UK Air Dates for US & Cult Shows in 2013

Looks on track for 3rd season renewal.

The London based spinoff of the prolific franchise returns for a sixth time

The strangest study group return to the meta world of Greendale Community College.

Television adaptation of the Thomas Harris novels, focussing on the relationship between Agent Graham and Dr Lecter. Airs in April in the US and on Sky Living here.

Raylan and co are back early May (it looks like the 8th).

A Canadian drama about young people trying to make it in Los Angeles.

A comedy about a woman who has discovered her husband is gay and has to re-enter the dating scene.

Three divorced men share a flat which is owned, conveniently, by a divorce lawyer.

New show from Murphy’s Law/The Runaway scribe Alan Cubitt starring Gillian Anderson as a detective in the Northern Ireland Police, and Jamie Dornan (Once Upon a Time’s Sheriff/Huntsman) as the serial killer she’s trying to catch!

Originally on 5*, then 5USA and now back to 5* in may

Texas sports drama jumped to Sky Atlantic.

Private detective series from the BBC, set in one of Britain’s finest cities- Edinburgh.

French series starring Frenchman Jean Reno as a French detective in Paris, who speaks in English.

Has been picked up for a 2nd season, which will run in May, just a few weeks after Canada.

New historical drama from US channel History. It began on 3rd March 2013 and will premiere here on lovefilm’s streaming service.

Despite the earlier cancellation, this new season comes to Netflix in may

Confirmed as bought by E4, but they’ve moved it to Summer for this final season

Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as VP Selina Meyer.

Usually returns around June after it finishes its Canadian run, so i’d expect it to do the same this year.

Join Dara and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.

Hank is a doctor in the wealthy Hamptons somewhat forced to help less wealthy patients. Return guess based on last year’s date

New Zealand drama series about the investigation into the disappearance of a pregnant child. Slated to begin on the BBC in summer

More espionage fun with everybody’s favourite animated spy. Guess based on last year’s Date.

Italian detective series set in Bologna during the Mussolini years.

Initially cancelled, this US remake of the outstanding Danish Forbrydelsen aired its first two seasons on Channel 4 and season 3 is coming to Netflix! Airs in the US June 2nd, and internationally, airing on Netflix ‘within a week of the USA’.

The 2nd of June marks the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. The original footage has been lovingly restored by the BBC and will be broadcast in full. Note- it is on BBC Parliament (not one of our regulars in the list) not BBC One.

Confirmed by UKTV as back in April, then seemingly changed to june

The boys are back, as Woody, Quinn, Baxter and Rick are joined by a new face played by Jaime Winstone. Renewed for a final 2 episode 4th mini season after this.  DVD release was set for 29 April but has moved to 1 July, to accommodate a change from April to June broadcast.

Second season already commissioned and due on these fair shores in July, with the remainder of season 1 before that. Episode 14 of season 1 airs on geng Feb

A Canadian detective series with a hint of Columbo (in that we the audience are told before the protagonists who the baddie is).

Idris Elba’s unhinged and unconventional detective began filming a third series in October.

Season 2 aired in the US from April and here from July 2012. The US date for season 3 is not confirmed yet, but if it is April again, it is reasonable to expect to see Mr Irons and co back in July .

This penultimate season 6 has a final 12 episode season 7, by which time Michael Westen and friends will have been “stuck” in Miami for 7 years… To be fair it is probably time he managed to leave!

Guesswork based on previous air dates (but it’s Sky Living, so who knows when it’ll turn up!) We’re still waiting on season 3, but it’s got a final 4th season… if you can call it that, of 6 episodes.

Elijah Wood returns as Ryan, and his best friend… His neighbour’s weed smoking, beer drinking, and generally manipulative dog Wilfred (Jason Gann).

Renewed for a 4th season, and should be back late Summer 2013

Ever since House and Wilson rode off into the sunset there has been space for a new medical drama in American TV land. Here is one contender from the quill of David Kelley, creator of Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and Chicago Hope.

