# New or Returning TV Shows after March 2013.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135
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**Created:** [March 27, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135 "2013-03-27T22:32:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/1 "2013-03-27T22:32:16Z")
See [CBS renews 18 prime-time series for next season](http://tv.yahoo.com/news/cbs-renews-18-prime-time-series-next-season-203850791.html)
for this list:
The renewals include news shows
“60 Minutes”
“48 Hours”
“Survivor”
“The Amazing Race”
“Undercover Boss”
Dramas back on the schedule next fall are
“NCIS”
“NCIS: Los Angeles”
“Elementary”
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”
“Person of Interest”
“Hawaii Five-0”
“The Mentalist”
“Blue Bloods”
“The Good Wife”
Renewed comedies are
“The Big Bang Theory”
“How I Met Your Mother”
“2 Broke Girls”
“Mike & Molly”
“How I Met Your Mother”
The shows still on the bubble are
“CSI: NY”
“Vegas”
“Golden Boy”
“Rules of Engagement”
CBS may renew some or none of those shows, depending on its development of new programs
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Wikipedia has these details:
Mad Men – The series concluded its fifth season on June 10, 2012, and has been renewed for a sixth season, which will premiere on April 7, 2013.
The Borgias – On May 4, 2012, Showtime ordered a third season of 10 episodes to air in 2013. Season 3 is set to premiere on April 14, 2013.
The Newsroom – The Newsroom has been renewed for a second season, which will premiere in June 2013.
Dexter – On January 12, 2013 it was revealed that Season 8 of Dexter would be moved from its originally planned Autumn airing to the Summer of 2013. Season 8 will begin on Sunday, June 30, 2013.
Breaking Bad – This final season is split into two parts, each consisting of 8 episodes and broadcast over the course of two years; the first half premiered on July 15, 2012, and concluded on September 2, 2012, and the second half is scheduled to begin in summer 2013.
Homeland – The series has been renewed for a third season of 12 episodes, which will premiere on September 29, 2013.
Boardwalk Empire – On October 2, 2012, HBO announced that the series was renewed for a fourth season.
Sons of Anarchy – On February 3, 2012, Sons of Anarchy was renewed for two additional seasons, a fifth and a sixth. Those involved in the production of the series imply that a seventh and final season is creator Kurt Sutter’s plan.
Bones – The series is currently airing its eighth season and has been renewed for a ninth season.
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Please add to this thread any new information that you can confirm on new or returning shows of interest to you.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/2 "2013-03-27T22:39:39Z")
**Game of Thrones** season 3 premieres on April 7th on HBO.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/3 "2013-03-27T23:05:28Z")
April 7? I thought Game of Thrones starts on March 31.
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### Author:  [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/4 "2013-03-28T01:01:13Z")
I look forward to the show named Baby Daddy coming back to the ABC Family station for its second season on May 29th. 🙂 🙂 🙂
God bless you always!!!
Holly
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/5 "2013-03-28T02:13:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> April 7? I thought Game of Thrones starts on March 31.
No, but Doctor Who returns Saturday, March 30.
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/6 "2013-03-28T03:17:01Z")
My HBO guide says Game of Thrones is back on March 31.
ETA: Or is that a scheduled repeat of season two?
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### Author:  [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/7 "2013-03-28T11:03:20Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> My HBO guide says Game of Thrones is back on March 31.
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> ETA: Or is that a scheduled repeat of season two?
I think 31st sounds right - It’s airing in the UK on the 1st.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/8 "2013-03-28T11:06:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> No, but Doctor Who returns Saturday, March 30.
With eight new episodes! Including a Gaiman-penned Cybermen one! Gleeeeeee!
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So that’s nice.
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/9 "2013-03-28T12:20:40Z")
Another season of Wipeout starts up on May 9th.
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/10 "2013-03-28T13:01:49Z")
Glad Boardwalk Empire got renewed. That means my dream of a Downton Abbey/Boardwalk Empire cross-over episode might still come true.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/11 "2013-03-28T13:10:53Z")
> [@Simplicio](#):
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> Glad Boardwalk Empire got renewed. That means my dream of a Downton Abbey/Boardwalk Empire cross-over episode might still come true.
That would be bodacious! Maybe Al Capone could hook up with the newly widowed Lady Mary.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/12 "2013-03-28T15:16:31Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#):
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> Another season of Wipeout starts up on May 9th.
My favorite guilty pleasure on TV these days.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/13 "2013-03-28T20:22:40Z")
> [@Hallucinex](#):
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> I think 31st sounds right - It’s airing in the UK on the 1st.
Yeah, I got Mad-Men & GoT mixed up. :o
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-or-returning-tv-shows-after-march-2013/654135/14 "2013-04-03T20:04:15Z")
[Mythbusters is (are?) back on May 1](http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/03/mythbusters-season-10-date/)! 😃 Discovery Channel is off the channel non grata list in my house again.