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),^[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 has not made any announcements on when its fall schedule will be announced at this time (and it is expected to be released without an upfront presentation).

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 feature syndicated reruns.

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.

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 reairs 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 (unless otherwise noted), with local and/or late night programming scheduled 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 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.
• Fox's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted on October 24, 25, 27 and 28, (and if needed on October 29, 31 and November 1) for the network's coverage of the 2025 World Series.^[6]
• NBC's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted from February 6 to 22, 2026 for the network's coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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 (9/28)[7][8]		The Wonderful World of Disney (9/28)[7][8]
CBS	Fall	NFL on CBS (4:25 p.m.) (9/7)[9]	60 Minutes (9/28)[10][11]		Tracker (10/19)[10][11]		The Road (10/19)[10][11]		Various programming[1]
	Spring	60 Minutes[1]		Tracker[1]		Y: Marshals[1]		TBA
The CW		TBA						Local programming
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL (4:25 p.m.) (9/14)[12][13]	The OT (9/14)[12][13]	The Simpsons (9/28)[12][13]	Universal Basic Guys (9/28)[12][13]	Krapopolis (9/28)[12][13]	Bob's Burgers (9/28)[12][13]
	Spring	TBA		The Faithful (3/22)[14]
NBC	Fall	Football Night in America (9/7)[15][16][17]		NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) (9/7)[15][16][17]
	Winter	NBA pregame show (2/1)[18]		NBC Sunday Night Basketball (2/1)[18]					NBA postgame show (2/1)[18]

Notes:

• On weeks when CBS airs a NFL singleheader (and in the time zones west of Central time), its programming will be shifted a half hour earlier with local programming filling in the 10:30 pm ET/PT 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 a network (CBS or 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 a late doubleheader game on CBS overruns past it’s 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT slot, then 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 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 reguardless of end time).
• ABC is scheduled to air a special College Football on ABC game on August 31, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.^[19]
• CBS is scheduled to air the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[20]
• CBS is scheduled to air the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[21]
• Fox is scheduled to air the season premiere of Doc on September 14, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[22]
• Fox is scheduled to air the season premiere of 99 to Beat on September 21, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[23]
• CBS is scheduled to air the season premiere of Matlock on October 12, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.^[10][11]
• CBS is scheduled to air the season premiere of Elsbeth on October 12, 2025 at 9:30 p.m.^[10][11]
• CBS is scheduled to air the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026 at 8 p.m.^[24]
• CBS is scheduled to air the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on February 1, 2026 at 8 p.m.^[25]
• NBC is scheduled to air Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.^[26]
• ABC is scheduled to air the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026 at 7 p.m.^[27]

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.) (9/8)[7][8]	Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m.) (9/8)[7][8]
CBS		The Neighborhood (10/13)[10][11]	DMV (10/13)[10][11]	FBI (10/13)[10][11]		Watson (10/13)[10][11]
The CW		TBA				Local programming
Fox		Celebrity Name That Tune (9/15)[12][13]		Celebrity Weakest Link (9/15)[12][13]
NBC	Fall	The Voice (9/22)[16][17]				Brilliant Minds (9/22)[16][17]
	Mid-fall	St. Denis Medical (11/3)[16][17]		The Voice (11/3)[16][17]

Notes:

• NBC is scheduled to air a special NBA on NBC game on January 19, 2026 at 8 p.m.^[28]

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 (9/16)[7][8]				High Potential (9/16)[7][8]
CBS		NCIS (10/14)[10][11]		NCIS: Origins (10/14)[10][11]		NCIS: Sydney (10/14)[10][11]
The CW		WWE NXT				Local programming
Fox		Murder in a Small Town (9/23)[12][13]		Doc (9/30)[29][12][13][22]
NBC	Fall	The Voice (9/30)[16][17]				On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (9/30)[16][17]
	Mid-fall	Coast 2 Coast Tuesday (10/28)[18][16][17]					NBA postgame/NBA gamebreak show (10/28)[18][16][17]

Notes:

• 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. (except on October 21 in which all NBC affiliates will air a game at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ET/4:30 and 7 p.m. PT).

