Mid-season replacement

In American and Canadian television, a mid-season replacement is a television series that premieres in the second half of the traditional television season, usually between January and May. Mid-season replacements usually take place after a show that was in the fall schedule was canceled or put on hiatus, outside factors such as an actor's family emergency or personal illness led to a delay in the program's debut, a program was purposefully scheduled for mid-season (for example, shows NBC airs on Sunday nights after the NFL season ends, as it only takes up the first half of the television season), or a program had a shortened season for some other reason which resulted in a time slot that needed filling. A few shows in American television history have been perennial mid-season replacements; American Idol, for example, from its second season onward, aired from January to May each year, to great ratings success.

An older and related concept is the summer replacement, which debuts between May and August, when a network's marquee programs go on hiatus. Summer replacements tend to be lower-profile shows with either low budgets or minimal prospects for renewal.

Notable mid-season replacement shows

Series name	Original network	Original air date	Replaced series
3rd Rock from the Sun	NBC	January 9, 1996
A.P. Bio	NBC	February 1, 2018	The Good Place
Airwolf	CBS	January 22, 1984	Hour #1 of The CBS Saturday Night Movies
Alcatraz	Fox	January 16, 2012	Terra Nova
Alex, Inc.	ABC	March 28, 2018	Speechless
Allegiance	NBC	February 5, 2015	Parenthood
All in the Family	CBS	January 12, 1971	To Rome with Love
American Dad!	Fox	February 6, 2005	The Sketch Show
Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Fox	March 19, 2002	That '70s Show
Are You There, Chelsea?	NBC	January 11, 2012	Free Agents
Awake	NBC	March 1, 2012	The Firm
B.A.D. Cats	ABC	January 4, 1980	Fantasy Island
Barnaby Jones	CBS	January 28, 1973	Mannix
Barney Miller	ABC	January 23, 1975	The Odd Couple
Batman	ABC	January 12, 1966	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Baretta	ABC	January 17, 1975	Kung Fu
The Bionic Woman	ABC	January 14, 1976	When Things Were Rotten
The Black Donnellys	NBC	February 26, 2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Blind Justice	ABC	March 8, 2005	NYPD Blue
Blossom	NBC	January 3, 1991	Ferris Bueller
Bob's Burgers	Fox	January 9, 2011	The Cleveland Show
Body of Proof	ABC	March 29, 2011	Detroit 1-8-7
The Book of Daniel	NBC	January 6, 2006
Breaking In	Fox	April 6, 2011	American Idol
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 relaunch on NBC	NBC	January 10, 2019
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	March 10, 1997	Savannah
CHAOS	CBS	April 1, 2011	The Defenders
The Cape	NBC	January 9, 2011	The Event
Castle[1]	ABC	March 9, 2009	True Beauty
Champions	NBC	March 8, 2018	Great News
The Chicago Code	Fox	February 7, 2011	Lie to Me
Coach	ABC	February 28, 1989
Conviction	NBC	March 3, 2006	The Book of Daniel
Cuts	UPN	February 14, 2005	Second Time Around
Daktari	CBS	January 11, 1966	Rawhide
Dallas	CBS	April 2, 1978	The Carol Burnett Show
Dawson's Creek	The WB	January 20, 1998	Syndicated programming
Deception	NBC	January 7, 2013	Revolution
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman	CBS	January 1, 1993	Brooklyn Bridge
Dollhouse	Fox	February 13, 2009	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Do No Harm	NBC	January 31, 2013	Rock Center with Brian Williams
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	ABC	April 11, 2012	Happy Endings
Dynasty	ABC	January 12, 1981	Monday Night Football
Eight Is Enough	ABC	March 15, 1977	Rich Man, Poor Man: Book II
Ellen	ABC	March 29, 1994	Grace Under Fire
Emergency!	NBC	January 15, 1972	The Good Life
Empire	Fox	January 7, 2015	Red Band Society
Falcon Crest	CBS	December 4, 1981	The Incredible Hulk
Family Guy	Fox	January 31, 1999	The X-Files
Fangbone!	Disney XD	July 5, 2016	Counterfeit Cat
Fashion Star	NBC	March 13, 2012	Parenthood
The Firm	NBC	January 8, 2012	Prime Suspect
The Following	Fox	January 21, 2013	The Mob Doctor
For the People	CBS	January 31, 1965	My Living Doll
For Your Love	NBC	March 17, 1998
Fresh Off the Boat	ABC	February 4, 2015	Selfie
Friends with Benefits	NBC	August 5, 2011
GCB	ABC	March 4, 2012	Pan Am
George Lopez[2]	ABC	March 27, 2002	According to Jim
Great News	NBC	April 25, 2017	Trial & Error (TV series)
Grey's Anatomy	ABC	March 27, 2005	Boston Legal
Grounded for Life	Fox	January 10, 2001
Happy Days	ABC	January 15, 1974	Temperatures Rising
Hannibal	NBC	April 4, 2013	Do No Harm
Happy Endings	ABC	April 13, 2011	Mr. Sunshine
Harry's Law	NBC	January 17, 2011	Chase
High Incident	ABC	March 4, 1996
Hill Street Blues	NBC	January 15, 1981
Human Target	Fox	January 17, 2010	So You Think You Can Dance
Imaginary Mary	ABC	March 29, 2017	The Real O'Neals
The Incredible Hulk	CBS	March 10, 1978	The CBS Friday Night Movies
In Case of Emergency[2]	ABC	January 3, 2007
