TV Series Premieres in January 2011

It's a brand new year so what better way to kick it off then with some brand new TV programs? Here's a list of new TV programs set to begin airing in January 2011. To see the 2011 Season Premieres click here.

All times listed as EST.
Programming schedules subject to change.
TV programs are listed alphabetical by program titles.

A Stand Up Mother (WE)
Thursdays @ 10:0pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 20, 2010
Comedienne Tammy Pescatelli balances her family and her growing career with a lot of laughs along the way.

Being Human (SYFY)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 17, 2011
Another show from across the pond takes a jump into America. In the Americanized version of Being Human, 3 paranormal roommates - a vampire (Sam Witwer), a ghost (Meaghan Rath) and a werewolf (Sam Huntington) - try to lead a normal life as normal people while keeping their secret identities safe.

Beyond Scared Straight (A&E)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 13, 2011
Beyond Scared Straight is about transforming the lives of young people through intervention and second chances. These youthful offender programs put boys and girls into intensive one-day-in-prison sessions that show them firsthand the harsh reality of life behind bars.

Bob's Burgers (FOX)
Sundays @ 8:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 9, 2011
Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) is a third-generation restaurateur who runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife, Linda (John Roberts), and three kids Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal). Next door to Bob's Burgers is "It's Your Funeral Home and Crematorium;" down the street is "Wonder Wharf," an oceanside amusement park; and a few blocks away is Wagstaff Middle School, where the kids attend school. But just across the street is the biggest thorn in Bob's side and his biggest competition Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria. Animated.

Candice Tells All (HGTV)
Saturdays @ 8:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 1, 2011
Listen to designer Candice Olson unplugged as she gets back to the basics of design work and the underlying design principles that can be applied to any space.

Cash & Cari (HGTV)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 3, 2011; Preview January 1
Cari Cucksey, estate sale guru, combs through clients basements, attics and garages for hidden treasures and then holds an estate sale on the premises.

Dangerous Encounters (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WILD)
Tuesdays @ 9:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 4, 2011
Follow Dr. Brady Barr as he travels around the globe to study reptiles and other creatures in their native habitats.

Episodes (SHO)
Sundays @ 9:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 9, 2011
Friends Matt LeBlanc (Joey) stars in this new series which focuses on a British couple whose hit UK show is turned into an Americanized sitcom.

Face Off (SYFY)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 26, 2010
Face Off takes an interesting spin on the reality/game show program. In this elimination competition special effects make-up artists will compete to create amazing works of living art - anything from full body make up paint on models to creating an original horror villain. Skill sets such as using prosthetics, 3-D design, sculpting, eye enhancers, casting and molding will be incorporated into the challenges as well. Viewers will see the big reveals of each competitors finished product after which one contestant will be sent packing by a panel of expert and celebrity judges.

Fairly Legal (USA)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 20, 2011
Kate Reed (Sarah Shahi) left the courtroom to become a mediator and can help others settle disputes, but not her own. Further complicating her life are her new boss and wicked stepmother Lauren (Virginia Williams) and ex-husband to be Justin (Michael Trucco).

Flying Wild Alaska (DISCOVERY)
Fridays @ 9:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 14, 2011
The Tweto family operates a family-run airline that fights the unforgiving Alaskan weather to transport much needed supplies to one of the most remote and extreme regions of America.

Friends with Benefits (NBC)
Winter TV Series Premiere TBA
These five 20-somethings, Ben Harrison (Ryan Hansen), Sara Welker (Daneel Harris), Aaron Greenway (Fran Kranz, Dollhouse), Riley Kuleck (Jessica Lucas), and Hoon (Ian Reed Kesler) try to figure out the difficult and confusing world of dating.

Harry's Law (NBC)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 17, 2011
Kathy Bates stars as a patent attorney who gets fired and opens a new practice in a shoe shop.

Heavy (A & E)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 17, 2011
This is a show about obese people facing life-threatening heath consequences related to their weight. It is not a completion, but a struggle for survival.

I, Predator (ANIMAL PLANET)
Tuesdays @ 8:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 11, 2011
See what it must feel like to be in the mind of a predator on the hunt as they attack and take down the hunted.

James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons (ID)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 19, 2010
Bestselling author James Ellroy, who penned The Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential and Blood's A Rover, takes a fresh look at some of Hollywood's most nihilistically notorious crimes from the past to the present.

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (WE)
Thursdays @ 9:00pm., Winter TV Series Premiere January 20, 2011
Melissa Rivers is experiencing Los Angeles domestic bliss - she has a sweet young son, a great live-in boyfriend and her infamous mother, Joan Rivers lives on the opposite side of the country. But Melissa's world is rocked when her mother Joan sets out to switch coasts, change her lifestyle and infiltrate Melissa's home. When Joan moves in and takes over her daughter's life, chaos ensues. At times loving and at times tumultuous, this ultimate mother/daughter showdown will address the question plaguing daughters since the beginning of time: Does mother really know best?

Kourtney & Kim Take New York (E!)
Sundays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 23, 2011
After taking over Miami, the Kardashian sisters now have their sights set on New York.

Let's Stay Together (BET)
Tuesdays @ 10:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 11, 2011
Billed as an updated, urban Mad About You, this romantic comedy is about successful adults who take the absurd step of trying to blend their independent 21st Century lives into a 20th Century relationship.

