Broadcast History
Castle premiered as a midseason replacement on ABC on March 9, 2009. ABC renewed Castle for a second season with an initial order of 13 episodes; ABC later extended the order to 22, then 24 episodes. The second season premiered on Monday, September 21, 2009. In March 2010, ABC renewed Castle for a third, 22 episode season, which began on September 20, 2010. On November 11, 2010, ABC extended the episode order to 24. On January 10, 2011, ABC announced Castle had been renewed for a fourth season for 22 episodes. The season four premiere aired on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 10 pm on ABC. On December 8, 2011, ABC ordered an additional episode bringing season 4 up to 23 episodes. On May 11, 2012, ABC renewed the show for a fifth season. On July 26, 2012, ABC revealed its Fall 2012 premiere dates and Castle's fifth season premiered on September 24, 2012. On February 5, 2013, ABC ordered an extra episode of Castle bringing season 5 up to 24 episodes. On May 10, 2013, Castle was renewed for a sixth season by ABC.
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