# Return date(s) of your favorite TV show(s)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 7, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508 "2011-04-07T12:44:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/1 "2011-04-07T12:44:22Z")
I’d like to find the dates when my favorite shows that are now in hiatus, or maybe even in limbo, will be back on the air. I make it a habit each weekend to look ahead in the two-week (fortnight?) window on our cable box for shows that may be returning in that time frame. I also look at the homepages for the shows I’m most curious about to see if they have posted a date yet.
But so far I have yet to see when these shows are set to resume after their latest breaks:
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
I’m not even sure whether these shows will be resuming due to probable cancellation, but if they’re coming back I don’t know when:
Southland
Human Target
Terriers
Lie to Me
If you have similar shows you’re curious about, or if you can link to the source for return dates for the ones I’ve listed, please add to the list.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/2 "2011-04-07T12:50:35Z")
Terriers is never coming back. Canceled.
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### Author:  [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/3 "2011-04-07T12:51:28Z")
The only one I know anything about is Mad Men, which won’t be back until March 2012.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/4 "2011-04-07T12:51:50Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Terriers is never coming back. Canceled.
I just checked and learned that the same fate applies to _Human Target_.
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/5 "2011-04-07T13:02:21Z")
Breaking Bad is scheduled to return in July 2011, though I don’t know the exact date.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/6 "2011-04-07T13:31:23Z")
In case you hadn’t seen this site before, it looks like a good place to check for such data as this thread is curious about:
[Back Stage](http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp)
I got this hit when looking for details on “Boardwalk Empire” for which I’m also curious about a return date:
[http://www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/new-york-production-listings-1005107092.story?imw=Y](http://www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/new-york-production-listings-1005107092.story?imw=Y)
If you have a similar “inside scoop” source you could link to, please do.
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### Author:  [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/7 "2011-04-07T13:42:02Z")
Mad Men hasn’t even started filming yet.
The Closer starts back on July 11, and this will be the last season.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/8 "2011-04-07T13:50:52Z")
I’m still waiting for the second half of Season 4 of _Eureka_ to air. They filmed it last year, and are starting Season 5 next week, so why is SyFy sitting on it?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/9 "2011-04-07T14:22:46Z")
I’m just now discovering this Wiki page which may prove useful in future:
> **[2011 in American television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_American_television)**
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> This is a list of significant events involving American television in 2011. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and re-branding, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
> The following shows returned with new episodes after being canceled previously:
> The following is a list of television stations making noteworthy network affiliation changes during 2011.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/10 "2011-04-07T14:47:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I just checked and learned that the same fate applies to _Human Target_.
Proof that Hollywood is run by communists.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/11 "2011-04-07T14:57:37Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> I’m still waiting for the second half of Season 4 of _Eureka_ to air. They filmed it last year, and are starting Season 5 next week, so why is SyFy sitting on it?
_Eureka_ 4.5 is slated for July.
I’m patiently waiting for _Psych_ to come back. No idea if they’ve even started filming yet, though they probably have.
I also recently heard _Leverage_ is [back in June](http://twitter.com/#!/BethJRiesgraf/status/55465499122876417).
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### Author:  [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/12 "2011-04-14T19:36:40Z")
eztv.it usually has a nice countdown to the next episode of most shows. It appears to be down right now.
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### Author:  [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/13 "2011-04-14T19:48:58Z")
I think Doctor Who starts the April 22 or 23.
Unfortunately, Firefly will never return.
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### Author:  [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/14 "2011-04-14T21:43:57Z")
> [@kelly5078](#):
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> I think Doctor Who starts the April 22 or 23.
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> Unfortunately, Firefly will never return.
Easter. So, whichever that is.
Torchwood is July 8th.
-Joe
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### Author:  [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/15 "2011-04-14T22:39:32Z")
> [@kelly5078](#):
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> I think Doctor Who starts the April 22 or 23.
23rd (Saturday).
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/16 "2011-04-15T01:41:18Z")
> [@ExcitedIdiot](#):
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> eztv.it usually has a nice countdown to the next episode of most shows. It appears to be down right now.
A countdown that is as inaccurate almost as often as it’s right. Case in point: apparently last weekend they claimed that a boatload of Monday night shows my dad watches were all coming back on Sunday. There was much gnashing of teeth as he lamented the changes to the tv schedule…until they revised to say they’d return Monday, oops. Half the time I’ve looked for return dates there I’ve also noticed the countdown numbers didn’t match the days of the week the shows aired upon.
**Southland** won’t be back until 2012, but it _has_ been renewed for season 4.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/17 "2011-04-16T18:21:24Z")
…and, just days after claiming that a new episode of Off the Map would air on Wednesday (last week was the finale, and no episode of OTM aired Wed.) eztv is claiming a new episode of the well-loved but cancelled **Legend of the Seeker** airs tonight. Jerks :mad:
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/18 "2011-04-16T18:48:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> I’m patiently waiting for _Psych_ to come back. No idea if they’ve even started filming yet, though they probably have.
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> .
They just started filming. It’s coming back in the fall.
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### Author:  [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/19 "2011-04-17T00:21:46Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#):
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> They just started filming. It’s coming back in the fall.
Ahh man, I was hoping they’d do like last season with some episodes in the summer and the rest in the fall.
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### Author:  [@Aversin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aversin)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-date-s-of-your-favorite-tv-show-s/577508/20 "2011-04-17T06:27:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I just checked and learned that the same fate applies to _Human Target_.
Where exactly did you check this? I have been keeping as up to date as possible on Human Target’s fate, and the latest info I have been able to find is a FOX exec talking about possible plans for season 3 should it be renewed.
[Link to story (warning possible season 3 spoilers)](http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/s60/human-target/news/a313339/human-target-exec-planning-third-run.html)
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