Lights Out (FX)
Tuesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 11, 2011
Patrick "Lights" Leary (Holt McCallany) is a retired boxing champion trying to find his way outside the ring, while his wife Theresa (Catherine McCormack) finishes her medical residency. Lights Out also stars Stacy Keach as Pops, Lights' father and former trainer, and Pablo Schreiber as Johnny, Lights' brother and business manager.

Live to Dance (CBS)
Wednesdays @ 8:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 5, 2011; Preview January 4
Dancers will compete in Dance Domes in NY and LA to audition for a spot in Live to Dance. 18 dance acts will be chosen to compete in a dance-off. The winning dance act will receive a $500,000 prize. Live to Dance is executive produced by Paula Abdul. Paula will be joined on the judges panel by dance experts Travis Payne and Kimberly Wyatt. Andrew Gunsberg will host.

Love Bites (NBC)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Coming mid-season
Annie & Frannie (Beckie Newton & Jordana Spiro) are the last two single girls in their group of girlfriends.

Mixed Signals (FOX)
Tuesdays @ 9:30, Winter TV Series Premiere TBA
Three friends Ethan (Kris Marshall), Adam (Nelson Franklin) and Mike (David Denman) try to balance their relationships with their need for freedom. Ethan is the fun-loving perpetual bachelor; Adam is learning the difference between "she comes over a lot" and "she lives with me" after his girlfriend Callie (Alexandra Breckenridge) moved in with him. Mike is married to Lisa (Liza Lapira) and they have an infant son, but he's looking for some "me" time.

Nightmare Next Door (ID)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 6, 2011
In the pilot episode, a father comes home to find his 16-year-old daughter stabbed to death.

Off the Map (ABC)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 12, 2011
Drs. Lily Brenard(Caroline Dhavernas), Mina Minard (Mamie Gummer) and Tommy Fuller (Zach Gilford) have just landed in the "city of stars," a teensy town in the South American jungle to work in a medical clinic. There they meet Ben Keeton Martin Henderson), founder of the clinic; Otis Cole (Jason George), his right-hand man; the mysterious Dr. Ryan Clark (Rachelle Lefevre); and Zita Alvarez (Valerie Cruz), a local doctor.

Perfect Couples (NBC)
Thursdays @ 8:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 20, 2011
Three couples struggle to find out the perfect combination for an ideal relationship. (Good luck with that.) The 3 couples are Dave & Julia (Kyle Howard & Christine Woods), Vance & Amy (David Walton & Mary Elizabeth Ellis), and Rex & Leigh (Hayes MacArthur & Olivia Munn).

Retired at 35 (TV LAND)
Wednesdays @ 10:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 19, 2011
David (Johnathan McClain) is a successful young businessman who decides to leave the rat race of New York and move back in with his retired parents (George Segal & Jessica Walter) in Florida. There he reunites with his best friend Brandon (Josh McDermitt) and also notices his former sweetheart Jessica (Ryan Michelle Bathe) is as beautiful and elusive as ever. Sounds great, but what parents in their right mind is going to let a successful 35-year-old move back in with them just because he's tired of his hectic life??

Shameless (SHO)
Sundays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premier January 9, 2011
Shameless is a new drama series based on the long-running hit UK series and stars William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum. Macy plays a far-from-stellar working class patriarch of an unconventional Chicago brood of six motley kids (headed by eldest sibling Rossum) who keep the home afloat while he's out drinking and carousing.

Skins (MTV)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 17, 2011
This is another North American adaptation of a U.K. drama series. Created by father and son team at Stormdog Films, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, the ground-breaking series Skins features an ensemble cast as they navigate complex relationships, the politics of friendship and difficulties of daily life in their formative years. Elsley will be writing and executive producing the adapted version, which, like the U.K version, will be largely influenced by teenagers.Unknown teenagers have been cast in the lead roles of Skins, and real teens will help write the storylines, similar to how Elsley wrote the UK series, now in its 5th season. The network will work collaboratively with the series producers on Skins to preserve the authenticity of the British version.

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (STARZ)
Fridays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 21, 2011
In this prequel of "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," the House of Batiatus is on the rise with Gannicus (John Hannah) looking to overthrow his father and take the throne with his loyal wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) by his side.

Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets (ID)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 10, 2011
This true crime show tells a story of murder as told by the victim. Hmm.. how'd they do that?

The Cape (NBC)
Mondays @ 9:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 17, 2011; Preview January 9
Vince Farady (David Lyons) was a good cop who has been framed for murder and left for dead. Forced into hiding and separated from his family, Faraday takes a page from his sons' comic book hero and becomes a caped crusader. Joining Lyons in the cast of The Cape is Summer Glau (Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse) as Orwell.

The Onion Sportsdome (Comedy Central)
Tuesdays @ 10:30pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 11, 2011

The Opener (TLC)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 3, 2011
In episode one, "A Taste of Italy?" two childhood buddies try to make good on a promise they made to each other to open an Italian restaurant.

The Paul Reiser Show (NBC)
Winter TV Series Premiere TBA
Paul Reiser (Mad About You) stars as...Paul Reiser.

The Wild Within (TRAVEL)
Sundays @ 9:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 9, 2011
Take a walk on the wild side with author and outdoorsman Steven Rinella as he guides viewers for the ultimate in travel adventure where cliffs, claws and culinary arts comes crashing together.

The X Life (VH1)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere January 10, 2011
Learn about the ladies behind the men of extreme sports and their lives together.

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