The third season of the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood premiered on September 13, 2011, and ended on February 28, 2012.

[1] This season consisted of 18 episodes.

Parenthood was renewed for a third season by NBC on May 12, 2011.

[2] This season of Parenthood was set to only have 16 episodes.

However, on September 29, 2011, NBC ordered two more episodes of Parenthood bringing this seasons total to 18 episodes.