2025–26 United States network television schedule

2025–26 United States network television schedule

The 2025–26 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States will cover the prime time hours from September 2025 to August 2026. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2024–25 television season.

CBS was the first to announce its initial fall schedule on May 7, 2025 via press release (without an upfront presentation), followed by NBC (with its upfront presentation at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time) on May 12, Fox (with its upfront presentation at 4 p.m.) also on May 12, and ABC on May 13 (with its upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day).

The CW did not announce its fall schedule as it lacks any original programming and is filled mostly with encores and continuations of programming from the previous season.

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedule and broadcast times for network shows may vary.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows releasing in May 2026 will be listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

Schedule

2025–26 United States network television schedule

• New series to broadcast television are highlighted in bold. • Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R). • All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii–Aleutian times. • All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time (unless otherwise noted), with local and/or late night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion. • During the NFL regular season and Wild Card Round (excluding games on broadcast networks, with ABC and/or Hearst affiliates having first refusal on games broadcast by ESPN (due to ABC being owned by the same company as ESPN, and Hearst owning 20% stake on ESPN), therefore its primetime programming from its respective network may be delayed or moved to another sister station to air live), the NFL policy on Monday Night Football games on ESPN, Thursday Night Football, NFL Network Exclusive Game Series and any game exclusively airing on Peacock, Netflix, YouTube and ESPN+/ESPN Flagship will affect the 31 primary markets (30 markets with NFL teams and Milwaukee, WI). The NFL sells syndication rights to the cable and streaming-only games to local broadcasters in the home and away teams' primary markets to maximize ratings. • During the NFL preseason, NBA, MLB and NHL preseason and regular season (plus first round NHL postseason games), some affiliates may not air their respective primetime programming due to their local NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL team games and may choose to put its network's programming on a sister channel to air live, delay the program to air later on the network or preempt the shows entirely.

Sunday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>7:00 p.m.</th><th>7:30 p.m.</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>America's Funniest Home Videos</td><td>The Wonderful World of Disney</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>America's Funniest Home Videos (R)</td><td>American Idol (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>America's Funniest Home Videos</td><td>America's Funniest Home Videos (R)</td><td>Celebrity Jeopardy! (R) (4/5)</td><td>Betrayal: Secrets & Lies</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Fall</td><td>NFL on CBS (4:25 p.m.)</td><td>60 Minutes</td><td>Tracker</td><td>The Road</td><td>Various programming</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>60 Minutes</td><td>Marshals</td><td>Tracker</td><td>Watson</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>TBA (5/10)</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>Fall</td><td>Trivial Pursuit (R)</td><td>The CW Sunday Night Movie</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)</td><td>The CW Sunday Night Movie</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>Fox NFL (4:25 p.m.)</td><td>The OT</td><td>The Simpsons</td><td>Universal Basic Guys</td><td>Krapopolis</td><td>Bob's Burgers</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Next Level Chef (R)</td><td>Family Guy</td><td>American Dad!</td><td>Family Guy</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>The Faithful: Women of the Bible</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-spring</td><td>Family Guy (4/12)</td><td>Bob's Burgers (4/26)</td><td>American Dad! (4/12)</td><td>Various programming (4/26)</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Football Night in America</td><td>NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.)</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Basketball Night in America</td><td>NBC Sunday Night Basketball</td><td>NBA Showtime</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>NBC Sunday Night Baseball (7:20 p.m.) (5/31)</td><td>Password (R) (6/14)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• On select weeks, NBC will have the option to air doubleheaders of NBC Sunday Night Basketball at 7 and 9:30 p.m./7:30 and 10 p.m. ET. • On select weeks, NBC will air its NBC Sunday Night Baseball game at 8 p.m. ET, with pre game/other programming airing in the 7 p.m. ET hour. • During the 2026 NBA playoffs (and on April 12, 2026), if there is no NBC Sunday Night Basketball game airing during the main primetime window (7-10 p.m. ET) then NBC Sunday Night Baseball will air in its time slot that night. • Fox is scheduled to air primetime MLS games on May 24, 2026 at 7 and 9 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the 79th Tony Awards on June 7, 2026 at 8 p.m. • ABC was originally scheduled to air season 22 of The Bachelorette Sundays at 8 p.m. starting March 22, 2026, but pulled it from the schedule on March 19.

