ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates 2026

ABC  FallTVLook 2026 

 ABC is in fall mode for the gear up to the season. Their premiere dates start with the first Monday Night Football game of the season on September 14.   They continue the early start to the season with the return of  Dancing with the Stars  and R.J Decker  on September 15. 

     A couple weeks later they bring back America's Funniest Home Videos and The Wonderful World of Disney  on September 27.  Scrubs and Shark Tank will have two-episode debuts on September 30. The rest of the Wednesday line up with Abbott Elementary and Millionaire will start the following week- October 7.  ABC has committed a change to its fall line up.  Celebrity Jeopardy! has been pushed to 2027.  Who Wants to be  a Millionaire will take its place.   

            Celebrity Wheel of Fortune returns on October 2.  Their Thursday line up starts on October 15 with 911, 911: Nashville , and Grey's Anatomy.    ABC other big shows such as  High Potential , The Rookie, Will Trent and two new series: The Rookie North and a Grey's Anatomy spinoff will be coming at Midseason. 

Here's the fall premiere dates all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted 

Saturday, August 29 

7:30/4:30pm PT  Saturday Night College Football 

Monday, September 14 

8pm ET/ 5pm PT  Monday Night Football (also on ESPN) 

Tuesday, September 15 

8pm Dancing with the Stars 

10pm  R.J Decker 

Friday, September 25 

9pm 20/20 

Sunday, September 27 

7pm America's Funniest Home Videos 

8pm The Wonderful  World  of Disney 

Wednesday, September 30

8pm Scrubs  (2 episodes) 

9pm Shark Tank 

Friday, October 2 

8pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 

Wednesday, October 7 

8:30pm Abbott Elementary 

9pm Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 

10pm Shark Tank (regular Time) 

Thursday, October 15 

8pm 911 

9pm 911: Nashville 

10pm Grey's Anatomy 

Full Press Release after the jump 

CBS Sets Fall Premiere Dates 2026

CBS Fall TV Look 2026 

       CBS has set the week of October 4 to be their fall premiere week.  Back in the season upfront they announced that  Matlock , Ghosts, and  new dramedy Einstein will premiere at midseason.  Ghosts will be getting a Halloween and Christmas special on October 29 and December 10, respectively. 

        New series NCIS: New York will premiere on October , between NCIS and Origins. New Legal drama Cupertino and new comedy series Eternally Yours premiere on October 8. 

        The NFL comes in first in September and the reality shows  Survivor and The Amazing Race start in September as well.  

   Full details below , all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted ; new series highlighted in blue 

Sunday, September 13 

7-7:30pm ET NFL On CBS Doubleheader 

7:30-8:30pm/7-8pm PT   60 Minutes (Season 59 Premiere, regular slot starts September 20) 

Wednesday, September 23 

8-10pm Survivor (season 51 premiere; 8-9:30pm regular slot starts September 30) 

Sunday, September 27 

7-7:30pm NFL On CBS doubleheader 

7:30-9:30pmET/4:30-6:30pm PT  : 2026 Video Music Awards (VMAs) 

Wednesday, September 30 

9:30-11pm The Amazing Race (season 39 premiere) 

CBS Premiere Week 

Sunday, October 4 

7-7:30pm NFL on CBS Doubleheader

7:30-8:30/7-8pm PT 60 Minutes  

8:30-9:30/8-9pm PT Marshalls (Season 2 Premiere, regular 8-9pm time slot starts October 11) 

9:30-10:30pm ET/9-10pm PT Tracker (seaosn 4 premiere; regular 9-10pm time slot begins October 11) 

Monday, October 5 

8-9pm FBI (Season 9 Premiere) 

9-10pm CIA (Season 9 Premiere) 

10-11pm  Harlan Coben's Final Twist  (Season 2 Premiere) 

Tuesday, October 6 

8-9pm NCIS  (Season 24 Premiere) 

9-10pm NCIS: New York  (series Premiere) 