Very hard to say when Rules of Engagement is likely to return as the 13 episode season 7 is airing as a mid-season replacement (that’s early 2013 usually) in the US, rather than its normal Autumn (aka Fall) slot.

Usually returns in Spring, but seems to be getting later and later in the year. Series 7 is recorded, but not showing up on the broadcast listings yet.

New stand up improvised comedy show where the cream of the comedy circuit are presented with the ultimate challenge: come up with a brand new routine on the spot based on topics presented to them right there and then.

Season 3 started airing Oct 2012 in the US, but Sky held season 2 till July, so I think there’s a fair chance they’ll do the same with season 3.

Season 3 aired in Feb in the US, and is only 13 eps… and that could very well be your lot as its ratings in the US are not good, currently very much ’50/50′.

Airs in America on Feb 5th 2013, but Sky are saying July, so i’m guessing the deal with NBC only allows them to air it after the US run ends…

In 2013 vampires are out and Zombies are in. This interesting French series, an eight episode adaptation of the 2004 film, is coming to channel 4 in the summer

confirmed to be returning in the summer

American remake of the British series about a group of women and their various affairs.

We return to the Griffins in the summer.

BBC and Starz co-production set during the War of the Roses.

Sky Living has confirmed it has the rights and will bring us more of the Winchesters in 2013. They are currently saying July, but they said that last year, and it got bumped to Aug, so don’t be surprised if it slips back.

Back to combat aliens in July

The eighth season is probably the last of Dexter and Fox will be bringing us to Miami within days of the Americans

Season 1 aired a few weeks after the USA on Sky Atlantic, and given The Newsroom is one of the larger HBO shows, I suspect they’ll do the same with season 2. Airs in July 14th in the US, so it’ll should July/Aug over here.

One of the TV talent contests – return guess based on last year’s series.

James Bolam left last year, replaced by Denis Lawson. The other two original team members Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman, are due to leave during series 10, with Nicholas Lyndhurst joining the cast. Return due in August based on previous airdates.

John Hannah returns in Charlie Brooker’s silly police procedural spoof. Guessed return based on the first season’s broadcast.

Sky’s popular supermarket sitcom returns. First two series both aired in August.

The firefighters and medics of Engine 51 are back in the UK courtesy of Sky Living…

This joint UK/French production is essentially a remake of Danish/Swedish Broen (The Bridge), where a body is discovered precisely on the border between the two countries, necessitating a joint investigation between the two countries, with all the cultural intricacies that brings.

In the case of Britain and France, there is no bridge of course, so this time it is called The Tunnel. Will air on Canal + en France and Sky Atlantic for UK satellite viewers

New American political thriller recently bought by Channel 4 in the UK. Season 2 guesswork for now.

Begins filming in the spring, with a view to broadcasting in the Autumn. According to Martin Clunes, this will probably be the final series.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Dracula posing as a US entrepreneur in Victorian London. Showrunner is Carnivàle’s Dan Knauf. NBCUniversal coproduction with Sky Living.

The Machine has picked Autumn for the start of season 2.

Usually airs Sept/Oct.

Runs June/July in the US, and usually Sept over here.

The FBI enlists the help of a specialist neuroscientist to help solve cases. Second season date guesswork for the moment- returns to American TV in summer

A third year of funny relationship woes.

True Blood used to air in Jan/Feb, but FX/Fox UK moved it up to Sept be closer to the US air date, so we had 2 seasons in 2012. That means it’s likely to be a wait till Sept again, unless Fox can push it even closer to the June 9th 2013 US air date this year. It’s a shorter 10 episode season this time due to Anna’s pregnancy.

Karl Pilkington sets out to discover the answers to some of the hard questions in life.

Seems to be running about 1 month behind the USA, so in theory SVU should be back in Feb…

Having escaped the axe last year (by being cheaper than their Miami counterparts), the New York CSI’s usually return early in the year… Interesting side note – All 3 CSIs are actually predominantly shot in LA.

