With 2015 now in our rear view, it's time to settle in for a whole new slate of new and returning TV shows. A massive amount (is there any other kind of 'amount' these days?) ranging from huge properties like Game of Thrones and Marvel's Daredevil to the miraculous return of FOX's The X-Files.

Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life

Bordertown

Galavant

Superstore

Telenovela

Impact Wrestling

The Shannara Chronicles

American Idol

Mike & Molly

American Crime

The Walking Dead, Agents of SHIELD, Gotham, Empire, Once Upon a Time, and more come back from their multi-month winter hibernations while new shows like Colony, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Billions, Hap and Leonard, Shadowhunters, and The Shannara Chronicles make their debuts. All while Mythbusters, American Idol, and Banshee air their final seasons.Midseason also means the return of Better Call Saul, The Americans, Always Sunny, The 100, Black Sails, Vikings, Shameless, and Marvel's Agent Carter. Plus, on the wrestling front, Lucha Underground is back for a second season while TNA's Impact Wrestling and WWE's Smackdown both change networks.While advertising the "midseason finale" is popular now, we're only doing spotlights for shows that took a longer break over many weeks or months, not shows that had the standard month or so off between new episodes over the holidays. However, you'll find the return dates for many of those shows on the final page. So if you want to know when certain shows resume new episodes, head to Page 7.Let's kick things off, naturally, with January...FOX1/3/16This new FOX comedy follows Cooper Barrett (Jack Cutmore-Scott) and his friends and family while exploring what we all go through on our way to figuring out what life is all about. Co-starring Meaghan Rath, Victoria Justice, Alan Ruck, Paula Abdul, and The Hangover's Justin Bartha.FOX1/3/16Taking place in the fictitious state of Mexifornia, Bordertown follows border agent Bud (Hank Azaria), his immigrant neighbor Ernesto (Nicholas Gonzalez), and their respective families. From Family Guy showrunner Mark Hentemann, the animated series also features voices by Alex Borstein, Missi Pyle, and Judah Friedlander.ABC1/3/16The low-rated-but-loved musical comedy Galavant returns to ABC with 10 new episodes, as Galavant (Joshua Sasse) teams with goofball King Richard (Timothy Omundson) to rescue Isabella (Karen David) and win back Richard's throne. Guest stars this year include Kylie Minogue, Nick Frost, John Stamos, and Robert Lindsay.NBC1/4/16America Ferrera and Mad Men's Ben Feldman star in this comedy about employees working at a fictional big-box store called Cloud 9. NBC has already aired three episodes as part of a 2015 "sneak" preview, but the rest of Season 1, starting up with the fourth episode, will run on Mondays beginning Jan 4th.NBC1/4/16Like Superstore, Telenovela - starring Eva Longoria as a telenovela star who does not speak Spanish, despite being the center of tabloid attention - got the "special preview" treatment, with three episodes already having aired on NBC. The season will resume on Monday, Jan 4th.POP1/5/16Just last year, around this same time, TNA's Impact Wrestling series was changing networks - from Spike to Destination America. Now with a new year comes...another new network. POP. Formerly TV Guide Network. Will fans follow the wrestling promotion (whose show will now air Tuesdays) to another obscure cable channel? We'll all find out on the 5th as TNA crowns a new World Champion - from finalists Matt Hardy, Bobby Lashley, EC3, and Eric Young - after a three month point-system series/tournament.MTV1/5/16Based on the Shannara books by Terry Brooks - and starring Ivana Vaquero, Manu Bennett, Austin Butler, and Poppy Drayton - The Shannara Chronicles tracks the adventures of Amberle and Wil as they attempt to create a new magical tree that serves to banish all demons from the Four Lands.Below you'll find a playlist with IGN's chats with some of the cast and creators of the series:[widget path="video/embed/playlist" parameters="slug=shannara-chronicles-nycc-interviews"]FOX1/6/16American Idol returns for its 15th, and final, season as judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. (along with host Ryan Seacrest) wrap up the legendary star search series with a nostalgia-based run designed to pay tribute to the past 14 seasons.CBS1/6/16Mike & Molly returns for a shortened sixth and final season (13 episodes) on Jan 6th. The show is considered a low performer for CBS (though still averaging about 10 million viewers per episode) but has lasted through the years thanks in some part to star Melissa McCarthy's rise in fame/popularity.ABC1/6/16John Ridley's American Crime anthology series returns for an all new crime in Season 2, as Season 1 stars Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Elvis Nolasco, and Lili Taylor all play new characters in a story about high school boy who accuses several players on a championship basketball team at a private school of sexually assaulting him.

Always Sunny, WWE Smackdown, Shameless, J. Lo's Shades of Blue, and more on Page 2...