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2023–24 United States network television schedule

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The 2023–24 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2023 to August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2022–23 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). Programming impacts on the 2023–24 season itself were limited in comparison to previous television seasons affected by Hollywood labor disputes.

CBS was the first to announce its initial fall schedule on May 10, 2023, via press release (without an upfront presentation). However, as a result of the ongoing strikes, a revised schedule for CBS was released on July 17 (with its premiere dates announced on August 3).[2][3][4] This was followed by NBC, which also announced its initial schedule on May 12 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on May 15), but later announced its revised schedule on July 19 and August 29 (along with the premiere dates),[5][6] and ABC which announced its initial schedule on May 16 (with their upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day) but later announced part of its revised schedule (along with its premiere dates on August 21), with its Tuesday and Monday schedule (along with its premiere dates) on September 12 and 18 respectively.[7][8][9][10] The CW announced its initial fall schedule on May 18 (their upfront presentation of the original schedule was held at 11 a.m. that day), before it was revised on June 6 with the release of its summer schedule for the previous season, and its replacement programming was announced on July 12 (along with their premiere dates).[11][12][13][14][15] Fox announced its programming on May 15 via press release that morning (with their upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day), but released its Sunday schedule (along with its release dates) on July 10, along with the rest of its prime-time schedule (which was revised due to the strike, however its original schedule wasn't announced) (with their premiere dates) on July 11.[16][17][18]

This would be the first season that CBS News and Stations disaffiliated from The CW,[19] as Paramount announced on May 5, 2023, that it would exercise the right with the transaction to disaffiliate all eight of their CW affiliates on September 1, 2023.[20] As a result, this would be the first season that Nexstar Media Group would be majority owner of The CW,[21] acquiring a 75-percent ownership stake; former joint owners Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery retained a 25-percent stake, split at nominal 12.5-percent stakes for both companies.[22]

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

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2024 is listed with their ranks and ratings as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[23]

Beginning this season, The CW began airing programming during the first hour of prime-time on Sundays.

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

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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 led to scripted television production being shut down completely.[24] The Writers Guild of America strike ended on September 27, while the SAG-AFTRA strike ended on November 9.

Network schedules were heavily altered in response to these strikes. The vast majority of new or returning live-action scripted series on the broadcast networks were delayed, pushing their premieres until 2024.[7][18][13] Sports, reality shows, and game shows filled many time slots as SAG-AFTRA members were permitted to work on such productions during the strike.[25][26]

In other moves to work around the strikes, NBC delayed drama series Found, which was originally intended to air as a mid-season replacement in the 2022–23 season, to fall 2023, while also fast-tracking the production of other scripted series such as the second season (of the revival, seventh overall) of Quantum Leap and the premiere season of The Irrational.[27][28][29]

CBS aired series originally produced for sister properties, including Yellowstone (Paramount Network), Paramount+ shows SEAL Team (which originated on CBS) and FBI True, and NCIS: Sydney, an Australian spin-off of NCIS originally intended for Paramount+ and Network 10 before being added to the CBS schedule as well.[30][25] Episodes of Ghosts, the BBC series on which the American adaptation was based, have also been added to the CBS schedule. Later in November, CBS announced that Matlock (a reboot of the original 1980s series with a female lead), originally scheduled to air Sundays at 8 p.m., was forced to be moved to next season due to production delays.[31][32][25]

ABC aired additional sports coverage sourced from sister network ESPN. In the fall, ABC added 10 Monday Night Football games in simulcast with ESPN, on top of the seven simulcast or exclusive games previously scheduled.[33] In January 2024, ABC aired five NBA games on Wednesday nights that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN.[34][35]

Fox stacked their schedule with unscripted series from Monday through Thursday nights, its Friday night (WWE SmackDown) and weekend sports programming was not affected. Its Sunday night animation lineup was also unaffected due to the long lead times required to produce such series.[36] The CW is likewise relying more on unscripted programming as well as international acquisitions, though network executives stated that this was a long-term strategy shift following its acquisition by Nexstar rather than a specific reaction to the strike.[37]

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  •   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 reairs of programming that originally aired on a cable channel or streaming service (or new episodes of a streaming service original).
  •   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.
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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.