10-11pm NCIS: Origins (season 3 Premiere

Wednesday, October 7 

8-9:30pm Survivor (regular time period) 

9:30-11pm The Amazing Race (regular time slot) 

Thursday, October 8 

8-8:30pm Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage (Season 3 Premiere) 

8:30-9pm  Eternally Yours (Series Premiere) 

9-10pm Elsbeth (Season 4 Premiere) 

10-11pm  Cupertino (Series Premiere) 

Friday, October 9 

8-9pm  Sheriff County (Season 2 Premiere) 

9-10pm Fire Country (Season 5 Premiere) 

10-11pm Boston Blue (Season 2 Premiere) 

Saturday, October 10 

10-11pm  48 Hours (Season 39 Premiere) 

Sunday, October 11 

7-8pm  60 Minutes (regular time period) 

8-9pm Marshalls (regular time period) 

9-10pm Tracker (regular time period) 

Thursday, October 29 

9-10pm Ghosts (Halloween two-episode special) 

Thursday, December 10

9-10pm Ghosts (Ghostmas two=episode special) 

Full Press Release after the jump 

FOX Sets Fall Premiere Dates 2026

FOX  Fall TVLook 2026 

    FOX's fall line up is without new series, there are new series for season, but they are coming in midseason.   That doesn't mean the line up was without changes, though.  

        The Sunday line up ,which is known for its animated series, adds live-action comedy Animal Control .  The Sunday night line  up which welcomes the returns of The Simpsons,  Universal Basic Guys, and  Grimsburg  premieres on  Sunday, September 27.  

        Monday's line up of  Celebrity Name that Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link premiere on September 21.  A show with a strong start last season  Best Medicine  will start its second season on Tuesday, September 22 with the season 3 premiere of Doc. 

        More game shows are in play for Wednesday nights starting on September 23 with  The Floor and  99 To Beat.   Non game show unscripted series of   Hell's Kitchen  and Special Forces: World's Toughest Test take on Thursday nights starting September 24. 

         The Friday night line up of Fox College Football Friday starts on September 4 and of course, sports continue on Saturday night. 

           If you are a fan of   Bob's Burgers, Family Guy,  American Dad! , Krapopolis, Memory of a Killer, Murder in a Small Town, The Masked Singer, Crime Scene Kitchen, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Extracted, Fear Factor: House of Fear,  Gordon Ramsey's Secret Service,  Lego Masters, Marriage Market, Next Lever Baker, and Next Level Chef  you will have to wait until midseason 

         Here are fall premiere dates (no new series , so nothing highlighted in blue)   all times ET/PT , unless otherwise noted 

 Monday, September 21 

8-9pm  Celebrity Name the Tune (Season 6 Premiere) 

9-1pm  Celebrity Weakest Link (Season 2 Premiere) 

Tuesday, September 22 

8-9pm  Best Medicine (Season 2 Premiere) 

9-10pm  Doc (Season 3 Premiere) 

Wednesday, September 23 

8-9pm  The Floor (Season 6 Premiere) 

9-10pm 99 to Beat ( Season 2 Premiere) 

Thursday, September 24

8-9pm Hell's Kitchen (Season 25 premiere) 

9-10pm Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Season 5 Premiere) 

Fridays (starting September 4) 

8pm /5pt  Fox College Football Friday 

Sunday, September 27 

7pm NFL on FOX 

7:30-8pm The OT/ Fox Animation Encores 

8-8:30pm The Simpsons (Season 38 Premiere) 

8:30-9pm  Animal Control (Season 5 Premiere) 

9-9:30pm  Universal Basic Guys (Season 3 Premiere) 

9:30-10pm Grimbsurg (Season 3 Premiere) 

Full press release after the Jump 

2026 Primetime Emmy Nominations

Primetime Emmys 

The  78h annual primetime Emmy awards nominations were announced Wednesday morning.   

The awards ceremony is set for September 14 on NBC and Peacock at the Peacock Theater (Well played). It will be hosted by Law & Order's  Mariska Hargitay