TV program introduced in second half of schedule
In American network television scheduling , a mid-season replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of the traditional television season , usually between December 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 deliberately 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. For example, American Idol CBS put reruns of the first season of Land of the Lost [ 1]
An older and related concept is the summer replacement , which debuts between May and August, when a network's fall schedule is on hiatus. Summer replacements tend to be lower-profile shows with either low budgets or minimal prospects for renewal.
Notable mid-season replacement shows [ edit ]
Series
Original network
Original air date
Series replaced
24: Live Another Day Fox
May 5, 2014
The Following
3rd Rock from the Sun NBC
January 9, 1996
NewsRadio
9-1-1 FOX
January 3, 2018
Star
The American Embassy FOX
March 11, 2002
Ally McBeal
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
Boston Common NBC
March 21, 1996
The Single Guy
The Book of Daniel NBC
January 6, 2006
Inconceivable
Breaking In Fox
April 6, 2011
American Idol
Brooklyn Nine-Nine NBC
January 10, 2019
I Feel Bad
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 [ 2] ABC
March 9, 2009
True Beauty
The Catch ABC
March 24, 2016
How to Get Away with Murder
Champions NBC
March 8, 2018
Great News
The Chicago Code Fox
February 7, 2011
Lie to Me
City of Angels CBS
January 16, 2000
Cosby
Coach ABC
February 28, 1989
The Wonder Years
Conviction NBC
March 3, 2006
The Book of Daniel
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior CBS
February 16, 2011
Blue Bloods
Cuts UPN
February 14, 2005
Second Time Around
D.C. The WB
April 2, 2000
Felicity
Daddio NBC
March 23, 2000
Jesse
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
Fam CBS
January 10, 2019
Murphy Brown
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 Life ABC
February 11, 2020
Emergence
For Your Love NBC
March 17, 1998
NewsRadio
Fresh Off the Boat ABC
February 4, 2015
Selfie
Friends with Benefits NBC
August 5, 2011
Futurama FOX
March 28, 1999
That '70s Show
GCB ABC
March 4, 2012
Pan Am
Getting By ABC
March 5, 1993
Dinosaurs
George Lopez [ 3] ABC
March 27, 2002
According to Jim
Good Advice CBS
April 2, 1993
Bob
Grapevine CBS
February 28, 2000
Ladies Man
Great News NBC
April 25, 2017
Trial & Error
Grey's Anatomy ABC
March 27, 2005
Boston Legal
Grounded for Life Fox
January 10, 2001
Normal, Ohio
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
Monday Night Football
Hill Street Blues NBC
January 15, 1981
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
Homicide: Life on the Street NBC
January 31, 1993
Seinfeld
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 [ 3] ABC
January 3, 2007
It Takes a Thief ABC
January 9, 1968
In the Heat of the Night NBC
March 6, 1988
J.J. Starbuck
The Jeffersons CBS
January 18, 1975
Friends and Lovers
JAG Season 2 relaunch on CBS CBS
January 17, 1997
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Just Shoot Me! NBC
March 4, 1997
Men Behaving Badly
Kate & Allie CBS
March 19, 1984
AfterMASH
Kate Brasher CBS
February 24, 2001
Walker, Texas Ranger
King of the Hill Fox
January 12, 1997
Ned and Stacey
Knots Landing CBS
December 27, 1979
Hawaii Five-O
LA to Vegas Fox
January 2, 2018
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
LateLine NBC
March 17, 1998
Just Shoot Me!
