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The 2011–2012 network television schedule for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2011 through May 2012. It may also include primetime hours from summer series. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2010–2011 season and omits the Public Broadcasting Service (whose programming is listed here).

Schedule

Sunday

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall America's Funniest Home Videos (10/2)[1] Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (9/25)[1] Desperate Housewives (9/25)[1] Pan Am (9/25)[1]
Follow-up Once Upon a Time (10/23)[1]
CBS 60 Minutes (9/25)[2] The Amazing Race 19 (9/25)[2] The Good Wife (9/25)[2] CSI: Miami (9/25)[2]
Fox Fall NFL on Fox (9/11) The Simpsons (9/25)[3] The Cleveland Show (9/25)[3] Family Guy (9/25)[3] American Dad! (9/25)[3] Local Programming
Follow-up NFL on Fox The Cleveland Show Allen Gregory (10/30)[3]
Mid-season Animation Domination (E) Napoleon Dynamite Bob's Burgers
NBC Fall Football Night in America (9/11)[4] NBC Sunday Night Football (continued to game completion) (9/11)[4]
Mid-season Dateline NBC The Apprentice The Firm

Monday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Dancing with the Stars (9/19)[1] Castle (9/19)[1]
CBS How I Met Your Mother (9/19)[2] 2 Broke Girls (9/19)[2] Two and a Half Men (9/19)[2] Mike & Molly (9/26)[2] Hawaii Five-0 (9/19)[2]
The CW Gossip Girl (9/26)[5] Hart of Dixie (9/26)[5] Local Programming
Fox Fall Terra Nova (9/26)[3] House (10/3)[3]
Mid-season House Alcatraz
NBC Fall The Sing-Off (9/19)[4] The Playboy Club (9/19)[4]
Mid-season The Voice (2/5)[6] Smash (2/6)[6]

Tuesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Fall Last Man Standing (10/11)[1] Man Up (10/18)[1] Dancing with the Stars (9/20)[1] Body of Proof (9/20)[1]
Follow-up Cougar Town[7] Apartment 23[7]
CBS NCIS (9/20)[2] NCIS: Los Angeles (9/20)[2] Unforgettable (9/20)[2]
The CW 90210 (9/13)[5] Ringer (9/13)[5] Local Programming
Fox Glee (9/20)[3] New Girl (9/20)[3] Raising Hope (9/20)[3]
NBC The Biggest Loser (9/20)[4] Parenthood (9/13)[4]

Wednesday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC The Middle (9/21)[1] Suburgatory (9/28)[1] Modern Family (9/21)[1] Happy Endings (9/28)[1] Revenge (9/21)[1]
CBS Survivor: South Pacific (9/14)[2] Criminal Minds (9/21)[2] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (9/21)[2]
The CW H8R (9/14)[5] America's Next Top Model (9/14)[5] Local Programming
Fox Fall The X Factor (9/21)[3]
Follow-up The X Factor I Hate My Teenage Daughter (11/23)[3]
Mid-season American Idol (1/22)[8]
NBC Up All Night (9/14)[4] Free Agents (9/14)[4] Harry's Law (9/21)[4] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9/21)[4]

Thursday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Charlie's Angels (9/22)[1] Grey's Anatomy (9/22)[1] Private Practice (9/29)[1]
CBS The Big Bang Theory (9/22)[2] How to Be a Gentleman (9/29)[2] Person of Interest (9/22)[2] The Mentalist (9/22)[2]
The CW The Vampire Diaries (9/15)[5] The Secret Circle (9/15)[5] Local Programming
Fox Fall The X Factor
Follow-up The X Factor Bones (11/3)[3]
Mid-season American Idol The Finder
Spring Bones
NBC Community (9/22)[4] Parks and Recreation (9/22)[4] The Office (9/22)[4] Whitney (9/22)[4] Prime Suspect (9/22)[4]

Friday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (10/21)[1] 20/20 (9/16)[1]
CBS A Gifted Man (9/23)[2] CSI: NY (9/23)[2] Blue Bloods (9/23)[2]
The CW Nikita (9/23)[5] Supernatural (9/23)[5] Local Programming
Fox Kitchen Nightmares (9/23)[3] Fringe (9/23)[3]
NBC Fall Unknown programming Dateline NBC (9/23)[4]
Follow-up Chuck (10/21)[4] Grimm (10/21)[4] Dateline NBC

Saturday

PM 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Saturday Night Football (continued to game completion)
CBS Rules of Engagement (10/8)[9] Comedytime Saturday (9/24)[2] Crimetime Saturday (9/24)[2] 48 Hours (9/24)[2]
Fox COPS (9/10)[3] COPS (E)[3] Terra Nova (E) (10/1)[10]/America's Most Wanted (specials) (10/29)[3] Local Programming
NBC Harry's Law (E) (9/24)[4] Prime Suspect (E) (9/24)[4] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (E) (9/24)[4]

By network

Renewals and Cancellations

Full Season Pickups

ABC

CBS

The CW

  • 90210 - Already picked up for a full season, with an additional 2 episodes making a 24 episode count in total on August 3, 2011.[50]
  • The Frame - Picked up for 14 episodes on August 3, 2011.[51]
  • Gossip Girl - Already picked up for a full season, with an additional 2 episodes making a 24 episode count in total on August 3, 2011.[50]
  • Nikita - Already picked up for a full season, with an additional 1 episode making a 23 episode count in total on August 3, 2011.[50]
  • One Tree Hill - Picked up for 13 episodes on May 17, 2011.
  • Supernatural - Already picked up for a full season, with an additional 1 episode making a 23 episode count in total on August 3, 2011.[50]

Fox

NBC

Renewals

ABC

CBS

  • The Big Bang Theory – Picked up for three additional seasons on January 12, 2011, running through its seventh season in 2013–2014.[57]
  • How I Met Your Mother – Picked up for two additional seasons on March 4, 2011, running through its eighth season in 2012–2013.[58]

The CW

Fox

NBC

Cancellations/Series endings

ABC

CBS

The CW

  • One Tree Hill – It was announced on May 19, 2011 that season nine would be the final season.[63]

Fox

NBC

  • Chuck – It was announced on May 13, 2011 that season five would be the final season.[39]

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