Network TV schedules usually seem really crowded at the end of the school year, with the full-season shows finishing up their runs while the mid-season replacements struggle to conclude their seasons by the end of May sweeps. As such, it’s time for a little clearing of the schedule to get rid of shows that shouldn’t exist anymore and make room for next season’s biggest hits. Here’s my take on 14 shows that premiered in the 2011-2012 season, excluding already-renewed shows like “New Girl,” “Smash” and “2 Broke Girls” and already-canceled shows like “Terra Nova.”

Here’s what you missed on “Glee”—wait, you haven’t missed much, because “Glee” hasn’t aired a new episode since Feb. 21, 2012. The show took a seven-week hiatus to accommodate the crowding caused in the Fox schedule by trying to air 13-episode seasons of “Alcatraz” and “Touch” in the same time slot over a four-month period.

I had never heard of “Breaking In” until it got cancelled, back in May 2011. At first, I had a mini-heart attack. The thought of my beloved “Breaking Bad” getting cancelled was unbearable. But no, it was some Fox show starring Christian Slater. A quick search on Google revealed that it was a workplace comedy about a high-tech security firm. It’s also on Netflix.

If you’ve watched any TV in the past month, there is a pretty good chance that you’ve seen commercials for “The River.” With its debut on Tuesday, it will join FOX’s “Alcatraz” as the two shows currently on air trying really hard to become the new “Lost.

In the year 2149, the world is overcrowded and overdeveloped, and most of the plant and animal species have gone extinct. The only way to save the future of the human race is, logically, to go back in time 85 million years, or so say the scientists on “Terra Nova,” an ambitious new FOX show.

Fox’s newest mid-season replacement, “Breaking In,” is a cross between ‘The Office’ and ‘The A-Team.’ It stars Christian Slater as Oz, the head of Contra Security, a company that tests security systems of important businesses and institutions by breaking into them before criminals or hackers can.

It’s that time of year again. What shows deserve renewals, and which have earned their place on the chopping block?

Entering its second season, Fox’s “Dollhouse” certainly embodies the “anything is possible” aspect of its namesake.

If you haven’t seen or heard of “Glee,” then you are behind the times. Fox’s new musical comedy series has yet to have its official season premiere, but the show […]