Here’s your guide to midseason TV

Much like Old West banks and Taylor Swift relationships, network TV series come with a built-in expectation of failure.

After rolling out 24 new shows in the fall, broadcasters have 17 additional new series lined up to go this winter and spring, with several more waiting in the wings when those don’t catch on.

And that doesn’t even get into the dozen or so returning series that were held back until the new year.

As usual, though, the biggest noise will be made on cable, where AMC is introducing its “Breaking Bad” spinoff, Comedy Central hands over “The Colbert Report” time slot and E! launches its first scripted drama — as opposed to all its scripted reality shows — with Elizabeth Hurley playing the Queen of England.

Here’s a look at some of what’s coming. And, as always, times and dates are subject to change.

NEW SERIES

On CBS, Chaparral High School and UNLV grad Anthony Zuiker launches the third spinoff of his multibillion-dollar franchise with “CSI: Cyber” (10 p.m. March 4, KLAS-TV, Channel 8), starring Patricia Arquette as the head of the FBI’s Cybercrime Division. Mismatched cops (Josh Duhamel, Dean Winters) patrol the streets of the Cereal City in “Battle Creek” (10 p.m. March 1), created by “Breaking Bad’s” Vince Gilligan. And Matthew Perry is Oscar Madison to Thomas Lennon’s Felix Unger in the latest remake of “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m. Feb. 19).

On ABC, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) seeks to clear the name of inventor Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) in 1946 in the “Captain America” spinoff “Marvel’s Agent Carter” (9 p.m. Tuesday, KTNV-TV, Channel 13). A fallen hero (Joshua Sasse) fights for the love of his life in the medieval musical comedy “Galavant” (8 p.m. Sunday). A home invasion triggers tension throughout Modesto, Calif., in “12 Years a Slave” screenwriter John Ridley’s “American Crime” (10 p.m. March 5), starring Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton. In 1995, the Huang family moves from Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown to suburban Orlando, Fla., to open an American steakhouse in the comedy “Fresh Off the Boat” (8:30 p.m. Feb. 4). And Ryan Phillippe and Juliette Lewis star in the murder mystery “Secrets and Lies” (9 p.m. March 1).

On NBC, a CIA analyst (Gavin Stenhouse) learns his parents (Scott Cohen, Hope Davis) were Russian spies when they’re reactivated by the Kremlin in “Allegiance” (10 p.m. Feb. 5, KSNV-TV, Channel 3). When a cousin smacks someone else’s misbehaving child, it threatens to tear a family apart in “The Slap” (8 p.m. Feb. 12), starring Peter Sarsgaard, Uma Thurman, Thandie Newton and Zachary Quinto. A man (Nick Zano) marries a British girl (Kelly Brook) he just met, despite having planned to raise a child with his pregnant lesbian best friend (Elisha Cuthbert), in the comedy “One Big Happy” (9:30 p.m. March 17). A soldier (Anna Friel), a former U.S. Attorney (Peter Facinelli) and a political activist (Jake Robinson) try to expose a deadly international conspiracy in “Odyssey” (10 p.m. April 5). And Mark Burnett and Roma Downey bring you “A.D.” (9 p.m. April 5), the 12-hour follow-up to their miniseries “The Bible.”

And on Fox, a hip-hop magnate (Terrence Howard) begins grooming his three sons to take over his record label, while protecting it from his ex-wife (Taraji P. Henson), in the drama “Empire” (9 p.m. Wednesday, KVVU-TV, Channel 5), from “The Butler” team of director Lee Daniels and writer Danny Strong. A brilliant-but-offensive detective (“The Office’s” Rainn Wilson) heads up Portland, Ore.’s Special Crimes Unit in the offbeat police procedural “Backstrom” (9 p.m. Jan. 22). “Saturday Night Live” alum Will Forte is literally “The Last Man on Earth” (9 p.m. March 1) in this post-apocalyptic comedy. Four singles are thrust together in a Queens, N.Y., townhouse in the comedy “Weird Loners” (9:30 p.m. March 31). And viral videos are the stars of “World’s Funniest Fails” (8 p.m. Jan. 16).

Cable, meanwhile, offers Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as Albuquerque, N.M.’s most morally ambiguous lawyer in the “Breaking Bad” prequel “Better Call Saul” (10 p.m. Feb. 8, AMC). “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” (11:30 p.m. Jan. 19, Comedy Central) takes over the post-“Daily Show” time slot. And Elizabeth Hurley stars as England’s modern-day Queen Helena, with Joan Collins as her mother, the Grand Duchess of Oxford, in the scandal-fueled soap “The Royals” (10 p.m. March 15, E!).

