Mid-season hiatus. It’s a terrible thing. Have you ever been following your favorite series, week to week, and then you tune in one day, and it isn’t there? It’s happened to all of us! Sometimes our favorite shows go on hiatus just so the station can fit all that TV goodness on their schedule, or maybe because they’re trying to build some serious tension halfway through the season. Whatever the case, right when a show’s got us hooked, they hold us on the line and make us wait for more.
NCIS, Law & Order, and Hell’s Kitchen all return after the holiday season. Most major networks, such as CBS, ABC, and Fox, have mid-season story breaks. It creates a more manageable time period for writers. Instead of one big story arc that might go for a whole season, they can fit two smaller ones that still create a big impact. It also helps them show viewers different content on their channel so people tune in more than once a year. But for TV viewers, it fills us with anticipation, so we’re counting the days until Special Victims Unit comes back on the air. Here is a guide to help ensure you can be on time for your favorite show’s return from hiatus.
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Returning to Fox
Fox
Everyone’s favorite chef, Gordon Ramsay, will return for his 21st season on Hell’s Kitchen on January 5th at 8. Despite accusations of sabotage and stories of contestants being forced to drink hamburger milkshakes, the series will surely return with even more excitement. So, get your recipe books ready and look out for flying food.
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All your stark yet loveable medical practitioners will be back on The Resident when the show returns on Tuesday, January 3rd, at 8. Sean William Scott (Father Joe) and Jaime Pressly (Barb Flatch) will be back along with the documentary crew in Welcome to Flatch on Thursday, January 5th, at 9. And just after that, at 9:30 p.m., Call Me Kat also comes back on the air.
Returning to ABC
ABC
On ABC, Nathan Fillian (John Nolan) returns for the fifth season of the cop drama, The Rookie on Tuesday, January 3rd at 8. And the first season of the show’s spinoff, The Rookie: Feds, comes barreling in right after it at 9. On Wednesday, January 4th, at 9, Abbott Elementary is back to struggle against the odds of an underfunded school system. Home Economics follows it at 9:30 p.m., telling the story of three adult siblings separated by class. And at 10, Katheryn Winnick (Jenny Hoyt) and Kylie Bunbury (Cassie Dewell) continue their investigation on Big Sky.
On Thursday, January 5th, Celebrity Jeopardy! will pick up its season again at 8. Following it up at 9, you can watch 12 families come under the microscope of how they raise their children in The Parent Test. After that, at 9:30 p.m., contestants work to defeat a quiz genius in The Chase. And on Friday, January 6th, the inventors try to impress the investors when The Shark Tank returns at 8.
On Wednesday, January 11th, The Conners will return in their Roseanne spinoff at 8. And everyone’s favorite ’80s sitcom, The Goldbergs, will be there to follow them at 8:30 p.m. On Monday, January 23rd, at 9, The Good Doctor will be back to save lives and struggle against peoples’ preconceived notions of age and autism.
In February, America’s Funniest Home Videos will return on Sunday, February 19th, at 7. American Idol will also be back on Sunday at 8. Then, there’s more firehouse drama in Station 19 on Thursday, February 23rd at 8. Grey’s Anatomy will follow it up with the second half of its 19th season at 9. And then at 10, there’s more local reporting for the newspaper drama in Alaska Daily.
Returning to CBS
CBS
All our favorite procedurals will be back on CBS after the holiday season. Kicking off the new year on Monday, January 2nd, all three versions of NCIS return to the screen: NCIS at 8, NCIS: Hawai’i at 9, and NCIS: Los Angeles at 10. FBI will be coming back on Tuesday, January 3rd at 8, followed by FBI: International at 9. Then, the next day FBI: Most Wanted returns on Wednesday, January 4th, at 10.
Young Sheldon is back for its sixth season on Thursday, January 5th, at 8, followed by Ghosts at 8:30. Then So Help Me Todd, the story of a maverick private investigator, comes on Thursday at 9. After that, CSI: Vegas is back at 10. Friday, January 6th, sees the return of S.W.A.T. at, followed by the story of prisoners turned firefighters in Fire Country at 9. After that, Blue Bloods, a cop drama following the Reagan family, comes on at 10.
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On Sunday, January 8th, we’ll see the return of East New York at 8:30 and discover the difficulties of crime and gentrification in the boroughs of New York City. Then on Monday, January 16th, Cedric the Entertainer (Calvin Butler) and Max Greenfield (Dave Johnson) move in on The Neighborhood at 8. And love is in the air soon after at 8:30 on Bob Hearts Abishola.
Returning to NBC
NBC
The reboot of Quantum Leap is returning with Raymond Lee (Dr. Ben Song) and Mason Alexander Park (Ian Wright) for the second half of its first season on Monday, January 2nd at 10. Then New Amsterdam struggles with ethical medical practices on Tuesday, January 3rd at 10. The Chicago series of procedurals returns to NBC on Wednesday, January 4th, with Chicago Med at 8, Chicago Fire at 9, and Chicago P.D. at 10.
Next, Law & Order is back on Thursday, January 5th at 8, followed by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit at 9 and Law & Order: Organized Crime at 10. Then, George and Mayan Lopez are back for Lopez vs. Lopez in their heartfelt father/daughter sitcom on Friday, January 6th at 8. Immediately afterward, we follow The Rock’s campaign for president and his nostalgic reflection on his life in Young Rock at 8:30 p.m. And on Tuesday, January 31st, the strange story of two worlds continues in La Brea at 9.
Returning to Freeform
Freeform
From the creators of Black-ish, we watch characters grow up in Grown-ish as season 5 continues on Wednesday, January 18th at 10:30 p.m.
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