2012 fall TV schedules
ABC
MONDAY
7 p.m.: “Dancing with the Stars,” Sept. 24
9 p.m.: “Castle,” Sept. 24
TUESDAY
8 p.m.: “Happy Endings,” Oct. 23
8:30 p.m.: “Don’t Trust the B- in Apt. 23,” premiers Oct. 23
9 p.m.: “Private Practice,” Sept. 25
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: “The Middle,” Sept. 26
7:30 p.m.: “Suburgatory,” Oct. 17
8 p.m.: “Modern Family,” Sept. 26
8:30 p.m.: “The Neighbors,” Sept. 26 — Jame Gertz and Lenny Veniot play the average American couple who move into a neighborhood of aliens.
9 p.m.: “Nashville,” Oct. 10 — A fading country music superstar (Connie Britton) and hot young upstart (Hayden Panettiere) collide.
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: “Last Resort,” Sept. 27 — Andre Braugher (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) plays a commander of a nuclear sub crew that goes rogue after the vessel is used as a pawn to provoke war with Pakistan.
8 p.m.: “Grey’s Anatomy,” Sept. 27.
9 p.m.: “Scandal,” Sept. 27
FRIDAY
7 p.m.: “Last Man Standing,” Nov. 2
7:30 p.m.: “Malibu Country,” Nov. 2 — A fed-up wife (Reba McEntire) leaves her cheating husband in Nashville, Tenn., and heads to California with her kids and mother (Lily Tomlin) to chase her music dreams.
8 p.m.: “Shark Tank,” premiered at 7 p.m. Friday and moves to 8 p.m. on Nov. 2
9 p.m.: “ABC 20/20,” already premiered.
SATURDAY
“Saturday Night Football”
SUNDAY
6 p.m.: “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
7 p.m.: “Once Upon a Time,” Sept. 30
8 p.m.: “Revenge,” Sept. 30
9 p.m.: “666 Park Avenue,” Sept. 30 — Spooky things are happening at a historic Manhattan high-rise owned by a couple played by Terry O’Quinn and Vanessa Williams. The newlyweds (Dave Annable and Rachael Taylor) they hire to manage the place don’t know what they’re in for.
CBS
MONDAY
7 p.m.: “How I Met Your Mother,” Sept. 24
7:30 p.m.: “Partners,” Sept. 24 — Two longtime best friends — one straight and one gay — adjust to life after one of them gets engaged.
8 p.m.: “2 Broke Girls,” Sept. 24
8:30 p.m.: “Mike & Molly,” Sept. 24
9 p.m.: “Hawaii Five-0,” Sept. 24
TUESDAY
7 p.m.: “NCIS,” Sept. 25
8 p.m.: “NCIS: Los Angeles,” Sept. 25
9 p.m.: “Vegas,” Sept. 25 — A cattle rancher-turned-sheriff (Dennis Quaid) tangles with a gangster (Michael Chiklis) in 1960s Las Vegas.
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: “Survivor: Philippines,” Sept. 19
8 p.m.: “Criminal Minds,” Sept. 26
9 p.m.: “CSI,” Sept. 26
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: “The Big Bang Theory,” Sept. 27
7:30 p.m.: “Two and a Half Men,” Sept. 27
8 p.m.: “Person of Interest,” Sept. 27
9 p.m.: “Elementary,” Sept. 27 — This Americanized version of the Sherlock Holmes saga brings the iconic sleuth (Jonny Lee Miller) to New York and teams him with a female Dr. Watson (Lucy Liu).
FRIDAY
7 p.m.: “CSI: NY,” Sept. 28
8 p.m.: “Made in Jersey,” Sept. 28 — Martina Garretti (Janet Montgomery), a young New Jersey lawyer, uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at an elite New York law firm.
9 p.m.: “Blue Bloods,” Sept. 28
SATURDAY
7 p.m.: “Crimetime Saturday”
8 p.m.: “Crimetime Saturday”
9 p.m.: “48 Hours Mystery”
SUNDAY
7 p.m.: “The Amazing Race,” Sept. 30
8 p.m.: “The Good Wife,” Sept. 30
9 p.m.: “The Mentalist,” Sept. 30
CW
MONDAY
7 p.m.: “90210,” Oct. 8
8 p.m.: “Gossip Girl,” Oct. 8
TUESDAY
7 p.m.: “The Hart of Dixie,” Oct. 2
8 p.m.: “Emily Owens, M.D.,” Oct. 16— A young med-school grad and former geeky girl (Mamie Gummer) discovers that life in a hospital is like high school — complete with a mean-girl rival and unrequited crush.