Following a Christmas 2012 holiday special, the popular period drama has been re commissioned for a fourth outing, as we follow the fortunes of the Crawleys and their staff well into the 1920s. Will be broadcast on ITV in Autumn 2013

So it is out with the mythical court of Camelot and in with the mythical island of Atlantis. Same creators and same BBC One Saturday slot as Merlin, so expect more family friendly fantasy fun. Begins filming in Wales and Morocco in April, so we expect some casting news soon.

Pure guesswork based on last years air date.

Detective Longworth relocates to south Florida from Chicago following a false accusation. Three seasons have aired thus far in America, with a fourth ordered

BBC programme for teenagers about the dual problems of being a teenager and also being a werewolf.

Fairly self-explanatory title really, for this BBC youth drama, from former Doctor Who maestro Russell T Davies and featuring the instantly recognisable voice of BRIAN BLESSED.

Back with guest spots from Buzz Aldrin and Homer himself, Dan Castellaneta.

Grimm Season 2 is on mid-season hiatus, due back March 8th 2013 in the US. The cop drama with fairy tales will return to the UK in the Spring.

Long running sitcom returns, with a reduced half man, as Angus T. Jones has been booted as a series regular… That’s what you get for referring to the show that made you a star as ‘filth’… Two and a Quarter Men now maybe?

The long-running Sicilian detective series returns to the BBC.

There’s no series 5, but there is a one-off 45 min special coming starring Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Chris O’Dowd and Matt Berry to wrap up the show. Due to be filmed in May, it should be on our screens in the Autumn.

Yet another US show with a British lead, this time the young boy from Spiderwick. Taking its inspiration from Hitchcock’s Psycho, this new series begins in the US in 2013. Being brought to us Brits courtesy of Universal

The Golden Globe-nominated dark comedy starring Emmy-winner Edie Falco as a drug-addicted nurse returns. Was supposed to air in July, then got bumped, and is due back in the Autumn.

Highly rated police drama from Jed Mercurio

American teen drama starring Ashley Rickards. Best guess is Autumn for it’s return.

Student sitcom from the writers of Peep Show returns for a third outing.

Chris O’Dowd’s Irish sitcom returns

The BBC’s celebtrity dancing programme usually airs in September.

Stephen, Alan and friends return for more clever musings.

Starring Brit Damian Lewis as terror suspect Brody, the American remake of Israeli “Prisoners of War” returns to the US in September and if the same pattern is followed as last year, should be with us the following month

Returns for a 3rd horror outing.

Has previously aired in October but season 10 was changed to January for Fox’s rebrand launch night. It remains to be seen which pattern will apply to 11.

Rudy, Jess, Finn, Alex and Abbey return for a  5th and final series.

Canadian period drama centred on the lives of four women working in a munitions factory during the Second World War. Date very much to be confirmed, assuming it will air on ITV3 again, and assuming it will air around the same time as season 1.

Haven should return to SyFy in Oct 2013 with season 4.

Has been renewed for a second season, so if the same pattern follows (ie Sky airing it close to the US date), it should be back in October

renewed for a second season. Guess based on last year’s premiere

Patrick and the team return. Will they ever get close to Red John? Date currently guesswork based on previous years

Recent series have aired in November and series 9 is due in 2013 at any rate

The fifth season of the acclaimed cop drama has yet to get a UK date but season 4 began in November 2012 so that’s a guess for now

After season 3′s divisive finale, the blockbuster zombie show, starring Brit Andrew Lincoln as Rick, returns to lead the way for American cable productions

You know the drill – FBI cases consist of the weekly discovery of, well, bones, and only one person can help. previous seasons have begun in October, November and January, so your guess is as good as mine for season 9. Lets be optimistic and say November

The Doctor and Clara are joined by David Tennant and Billie Piper again for this very special 50th anniversary episode.

Previous seasons have aired here at different times, so a December return is guesswork for now

Hemingway & Gellhorn stars Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the title roles, as it tells the real life story of America’s most famous literary couple.

The period murder mystery drama returns

Shortened final season for the US comedy. Premieres 4th Oct in the US. Usually airs around Feb in the UK.

