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2022–23 United States network television schedule

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The 2022–23 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2022 to August 2023. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2021–22 television season. The schedule was affected by strikes undertaken by the Writers Guild of America (which began on May 2 and ended on September 27)[1] and SAG-AFTRA (which began on July 14 and ended on November 9), marking the first television season since the 1959–60 season that was affected by two simultaneous strikes; however because the strikes commenced in May and July, respectively, programming impacts on the 2022–23 season itself were limited in comparison to previous television seasons affected by Hollywood labor disputes as the next season was affected even more.

NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 16, 2022, via press release, followed by an upfront presentation to advertisers at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.[2] ABC announced its fall schedule on May 17 (with an upfront presentation at 4:00 p.m. that day),[3] followed by CBS on May 18 (with their upfront presentation at 4:00 p.m. that day),[4] and The CW on May 19 (with their upfront presentation at 11:00 a.m. that day).[5] Fox announced its programming on May 16 shortly after NBC (with their upfront presentation at 4:00 p.m. that day), but released its prime-time schedule (along with their premiere dates) on June 6.[6][7][8]

This would be the last season that CBS News and Stations was affiliated with The CW,[9] as Nexstar Media Group assumed operations on August 15, 2022,[10] and acquired a 75-percent ownership stake on October 3, 2022; former joint owners Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery retained a 25-percent stake, split at nominal 12.5-percent stakes for both companies.[11] Under the agreement, Paramount was given a right with the transaction to disaffiliate all eight of their CW affiliates, which was exercised on May 5, 2023.[12]

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included as both networks' schedules feature syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter).

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2023 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[13]

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 (including Fox affiliates during the 10 p.m. ET/PT hour) by affiliates after game completion.

During the NFL season (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 owned 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 ESPN Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, NFL Network Exclusive Game Series and any game exclusively airing on Peacock and ESPN+ 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, some affiliates may not air their respective primetime programming due to their local NFL 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.

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Impact of the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes

On May 2, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, followed by SAG-AFTRA on July 13. The absence of working writers and actors through the summer has led scripted television production to shut down completely.[14] The Writers Guild of America strike ended on September 27, while the SAG-AFTRA strike ended on November 9.

The vast majority of scripted primetime network series had already completed filming for the season by the end of April and aired as scheduled, but daytime and late night topical programs employing WGA writers such as Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Kimmel Live! went into repeats from May 2 onwards.[15] Some unscripted programs that have typically aired during the summer, including Big Brother, were rescheduled to start later in the summer, which media outlets speculated was intended to help the networks manage the effects of the strikes.[16]

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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.
  •  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.
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Sunday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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  • Series that originally intended to air this season but are delayed to a later TV season due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike are indicated using .
  • Series that originally intended to air this season but are delayed to a later TV season due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike are indicated using.

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Renewals and cancellations

Full season pickups

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NBC

  • Lopez vs Lopez—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on December 2, 2022.[200]
  • Quantum Leap—Picked up for six additional episodes on October 10, 2022, bringing the episode count to 18.[201]

Renewals

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CBS

The CW

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Cancellations/series endings

ABC

CBS

  • East New York—Canceled on May 8, 2023.[281] The series concluded on May 14, 2023.
  • NCIS: Los Angeles—It was announced on January 20, 2023, that season fourteen would be the final season.[282] The series concluded on May 21, 2023.[283]
  • The Real Love Boat—It was announced on October 28, 2022, that the series would move to Paramount+ beginning November 2, 2022 after its first four episodes due to poor ratings, marking the first cancellation of the season.[284]
  • True Lies—Canceled on May 8, 2023.[285] The series concluded on May 17, 2023.

The CW

  • Barons—Pulled from the schedule on June 21, 2023, after four episodes, the remaining episodes will be available to stream on the CW app.[286]
  • Bump—Pulled from the schedule on August 30, 2023 after 5 episodes.[287]
  • Down to Earth with Zac Efron—Pulled from the schedule on July 27, 2023, after two episodes.[288]
  • Fantastic Friends—Pulled from the schedule on July 27, 2023, after two episodes.[288]
  • The Flash—It was announced on August 1, 2022, that season nine would be the final season.[289] The series concluded on May 24, 2023.[290]
  • Gotham Knights—Canceled on June 12, 2023.[237] The series concluded on June 27, 2023.[291]
  • Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982—The miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on July 29, 2023.[89][292]
  • Kung Fu—Canceled on May 11, 2023, after three seasons.[293]
  • Nancy Drew—It was announced on October 26, 2022, that season four would be the final season.[294] The series concluded on August 23, 2023.[295]
  • Professionals—Canceled on June 13, 2023.[296]
  • Recipe for Disaster—Pulled from the schedule on August 30, 2023 after 10 episodes.[287]
  • The Rising—Canceled by Sky on March 28, 2023.[297]
  • Riverdale—It was announced on May 19, 2022, that season seven would be the final season.[298] The series concluded on August 23, 2023.[295]
  • Stargirl—It was announced on October 31, 2022, that season three would be the final season. The series concluded on December 7, 2022.[299]
  • Walker: Independence—Canceled on May 9, 2023.[300]
  • The Winchesters—Canceled on May 11, 2023.[293]

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Notes

  1. On select weeks when The Chosen airs regular 60-minute episodes at 8:00 p.m., an additional episode of World's Funniest Animals will air at 9:00 p.m. on top of its regular 9:30 p.m. airing.[17][18]
  2. First version as a standalone series; previous broadcasts aired as special editions of the syndicated version of Jeopardy!.
  3. U.S. broadcast television premiere; a Disney+ original miniseries.
  4. Series revival; previously aired on first-run syndication from 1987 to 1988 and Game Show Network from 2002 to 2007 and 2011.
  5. U.S. broadcast television premiere; a Netflix original series.
  6. Series revival; previously aired on The CW in 2008.

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