Elsewhere on cable, a husband and wife (Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey) try to rekindle their romance when his friend (Steve Zissis) and her sister (Amanda Peet) move in with them in the comedy “Togetherness” (9:30 p.m. Jan. 11, HBO).

FBI agents (Jason Isaacs, Anne Heche) investigate the murder of a young American in Jerusalem in “Dig” (10 p.m. March 5, USA), created by Tim Kring (“Heroes”) and Gideon Raff (the “Homeland” inspiration “Prisoners of War”).

A time traveler (Aaron Stanford) from 2043 tries to stop a disastrous plague in the movie-inspired “12 Monkeys” (9 p.m. Jan. 16, Syfy).

A newly single young man (Jay Baruchel) looks for love in the surreal romantic comedy “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30 p.m. Jan. 14, FXX).

Brit Marling and James Nesbitt star in director Danny Boyle’s satire “Babylon” (10 p.m. Jan. 8, SundanceTV), about an American public relations executive trying to modernize London’s police culture.

And a woman (Laura Ramsey) is transported back to the ’90s in “Hindsight” (10 p.m. Wednesday, VH1).

RETURNING SERIES

Prepare to say goodbye to some long-running staples with the final seasons of “Parks and Recreation” (8 p.m. Jan. 13, Channel 3), “Glee” (8 p.m. Jan. 9, Channel 5), “Justified” (10 p.m. Jan. 20, FX) and “Cougar Town” (10:30 p.m. Tuesday, TBS).

Elsewhere, NBC brings back “The Celebrity Apprentice” (9 p.m. Sunday, Channel 3), “The Voice” (8 p.m. Feb. 23), “The Night Shift” (10 p.m. Feb. 23) and “Undateable” (9 p.m. March 17).

Fox returns “MasterChef Junior” (8 p.m. Tuesday, Channel 5), “American Idol” (8 p.m. Wednesday), “The Following” (8 pm. March 2) and “Hell’s Kitchen” (8 p.m. March 3).

CBS offers more “Survivor” (8 p.m. Feb. 25, Channel 8) and “The Amazing Race” (9:30 p.m. Feb. 25).

ABC introduces Iowa farmer Chris Soules as “The Bachelor” (8 p.m. Monday, Channel 13).

PBS has new seasons of “Downton Abbey” (9 p.m. Sunday, KLVX-TV, Channel 10), “Mr. Selfridge” (9 p.m. March 20) and “Call the Midwife” (8 p.m. March 29).

HBO returns “Girls” (9 p.m. Jan. 11), “Looking” (10 p.m. Jan. 11) and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (11 p.m. Feb. 8).

Showtime offers new seasons of “Shameless” (9 p.m. Jan. 11), “House of Lies” (10 p.m. Jan. 11) and “Episodes” (10:30 p.m. Jan. 11).

BBC America brings back “The Musketeers” (9 p.m. Jan. 17), “Broadchurch” (10 p.m. March 4) and “Orphan Black” (9 p.m. April 18).

Comedy Central returns “Kroll Show” (10:30 p.m., Jan. 13), “Workaholics” (10 p.m. Jan. 14) and “Broad City” (10:30 p.m. Jan. 14).

USA has more “Sirens” (10 p.m. Jan. 27) and “Suits” (10 p.m. Jan. 28).

TNT has new batches of “Rizzoli & Isles” (9 p.m. Feb. 17) and “Perception” (10 p.m. Feb. 17).

Starz brings back “Black Sails” (9 p.m. Jan. 24) and “Outlander” (9 p.m. April 4).

IFC has “Portlandia” (10 p.m. Jan. 8) and “Comedy Bang! Bang!” (11 p.m. Jan. 9).

And look for more “House of Cards” (12:01 a.m. Feb. 27, Netflix), “The Americans” (10 p.m. Jan. 28, FX), “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (10 p.m. Jan. 14, FXX), “Banshee” (10 p.m. Jan. 9, Cinemax), “Vikings” (10 p.m. Feb. 19, History), “Being Mary Jane” (10 p.m. Feb.3, BET), “Helix” (10 p.m. Jan. 16, Syfy) and “The Haves and Have Nots” (9 p.m. Tuesday, OWN).

Contact Christopher Lawrence at clawrence@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4567.