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
Man from Interpol NBC
January 30, 1960
It Could Be You
Married... with Children Fox
April 5, 1987
Syndicated programming
Medium NBC
January 3, 2005
LAX
The Mick Fox
January 1, 2017
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Millionaire CBS
January 19, 1955
Strike It Rich
Moesha UPN
January 23, 1996
Deadly Games
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
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Nanny and the Professor ABC
January 21, 1970
The Flying Nun
Napoleon Dynamite Fox
January 15, 2012
Allen Gregory
Nash Bridges CBS
March 29, 1996
American Gothic
The Nick Cannon Show Nickelodeon
January 12, 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
George Lopez
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
The Jay Leno Show
Parks and Recreation [ n 1] NBC
April 9, 2009
Kath & Kim
Perfect Couples NBC
December 20, 2010
Perfect Strangers ABC
March 25, 1986
Growing Pains
The PJs FOX
January 10, 1999
Costello
Quantum Leap NBC
March 26, 1989
Raines NBC
March 15, 2007
ER
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
Sanford and Son NBC
January 14, 1972
The D.A.
Schoolhouse Rock! ABC
January 15, 1973
commercials
Scrubs ABC
January 6, 2009
According to Jim
Social Studies UPN
March 18, 1997
Homeboys in Outer Space
Some of My Best Friends CBS
February 28, 2001
Welcome to New York
SpongeBob SquarePants Nickelodeon
May 1, 1999
First hour of Nick-at-Nite
Station 19 ABC
March 22, 2018
How to Get Away with Murder
Superior Donuts CBS
February 2, 2017
The Odd Couple
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Fox
January 13, 2008
K-Ville
That '80s Show Fox
January 23, 2002
Malcolm in the Middle
The Bob Cummings Show NBC
January 2, 1955
The Hunter
The Bridge [ 4] CTV
March 5, 2010
The Carrie Diaries The CW
January 14, 2013
90210
The Deep End ABC
January 21, 2010
FlashForward
The Enemy Within NBC
February 25, 2019
Manifest
The Finder Fox
January 12, 2012
Bones
The Knights of Prosperity [ 3] ABC
January 3, 2007
The Lone Gunmen Fox
March 4, 2001
FreakyLinks
The New Adventures of Old Christine CBS
March 13, 2006
Courting Alex
The Oblongs The WB
April 1, 2001
For Your Love
The Office NBC
March 24, 2005
Committed
The Others NBC
February 5, 2000
Freaks and Geeks
The Practice ABC
March 4, 1997
NYPD Blue
The Return of Jezebel James Fox
March 14, 2008
The River ABC
February 7, 2012
Wife Swap
Three Sisters NBC
January 9, 2001
DAG
Thunder Alley ABC
March 9, 1994
The Critic
Titus Fox
March 20, 2000
Time of Your Life
Scandal ABC
April 5, 2012
Private Practice
Schooled ABC
January 9, 2019
American Housewife
Show Me the Money [ 3] ABC
November 15, 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
Southland NBC
April 9, 2009
ER
Space Cases Nickelodeon
March 2, 1996
All That
Splitting Up Together ABC
March 27, 2018
The Mayor
Stacked Fox
April 13, 2005
Quintuplets
Station Zero MTV
March 8, 1999
Twenty-One NBC
January 9, 2000
Third Watch
Twin Peaks ABC
April 8, 1990
The Young Riders
The Outsiders Fox
March 25, 1990
Booker
The Unit CBS
March 7, 2006
Love Monkey
The Unusuals [ 2] ABC
April 8, 2009
Life on Mars
The Village NBC
March 19, 2019
New Amsterdam
The Wonder Years ABC
January 31, 1988
Growing Pains
Three The WB
February 2, 1998
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Three's Company ABC
March 15, 1977
The Tony Randall Show
Traffic Light Fox
February 8, 2011
Raising Hope Running Wilde
Trial & Error NBC
March 14, 2017
This Is Us
Unhappily Ever After The WB
January 11, 1995
Syndicated programming
Walker, Texas Ranger CBS
April 21, 1993
The Hat Squad
Wanda at Large Fox
March 26, 2003
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
Watching Ellie NBC
February 26, 2002
Three Sisters
What About Brian ABC
April 16, 2006
Miracle Workers
Work It ABC
January 3, 2012
Man Up
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane The WB
January 17, 1999
Unhappily Ever After
Zero Hour ABC
February 14, 2013
Last Resort
^ Parks and Recreation 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.