2025–26 United States network television schedule
Television schedule for the fall of 2025
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The 2025–26 network television schedule is the current television schedule, for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks that air in the United States. The television schedule covered 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),[1] 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,[2][3] and ABC on May 13 (with its upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day).[4][5]
The CW did not announce a schedule for fall 2025 but did announce its summer 2026 schedule, along with premiere dates on April 16, 2026.[6]
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 released in June 2026 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
- Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.
- Bronze indicates reruns of programming that originally aired on a cable channel or streaming service.
- Light yellow indicates the current schedule.
- highlight Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
- highlight Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.
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.
- ABC's primetime programming is scheduled to be preempted (8 p.m. ET/PT hour only) on August 25-28, September 1-4 and 7-8, 2026 for the 2 week primetime special of Jeopardy! Masters.[7]
Sunday
Notes:
- 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.[15]
- NBC is scheduled to air a primetime WNBA on NBC game on July 12, 2026 at 9 p.m. and August 23, 2026 at 7 p.m.[16]
- Fox is scheduled to air a primetime IndyCar Series race on July 19, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.[17]
- Fox is scheduled to air a primetime NFL preseason game on August 23, 2026 at 8 p.m.[18]
Monday
Notes:
- The CW is scheduled to air the two-hour final season premiere of All American on July 13, 2026 at 8 p.m.[6]
Tuesday
| 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 | Dancing with the Stars (9/7.5) | High Potential (7/8.0) | ||||
| Winter | Will Trent (15/6.8) | High Potential (7/8.0) | The Rookie (30/5.25) | ||||
| Late winter | R.J. Decker | ||||||
| Spring | R.J. Decker | High Potential (R) | |||||
| Late spring | ESPN on ABC sports programming | ||||||
| Summer | R.J. Decker (R) | Will Trent (R) | |||||
| Late summer | Jeopardy! Masters (8/25)[7] | TBA | |||||
| CBS | Fall | NCIS (10/7.2) | NCIS: Origins (29/5.30) | NCIS: Sydney | |||
| Winter | Harlan Coben's Final Twist | NCIS (R) | NCIS: Origins (R) | ||||
| Late winter | NCIS (10/7.2) | NCIS: Origins (29/5.30) | NCIS: Sydney | ||||
| The CW | WWE NXT | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Murder in a Small Town | Doc | ||||
| Winter | Best Medicine | ||||||
| Spring | Farmer Wants a Wife | Bear Grylls Is Running Wild | |||||
| Summer | Kitchen Nightmares (7/28)[23] | Beat Shazam (7/28)[23] | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Voice (25/5.4) | On Brand with Jimmy Fallon | ||||
| Mid-fall | Coast 2 Coast Tuesday | NBA Showtime | |||||
| Spring | America's Got Talent | Password | |||||
Notes:
- Fox is scheduled to air the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 14, 2026 at 8 p.m.[24]
- Fox is scheduled to air the two-hour season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares on July 21, 2026 at 8 p.m.[23]
Wednesday
Notes:
- ABC is scheduled to air the 2026 ESPY Awards on July 15, 2026 at 8 p.m.[25]
- NBC is scheduled to air the two-hour season finale of America's Got Talent on September 23, 2026 at 9 p.m.[30]
Thursday
Notes:
- NBC is scheduled to air the 2026 NFL Hall of Fame Game on August 6, 2026 at 8 p.m.[18]
Friday
| 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 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 20/20 | ||||
| Late fall | College Football on ABC | ||||||
| Winter | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 20/20 | |||||
| Late winter | Celebrity Jeopardy! | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Sheriff Country (17/6.4) | Fire Country (28/5.31) | Boston Blue (22/6.10) | |||
| Summer | Big Brother: Unlocked | Various programming | |||||
| The CW | Fall | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | Masters of Illusion | Local programming | |||
| Spring | The American Bible Challenge (R) | ||||||
| Late spring | Totally Funny Animals | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football Friday | |||||
| Winter | Fox College Basketball Friday | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | Fox UFL Friday | ||||||
| Late spring | Soccer on Fox | ||||||
| Summer | MasterChef (R) (7/24)[33] | Nation's Dumbest (R) (7/24)[34] | Local programming | ||||
| NBC | Fall | On Brand with Jimmy Fallon | Dateline NBC | ||||
