Welcome to the fall 2016 TV season, everybody! In this very post, I’ve brought together the new fall schedules for all four major broadcast networks–namely, CBS, NBC, FOX, and ABC–as well as The CW. Without further ado, jump after the fold for the full breakdown, and note that all new programs are highlighted in red.
CBS
The Eye kicks off its fall schedule with Thursday Night Football on Thursday, Sept. 15. On Sunday, the three-part JonBenet Ramsey limited series Case Closed begins. And on Monday the 19th–the official start to premiere week–the network’s traditional fare rolls out with The Big Bang Theory and new Kevin James sitcom Kevin Can Wait. Freshman sitcoms Man with a Plan and The Great Indoors, as well as new hospital drama Pure Genius, won’t debut until well into October. Click here to preview CBS’ new fall and midseason programming.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
7:30pm Thursday Night Football Pre-Game Show
8:25pm Thursday Night Football (Denver @ Kansas City)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
8:30pm CASE CLOSED (Part 1)
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
8pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30pm Kevin Can Wait
9pm Case Closed (Part 2)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
8pm NCIS
9pm Bull
10pm NCIS: New Orleans
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
8pm Survivor
9:30pm Big Brother Finale
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
8pm MacGyver
9pm Hawaii Five-0
10pm Blue Bloods
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
10pm 48 Hours
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
7pm 60 Minutes
9pm Case Closed (JonBenet Ramsay, Part 3)
MONDAY, SEPT. 26
9pm Presidential Debate
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28
9pm Criminal Minds
10pm Code Black
SUNDAY, Oct. 2
8pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9pm Madam Secretary
10pm Elementary
MONDAY, OCT. 3
9pm Scorpion (two-hour premiere)
MONDAY, Oct. 10
9pm Two Broke Girls (one-hour premiere)
MONDAY, Oct. 17
9:30pm The Odd Couple
MONDAY, Oct. 24 (regular post-football lineup)
8pm Kevin Can Wait
8:30pm Man with a Plan
9pm 2 Broke Girls
9:30pm The Odd Couple
10pm Scorpion
THURSDAY, OCT. 27 (regular post-football lineup)
8pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30pm The Great Indoors
9pm Mom
9:30pm Life in Pieces
10pm Pure Genius
NBC
Before The Eye airs its version of football, the Peacock network will do so beginning Thursday, Sept. 8. Drama Blindspot makes an early splash on the schedule, too, airing its second season premiere on the 14th following America’s Got Talent‘s two-hour finale. And then things start falling into place starting premiere week, that is, Monday the 19th. Click here to preview NBC’s new fall and midseason programming.
Thursday, Sept. 8
8:30pm Sunday Night Football
Sunday, Sept 11
8:30pm Sunday Night Football (time slot premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 14
8pm America’s Got Talent season finale (two hours)
10pm Blindspot
Monday, Sept. 19
8pm The Voice
10pm The Good Place (preview, two episodes)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8pm The Voice
10pm This Is Us
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8pm Blindspot (time slot premiere)
9pm Law & Order: SVU
10pm Chicago P.D.
Thursday, Sept. 22
8pm Superstore
8:30pm The Good Place (time slot premiere)
9pm Chicago Med
10pm The Blacklist
Friday, Sept. 23
8pm Caught On Camera With Nick Cannon
9pm Dateline
Monday, Oct. 3
10pm Timeless
Tuesday Oct. 11
9pm This Is Us (time slot premiere)
10pm Chicago Fire
FOX
Fox, meanwhile, is taking the most traditional route possible. Its fall 2016 schedule commences at the very start of premiere week, and there’s no shifting of programs at all as you scroll all the way to Sunday the 25th. It doesn’t get any simpler than this. Click here to preview FOX’s new fall and midseason programming.
Monday, Sept. 19
8pm Gotham
9pm Lucifer
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8:30pm New Girl
9pm Scream Queens
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8pm Lethal Weapon
9pm Empire
Thursday, Sept. 22
8pm Rosewood
9pm Pitch
Friday, Sept. 23
8pm Hell’s Kitchen
9pm The Exorcist
Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30pm Bob’s Burgers
8pm The Simpsons
8:30pm Son of Zorn
9pm Family Guy
9:30pm The Last Man on Earth
ABC
Who needs football when you’ve got Dancing with the Stars and the Emmys? The Alphabet network will air both before the official start to the new TV season. Like the other major nets before it, the majority of ABC’s programs will debut during premiere week, with a few, including freshman drama Conviction and sitcom American Housewife, bleeding into early October. Click here to preview ABC’s new fall and midseason programming.
MONDAY, SEPT. 12
8pm Dancing with the Stars
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
8pm 68th Primetime Emmy Awards
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
8pm Dancing With the Stars results show
10pm Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
8pm The Goldbergs
8:30pm Speechless
9pm Modern Family
9:30pm black-ish
10pm Designated Survivor
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22
8pm Grey’s Anatomy
9pm Notorious
10pm How to Get Away with Murder
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
8pm Last Man Standing
8:30pm Dr. Ken
9pm Shark Tank
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
8pm Once Upon a Time
9pm Secrets and Lies
10pm Quantico
SUNDAY, OCT. 2
7pm America’s Funniest Home Videos
MONDAY, OCT. 3
10pm Conviction
TUESDAY, OCT. 11
8pm The Middle
8:30pm American Housewife
9pm Fresh Off the Boat
9:30pm The Real O’Neals
The CW
As has become an annual tradition for CBS’ sister network The CW, it will hold all of its premieres until early-to-mid October. This way, the channel that’s dominated by superheroes and vampires can’t get lost in the Battle for Eyeballs when the Big Four Networks duke it out in late September. The CW’s flagship series The Flash kicks things off on Tuesday, Oct. 4, providing a cushy launchpad for new one-hour comedy No Tomorrow. The remainder of the net’s programs will continue to fall into the schedule throughout the rest of the month. Click here to preview The CW’s new fall and midseason programming.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
8pm The Flash
9pm No Tomorrow
Wednesday, Oct. 5
8pm Arrow
9pm Frequency
Thursday, Oct. 6
8pm iHeartRadio Music Festival — Night 1
Friday, Oct. 7
8pm iHeartRadio Music Festival — Night 2
Monday, Oct. 10
8pm Supergirl
9pm No Tomorrow (special encore)
Thursday, Oct. 13
8pm DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
9pm Supernatural
Monday, Oct. 17
9pm Jane the Virgin
Friday, Oct. 21
8pm The Vampire Diaries
9pm Crazy Ex-Girlfriend