It’s a hard one to guess because National Geographic seems to number some of the seasons differently to its native Canada, and previous seasons have not aired consistently. However, season 13 is due to air at some point later in 2013

Sequel to Syfy’s re imagined series, launches first online (YouTube) then all episodes will be put together for a two hour broadcast on Syfy Sunday February 10th 2013. No news on a UK broadcast date yet.

Originally projected to return earlier in the year, but it has since been cancelled, so Sky have been kicking the 3rd season airing around the schedules.

season 5 did not have a UK airing but was released on disc in October 2012. Netflix will be making all 5 seasons available at some point late in 2013.

Usually airs around Spring but Living has yet to confirm it will run Season 4.

A brilliant neurosurgeon grapples with a personality disorder

Sitcom about a girl who moves to New York for her dream job… only to find it no longer exists, so ends up moving in with a con-artist. Cancelled in the US, and pulled from ABC’s schedule with 8 episoded un-aired… As that could mess with the UK air date, we’ve shifted it to ‘Unknown 2013′ for now…

New comedy television starring Don Cheadle & Kristen Bell based on the book ‘House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time.’ Was supposed to air in July, then got bumped to October.

David Starkey explores the relationship between composers and royalty from Henry V of England to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Season 3 begins production in March for broadcast in late 2013

Faithful dramatisation of the contents of the Bible, set out over ten hours.

American drama starring Laura Linney as a wife and mother with terminal cancer, who decides to accept the news as a challenge to live her remaining life to the fullest.

The original (now that a British/French and US/Mexican remake are in the works), returns to BBC Four in the winter

New spy thriller from the BBC

No news on Top Boy Series 2 yet, other than 2013…

Cancelled by CBS, then resurrected by TNT and Lifetime. Airs Summer 2013 in the US, so it’ll be later in the year, but Sky have confirmed Unforgettable they have it for Sky Living.

Prisoner Cell Block H remake, starts in Australia in May 2013 and in Britain later in the year, courtesy of Channel 5.

Itv has renewed the series for a fourth run due in 2013

ITV’s new detective series performed rather well, so they confirmed a second series

channel 5 has the UK rights as long as the programme is still produced. A third season was recently confirmed.

Desperate Housewives spinoff due to begin in 2014

A Detective Chief Inspector has to travel to a remote Arctic town when a British scientist is killed.

Forensic pathologists help police solve murders in Manchester

Season 5 was brought forward after previous summer airings, so we can hope for now that the  same thing will happen with Season 6 and we see it in February again.

Despite its cancellation three years ago, and subsequent on-off mootings of a film, it’s now confirmed that 24 will return to television as a ‘limited series’ – 24 – Live Another Day!

In American television, a limited series is something less than 24 episodes… and what we here might call ‘a series’. The ‘limited series’ format is popular among the cable producers (see Sons of Anarchy, Dexter), and apparently under consideration to be used more by the American networks.

New American series based on the book by Brit Nick Hornby, and previously made into a Hugh Grant film

Joss Whedon returns to TV with a show based around Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. No news on who’s going to pick it up yet, but it WILL be picked up…

Futuristic police show from JJ Abrams about humans and androids working together. Note – title may change.

Appears to have been dropped by Sky, so is currently without a UK network.

An escaped convict has to protect a young girl with special powers from nasty folks.

Assuming it airs the same time as this year, Breakout Kings should be back around April, although it’s already been cancelled in the US.

Another American police show. This time however, it is a comedy making fun of all the other American police shows.

Dropped by 5*…

Police orientated Chicago Fire spinoff

Original production airing on BBC America in the USA, but has yet to make it over here. There’s no guarantee it’ll air on the BBC in the UK, as BBC America isn’t funded by the license fee, and it’s a co-production with Canadian companies Cineflix and Shaw Media. It may get sold to a different channel here.

Stars Robin Williams as Simon Roberts, a renowned & brilliant (but eccentric) advertising executive,  runs the Roberts and Roberts Advertising Agency with his rather more practical daughter, Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who’s trying to manage the company, and her dad…

New conspiracy series starring Gillian Anderson as a powerful corporate boss whose daughter is kidnapped.

