CBS Sets 2025 Fall Premiere Dates

CBS  Fall TV Look 2025 

    CBS has released its fall premiere dates line up, being the first network to do so.  There's been a change from the fall line up announced in May:  CIA  will not be part of the fall line up , with it being delayed until mid-season. That means the DMV, FBI, CIA line up will have to wait.   Taking its place is Watson, which was set to premiere its second season in mid-season. 

            The official  premiere week beings  Sunday, October 12 with a special night with Matlock and Elsbeth.   

       September has event programming such as the 2025 Video Music Awards,  77th Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind and Fire.  "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race"  have their season premieres.    Other September programming has the return of "60 Minutes" , "48 Hours" , and the season finale of "Big Brother". 

            Here's  a full look all times are ET/PT unless otherwise noted 

Sunday, September 7

8pm-11pm/5-8pt  2025 Video Music Awards (VMAs) 

Sunday, September 14 

8pm-11/5-8pt  The 77th Emmy Awards 

Sunday, September 21 

8-10pm  A Grammy Salute to Earth Wind & Fire  Live :21st Night of September 

Wednesday, September 24 

8-10pm Survivor  (49ᵗʰ season premiere)

           Regular Season  8-9:30pm timeslot begins on Wednesday October 1 

Thursday, September 25 

9-10:30pm The Amazing Race (38ᵗʰ season premiere, special night) 

          Regular Wednesday 9:30-11pm timeslot begins on October 1 

Saturday, September 27

10-11pm 48 Hours (38ᵗʰ season premiere) 

Sunday, September 28 

7-7:30pm/ 7-8pm pt  NFL On CBS doubleheader 

7:30-8:30pm  60 Minutes (58th season premiere) 

8:30-10:30pm  /8-10pm pt   Big Brother (27ᵗʰ season finale) 

Wednesday, October 1 

Debut of regular Wednesday line up 

8-9:30pm  Survivor 

9:30-11pm The Amazing Race 

CBS Premiere Week 

Sunday, October 12

7-7:30pm  NFL on CBS doubleheader 

7:30-8:30pm ET/ 7-8pt 60 Minutes 

8:30-9:30pm ET /8-9pt  Matlock (season 2 premiere "sneak peek" on a special night)

9:30-10:30pm ET/ 9-10pt  Elsbeth (season 3 premiere "sneak peek" on special night) 

Monday October 13

8-8:30pm The Neighborhood (season 8 premiere) 

8:30-9pm DMV (series premiere) 

9-10pm  FBI (season 8 premiere) 

10-11pm  Watson (season 2 premiere) 

Tuesday, October 14 

8pm NCIS (season 23 premiere) 

9pm  NCIS: Origins (season 2 premiere) 

10pm  NCIS: Sydney (season 3 premiere) 

Wednesday, October 15 

8-9:30pm  Survivor (original episode)

9:30-11pm  The Amazing Race (original episode) 

Thursday, October 16

8pm  Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (season 2 premiere) 

8:30pm Ghosts  (season 5 premiere) 

9pm  Matlock  (original episode)

10pm  Elsbeth  (original episode) 

Friday, October 17 

8pm Fire Country (season 4 premiere)   --- Regular 9pm timeslot starts Friday, October 24 

9pm Sheriff Country (series premiere, special time)-- regular 8pm timeslot starts Friday, October 24 

10pm Boston Blue (series premiere)

Saturday, October 18 

10pm  48 Hours (original episode) 

Sunday, October 19 

7pm 60 Minutes 

8pm  Tracker (season 3 premiere) 

9pm The Road (series premiere) 

Friday, October 24 

8pm Sheriff Country (original episode) 

9pm Fire Country (original episode) 

10pm Boston Blue (original episode) 

Full Press Release after the jump 

Fall TV 2025: ABC

ABC FallTVLook2025 Upfronts 

         If there is a theme this season, it's mostly how simple and consistent the networks are being with programming.  ABC has mostly  kept their line up from last year intact.  They have one new series in the fall line up "9-1-1: Nashville" which will be airing after the parent show "9-1-1" on Thursday nights at 9/8c.  

