Fox Releases Mid-Season 2025 Premiere Dates

FOX  Winter Mid-Season 

        

                 FOX has announced its midseason line up. It starts on January 2 with a new Thursday night comedy block.  After the 8pm hour of  Gordon Ramsay series  Hell's Kitchen, is the third season of Animal Control, and the new series Going Dutch.  

            Another Gordan Ramsay series Next Level Chef will replace Hell's Kitchen on February 13. 

            The series debut of the new medical drama Doc is January 7 at 9pm; it's being lead in by another Gordan Ramsay series: Kitchen Nightmares: Road to Superbowl LIX.   

            Season 3 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test premieres on January 8 airing at 8pm ET.   

             FOX has swapped out the post-Super Bowl airing of Recuse: Hi-Surf  for a new episode of The Floor.  9-1-1 Lone Star and Rescue: Hi-Surf return on January 20 at 8 and 9pm, respectively.   9-1-1 : Lone Star's series finale will air on Monday, February 3 at 9pm.

             Fox mainstays of  The Masked Singer  and The Floor return on February 12.   

Here's the details , all times are ET/PT unless otherwise shown, they are all subject to change,  new series highlighted in Blue. 

                         

  Thursday, January 2 

8pm  Hell's Kitchen (Winter Premiere) 

9pm  Animal Control (Season 3 Premiere) 

9:30pm Going Dutch (Series Premiere) 

Tuesday, January 7

 

8pm Kitchen Nightmares: Road to Supe Bowl LIX (season 2 premiere) 

9pm  Doc 

Wednesday, January 8 

8-10pm  Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Season 3 Premiere) 

Mondays, starting January 20 

8pm 9-1-1 Lone Star (Season 5B premiere; final season) 

9pm Rescue: Hi-Surf (Season 1B premiere) 

Monday, February 3 

8pm 9-1-1 Lone Star (series finale)

Sunday, February 9

6:30pm ET/ 3:30pm PT  Super Bowl  LIX 

Following after: The Floor (Season 3 premiere) 

Monday, February 10 

9pm Rescue : Hi-Surf (Super Week Special episode) 

Wednesday, February 12

8pm The Masked Singer  (Season 13 premiere) 

9pm The Floor  (Time period premiere) 

Thursday, February 13

 8-9pm  Next Level Chef (Season 4 premiere) 

Full Press release after the jump

Midseason 2025 TV: CBS

CBS  Midseason  Winter TV  

            CBS has set its winter premiere dates for the winter part of the 2024-25 TV primetime season.  There's a mixture of new and old with returning shows and a new series.   

            The new Drew Barrymore produced and Nate Burleson hosted version of "The Hollywood Squares" game show premieres on Thursday, January 9 at 8/7c.  The show will move later to Wednesday nights at 10/9c starting January 29 as part of CBS' game night.  

         New medical mystery series, Watson, will be getting an AFC Championship Game boost premiere on Sunday, January 26, 2026 at 10pm ET/ 9ct/8mt/ 7pm, before it's regular time period of Sunday nights at 9pm starting February 16.  The series will air between Tracker  and The Equalizer , which finishes the night at a new time.

            NCIS: Sydney returns for season two on Friday, January 31 at 8pm and S.W.A.T moves to 10pm. 

            The rest of 'CBS Game Night' starts on  Wednesday, January 8 with The Price is Right at Night at a new time of 8pm, followed by season 2 premiere of Raid the Cage at 9pm. 

            

            The majority of CBS winter schedule is on task as normal.  Mondays continue the comedies of The Neighborhood and  Poppa's House and the "NCIS" series of NCIS and NCIS: Origins ; Monday Nights starting January 27.   FBI's three series are back on Tuesday, January 28.     

             The Thursday line up returns January 30, with Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage at 8pm, Ghosts at 8:30pm, Matlock at 9pm, and Elsbeth at 10pm. 

                Survivor returns for season 48 on Wednesday, February 26 at 8pm with a two hour-long episode, followed by 90 minutes through the rest of the season. The new 37th season of The Amazing Race premieres on Wednesday, March 5 at 9:30pm with 90-minute episodes. 

            

    Here's a full look at the details 

Wednesdays, Starting January 8 

8-9pm The Price is Right at Night (new time period premiere) 

9-10pm Raid the Cage (season 2 premiere)

Thursdays, starting January 9

8-9pm Hollywood Squares (series premiere) 

Sunday, January 26

6:30-10pm (approx.) ET : AFC Championship Game (all time zones Live)

10-11pm (approx.)  Watson (series premiere) (all time zones live) 

Mondays, starting January 27- original episodes return 

8-8:30pm The Neighborhood 

8:30-9pm Poppa's House 

9-10pm NCIS 

10-11pm NCIS: Origins 

Tuesdays, starting January 28- original episodes return 

8-9pm FBI

9-10pm FBI: International 

10-11pm FBI: Most Wanted 

Wednesdays, starting January 29

10-11pm Hollywood Squares (new time period premiere) 

Thursdays, starting January 30- original episodes return  

8-8:30pm  Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage 

8:30-9pm Ghosts

9-10pm  Matlock

10-11pm Elsbeth 

Fridays, starting January 31- original episodes return 

8-9pm NCIS: Sydney (season 2 premiere) 

10-11pm Fire Country 

10-11pm S.W.A.T (new time period premiere)

Sunday, February 2 

7-8pm 60 Minutes (new episode) 

8-11:30pm Grammy Awards 

Wednesday, February 5

8-9pm The Price is Right at Night 

9-10pm Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 

Sundays, starting February 16 - original episodes return 

8-9pm Tracker

9-10pm Watson (episode 2, regular time period premiere) 

10-11pm The Equalizer (new time period premiere) 

Wednesday, February 26 

8-10pm Survivor (season 48 premiere) 

Wednesdays, starting March 5 

9:30-11pm The Amazing Race (season 37 premiere) 

Full Press release after the jump 

Midseason 2025 TV: ABC

Winter  ABC   Midseason 

                ABC's 2025 midseason premiere dates have been set.   An interesting thing is that ABC's line up gets a boost from sibling streaming service, Hulu.  Only Murders in the Budling will be airing on Thursdays in January.  Unscripted series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini  will also have some broadcasts. 

