2026–27 United States network television schedule
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The 2026–27 network television schedule is the upcoming television schedule, for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks that air in the United States. The television schedule will cover the prime time hours from September 2026 to August 2027. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2025–26 television season.
CBS was the first to announce its fall schedule on April 15, 2026 via press release (without an upfront presentation),[1] followed by NBC (with its upfront presentation at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time) on May 11, Fox (with its upfront presentation at 4 p.m.) also on May 11,[2][3] and ABC on May 12 (with its upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day).[4]
The CW has not announced a schedule for fall 2026 via upfronts, as it lacks their own original programming and is mostly filled with encores and continuations from the previous season.
PBS is not included here, as the 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 June 2027 will be listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming, including repeats.
- 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.
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, with local and/or late night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.
- Dates (e.g., (9/13)) indicate the first month and day of a program in its regular timeslot, and also the time slot premiere (the season premiere date can be used here if it’s also the time slot premiere, otherwise include the season premiere as a separate note).
- 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 18% 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, and ESPN DTC 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
| Network | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 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 | America's Funniest Home Videos[4] | The Wonderful World of Disney[4][a][b] | |||||||
| CBS | NFL on CBS (4:25 p.m.) (9/13)[7] | 60 Minutes[1] | Marshals[1] | Tracker[1] | Various programming[1] | ||||
| The CW | TBA | Local programming | |||||||
| Fox | Fox NFL (4:25 p.m.) (9/13) [3][7] | The OT (9/13) [3] | The Simpsons[3] | Animal Control[3] | Universal Basic Guys[3] | Grimsburg[3] | |||
| NBC | Fall | Football Night in America (9/13)[8][7] | NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) (9/13)[8][7] | ||||||
| Winter | Basketball Night in America[9][10] | NBC Sunday Night Basketball[9] | NBA Showtime[9] | ||||||
| Spring | MLB Pregame Show | Sunday Night Baseball[11] | |||||||
Notes:
- On weeks when CBS airs a NFL singleheader (and in the time zones west of Central time on all weeks), its programming will be shifted a half hour earlier with local programming and/or CBS encores filling in the 7 or 10:30 pm ET/PT half hour in those time zones.
- On weeks when Fox airs a NFL singleheader then an additional hour of encore programming will air in the 7 p.m. ET/PT slot on the network.
- When Fox airs a late NFL singleheader game in the eastern and central time zones, its programming will be joined in progress if the game does overrun past its 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT slot. However, if there is an overrun on CBS, 60 Minutes will air in its entirety delaying all subsequent programs unless the game runs beyond 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT then the show in the 10 p.m. ET/PT slot will be preempted and an encore of a different show will air in its place in all time zones west of central time, If Fox overruns its games past 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT then The OT will be preempted on all affiliates and the show airing in the 8 p.m. ET/PT slot will air in its entirety and delaying all subsequent programs along with local programming airing in all time zones in the 7 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT slot regardless of end time).