        "Shark Tank" is leaving its longtime Friday slot and moving to Wednesday nights at 10/9c.   "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" will now take the Fridays 8/7c slot. 

        The rest of the line up stays the same.   Monday Night Football will be airing on ABC once again.  "Dancing with the Stars" is on Tuesdays with sophomore series  "High Potential" following it.   

         Tim Allen's  "Shifting Gears" leads Wednesdays with the only other comedy series in the fall line up "Abbott Elementary"   "The Golden Bachelor" takes the spot between the comedies and "Shark Tank" 

         "American Idol" , "Celebrity Jeopardy!" , "The Rookie",  and "Will Trent" return at midseason. 

Here's the full line up , all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted, new series highlighted in blue  

Monday 

8pm/5pt Monday Night Football 

Tuesday

8pm Dancing with the Stars 

10pm High Potential 

Wednesday 

8pm Shifting Gears 

8:30pm Abbott Elementary 

9pm The Golden Bachelor 

10pm Shark Tank 

Thursday 

8pm 9-1-1

9pm 9 -1-1 :Nashville

10pm Grey's Anatomy 

Friday 

8pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 

9pm 20/20 (2 hrs) 

Saturdays 

7:30/4:30pt  College Football 

Sundays 

7pm  America's Funniest Home Videos

8pm The Wonderful World of Disney 

Full Press Release after the jump 

Fall TV 2025: NBC

NBC    Fall TV Look 2025   Upfronts 

         NBC gained the rights to the National Basketball Association, for the first time since they lost their rights to Disney/ESPN in 2002.  The network has decided to make one of their own nights, instead of a cable network, to be NBA night.  In other words , Tuesday night.  Meaning that NBC had to clear out some shows to make room, as the network still has Sunday Night Football as well.  

              The two comedies that were left  and just premiered in the 2024-25 season will be back in November. "St. Denis Medical" and "Happy's Place" will be used to launch two new comedies.  NBC will be cutting the voice down to 1 hour, from November on Mondays giving them a comedy hour  competing against CBS' comedy hour on Mondays with "St. Denis Medical" and a new a not yet named comedy after it.   

         "Brilliant Minds" was renewed" and will fill out the Monday line up.  Tuesdays, before Basketball starts in October,  will be 2 hours of the Voice  and a new show hosted by Jimmy Fallon "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon"  

  The "Chicago" shows hold their Wednesday night in place.  Law and Order and SVU will still have Thursday, with "The Hunting Party" taking the final slot. 

         Fridays. will start with "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon" which will be on two nights until October, then one night.   "Dateline NBC" will be 2 hours after.  

            In  November "Happy's Place" returns with a new comedy series following it.   

Here's the full line up, all times are ET/PT , unless otherwise noted,  new series are highlighted in blue 

Monday (Sept. /Oct.) 

8pm  The Voice

10pm Brilliant Minds 

Monday (November) 

8pm St. Denis Medical 

8:30pm TBD Comedy

9pm The Voice 

10pm  Brilliant Minds

Tuesday (September) 

8pm The Voice

10pm On Brand with Jimmy Fallon  

Tuesday (Oct./ Nov) 

8pm NBA on NBC 

Wednesday

8pm  Chicago Med 

9pm Chicago Fire

10pm Chicago PD 

Thursday 

8pm Law & Order 

9pm Law & Order SVU

10pm The Hunting Party 

Friday (September /October) 

8pm On Brand with Jimmy Fallon 

9pm  Dateline NBC 

Friday (November) 

8pm Happy's Place 

8:30pm TBD Comedy

9pm  Dateline NBC 

Saturday

7pm/4pm Big Ten Pregame /Notre Dame Pregame  (also live on Peacock) 

7:30pm/4:30pm  Big Ten Saturday Night/ Notre Dame Football (also Live on Peacock) 

Sunday 

7pm/4pt Football Night In America  (Also live on Peacock) 

8:20pm /5:20pt  NBC Sunday Night Football (Also live on Peacock) 

Full press release after the jump

Fall TV 2025: FOX

FOX  Fall TV Look 2025   Upfronts

    

    

        FOX has released their fall line up, which has  a noticeable less scripted than previous line up.  Besides the Sunday animation night, only Tuesday is scripted.   Monday nights have been given over to game shows of the returning  "Name that Tune" and new "Celebrity Weakest Link"  Fox isn't leaving scripted out to dry, besides Tuesday night, the network will return Monday to it in the mid-season.  