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

NBC

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Renewals and cancellations

Full season pickups

ABC

CBS

The CW

  • All American—Picked up for two additional episodes on April 22, 2024, bringing the episode count to 15.[201]

NBC

Renewals

ABC

CBS

  • 48 Hours—Renewed for a thirty-seventh season on May 2, 2024.[223]
  • 60 Minutes—Renewed for a fifty-seventh season on May 2, 2024.[223]
  • The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-seventh season on May 2, 2024.[223]
  • Big Brother—Renewed for a twenty-seventh season on May 14, 2025.[224]
  • Blue Bloods—The series' final season was split into two parts due to the double Hollywood strikes, with the first ten episodes airing this season, and the remaining eight episodes of the final season airing in the 2024–25 season.[225]
  • Elsbeth—Renewed for a second season on April 18, 2024.[226]
  • The Equalizer—Renewed for a fifth season on April 25, 2024.[227]
  • FBI—Renewed for a seventh, eighth and ninth season on April 9, 2024.[228]
  • FBI: International—Renewed for a fourth season on April 9, 2024.[228]
  • FBI: Most Wanted—Renewed for a sixth season on April 9, 2024.[228]
  • Fire Country—Renewed for a third season on March 12, 2024.[229]
  • Ghosts—Renewed for a fourth season on March 12, 2024.[229]
  • NCIS—Renewed for a twenty-second season on April 9, 2024.[230]
  • NCIS: Sydney—Renewed for a second season on March 19, 2024.[231]
  • The Neighborhood—Renewed for a seventh season on April 9, 2024.[230]
  • Raid the Cage—Renewed for a second season on May 2, 2024.[223]
  • Survivor—Renewed for a forty-seventh and forty-eighth season on May 2, 2024.[223]
  • S.W.A.T.—Renewed for an eighth season on April 11, 2024,[232] reversing plans to conclude the show after season seven on May 17, 2024.[88][233]
  • Tracker—Renewed for a second season on March 4, 2024.[234]

The CW

Fox

NBC

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

CBS

  • Bob Hearts Abishola—It was announced on November 29, 2023, that season five would be the final season.[275] The series concluded on May 6, 2024.
  • CSI: Vegas—Canceled on April 19, 2024, after three seasons.[276] The series concluded on May 19, 2024.
  • Lotería Loca—Pulled from the schedule on October 31, 2023, after five episodes, marking the first cancellation of the season.[277]
  • NCIS: Hawaiʻi—Canceled on April 26, 2024, after three seasons.[278] The series concluded on May 6, 2024.
  • So Help Me Todd—Canceled on April 19, 2024, after two seasons.[276] The series concluded on May 16, 2024.
  • Young Sheldon—It was announced on November 14, 2023, that season seven would be the final season.[279] The series concluded on May 16, 2024.

The CW

Fox

NBC

  • Extended Family—Canceled on May 7, 2024.[287]
  • La Brea—It was announced on November 20, 2023, that season three would be the final season.[288] The series concluded on February 13, 2024.
  • Magnum P.I.—It was announced on June 23, 2023, that season five would be the final season.[289] The series concluded on January 3, 2024.
  • Quantum Leap—Canceled on April 5, 2024, after two seasons.[290]
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Notes

  1. On select weeks when repeats of America's Funniest Home Videos air at 8 p.m., The Wonderful World of Disney will air at 9 p.m.[38][39]
  2. On select weeks, The Wonderful World of Disney airs 3 hours of movies at 8 p.m., thus no other programming will air in the 10 p.m. hour (a half hour of programming will air if the movie is 2.5 hours long).[39]
  3. On select weeks when The Chosen airs regular 60-minute episodes at 8 p.m., an additional episode of World's Funniest Animals will air at 9 p.m. on top of its regular 9:30 p.m. airing.[40][41]
  4. On select weeks when The Chosen airs regular 60-minute episodes at 8 p.m., an additional episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? will air at 9 p.m. on top of its regular 9:30 p.m. airing.[40][42]
  5. On select weeks, The Chosen airs 120-minute episodes at 8 p.m., thus no other programming will air in the 9 p.m. hour.[40]
  6. On select weeks, The CW Sunday Night Movie airs 3 hours of movies at 7 p.m., thus no other programming will air in the 9 p.m. hour.[43]
  7. If The CW Sunday Night Movie is only 2 hours long, an additional episode of The Conners will air at 9 p.m. on top of its original 9:30 p.m. airing.
  8. Branded as Big Ten Saturday Night or Notre Dame Football on NBC depending on conference game being broadcast.[5]
  9. Series revival; previously aired on ABC from 2008 to 2020.
  10. U.S. broadcast television premiere; a Hulu original series.
  11. A Paramount+ original series; previously aired on CBS from 2017 to 2021.
  12. U.S. linear television premiere; previously made available to stream in the U.S. on Max.
  13. U.S. broadcast television premiere; a Paramount+ original series.
  14. A Paramount Network original series; airs repeats.
  15. An ABC original series; airs repeats.
  16. U.S. broadcast television premiere; films previously aired on Paramount Network.
  17. U.S. broadcast television premiere; a Hallmark Channel original series.
  18. Series revival; previously aired on Fox from 2007 to 2014.

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