, 2012.
* *Body of Proof*—Picked up for a third season on May 11, 2012.
* *Castle*—Picked up for a fifth season on May 10, 2012.
* *Dancing with the Stars*—Picked up for a fifteenth cycle on May 10, 2012.
* *Grey's Anatomy*—Picked up for a ninth season on May 10, 2012.
* *Last Man Standing*—Picked up for a second season on May 11, 2012.
* *The Middle*—Picked up for a fourth season on May 10, 2012.
* *Primetime*—Announced on the 2012/13 schedule for a twenty-fourth season on May 15, 2012.
* *Shark Tank*—Picked up for a fourth season on May 10, 2012.
* *48 Hours*—Picked up for a twenty-fifth season on March 14, 2012.
* *Blue Bloods*—Picked up for a third season on March 14, 2012.
* *The Good Wife*—Picked up for a fourth season on March 14, 2012.
* *The Mentalist*—Picked up for a fifth season on March 14, 2012.
* *Survivor*—Picked up for two more cycles in the 2012/13 season on November 17, 2011.
* *Two and a Half Men*—Picked up for a tenth season on May 12, 2012,

#### The CW
* *90210*—Picked up for a fifth season on May 3, 2012.
* *America's Next Top Model*—Picked up for a nineteenth cycle on February 21, 2012.
* *Gossip Girl*—Picked up for a sixth and final season on May 11, 2012.
* *Hart of Dixie*—Picked up for a second season on May 11, 2012.
* *Supernatural*—Picked up for an eighth season on May 3, 2012.
* *American Idol*—Announced on the 2012/13 schedule for a twelfth season on May 14, 2012.
* *Bob's Burgers*—On October 31, 2011, Fox ordered 9 additional episodes to the second production cycle, leaving some episodes out, airing in the 2012/13 season.
* *Bones*—Picked up for an eighth season on March 29, 2012.
* *The Cleveland Show*—Picked up for a fourth season on May 9, 2011.
* *Family Guy*—Picked up for an eleventh season on May 9, 2011.
* *Glee*—Picked up for a fourth season on April 9, 2012.
* *Kitchen Nightmares*—Picked up for a fifth production cycle on February 2, 2012.
* *Mobbed*—Announced on the 2012/13 schedule for more specials on May 14, 2012.
* *Touch*—Picked up for a second season on May 9, 2012.
* *The X Factor*—Picked up for a second season on November 2, 2011.

#### Ion Television
* *Flashpoint*—Picked up for a fifth season on January 3, 2012.

#### NBC
* *30 Rock*—Picked up for a seventh and final season on May 10, 2012.
* *The Biggest Loser*—Announced on the 2012/13 schedule for a fourteenth cycle on May 13, 2012.
* *Dateline NBC*—Announced on the 2012/13 schedule for a twenty-second season on May 13, 2012. plus an additional extension through 2022 on December 14, 2011.
* *Grimm*—Picked up for a second season on March 16, 2012.
* *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*—Picked up for a fourteenth season on May 9, 2012.
* *NBC Sunday Night Football*—On August 19, 2009, NBC announced they will extend NFL on NBC through 2013,
* *Parenthood*—Picked up for a fourth season on May 10, 2012.
* *Parks and Recreation*—Picked up for a fifth season on May 11, 2012.
* *Smash*—Picked up for a second season on March 22, 2012.
* *Up All Night*—Picked up for a second season on May 11, 2012.

### Cancellations/Series endings
#### ABC
* *Bachelor Pad*—It was announced on March 16, 2013 that would not pick for the fourth season.
* *Charlie's Angels*—Canceled on October 14, 2011 after seven low rated episodes. The remaining episodes aired through November 10, 2011.
* *Cougar Town*—It was announced on May 10, 2012 that TBS would carry future seasons of the series, ending its run on ABC.
* *Desperate Housewives*—It was announced on August 5, 2011 that season eight would be the final season. The series concluded on May 13, 2012.
* *Extreme Makeover: Home Edition*—Canceled as a regular series on December 15, 2011. The series finale aired on January 13, 2012. Moved to HGTV in 2020.
* *GCB*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.
* *Man Up!''—Canceled on December 8, 2011 after eight low rated episodes. The 5 remaining episodes were moved to ABC's online website.
* *Missing*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.
* *Pan Am*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.
* *You Deserve It*—Canceled on May 15, 2012.

#### CBS
* *CSI: Miami*—Canceled on May 13, 2012 after ten seasons. The series was credited as a key player in the network's ratings rise. This is the first *CSI* series to be canceled.
* *A Gifted Man*—Canceled on May 12, 2012.
* *How to Be a Gentleman*—Canceled, cut back from 13 episodes to 9 episodes, and changed the airdate from Thursdays to Saturdays for the remaining episodes on October 7, 2011 after only 2 episodes airing. The series was later pulled from Saturdays on October 18, 2011 after only one episode airing on Saturday.
* *NYC 22*—Canceled on May 13, 2012.
* *One Tree Hill*—It was announced on May 19, 2011 that season nine would be the final season. The final episode aired on April 4, 2012.
* *Remodeled*—Canceled on February 9, 2012 after four low rated episodes. The remaining episodes aired through between February 22; and the last two episodes were August 13 and 20, 2012.
* *Ringer*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.

#### Fox
* *Alcatraz*—Canceled on May 9, 2012.
* *Breaking In*—Officially canceled on May 10, 2012.
* *The Finder*—Canceled on May 9, 2012. The series concluded on May 21, 2012.
* *I Hate My Teenage Daughter*—Canceled on May 10, 2012.

#### NBC
* *Are You There, Chelsea?*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.
* *Awake*—Canceled on May 11, 2012.
* *Escape Routes*—Canceled on May 13, 2012.
* *Fear Factor*—Canceled on May 13, 2012.
* ''Harry's Law*—Canceled on May 11, 2012 after two seasons.
* *The Playboy Club*—Canceled on October 4, 2011 after three low rated episodes. This was the first cancellation of the season.
* *Prime Suspect*—Canceled on January 5, 2012.
* *The Sing-Off*—Canceled on May 13, 2012.
* *Who Do You Think You Are?*—Canceled on May 13, 2012. Moved to TLC in July 2013. The series would be returning to NBC in 2020–21.
* *Who's Still Standing?''—Canceled on May 13, 2012.

## Top weekly ratings 
* Data sources: AC Nielsen, TV By The Numbers

### Total Viewers 
### 18-49 Viewers 
## References