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		Shifting Gears (10/1)[7][8]	Abbott Elementary (10/1)[7][8]	The Golden Bachelor (10/1)[7][8]		Shark Tank (9/24)[7][8]
CBS	Fall	Survivor (9/24)[10][11]			The Amazing Race (10/1)[10][11]
	Winter	Hollywood Squares[1]		The Price Is Right at Night[1]		Harlan Coben's Final Twist[1]
	Spring	Survivor[1]			America's Culinary Cup[1]		Hollywood Squares[1]
The CW		Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (9/24)[30]		TBA		Local programming
Fox		The Floor (9/24)[31][12][13]		99 to Beat (10/1)[31][12][13][23]
NBC		Chicago Med (10/1)[16][17]		Chicago Fire (10/1)[16][17]		Chicago P.D. (10/1)[16][17]

Notes:

• ABC is scheduled to air the two-hour season premiere of The Golden Bachelor on September 24, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[7][8]
• CBS is scheduled to air the two-hour season premiere of Survivor on September 24, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[10][11]
• ABC is scheduled to air the 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 19, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[32]

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 (10/9)[33][34]		9-1-1: Nashville (10/9)[33][34]		Grey's Anatomy (10/9)[33][34]
CBS		Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (10/16)[10][11]	Ghosts (10/16)[10][11]	Matlock (10/16)[10][11]		Elsbeth (10/16)[10][11]
The CW		TBA				Local programming
Fox		Hell's Kitchen (9/25)[12][13]		Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (9/25)[12][13]
NBC		Law & Order (9/25)[16][17]		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9/25)[16][17]		Law & Order: Organized Crime (R) (9/25)[16][17]

Notes:

• NBC is scheduled to air special Sunday Night Football games on September 4 and November 27, 2025 at 8:20 p.m.^[26]
• Fox is scheduled to air primetime Baseball Night in America games on September 11 and 18, 2025 at 7 p.m.^[35]
• CBS is scheduled to air the season premiere of The Amazing Race on September 25, 2025 at 9 p.m.^[10][11]

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 (9/26)[7][8]		20/20 (9/26)[7][8]
CBS		Sheriff Country (10/24)[10][11]		Fire Country (10/24)[10][11]		Boston Blue (10/17)[10][11]
The CW		TBA				Local programming
Fox	Fall	Fox College Football Friday (8/29)[36][12][13]
	Winter	Fox College Basketball Friday				Local programming
	Spring	Fox UFL Friday
NBC	Fall	On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (10/3)[16][17]		Dateline NBC (9/26)[16][17]
	Mid-fall	Happy's Place (11/7)[16][17]

Notes:

• The CW is scheduled to air the 2025 Food City 300 on September 12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.^[37]
• CBS is scheduled to air the season premiere of Fire Country on October 17, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[10][11]
• CBS is scheduled to air the series premiere of Sheriff Country on October 17, 2025 at 9 p.m.^[10][11]
• ABC is scheduled to air primetime College Football on ABC games on November 28 at 7:30 p.m. and December 5, 2025 at 8 p.m.^[38]
• NBC is scheduled to air a primetime College Football on NBC game on November 28, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.^[39]

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.) (8/23)[4][38]
	Winter	NBA Countdown[40]	NBA Saturday Primetime[40]
CBS		Crimetime Saturday (9/27)[1]				48 Hours (9/27)[10][11]
The CW		CW Sports programming (9/6)[41][37][42]				Local programming
Fox	Fall	Fox College Football (8/30) (continued to game completion)[12][13]
	Winter	Fox Primetime Hoops				Local programming
	Spring	Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.)
NBC		College Football on NBC[a] (7:30 p.m.) (8/30)[2][39]

Notes:

• The CW is scheduled to air NASCAR Xfinity Series races at 7 p.m. during the 2025 season— The St. Louis 250 from World Wide Technology Raceway on September 6, the Focused Health 302 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 11, the Dead On Tools 250 from Martinsville Speedway on October 25 and the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race from Phoenix Raceway on November 1, 2025 before the 2026 NASCAR season starts.
• CBS is scheduled to air primetime College Football games on September 20 and November 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.^[42]
• Fox is scheduled to air a primetime NFL game on December 20, 2025 at 8:15 p.m.^[43]

By network

ABC

Main article: American Broadcasting Company

Returning series: 20/20[4] 9-1-1[44] Abbott Elementary[45] ABC Hockey Saturday[46] American Idol[47] America's Funniest Home Videos[48] The Bachelor[49] Celebrity Jeopardy![48] Celebrity Wheel of Fortune[48] Dancing with the Stars[50] The Golden Bachelor[51] The Great Christmas Light Fight[52] Grey's Anatomy[44] High Potential[53] Monday Night Countdown Monday Night Football[54] NBA Countdown[40] NBA Saturday Primetime[40] The Rookie[44] Saturday Night Football Scrubs[b][55] Shark Tank[48] Shifting Gears[44] Will Trent[44]

New series: 9-1-1: Nashville[56]

Not returning from 2024–25: The Conners[57] Doctor Odyssey[58] Scamanda[59]

CBS

Main article: CBS

Returning series: 48 Hours[1] 60 Minutes[1] The Amazing Race[60] Elsbeth[60] FBI[61] Fire Country[60] Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage[60] Ghosts[60] Hollywood Squares[60] Matlock[62] NCIS[60] NCIS: Origins[60] NCIS: Sydney[60] The Neighborhood[63] NFL on CBS Survivor[60] Tracker[60] Watson[64]

