'Intelligence,' 'Downton Abbey' and more TV shows returning or debuting in mid-winter

Could be January is the new September. Just look at the loooong list of shows debuting/returning this month and next, making midseason seem fuller than fall.

And we don't even have room to ruminate past February. Spring will have another slew slated, including lots of big-deal network dramas and the series finale of "How I Met Your Mother."

But why look ahead now, when there's so much to see this week? And next. And later this month.

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