Monday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Monday Night Countdown (7:30 p.m.)</td><td>Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m.)</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>American Idol</td><td>The Rookie</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Fall</td><td>The Neighborhood</td><td>DMV</td><td>FBI</td><td>Watson</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>NCIS: Origins (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>CIA</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>Fall</td><td>TV We Love</td><td>Scrabble (R)</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-fall</td><td>Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)</td><td>TV We Love</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-winter</td><td>Wild Cards</td><td>Sullivan's Crossing (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>Sullivan's Crossing (4/20)</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>Celebrity Name That Tune</td><td>Celebrity Weakest Link</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Extracted</td><td>Memory of a Killer</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>The 1% Club (4/13)</td><td>The Quiz with Balls (4/13)</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>The Voice</td><td>Brilliant Minds</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-fall</td><td>St. Denis Medical</td><td>The Paper (R)</td><td>The Voice</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Stumble (R)</td><td>The Wall</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins</td><td>The Voice</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>St. Denis Medical (6/8)</td><td>American Ninja Warrior (6/8)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• CBS is scheduled to air a farewell special of The Neighborhood on April 6, 2026 at 8 p.m. • NBC is scheduled to air the one-hour season finale of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins on April 13, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the season finale of FBI on May 18, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the season finale of CIA on May 18, 2026 at 9 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the 2026 American Music Awards on May 25, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Tuesday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Dancing with the Stars</td><td>High Potential</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Will Trent</td><td>High Potential</td><td>The Rookie</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>R.J. Decker</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>R.J. Decker (4/14)</td><td>High Potential (R) (4/14)</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Fall</td><td>NCIS</td><td>NCIS: Origins</td><td>NCIS: Sydney</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Harlan Coben's Final Twist</td><td>NCIS (R)</td><td>NCIS: Origins (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>NCIS</td><td>NCIS: Origins</td><td>NCIS: Sydney</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>WWE NXT</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>Murder in a Small Town</td><td>Doc</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Best Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>Farmer Wants a Wife (4/21)</td><td>Running Wild with Bear Grylls (4/21)</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>The Voice</td><td>On Brand with Jimmy Fallon</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-fall</td><td>Coast 2 Coast Tuesday</td><td>NBA Showtime</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>America's Got Talent (6/2)</td><td>Password (6/2)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• Depending on their choice of feed, NBC stations have the option of airing NBA on NBC games at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and/or 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT., with the option of games starting a half or a whole hour earlier. • NBC is scheduled to air a three-hour season finale of The Voice on April 14, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the two-hour season finale of NCIS: Sydney on May 12, 2026 at 9 p.m.