New series: America's Culinary Cup[65] Boston Blue[66] CIA[67] DMV[68] Harlan Coben's Final Twist[69] The Road[70] Sheriff Country[71] Y: Marshals[72]

Not returning from 2024–25: Blue Bloods[73] The Equalizer[74] FBI: International[75] FBI: Most Wanted[75] Poppa's House[76] The Summit[77] S.W.A.T.[78]

The CW

Main article: The CW

Returning series: All American[79] CW Football Saturday[80] Scrabble[81] Sullivan's Crossing[82] Totally Funny Animals[83] Trivial Pursuit[81] WWE NXT[84]

New series: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent[85]

Not returning from 2024–25: Children Ruin Everything[86] Inside the NFL[87] Joan[88] Superman & Lois[89] The Wranglers[90]

Fox

Main article: Fox Broadcasting Company

Returning series: American Dad![c][91] Animal Control[92] Baseball Night in America Bob's Burgers[91] Doc[93] Extracted[94] Family Guy[91] The Floor[94] Fox College Football Fox College Hoops Going Dutch[92] Grimsburg[95] Hell's Kitchen[96] Krapopolis[97] Lego Masters[98] The Masked Singer[99] Murder in a Small Town[100] Name That Tune[101] Next Level Chef[102] NFL on Fox The OT The Simpsons[91] Special Forces: World's Toughest Test[103] UFL on Fox Universal Basic Guys[104] Weakest Link (moved from NBC)[101]

New series: 99 to Beat[101] Best Medicine[105] The Faithful[106] Fear Factor: The Next Chapter[101] Memory of a Killer[107] Next Level Baker[108]

Not returning from 2024–25: 9-1-1: Lone Star[109] Alert: Missing Persons Unit[110] The Cleaning Lady[110] Rescue: HI-Surf[111]

NBC

Main article: NBC

Returning series: American Ninja Warrior[112] Big Ten Saturday Night[113] Brilliant Minds[114] Chicago Fire[115] Chicago Med[115] Chicago P.D.[115] Dateline NBC[2] Football Night in America[15] Happy's Place[116] The Hunting Party[114] Law & Order[117] Law & Order: Organized Crime (reruns)[d][16][17] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[117] NBA on NBC[18] NBC Sunday Night Football[15] St. Denis Medical[118] The Voice[2] WNBA on NBC[18]

New series: The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins[119] On Brand with Jimmy Fallon[120] Stumble[121] Surviving Earth[2]

Not returning from 2024–25: The Americas[122] Found[123] Grosse Pointe Garden Society[124] The Irrational[125] Lopez vs Lopez[126] Night Court[127] Suits LA[128] Transplant[129]

Renewals and cancellations

Full season pickups

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

• Doc—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on February 26, 2025.^[93]

NBC

Renewals

ABC

• 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.^[54]

CBS

• FBI—Renewed for a ninth season on April 9, 2024.^[130]
• Ghosts—Renewed for a sixth season on February 20, 2025.^[131]

The CW

Fox

• American Dad!—Renewed for a twenty-third, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth season on April 2, 2025.^[91]
• Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth season on April 2, 2025.^[91]
• Family Guy—Renewed for a twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh season on April 2, 2025.^[91]
• Krapopolis—Renewed for a fourth season on July 25, 2024, and a fifth season on May 10, 2025.^[132][95]
• Next Level Chef—Renewed for a sixth season on February 27, 2025.^[102]
• The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth season on April 2, 2025.^[91]
• Universal Basic Guys—Renewed for a third season on May 10, 2025.^[95]

NBC

• Big Ten Saturday Night—Renewed for a fourth season on August 18, 2022; deal will last into a seventh season in 2029.^[113]
• Football Night in America—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.^[15]
• NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.^[15]

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

CBS

• The Neighborhood—It was announced on March 10, 2025, that season eight would be the final season.^[63]

The CW

• All American—It was announced on June 2, 2025 that season eight would be the final season.^[79]

Fox

• The Faithful—The miniseries is meant to run for one season only.^[106]

NBC

See also

• 2025–26 Canadian network television schedule
• 2025–26 United States network television schedule (morning)
• 2025–26 United States network television schedule (daytime)
• 2025–26 United States network television schedule (late night)
• 2025–26 United States network television schedule (overnight)

Notes

1. Branded as Big Ten Saturday Night or Notre Dame Football on NBC depending on conference game being broadcast.
2. Series revival; previously aired on NBC from 2001 to 2008, and ABC from 2009 to 2010.
3. Returned from TBS; previously aired on Fox from 2005 to 2014.
4. A Peacock original series; airs repeats; previously aired on NBC from 2021 to 2024.