| Mid-fall | Happy's Place | Stumble | |||||
| Spring | Happy's Place (R) | ||||||
| Late spring | America's Got Talent | Dateline NBC | |||||
| Summer | Happy's Place (R) (8/21)[35] | America's Got Talent (R) (8/21)[36] | |||||
Notes:
- Fox is scheduled to air a primetime MLS game on July 17, 2026 at 8 p.m.[37]
- CBS is scheduled to air a primetime NFL preseason game on August 28, 2026 at 8 p.m.[18]
- The CW is scheduled to air a primetime NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on August 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.[38]
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.) (8/7.9) | |||||
| Winter | NBA Tip-Off | NBA Saturday Primetime | |||||
| Spring | ABC Hockey Saturday | ||||||
| Mid-spring | ESPN on ABC sports programming | ||||||
| Summer | The Rookie (R) (7/18)[39] | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | ||||
| Spring | WNBA on CBS | ||||||
| Summer | Harlan Coben's Final Twist (R) (7/25)[40] | 48 Hours (R) | |||||
| 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) | ||||||
| Spring | CW Sports programming | ||||||
| Summer | 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[f] (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) | Dateline Weekend Mystery (R) | Saturday Night Live (R) | ||||
| Late spring | American Ninja Warrior (R) | Dateline Weekend Mystery (R) | |||||
Notes:
- CBS is scheduled to air primetime WNBA on CBS games on July 18 and August 15, 2026 at 8 p.m.[41]
- ABC is scheduled to air the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game on July 25, 2026 at 8:30 p.m.[41]
- The CW is scheduled to air a primetime AVP Volleyball game on August 8, 2026 at 8 p.m.[42]
- NBC is scheduled to air a primetime NASCAR Cup Series race on August 29, 2026 at 7 p.m.[43]
By network
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Renewals and cancellations
Full season pickups
ABC
- Shifting Gears—Picked up for three additional episodes on September 5, 2025, bringing the episode count to 13.[158]
CBS
Fox
Renewals
ABC
- 20/20—Renewed for a forty-ninth season on May 12, 2026.[160]
- 9-1-1—Renewed for a tenth season on March 5, 2026.[161]
- 9-1-1: Nashville—Renewed for a second season on March 5, 2026.[161]
- Abbott Elementary—Renewed for a sixth season on March 4, 2026.[162]
- Celebrity Jeopardy—Renewed for a fifth season on May 12, 2026.[160]
- Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a thirty-fifth season on April 22, 2026.[163]
- Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a twenty-third season on March 30, 2026.[164]
- High Potential—Renewed for a third season on March 5, 2026.[165]
- ABC Hockey Saturday—Renewed for a thirteenth season on March 10, 2021; deal will last into a fourteenth season in 2027.[46]
- Monday Night Football—Renewed for a seventh season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a thirteenth season in 2033.[53]
- R.J. Decker—Renewed for a second season on May 8, 2026.[166]
- The Rookie—Renewed for a ninth season on April 13, 2026.[167]
- Scrubs—Renewed for an eleventh season on April 30, 2026.[168]
- Shifting Gears—Renewed for a third season on April 30, 2026.[168]
- Will Trent—Renewed for a fifth season on April 13, 2026.[167]
CBS
- 48 Hours—Renewed for a thirty-eighth season on April 15, 2026.[169]
- 60 Minutes—Renewed for a fifty-ninth season on April 15, 2026.[169]
- The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-ninth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- Boston Blue—Renewed for a second season on December 3, 2025.[171]
- CIA—Renewed for a second season on March 23, 2026.[172]
- Elsbeth—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- FBI—Renewed for a ninth season on April 9, 2024.[173]
- Fire Country—Renewed for a fifth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- Ghosts—Renewed for a sixth season on February 20, 2025.[174]
- Harlan Coben's Final Twist—Renewed for a second season on April 15, 2026.[175]
- Marshals—Renewed for a second season on March 12, 2026.[176]
- Matlock—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- NCIS—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- NCIS: Origins—Renewed for a third season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- NCIS: Sydney—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- Sheriff Country—Renewed for a second season on December 3, 2025.[171]
- Survivor—Renewed for a fifty-first and fifty-second season on January 22, 2026.[170]
- Tracker—Renewed for a fourth season on January 22, 2026.[170]
The CW
Fox
- 99 to Beat—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- American Dad!—Renewed for a twenty-third, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth season on April 2, 2025.[103]
