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In American and Canadian television, a midseason replacement is a television series that premieres in the second half of the traditional television season, usually between January and May. Midseason replacements usually take place after a show that was in the fall schedule was canceled or put on hiatus, or a program had a shortened season for some other reason which resulted in a time slot that needed filling.

Notable shows

Series name	Network	Original air date	Replaced series
Airwolf	CBS	January 22, 1984
Alcatraz	Fox	January 16, 2012	Terra Nova
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
Arranged Marriage	CBS	2010
Are You There, Chelsea?	NBC	January 11, 2012	Free Agents
Barnaby Jones	CBS	January 28, 1973
Barney Miller	ABC	January 23, 1975
Batman	ABC	January 12, 1966	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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
Breaking In	Fox	April 6, 2011	American Idol
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	March 10, 1997	Savannah
The Cape	NBC	January 9, 2011	The Event
Castle ^[1]	ABC	March 9, 2009	True Beauty
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
Dallas	CBS	April 2, 1978
Dawson's Creek	The WB	January 20, 1998
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman	CBS	January 1, 1993
Dollhouse	Fox	February 13, 2009	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Dynasty	ABC	January 12, 1981
Eight Is Enough	ABC	March 15, 1977
Ellen	ABC	March 29, 1994
Emergency!	NBC	January 15, 1972	The Good Life
Falcon Crest	CBS	December 4, 1981	The Incredible Hulk
Family Guy	Fox	January 31, 1999
The Firm	NBC	January 8, 2012	Prime Suspect
For Your Love	NBC	March 18, 1998
GCB	ABC	March 4, 2012	Pan Am
George Lopez ^[2]	ABC	March 27, 2002	According to Jim
Grey's Anatomy	ABC	March 27, 2005	Boston Legal
Got to Dance ^[3]	CBS
Grounded for Life	Fox	January 10, 2001
Happy Days	ABC	January 15, 1974	Temperatures Rising
Happy Endings	ABC	April 13, 2011	Cougar Town
Harry's Law	NBC	January 17, 2011	Chase
High Incident	ABC	March 4, 1996
Hill Street Blues	NBC	January 17, 1981
Human Target	Fox	January 17, 2010	So You Think You Can Dance
The Incredible Hulk	CBS	March 10, 1978
In Case of Emergency ^[2]	ABC	January 3, 2007
It Takes a Thief	ABC	January 9, 1968
The Jeffersons	CBS	January 18, 1975
JAG Season 2 relaunch on CBS	CBS	January 17, 1997
Just Shoot Me!	NBC	March 4, 1997
Kate & Allie	CBS	March 19, 1984
King of the Hill	Fox	January 12, 1997
Knots Landing	CBS	December 27, 1979
Laverne & Shirley	ABC	January 27, 1976
Law & Order: Trial by Jury	NBC	March 3, 2005	Medical Investigation
Lie to Me	Fox	January 21, 2009	Bones
Mad Love	CBS	February 14, 2011	Rules of Engagement
Malcolm in the Middle	Fox	January 9, 2000	Futurama
Married... with Children	Fox	April 5, 1987
Medium	NBC	January 3, 2005	LAX
Mister Ed	CBS	January 5, 1961
Moesha	UPN	January 23, 1996
Moonlighting	ABC	March 3, 1985
Mr. Belvedere	ABC	March 15, 1985	Hawaiian Heat
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
Night Court	NBC	January 4, 1984
The Norm Show	ABC	March 24, 1999	The Secret Lives of Men
Numb3rs	CBS	January 23, 2005	Dr. Vegas
NYC 22	CBS	April 15, 2012	CSI: Miami
Parks and Recreation^{[n 1]}	NBC	April 9, 2009	Kath & Kim
Perfect Strangers	ABC	March 25, 1986
Quantum Leap	NBC	March 26, 1989
Rob	CBS	January 12, 2012	Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement	CBS	February 5, 2007	The New Adventures of Old Christine
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fox	January 14, 2008	K-Ville
The Bob Cummings Show	NBC	January 2, 1955
The Bridge ^[3]	CTV	March 5, 2010
The Deep End	ABC	December 10, 2009	FlashForward
The Finder	Fox	January 12, 2012	Bones
The Lone Gunmen	Fox	March 4, 2001
The Knights of Prosperity ^[2]	ABC	January 3, 2007
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
Scandal	ABC	April 5, 2012	Private Practice
Show Me the Money ^[2]	ABC	November 14, 2006
The Simpsons	Fox	December 17, 1989	Booker
Sister, Sister	ABC	April 1, 1994
The Six Million Dollar Man	ABC	January 18, 1974
Smash	NBC	February 6, 2012	The Playboy Club
Stacked	Fox	April 13, 2005	Quintuplets
The Unit	CBS	March 7, 2006	Love Monkey
The Unusuals ^[1]	ABC	April 8, 2009
The Wonder Years	ABC	March 15, 1988
3rd Rock from the Sun	NBC	January 9, 1996	Hudson Street
Three's Company	ABC	March 15, 1977
Unhappily Ever After	The WB	January 11, 1995
Walker, Texas Ranger	CBS	April 21, 1993
Wanda at Large	Fox	March 26, 2003	Cedric the Entertainer Presents
Work It	ABC	January 3, 2012	Man Up

Notes

^ Parks and Recreation was a midseason replacement in both its first and third season. It was introduced as a midseason replacement in the third season, to accommodate Amy Poehler's pregnancy, which was not written into the show.

References

^ ^a ^b Diamond, Ilana (2008-12-11). "Midseason Replacements 2009 - News". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/news/midseason-replacements-2009-11997/. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Diamond, Ilana (2007-01-01). "Midseason Replacements - News". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/news/midseason-replacements-7425/. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ ^a ^b Paul William Tenny (2010-05-14). "CBS 2010 upfronts: Mid-season replacements". Mediapundit.net. http://www.mediapundit.net/2010/05/cbs-2010-upfronts-mid-season-replacements.html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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