Wednesday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Shifting Gears</td><td>Abbott Elementary</td><td>The Golden Bachelor</td><td>Shark Tank</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>Scrubs</td><td>The Greatest Average American</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Fall</td><td>Survivor</td><td>The Amazing Race</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Hollywood Squares</td><td>The Price Is Right at Night</td><td>Harlan Coben's Final Twist (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>Survivor</td><td>America's Culinary Cup</td><td>Hollywood Squares</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>Fall</td><td>Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent</td><td>Wild Cards (R)</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Police 24/7</td><td>Police 24/7 (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>TBA</td><td>The Great American Road Rally: Celebrity Edition (5/13)</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>The Floor</td><td>99 to Beat</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>The Masked Singer</td><td>Fear Factor: House of Fear</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>MasterChef (4/15)</td><td>The Floor (4/15)</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Chicago Med</td><td>Chicago Fire</td><td>Chicago P.D.</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>Brilliant Minds (5/27)</td></tr><tr><td>Summer</td><td>America's Got Talent (8/19)</td><td>The Wall (8/19)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• Fox is scheduled to air the two-hour season finale of The Masked Singer on April 1, 2026 at 8 p.m. • Fox is scheduled to air the two-hour season premiere of The Floor on April 8, 2026 at 8 p.m. • ABC is scheduled to air the one-hour season finale of Abbott Elementary on April 22, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the 90-minute season finale of America's Culinary Cup on May 13, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the three-hour season finale of Survivor on May 20, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the season finale of Hollywood Squares on May 27, 2026 at 8 p.m. • The CW is scheduled to air the two-hour season finale of The Great American Road Rally: Celebrity Edition on July 22, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Thursday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>9-1-1</td><td>9-1-1: Nashville</td><td>Grey's Anatomy</td></tr><tr><td>Late fall</td><td>Various programming</td><td>The Great Christmas Light Fight</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>9-1-1</td><td>9-1-1: Nashville</td><td>Grey's Anatomy</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage</td><td>Ghosts</td><td>Matlock</td><td>Elsbeth</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>Fall</td><td>Police 24/7</td><td>Police 24/7 (R)</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Trivial Pursuit (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-winter</td><td>Scrabble</td><td>Trivial Pursuit</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>Hell's Kitchen</td><td>Special Forces: World's Toughest Test</td></tr><tr><td>Late fall</td><td>Next Level Baker</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Next Level Chef</td><td>Animal Control</td><td>Going Dutch</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>TBA (4/30)</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Law & Order</td><td>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</td><td>Law & Order: Organized Crime (R)</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>The Hunting Party</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>Surviving Earth (6/4)</td><td>The Americas (R) (6/4)</td><td>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (6/4)</td></tr><tr><td>Summer</td><td>Law & Order (R) (8/20)</td><td>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (8/13)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• ABC is scheduled to air round 1 of the 2026 NFL draft on April 23, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the two-hour season finale of Matlock on April 23, 2026 at 9 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the one-hour season finale of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage on May 21, 2026 at 8 p.m. • CBS is scheduled to air the one-hour season finale of Ghosts on May 21, 2026 at 9 p.m.

Friday

<table><thead><tr><th>Network</th><th>8:00 p.m.</th><th>8:30 p.m.</th><th>9:00 p.m.</th><th>9:30 p.m.</th><th>10:00 p.m.</th><th>10:30 p.m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ABC</td><td>Fall</td><td>Celebrity Wheel of Fortune</td><td>20/20</td></tr><tr><td>Late fall</td><td>College Football on ABC</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Celebrity Wheel of Fortune</td><td>20/20</td></tr><tr><td>Late winter</td><td>Celebrity Jeopardy!</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>Sheriff Country</td><td>Fire Country</td><td>Boston Blue</td></tr><tr><td>The CW</td><td>Fall</td><td>Penn & Teller: Fool Us</td><td>Masters of Illusion</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>The American Bible Challenge (R) (4/3)</td></tr><tr><td>Fox</td><td>Fall</td><td>Fox College Football Friday</td></tr><tr><td>Winter</td><td>Fox College Basketball Friday</td><td>Local programming</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>Fox UFL Friday</td></tr><tr><td>NBC</td><td>Fall</td><td>On Brand with Jimmy Fallon</td><td>Dateline NBC</td></tr><tr><td>Mid-fall</td><td>Happy's Place</td><td>Stumble</td></tr><tr><td>Spring</td><td>America's Got Talent (6/5)</td><td>Dateline NBC (6/5)</td></tr><tr><td>Summer</td><td>Happy's Place (R) (8/21)</td><td>America's Got Talent (R) (8/21)</td></tr></tbody></table>

• ABC is scheduled to air rounds 2 and 3 of the 2026 NFL draft on April 24, 2026 at 7 p.m. • NBC is scheduled to air the one-hour season finale of Happy's Place on April 24, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Saturday

Network	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Saturday Night Football (7:30 p.m.)
Winter	NBA Tip-Off	NBA Saturday Primetime
Spring	ABC Hockey Saturday
CBS	Crimetime Saturday	48 Hours
The CW	Fall	CW Sports programming	Local programming
Late fall	The CW Saturday Night Movie
Winter	TV We Love (R)
Mid-winter	I Am (R)
Fox	Fall	Fox College Football (continued to game completion)
Winter	Fox Primetime Hoops	Local programming
Late winter	Fox Sports programming
Spring	Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.)	Local programming
NBC	Fall	College Football on NBC (7:30 p.m.)
Late fall	The Wall (R)	Dateline Weekend Mystery (R)	Saturday Night Live (R)
Winter	NBC Sports programming
Spring	The Wall (R) (4/4)	Dateline Weekend Mystery (R) (4/4)	Saturday Night Live (R) (4/4)
Late spring	American Ninja Warrior (R) (6/20)	Dateline Weekend Mystery (R) (6/6)