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: “Arrow,” Oct. 10 — Stephen Amell plays the hooded, bow-toting vigilante in this modern take on the DC Comics’ “Green Arrow” saga.
8 p.m.: “Supernatural,” Oct. 3
THURSDAY
8 p.m.: “The Vampire Diaries,” Oct. 11
8 p.m.: “Beauty and the Beast,” Oct. 11 — Based more on the 1980s CBS series than the Disney movie, it’s a modern-day romance wedged into a crime procedural. Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan star.
FRIDAY
7 p.m.: “America’s Next Top Model,” already premiered.
8 p.m.: “Nikita,” Oct. 19
FOX
MONDAY
7 p.m.: “Bones,” premiered Sept. 17
8 p.m.: “Mob Doctor,” premiered Sept. 17 — A young doctor (Jordan Spiro) finds herself at the mercy of the mob.
TUESDAY
7 p.m.: “Raising Hope,” Oct. 2
7 p.m.: “New Girl” (special), Sept. 25
7:30 p.m.: “Ben & Kate,” Sept. 25 — An aimless drifter (Nat Faxon) moves in with his young single-mom sister (Dakota Johnson) to help raise her 5-year-old (Maggie Jones).
8 p.m.: “New Girl,” Sept. 25
8:30 p.m.: “The Mindy Project,” Sept. 25 — An OB-GYN (Mindy Kaling) who is inept at love struggles to find her own Prince Charming.
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: “The X Factor,” premiered Sept. 12.
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: “The X Factor”
8 p.m.: “Glee,” premiered Sept. 13.
FRIDAY
7 p.m.: “Touch,” Oct. 26
7 p.m.: “Kitchen Nightmares,” Sept. 28
8 p.m.: “Fringe,” Sept. 28
SATURDAY
“Fox Sports”
SUNDAY
6:30 p.m.: “The Cleveland Show,” Oct. 7
7 p.m.: “The Simpsons,”Sept. 30
7:30 p.m.: “Bob’s Burgers,” Sept. 30
8 p.m.: “Family Guy,” Sept. 30
8:30 p.m.: “American Dad,” Sept. 30
NBC
MONDAY
7 p.m.: “The Voice,” premiered Sept. 10.
9 p.m.: “Revolution,” premiered Sept. 17 — A future world unravels into lawless chaos after all forms of power go out. The drama, produced by J.J. Abrams (“Lost”), begins after 15 years have passed.
TUESDAY
7 p.m.: “The Voice”
8 p.m.: “Go On,” premiered Sept. 11 — After the death of his wife, a caustic sports radio host (Matthew Perry) joins a support group full of oddballs.
8:30 p.m.: “The New Normal,” premiered Sept. 11 — A gay couple finds a surrogate (Georgia King) to help them start a family much to the dismay of her bigoted mother (Ellen Barkin).
9 p.m.: “Parenthood,” premiered Sept. 11.
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: “Animal Practice,” Sept. 26 — The comedy is about a cranky veterinarian (Justin Kirk) who loves animals but pretty much can’t stand people.
7:30 p.m.: “Guys With Kids,” Sept. 26 — Three young friends (Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford, Zach Cregger) discover that being a baby daddy has its challenges.
8 p.m.: “Law & Order: SVU,” Sept. 26
9 p.m.: “Chicago Fire,” Oct. 10 — This ensemble drama from Dick Wolf (“Law & Order”) is about the stressed-out men and women of the Chicago Fire Department.
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: “30 Rock,” Oct. 4
7:30 p.m.: “Up All Night,” Sept. 20
8 p.m.: “The Office,” Sept. 20
8:30 p.m.: “Parks & Recreation,” Sept. 20
9 p.m.: “Rock Center with Brian Williams”
FRIDAY
7 p.m.: “Whitney,” Oct. 19
7:30 p.m.: “Community,” Oct. 19
8 p.m.: “Grimm,” Sept. 28.
9 p.m.: “Dateline NBC”
SATURDAY
10:30 p.m.: “Saturday Night Live,” premiered Sept. 15.
SUNDAY
“Sunday Night Football”