After months [or even years] of developing shows, shooting pilots and holding dozens [if not hundreds] of test screenings for focus groups, it all comes down to show time. Literally dozens of new shows await the approval of an audience – while many more dozens hope to keep the audience they’ve already built.
So, when do the festivities [or bloodbath…] begin? Check out the fall 2011-12 broadcast schedule by simply following the jump.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
NFL Kickoff Special (regular season) (NBC)
Sunday Night Football (regular season) (NBC)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10
Cops (Fox)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
Football Night in America (regular season) (NBC)
Sunday Night Football (NBC)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13
90210 (CW)
Ringer (CW)
Parenthood (NBC)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14
H8R (CW)
America’s Next Top Model (CW)
Up All Night (NBC)
Free Agents (NBC)
Harry’s Law (NBC)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Survivor: South Pacific (CBS)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
The Secret Circle (CW)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
20/20 (ABC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Castle (ABC)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
2 Broke Girls (CBS)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
Dancing With the Stars results show (ABC)
Body of Proof (ABC)
NCIS (CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Unforgettable (CBS)
Glee (Fox)
New Girl (Fox)
Raising Hope (Fox)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
Revenge (ABC)
The Middle (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
The X Factor (Fox)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22
Charlie’s Angels (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Community (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Whitney (NBC)
Prime Suspect (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Person of Interest (CBS)
The Mentalist (CBS)
The X Factor results show (Fox)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
Nikita (CW)
Supernatural (CW)
Dateline NBC (NBC)
A Gifted Man (CBS)
CSI: NY (CBS)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)
Fringe (Fox)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
Rules of Engagement (CBS)
Crimetime Saturday (CBS)
48 Hours Mystery (CBS)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
Pan Am (ABC)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
60 Minutes (CBS)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Good Wife (CBS)
CSI: Miami (CBS)
The Simpsons (Fox)
The Cleveland Show (Fox)
Family Guy (Fox)
American Dad (Fox)
MONDAY, SEPT. 26
Gossip Girl (CW)
Hart of Dixie (CW)
2 Broke Girls (time period premiere) (CBS)
Mike & Molly (CBS)
Terra Nova (Fox)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28
Suburgatory (ABC)
Happy Endings (ABC)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
Private Practice (ABC)
How to be a Gentleman (CBS)
SUNDAY, OCT. 2
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
MONDAY, OCT. 3
House (Fox)
TUESDAY, OCT. 11
Last Man Standing (ABC)
TUESDAY, OCT. 18
Man Up (ABC)
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (time period premiere) (ABC)
Chuck (NBC)
Grimm (NBC)
Dateline NBC time period premiere (NBC)
SUNDAY, OCT. 23
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
SATURDAY, OCT. 29
America’s Most Wanted quarterly special (Fox)
SUNDAY, OCT. 30
The Cleveland Show (Fox)
Allen Gregory (Fox)
THURSDAY, NOV. 3
Bones (Fox)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23
I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Fox