Much like September, October is filled with numerous premieres. Listed below are each networks premieres.
ABC
- 10/10/2012 Nashville (new): A washed up Country singer teams up with a teen sensation in an attempt to save her career.
- 10/17/2012 Suburgatory: Returning Series
- 10/23/2012 Happy Endings Returning Series

AMC
- 10/14/2012 The Walking Dead Returning Series
CBS
- NONE
CW
- 10/03/2012 Supernatural Returning Series
- 10/08/2012 90210 Returning Series
- 10/08/2012 Gosspip Girl Returning Series
- 10/10/2012 Arrow (new) A wealthy billionaire lost a sea returns home a changed man. He takes on the persona of ‘Arrow’ at night to right the wrongs committed by his family and the rest of society.
- 10/11/2012 The Vampire Diaries Returning Series
- 10/11/2012 Beauty and the Beast (new) A child is saved by “something” as two gunmen kill her mother. Years later she becomes a homicide detective and is searching for answers of what happened that night she lost her mother.
- 10/16/2012 Emily Ownes, M.D. (new) A medical intern learns that working in a hospital is quite similiar to high school.
- 10/19/2012 Nikitia Returning Series
FOX
- 10/02/2012 Raising Hope Returning Series
- 10/26/2012 Touch Returning Series

NBC
- 10/04/2012 30 Rock Returning Series
- 10/10/2012 Chicago Fire (new) A series about the men and women of Chicago’s Fire Department