- CBS is scheduled to air the 84th Golden Globes on January 10, 2027 at 8 p.m.[12]
- ABC is scheduled to air the 69th Annual Grammy Awards on February 7, 2027 at 8 p.m.[13]
- ABC is scheduled to air the 99th Academy Awards on March 14, 2027 at 7 p.m.[14]
Monday
| 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 | Monday Night Countdown (7:30 p.m.) (9/14)[7] | Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m.) (9/14)[7] | |||||
| CBS | FBI[1] | CIA[1] | Harlan Coben's Final Twist[1] | ||||
| The CW | TBA | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | Celebrity Name That Tune[3] | Celebrity Weakest Link[3] | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Voice (9/21)[8] | Line of Fire (9/21)[8] | ||||
| Mid-fall | St. Denis Medical (11/2)[8] | The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (11/2)[8] | The Voice (11/2)[15] | ||||
| Late fall | TBA (12/21)[16] | ||||||
Notes:
- NBC is scheduled to air the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2026 at 8 p.m.[17]
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 | Dancing with the Stars[4] | R.J. Decker[4] | |||||
| CBS | Fall | NCIS[1] | NCIS: New York[1] | NCIS: Origins[1] | |||
| Winter | NCIS: Sydney[18] | ||||||
| The CW | WWE NXT | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | Best Medicine[3] | Doc[3] | |||||
| NBC | Coast 2 Coast Tuesday[9] | NBA Showtime[9] | |||||
Wednesday
| 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 | Scrubs[4] | Abbott Elementary[4] | Celebrity Jeopardy![4] | Shark Tank[4] | |||
| CBS | Survivor[1] | The Amazing Race[1] | |||||
| The CW | TBA | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | The Floor[3] | 99 to Beat[3] | |||||
| NBC | Chicago Med (10/7)[8] | Chicago Fire (10/7)[8] | Chicago P.D. (10/7)[8] | ||||
Notes:
- ABC is scheduled to air the 60th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 18, 2026 at 8 p.m.[19]
Thursday
| 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 | 9-1-1[4] | 9-1-1: Nashville[4] | Grey's Anatomy[4] | ||||
| CBS | Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage[1] | Eternally Yours[1] | Elsbeth[1] | Cupertino[1] | |||
| The CW | TBA | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | Hell's Kitchen[3] | Special Forces: World's Toughest Test[3] | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Traitors: New Blood (10/8)[8] | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (10/8)[8] | Law & Order (10/8)[8] | |||
| Late fall | TBA (12/3)[16] | ||||||
Notes:
- NBC is scheduled to air the two-hour series premiere of The Traitors: New Blood on September 17, 2026 at 8 p.m.[20]
- NBC is scheduled to air the two-hour series finale of The Traitors: New Blood on November 19, 2026 at 8 p.m.[21]
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 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune[4] | 20/20[4] | |||||
| CBS | Sheriff Country[1] | Fire Country[1] | Boston Blue[1] | ||||
| The CW | TBA | Local programming | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football Friday (9/4) [3][22] | |||||
| Winter | Fox College Basketball Friday | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | Fox UFL Friday | ||||||
| NBC | Happy's Place (10/23)[8] | Newlyweds (10/23)[8] | Dateline NBC (9/25)[8] | ||||
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.) (8/29)[23] | |||||
| Winter | NBA Tip-Off[24] | NBA Saturday Primetime[24] | |||||
| CBS | Crimetime Saturday[1] | 48 Hours[1] | |||||
| The CW | CW Sports programming (8/29)[25][26][27][28] | CW Football Saturday (continued to game completion) (9/5)[25][26] | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) (9/12) [3] | |||||
| Winter | Fox Primetime Hoops | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.) | ||||||
| NBC | Big Ten Saturday Night/Notre Dame Football on NBC[c] (7:30 p.m.) (9/5)[29] | ||||||
Notes:
- As with the ten previous seasons, that are in NBC's Pacific and Mountain Time Zone affiliates carry new episodes of Saturday Night Live in real time along 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.
- CBS will simulcast the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on November 14, 2026.[1]
By network
ABC
CBS
The CW
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Returning series: |
New series:
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Not returning from 2025–26:
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Fox
NBC
Renewals and cancellations
Full season pickups
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
Renewals
ABC
- ABC Hockey Saturday—Renewed for a fourteenth season on March 10, 2021.[96]
- Monday Night Football—Renewed for an eighth season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a thirteenth season in 2033.[37]
CBS
The CW
Fox
- American Dad!—Renewed for a twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth season on April 2, 2025.[64]
- Bob's Burgers—Renewed for an eighteenth and nineteenth season on April 2, 2025.[64]
- Family Guy—Renewed for a twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh season on April 2, 2025.[64]
- Krapopolis—Renewed for a fifth season on May 10, 2025.[71]
- The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-ninth and fortieth season on April 2, 2025.[64]
NBC
- Big Ten Saturday Night—Renewed for a fifth season on August 18, 2022; deal will go to a seventh season in 2029.[82]
- Football Night in America—Renewed for a twenty-second season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[85]
- NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a twenty-second season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[85]
Cancellations/series endings
ABC
CBS
The CW
Fox
NBC
See also
Notes
- Branded as Big Ten Saturday Night or Notre Dame Football on NBC depending on the game that is being broadcast.