• As with the nine previous seasons, NBC's Pacific and Mountain Time Zone affiliates carry new episodes of Saturday Night Live in real time with the rest of the United States, placing its airtime within the prime time period throughout this season (the primetime programming scheduled for those nights may air in an earlier slot, delayed for later viewing, placed on a different station to air in its original time slot or be preempted entirely); a re-air is broadcast after the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii and other Pacific islands carry the show on delay as usual. • The CW is scheduled to air primetime NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series races on April 11 and May 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and April 18 and July 11, 2026 at 7 p.m.

Renewals and cancellations

ABC

• Shifting Gears—Picked up for three additional episodes on September 5, 2025, bringing the episode count to 13.

Fox

• Doc—Picked up for a 22-episode second season on February 26, 2025.

ABC

• 9-1-1—Renewed for a tenth season on March 5, 2026. • 9-1-1: Nashville—Renewed for a second season on March 5, 2026. • Abbott Elementary—Renewed for a sixth season on March 4, 2026. • Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a twenty-third season on March 30, 2026. • High Potential—Renewed for a third season on March 5, 2026. • ABC Hockey Saturday—Renewed for a thirteenth season on March 10, 2021; deal will last into a fourteenth season in 2027. • Monday Night Football—Renewed for a seventh season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a thirteenth season in 2033.

CBS

• The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-ninth season on January 22, 2026. • Boston Blue—Renewed for a second season on December 3, 2025. • CIA—Renewed for a second season on March 23, 2026. • Elsbeth—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026. • FBI—Renewed for a ninth season on April 9, 2024. • Fire Country—Renewed for a fifth season on January 22, 2026. • Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026. • Ghosts—Renewed for a sixth season on February 20, 2025. • Marshals—Renewed for a second season on March 12, 2026. • Matlock—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026. • NCIS—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season on January 22, 2026. • NCIS: Origins—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026. • NCIS: Sydney—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026. • Sheriff Country—Renewed for a second season on December 3, 2025. • Survivor—Renewed for a fifty-first and fifty-second season on January 22, 2026. • Tracker—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026.

Fox

• American Dad!—Renewed for a twenty-third, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth season on April 2, 2025. • Animal Control—Renewed for a fifth season on February 26, 2026. • Best Medicine—Renewed for a second season on March 2, 2026. • Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth season on April 2, 2025. • Doc—Renewed for a third season on March 9, 2026. • Family Guy—Renewed for a twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh season on April 2, 2025. • The Floor—Renewed for a sixth and seventh season on February 6, 2026. • Krapopolis—Renewed for a fourth season on July 25, 2024, and a fifth season on May 10, 2025. • MasterChef—Renewed for a seventeenth season on October 9, 2025. • Next Level Chef—Renewed for a sixth season on February 27, 2025. • The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth season on April 2, 2025. • Universal Basic Guys—Renewed for a third season on May 10, 2025.

NBC

• Big Ten Saturday Night—Renewed for a fourth season on August 18, 2022; deal will last into a seventh season in 2029. • Chicago Fire—Renewed for a fifteenth season on March 27, 2026. • Chicago Med—Renewed for a twelfth season on March 27, 2026. • Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a fourteenth season on March 27, 2026. • Football Night in America—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033. • Happy's Place—Renewed for a third season on February 2, 2026. • NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033. • St. Denis Medical—Renewed for a third season on February 2, 2026.

CBS

• DMV—Canceled on March 27, 2026. The series will conclude on May 11, 2026. • The Neighborhood—It was announced on March 10, 2025, that season eight would be the final season. The series will conclude on May 11, 2026. • Watson—Canceled on March 27, 2026 after two seasons. The series will conclude on May 3, 2026.

The CW

• All American—It was announced on June 2, 2025 that season eight would be the final season.

Fox

• The Faithful: Women of the Bible—The miniseries is meant to run for one season only; it will conclude on April 5, 2026.

NBC

• Brilliant Minds—Pulled from the schedule after fourteen episodes in the second season on February 4, 2026. • Surviving Earth—The documentary miniseries is meant to run for one season only.