Starring Hugh Laurie and written by Neil Cross (Spooks, Luther) this ten episode series about the pirate Blackbeard is due in America on NBC.

A TV show called called ‘Cult’ about cult TV show called ‘Cult’, staring The Vampire Diaries’s  Matt Davis,  Jessica Lucas from Cloverfield and Robert Knepper from Prison Break. Airs in on The CW in the US in Feb. No UK pickup yet.

Stars Seth Green (Buffy, Family Guy, Robot Chicken) as Eli and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar, Ted), as two friends who run a video game company together. Warner is married with Kids, whilst Eli has stuck to his stoner roots, but despite their differences, they’re still best buds. All is going smoothly, that is until their Dads unexpectedly move in with them…

When a partying wealthy socialite dies of an overdose, her long lost best friend, who’s also a police detective suspects foul play, so goes undercover, re-inserting herself into the families life to get to the truth.

Despite having intially ended after season 3, everybody’s favourite potty-mouthed baseball player is due to return. There isn’t a date for season 4 in America yet, so we don’t know when it will air on Fox here.

Emily Owens M.D may technically a grown-up, it doesn’t stop her hospital internship feeling like high school all over again…

Yet to be confirmed as returning to e4

A drama looking at LA gangs from both sides

Chandler Bing (aka Matthew Perry) stars in a comedy about a man whose wife has died.

A new series from Syfy and the man behind Battlestar Galictica. Humanity battles for its survival following a possible disease outbreak in the Arctic.

A somewhat nerdy Englishman (Stephen Merchant) tries to find his ideal lady in Los Angeles. Due to air on America’s HBO later this year so possibly Sky Atlantic here.

A surgeon is embroiled in a plot to assassinate the president in this new action show from Jerry Bruckheimer.

Yet to be bought in the UK. This one has been asked about quite a lot but doesn’t actually air in the US until April

Centers on U.S. Cyber Command, a unit that has been created around one agent who has a microchip implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

A remake of the 60s classic starting Raymond Burr, following his iconic role as Perry Mason, in the iconic role of the titular wheelchair-bound detective. The Event’s Blair Underwood takes charge this time round.

Two former secret agents form a private detective agency.

The Bean Identity. Sean Bean stars as a spy who is given reason to doubt who he is. From the creator of Homeland.

Previously known as LA Noir. New series from Frank Darabont, set in the city of angels in the postwar years. It airs on TNT in the US and has been picked up for UK broadcast by………

Another American remake of a British programme, this time even with the same lead in the form of the always brilliant Mark Strong, playing a Detroit cop, and accompanied by the equally excellent Brit Lennie James

Stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the owner of Miami’s most glamorous hotel in swingin 1959, just after the Cuban Revolution. No news on a uk air date yet, but it has been commissioned for a 2nd season airing in the US in Summer 2013, so that might encourage a UK channel to pick it up.

Sitcom about a the wife of a country music star who moves from Nashville, Tennessee to Malibu, California when he cheats on her. With this new start, she trys to re-start her own music career. Stars Reba McEntire.

From Starz who brought us Spartacus and Camelot comes this new series about a young Marco Polo in the Mongol court. Begins in America in September.

Stars Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as 2 brothers who run an agency that solve clients problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation. Written by ‘Awake’ scribe Kyle Killen.

Anna Faris stars in this sitcom about a dysfunctional mum and daughter.

Spinoff from Once Upon A Time, obviously. The title may change before broadcast.

New scifi series from the BBC for the Canadian market.

Dropped by 5* and no sign of a pick up yet.

Set in Victorian London, this British-American series sees classic fictional horror characters causing havoc.

So… according to Sky Random Punt (aka Never Miss), PLL isn’t back till 2013, but more recently it has been reported that it won’t be returning to MTV at all

As of Sept 2011 -  “Unfortunately Sky Living has no further commitment to new and future seasons of Private Practice.” Disney have decided to follow Breaking Bad’s lead and are going straight to a DVD release. Season 4 DVD was released 2nd April 2012.