- Animal Control—Renewed for a fifth season on February 26, 2026.[178]
- Best Medicine—Renewed for a second season on March 2, 2026.[179]
- Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth season on April 2, 2025.[103]
- Celebrity Name That Tune—Renewed for a sixth season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- Celebrity Weakest Link—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- Crime Scene Kitchen—Renewed for a fourth season on May 11, 2026.[180]
- Doc—Renewed for a third season on March 9, 2026.[181]
- Don't Forget the Lyrics—Renewed for a fourth season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- Extracted—Renewed for a third season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- Family Guy—Renewed for a twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh season on April 2, 2025.[103]
- Fear Factor: House of Fear—Renewed for a second season on April 23, 2026.[182]
- The Floor—Renewed for a sixth and seventh season on February 6, 2026.[183]
- Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2026.[180]
- Hell's Kitchen—Renewed for a twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth season on May 11, 2026.[180]
- Kitchen Nightmares—Renewed for a tenth season on May 11, 2026.[180]
- Krapopolis—Renewed for a fourth season on July 25, 2024, and a fifth season on May 10, 2025.[184][185]
- Lego Masters—Renewed for a sixth season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- The Masked Singer—Renewed for a fifteenth season on May 8, 2026.[186]
- MasterChef—Renewed for a seventeenth season on October 9, 2025.[114]
- Memory of a Killer—Renewed for a second season on April 6, 2026.[187]
- Murder in a Small Town—Renewed for a third season on May 7, 2026.[188]
- Next Level Baker—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2026.[180]
- Next Level Chef—Renewed for a sixth season on February 27, 2025.[117]
- The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth season on April 2, 2025.[103]
- Special Forces: World's Toughest Test—Renewed for a fifth season on May 11, 2026.[177]
- Universal Basic Guys—Renewed for a third season on May 10, 2025.[185]
NBC
- Big Ten Saturday Night—Renewed for a fourth season on August 18, 2022; deal will last into a seventh season in 2029.[130]
- Chicago Fire—Renewed for a fifteenth season on March 27, 2026.[189]
- Chicago Med—Renewed for a twelfth season on March 27, 2026.[189]
- Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a fourteenth season on March 27, 2026.[189]
- Dateline NBC—Renewed for a thirty-fifth season on May 11, 2026.[190]
- The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins—Renewed for a second season on May 5, 2026.[191]
- Football Night in America—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[134]
- Happy's Place—Renewed for a third season on February 2, 2026.[192]
- Law & Order—Renewed for a twenty-sixth season on May 8, 2026.[193]
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for a twenty-eighth season on April 16, 2026.[194]
- NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[134]
- St. Denis Medical—Renewed for a third season on February 2, 2026.[192]
Cancellations/series endings
ABC
- Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV—The miniseries is meant to run for one season only; it concluded on January 28, 2026.[195]
CBS
- DMV—Canceled on March 27, 2026.[196] The series concluded on May 11, 2026.
- The Neighborhood—It was announced on March 10, 2025, that season eight would be the final season.[68] The series concluded on May 11, 2026.[197]
- Watson—Canceled on March 27, 2026 after two seasons.[196] The series concluded on May 3, 2026.
The CW
- All American—It was announced on June 2, 2025 that season eight would be the final season.[84] The series will conclude on September 28, 2026.
Fox
- The Faithful: Women of the Bible—The miniseries is meant to run for one season only; it concluded on April 5, 2026.[121]
- Going Dutch—Canceled on May 4, 2026 after two seasons.[198]
NBC
- Brilliant Minds—Pulled from the schedule after fourteen episodes in the second season on February 4, 2026.[199] The series was officially canceled on May 1, 2026.[200] The remaining episodes of the second season premiered on May 27, 2026.[201] The series concluded on July 1, 2026.
- The Hunting Party—Canceled on June 2, 2026 after two seasons.[202]
- Law & Order: Organized Crime—Canceled on April 16, 2026, after five seasons.[203]
- On Brand with Jimmy Fallon—Canceled on May 11, 2026.[204]
- Stumble—Canceled on May 1, 2026.[200]
- Surviving Earth—The documentary miniseries is meant to run for one season only.[2]
See also
Notes
- Branded as Big Ten Saturday Night or Notre Dame Football on NBC depending on conference game being broadcast.
- A Game Show Network original series; airs repeats.