            ABC aired the first season of   Only Murders in the Budling last season due the strikes, this time they will be airing season 2.   Meanwhile, new programming slate is light but there.   After only airing only one comedy in the fall season, they will be airing a new series with Tim Allen and Kat Dennings called Shifting Gears. That's it for the new series on the scripted side. 

            Will Trent and The Rookie return to the line up airing before after this season's new series  High Potential on Tuesdays.  The Bachelor is back in January 27, airing Mondays at 8pm ET with The Secret Life of Mormon Wives at 10. 

            A new version of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition premieres on January 2 and lead into blocks of "Only Murders" for four weeks. When that ends, they will fill the line up with  Scamanda  and Perfect Wife to fill Thursdays. 911, Doctor Odyssey, and Grey's Anatomy return on March 6.  American Idol and The $100,000 Pyramid debut their seasons on Sunday, March 9. 

        The Conners final season is planned for March, but no date has been set as of yet. 

Here's the details schedule, all times ET/PT  new series highlighted in Blue, subject to change 

      Thursday, January 2 

8pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Series Premiere) 

9pm Only Murders in the Building (Broadcast season two premiere- two hours) 

Sunday, January 5 

7pm AFV (Midseason Return) 

8pm The Wonderful World of Disney 

Tuesday, January 7 

8pm Will Trent (Season Three Premiere) 

9pm High Potential (midseason return) 

10pm The Rookie (Season Seven Premiere) 

Wednesday, January 8 

8pm Shifting Gears (Series Premiere) 

8:30pm Abbott Elementary (Midseason return) 

9:02pm Celebrity Jeopardy (Season 3 Premiere) 

10:02pm  What Would you Do? (Midseason Return) 

Friday, January 17 

8pm Shark Tank (Midseason Return) 

Saturday, January 25 

8pm  NBA Countdown presented by Papa Johns 

8:30pm  Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors 

Monday, January 27 

8pm  The Bachelor 

10:01pm The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Broadcast Series Premiere) 

Thursday, January 30 

9pm Scamanda (Series Premiere) 

10pm  Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini (Broadcast Series Premiere) 

Thursday, March 6
8pm. 9-1-1 (Midseason Return)
9pm Doctor Odyssey (Midseason Return)
10pm Grey's Anatomy (Midseason Return)

Sunday, March 9
8pm American Idol (Season Eight Premiere - two hours)
10pm The $100,000 Pyramid (Season Eight Premiere)

Full Press Release after the jump 

CBS Releases 2024-25 Season Line Up

CBS  Fall TV Look 2024 Upfronts 

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      After a struck season where things ended up being pushed to February, CBS and the other networks are hoping for a more normal time.  CBS has taken the move of announcing their entire 2024-25 schedule, not just fall.  

       "The Big Bang Theory" universe? continues with "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage" a  spinoff of "Young Sheldon"  will be taking the former's slot on Thursdays at 8PM ET.  "Ghosts" will continue in its 8:30pm ET slot.    

       "Tracker" which has proven to be a break out hit for the network, will be moving to an earlier slot on Sundays at 8pmet, following the high rated "60 Minutes" (and Football) .   "The Equalizer" moves down to 9pmet, and new series "Watson" at 10pm ET. 

        Tuesdays will still be "FBI" nights.  Wednesday will be reality and competition night. "Survivor" is on the line up in the fall and spring.  "The Amazing Race" returns in spring, "The Price is Right at Night", "Raid the Cage" and a new "Hollywood Squares" in winter.   A new series "The Summit" will follow the fall "Survivor" 

        "Matlock" which was pushed from the 2023-24 season, premieres in the fall leading with "Elsbeth" following on Thursday nights.   

      CBS recently uncanceled "S.W.A.T" will get a new season on Fridays in the fall, "Blue Bloods" which CBS decided to break that show's final season into to parts will finish up in the fall.  In spring,  "S.W.A.T" takes "Blue Bloods"  and "NCIS: Sydney" will lead the nights. 

        Mondays has "Poppa's House", another series that was pushed to the new season, following "The Neighborhood" rounding out CBS' 4 comedies.  "NCIS" continues followed by "NCIS: Origins" 

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

Monday  (fall and spring) 

8pm The Neighborhood

8:30pm Poppa's House 

9pm NCIS 

10pm NCIS: Origins

Tuesday (fall and spring) 

8pm FBI 

9pm FBI :International 

10pm FBI: Most Wanted 

Wednesday (fall) 

8pm Survivor  

8:30pm  The Summit 

Wednesday (January) 

8pm The Price is Right at Night

9pm Raid the Cage 

10pm Hollywood Squares 

Wednesday (spring) 

8pm  Survivor  

9:30pm The Amazing Race 

Thursday (fall and spring) 

8pm  Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage 

8:30pm Ghosts 

9pm Matlock 

10pm Elsbeth 

Friday  (fall) 

8pm S.W.A.T 

9pm Fire Country

10pm Blue Bloods (finale episodes) 

Friday (spring) 

8pm NCIS : Sydney

9pm Fire Country

10pm S.W.A.T 

Saturday 

8pm CBS Encores 

10pm 48 Hours 

Sunday 

7pm 60 Minutes 

8pm  Tracker  (new time) 

9pm  The Equalizer 

10pm Watson 

Full press release after the jump