         Of note, "The Masked Singer" will not be on the fall line up, the network has decided to have only do one cycle in the winter/spring of the season.  The Floor gets that slot to lead into a new game show 99 To Beat.   Thursday night is Gordon Ramsay's "Hell's Kitchen" and the reality show "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test"  

        They have other shows planned for the mid-season including a religious mini-series  "The Faithful" which will be aired over three weeks during the Easter/Passover season  based on the book of Genesis.    A one hour comedy series based the UK series "Doc Martin" called "Best Medicine"  will be airing with "Doc".   "American Dad" also returns to FOX after 11 years on TBS. 

Here's a look at the fall line up ; all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted; new series highlighted in blue. 

Monday 

8pm  Name that Tune 

9pm Celebrity Weakest Link 

Tuesday 

8pm  Murder in a Small Town 
9pm Doc 

Wednesday 

8pm The Floor 

8pm 99 to Beat 

Thursday 

8pm  Hell's Kitchen 

9pm Special Forces: World's Toughest Test 

Friday

8pm /5pt  Fox College Football Friday 

Saturday 

7pm-10:30PMET/ 4-7:30PM FOX Sports Saturday 

Sunday

7pm NFL on FOX 

7:30pm The OT /Fox Animation Encores 

8pm  The Simpsons

8:30pm Universal Basic Guys

9pm Krapopolis 

9:30pm  Bob's Burgers 

The full press release with details after the jump 

CBS Releases 2025-2026 line up

CBS  Upfront  Fall TV Look 2025

    CBS has announced its fall and spring schedule for the 2025-26 season.  

         For a network that keeps some consistency that is mostly true, but there will be some tweaks to the line up as CBS has canceled a few series.   Monday is getting a makeover as the entire 8:30-11pm part of the line up has changed.  A new comedy, DMV, will be following the veteran, and on a farewell season, comedy The Neighborhood.  FBI   moves to Monday following the two comedies.  A new spin-off series , CIA, rounds out the night. 

            FBI : Tuesdays are gone, and now it's NCIS night.  The main series moves back to a slot it once held, Tuesdays at 8/7c.  NCIS: Origins  and NCIS: Sydney round out the night. 

            Fridays lost two series in the past season, so it will have two new series.  A spin-off of Fire Country , named Sheriff Country starts the night off.  The flagship show gets the middle hour, and Blue Bloods former slot, gets its new spin off   Boston Blue. 

        Sundays  will be shorter in the fall, to allow for football over-runs  60 Minutes  leads the night , followed by a new reality based series The Road  will following.  The 10/9c hour will be focused on CBS encores. During the spring, the network fills in 9/8c  with Y: MARSHALS  (note this is working title and may change)  and the second season of Watson.  

         Here's a full look at the line up , all times are ET/PT unless otherwise noted and new series are in Blue 

Monday  (Fall and Spring)

8pm  The Neighborhood 

8:30pm DMV 

9pm  FBI 

10pm CIA 

Tuesday (Fall and Spring) 

8pm  NCIS 

9pm  NCIS: Origins 

10pm NCIS: Sydney

Wednesday (Fall) 

8pm Survivor 

9:30pm The Amazing Race 

Wednesday (January) 

8pm Hollywood Squares 

9pm The Price is Right 

10pm  Harlan Coben's Final Twist 

Wednesday (Spring) 