Another remake, this time of the Australian drama, and starring Greg Kinnear as the defence lawyer

New drama starring Liev Schreiber as a man who can solve all the difficult problems of Hollywood’s rich and famous. Begins in America in the summer.

Scifi drama from Kudos about a world where humans and robots are identical. It is based on the Swedish series Akta manniskor. Neither the original not the English language remake have a UK channel or date yet.

With the surname “Queen of Scots”, it was apparent young Mary was destined for greatness. This new series portrays her early years in the French Court.

What if your deceased loved ones suddenly turned up on your doorstep as though nothing had happened? Stars House’s Omar Epps.

Season 2 ran in the US from January to April 2012 but has yet to be announced in the UK.

The term “modern-day retelling” doesn’t always fill me with delight, especially when couple with the resurrection of a long-dead character. However, the forces behind this particular modern-day retelling with resurrection of title character are Kutzman and Orci – the geniuses behind Fringe, so in this case delight is in abundance!

A human girl falls in love with an alien boy in a secondary school.

Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) returns in this sitcom about three nerdy young ladies who hype every weekend.

Sky Living strikes again… 3rd season has been dropped, so it’s currently without a UK broadcaster…

Not a low-budget remake of The 4400, but a drama about a small group of youths sent back to an Earth destroyed by a nuclear war – 100 of them.

Due to funding issues for season 3, Almighty Johnsons only starting filming in Jan 2013. It usually airs in Feb, but the late start has bumped the NZ air date – I’m guessing to either June or Sept 2013. If it’s June in NZ, we may get it Sept 2013. If it’s Sept in NZ could move it to Feb 2014 in the UK…

Prequel to Sex and the City… Starts Jan 14th in the US. No UK pick up yet.

Season 1 aired 8th April 2012 in the USA on Lifetime. It was picked up for a 2nd season (and expanded from 10 to 15 episodes) to air sometime in 2013. Still no UK pickup though.

New period drama from Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) set in 1880s New York, a period dubbed the “gilded age” as vast amounts of new money exchanged hands and fortunes were made.

Sitcom about 3 estranged siblings who have to follow their dead fathers trivial last requests to gain their inheritance.

A global catastrophe wipes out most of the life on the planet, again. This time, the cast and crew of an American navy destroyer are amongst the only ones left, and with the help of Michael Bay, have to find things out.

Season 2 aired in Feb 2011 in US, and March 2011 over here. Season 3 began in Canada in May and the US in June 2012 but has yet to be announced in the UK.

Comedy staring Fox as Mike Henry, a news anchor who returns to work after taking putting his career on hold to spend more time with his family, and cope with Parkinson’s disease.

Vampire Diaries spinoff has been picked up By its American channel. No UK channel yet.

London’s Burning for the 21st Century- a new eight part series from Sky

American remake of the classic British scifi series about super-evolved young people

Unruly British teenagers are sent to spend a week with strict parents in other countries, in the hope that they will return with some appreciation of how awful they have been, and resolve to mend their ways. The BBC is apparently producing a new series, so if any GT readers fall into the “unruly” category, perhaps you can get in touch with BBC Three.

Demark’s turn again for the remake honours – this time of the serial killer drama. Not due in the US until 2014.

Based on the Luc Besson film starring Jason Statham. Produced by American, Canadian, French and German companies and premiered in Germany in October!

New American programme based on the Stephen King novel where a small town suddenly finds itself cut of from the rest of the world by an impassable barrier (the eponymous dome). It airs in America in the summer and has yet to be bought in the UK

A remake of the UK comedy Gavin & Stacey, about two people who start a long distance relationship, staring Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel.

Previous seasons aired on Sky Atlantic who will not now be airing seasons 7 and 8.

Loosely based on the novel of the same name, this new series follows a mother (Julia Ormond) and her daughters who are witches.

Conspiracy theory drama staring ER’s Anthony Edwards.