It Takes a Thief	ABC	January 9, 1968
The Jeffersons	CBS	January 18, 1975	Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
JAG Season 2 relaunch on CBS	CBS	January 17, 1997	Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Just Shoot Me!	NBC	March 4, 1997
Kate & Allie	CBS	March 19, 1984
King of the Hill	Fox	January 12, 1997	Ned & Stacey
Knots Landing	CBS	December 27, 1979	Hawaii Five-O
LA to Vegas	Fox	January 2, 2018	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Laverne & Shirley	ABC	January 27, 1976	Welcome Back, Kotter
Law & Order: Trial by Jury	NBC	March 3, 2005	Medical Investigation
Living Biblically	CBS	February 26, 2018	9JKL
Mad Love	CBS	February 14, 2011	Rules of Engagement
Malcolm in the Middle	Fox	January 9, 2000	Futurama
Making History	Fox	March 5, 2017	Son of Zorn
Married... with Children	Fox	April 5, 1987
Medium	NBC	January 3, 2005	LAX
The Mick	Fox	January 1, 2017	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Mister Ed	CBS	January 5, 1961
Moesha	UPN	January 23, 1996
Miss Guided	ABC	March 18, 2008
Moonlighting	ABC	March 3, 1985
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	March 15, 1985	Webster
Mr. Sunshine	ABC	February 9, 2011	Cougar Town
My Wife and Kids	ABC	March 28, 2001
Nanny and the Professor	ABC	January 21, 1970
Napoleon Dynamite	Fox	January 15, 2012	Allen Gregory
Nash Bridges	CBS	March 29, 1996	American Gothic
The Nick Cannon Show	Nickelodeon	January 19, 2002	The Brothers Garcia
Night Court	NBC	January 4, 1984	Family Ties
The Norm Show	ABC	March 24, 1999	The Secret Lives of Men
Notes from the Underbelly	ABC	April 12, 2007
Numb3rs	CBS	January 23, 2005	Dr. Vegas
NYC 22	CBS	April 15, 2012	CSI: Miami
The Odd Couple	CBS	February 19, 2015	Two and a Half Men
Parenthood	NBC	March 2, 2010
Parks and Recreation[n 1]	NBC	April 9, 2009	Kath & Kim
Perfect Couples	NBC	January 20, 2011
Perfect Strangers	ABC	March 25, 1986	Growing Pains
Quantum Leap	NBC	March 26, 1989
Raines	NBC	March 15, 2007
Ready for Love	NBC	April 9, 2013	Smash
The Real O'Neals	ABC	March 2, 2016	The Muppets
Red Widow	ABC	March 3, 2013	666 Park Avenue
Rob	CBS	January 12, 2012	Rules of Engagement
Roseanne	ABC	March 27, 2018	Fresh Off The Boat
Rules of Engagement	CBS	February 5, 2007	The New Adventures of Old Christine
Social Studies	UPN	March 18, 1997
Superior Donuts	CBS	February 2, 2017	The Odd Couple
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fox	January 14, 2008	K-Ville
That '80s Show	Fox	January 23, 2002	Malcolm in the Middle
The Bob Cummings Show	NBC	January 2, 1955
The Bridge[3]	CTV	March 5, 2010
The Carrie Diaries	The CW	January 14, 2013	90210
The Deep End	ABC	January 21, 2010	FlashForward
The Finder	Fox	January 12, 2012	Bones
The Knights of Prosperity[2]	ABC	January 3, 2007
The Lone Gunmen	Fox	March 4, 2001
The New Adventures of Old Christine	CBS	March 13, 2006	Courting Alex
The Office	NBC	March 24, 2005	Committed
The Practice	ABC	March 4, 1997	NYPD Blue
The River	ABC	February 7, 2012	Wife Swap
Thunder Alley	ABC	March 9, 1994	The Critic
Scandal	ABC	April 5, 2012	Private Practice
Show Me the Money[2]	ABC	November 14, 2006
The Simpsons	Fox	December 17, 1989	Totally Hidden Video
Sister, Sister	ABC	April 1, 1994
The Six Million Dollar Man	ABC	January 18, 1974	Room 222
Smash	NBC	February 6, 2012	Rock Center with Brian Williams
So Weird	Disney	January 18, 1999
Space Cases	Nickelodeon	March 2, 1996	All That
Splitting Up Together	ABC	March 27, 2018	The Mayor
Stacked	Fox	April 13, 2005	Quintuplets
Twin Peaks	ABC	April 8, 1990
The Unit	CBS	March 7, 2006	Love Monkey
The Unusuals[1]	ABC	April 8, 2009	Life on Mars
The Wonder Years	ABC	January 31, 1988
Three	The WB	February 2, 1998	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Three's Company	ABC	March 15, 1977
Traffic Light	Fox	February 8, 2011	Raising Hope, Running Wilde
Trial & Error (TV series)	NBC	March 14, 2017	This Is Us
Unhappily Ever After	The WB	January 11, 1995
Us & Them	Fox	October 10 , 2014
Walker, Texas Ranger	CBS	April 21, 1993
Wanda at Large	Fox	March 26, 2003	Cedric the Entertainer Presents
What About Brian	ABC	April 16, 2006
Work It	ABC	January 3, 2012	Man Up
Zero Hour	ABC	February 14, 2013	Last Resort

Notes

1. 
   ^ Parks and Recreation was a mid-season replacement in its first, third, and seventh seasons. It was introduced as a mid-season replacement in the third season, to accommodate Amy Poehler's pregnancy, which was not written into the show. It was used as a mid-season replacement in its season finale to meet contractual obligations.
   

References

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   ^ ^abcd Diamond, Ilana (2007-01-01). "Midseason Replacements - News". TV.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
   


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   ^ Paul William Tenny (2010-05-14). "CBS 2010 upfronts: Mid-season replacements". Mediapundit.net. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
   

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