8pm Survivor 

9:30pm America's Culinary Cup 

Thursday ( Fall and Spring) 

8pm Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage 

8:30pm Ghosts 

9pm Matlock 

10pm Elsbeth 

Friday (Fall and Spring) 

8pm Sheriff Country 

9pm  Fire Country

10pm Boston Blue 

Saturday 

8pm CBS Encores 

10pm  48 Hours 

Sunday  (Fall) 

7pm 60 Minutes 

8pm Tracker 

9pm The Road 

10pm CBS Encores 

Sunday (Spring) 

7pm 60 Minutes 

8pm  Tracker 

9pm  Y: Marshals 

10pm  Watson 

Full Press Release after the jump 

Fall TV Look 2025: What's New, What's Renewed, What's Ended?

Fall TV Look 2025 ABC CBS CW FOX NBC

This post was last updated on June 6  6:30pm MT 

        The decisions are being made about the fates of many different TV series.  This is our annual list that will be updated frequently as news about different broadcast networks shows comes in and what their status is for the next season.  This list primarily focuses on scripted series as those tend to get their announcements done in due time  before the May upfronts.  Though other non-scripted series due end up in the list  eg: 60 Minutes, since they are centerpieces of a network's line up. I will include a list of unscripted series too, but in some cases they are either renewed at various times. summer series also aren't part of the main lists as that is out of the main seasonal part of the year. 

ABC 

Renewed 

9-1-1

Abbott Elementary

America's Funniest Home Videos 

American Idol 

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Grey's Anatomy 

High Potential

The Rookie

Shark Tank 

Shifting Gears

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Will Trent

 

Canceled

The Conners 

New Series 

911: Nashville 

To Be Determined

Doctor Odyssey 

CBS 

Renewed 

Elsbeth 

FBI (renewed through season 9; currently on season 7) 

Fire Country 

Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage

Ghosts (2 seasons) 

Hollywood Squares 

Matlock

NCIS 

NCIS: Origins

NCIS: Sydney 

The Neighborhood (renewed for a final season) 

Tracker 

Watson 

Canceled

Blue Bloods

The Equalizer 

FBI: International 

FBI:  Most Wanted

Poppa's House

The Summit 

SWAT 

New Series 

America's Culinary Cup 

Boston Blue 

CIA

DMV 

Harlan Coben's Final Twist 

The Road 

Sheriff Country 

Y:Marshalls (Working Title) 

CW 

Renewed 

Sullivan's Crossing

Canceled

Joan  (Limited Series) 

Superman & Louis

New Series 

To Be Determined 

All American 

Children Ruin Everything (Ending in Canada, Season 4b comes in June) 

Family Law (Season 4 un aired yet) 

Good Cop/Bad Cop 

Sight Unseen (renewed in Canada) 

Son of a Critch (renewed in Canada) 

Wild Cards (renewed in Canada)

FOX

Renewed 

Animal Control

Bob's Burgers  (4 seasons)

Doc

Family Guy  (4 seasons)

Going Dutch 

Grimsburg 

Krapoplis (renewed through Season 5; currently on season 2) 

MasterChef 

Murder in a Small Town

The Simpsons  (4 seasons) 

Universal Basic Guys (renewed through season 3) 

Canceled

9-1-1: Lone Star

Alert: Missing Persons Unit 

The Cleaning Lady 

Rescue: Hi-Surf 

New Series 

99 To Beat 

American Dad (moving from TBS back to FOX) (4 seasons) 

Best Medicine

The Faithful (limited Series)

Memory of a Killer

To Be Determined 

Accused

The Great North 

NBC

Renewed 

Brilliant Minds

Chicago Fire 

Chicago Med 

Chicago PD

Happy's Place 

The Hunting Party

Law & Order 

Law & Order SVU

St. Denis Medical

Canceled

Found 

The Irrational  

Lopez vs. Lopez 

Night Court 

Suits LA

New Series 

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins 

On Brand with Jimmy Fallon 

Surviving Earth 

To Be Determined 

Grosse Pointe Garden Society