Podcast #1270: 2026 Network TV Season/Series Premieres

On this week's show we compiled a list of fall 2026 network TV season/series premieres for ABC, NBC, Fox, and CBS, organized by network and then by premiere date. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news.

News:

• LG responds to findings about Smart TV spying
• Roku Makes Big Changes to Its Free Live TV Channel Guide on Roku TVs & Roku Players
• TCL sues Samsung, alleging false advertising of 'Mini LED' TVs
• Yamaha introduces the compact B200A soundbar with Dolby Atmos

2026 Network TV Season/Series Premieres

On this week's show we compiled a list of fall 2026 network TV season/series premieres for ABC, NBC, Fox, and CBS, organized by network and then by premiere date. Sports (NFL, college football) and most news/magazine shows are omitted unless they were listed as a season premiere in the official rollout. Dates and slots come from the networks' 2026 fall calendar.

ABC

Tuesday, September 15

• Dancing with the Stars — Season 35 (Night 1 of 2), 8 p.m.
• R.J. Decker — Season 2, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16

• Dancing with the Stars — Season 35 (Night 2 of 2), 8 p.m.

Friday, September 25

• 20/20 — Season 49, 9 p.m.

Sunday, September 27

• America's Funniest Home Videos — Season 37 (two-episode premiere), 7 p.m.
• The Wonderful World of Disney (Inside Out 2), 9 p.m.

Wednesday, September 30

• Scrubs — Season 2 (two-episode premiere), 8 p.m.
• Shark Tank — Season 18 (two-episode premiere), 9 p.m.

Friday, October 2

• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Season 7, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7

• Abbott Elementary — Season 6, 8:30 p.m.
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Season 5 continuation, 9 p.m.

Thursday, October 15

• 9-1-1 — Season 10, 8 p.m.
• 9-1-1: Nashville — Season 2, 9 p.m.
• Grey's Anatomy — Season 23, 10 p.m.

NBC

Thursday, September 17

• The Traitors: New Blood — Series premiere (two hours), 8 p.m. An all-civilian US season of the social-deduction reality series in which Alan Cumming hosts 22 everyday Americans at a Scottish castle as hidden Traitors secretly eliminate Faithfuls while the group races to unmask them and split (or steal) a prize of up to $250,000.

Monday, September 21

• The Voice — Season 30 (Night 1 of 3), 8 p.m.
• Line of Fire — Series premiere, 10 p.m. A family of law enforcement agents become targets of a mysterious assassin after a U.S. Marshal falls in the line of duty, forcing them to use their expertise to protect each other.

Tuesday, September 22

• The Voice — Season 30 (Night 2 of 3), 8 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23

• The Voice — Season 30 (Night 3 of 3), 8 p.m.

Friday, September 25

• Dateline NBC — Season 35, 9 p.m.

Saturday, September 26

• Saturday Night Live — Season 52, 11:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7

• Chicago Med — Season 12, 8 p.m.
• Chicago Fire — Season 15, 9 p.m.
• Chicago P.D. — Season 14, 10 p.m.

Thursday, October 8

• Law & Order: SVU — Season 28, 9 p.m.
• Law & Order — Season 26, 10 p.m.

Friday, October 23

• Happy's Place — Season 3, 8 p.m.
• Newlyweds — Series premiere, 8:30 p.m. A free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor get married impetuously after a whirlwind courtship.

Monday, November 2

• St. Denis Medical — Season 3, 8 p.m.
• The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — Season 2, 8:30 p.m.

Fox

Monday, September 21

• Celebrity Name That Tune — Season 6, 8 p.m.
• Celebrity Weakest Link — Season 2, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, September 22

• Best Medicine — Season 2, 8 p.m.
• Doc — Season 3, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23

• The Floor — Season 6, 8 p.m.
• 99 to Beat — Season 2, 9 p.m.

Thursday, September 24

• Hell's Kitchen — Season 25, 8 p.m.
• Special Forces: World's Toughest Test — Season 5, 9 p.m.

Sunday, September 27

• The Simpsons — Season 38, 8 p.m.
• Animal Control — Season 5, 8:30 p.m.
• Universal Basic Guys — Season 3, 9 p.m.
• Grimsburg — Season 3, 9:30 p.m.

CBS

Sunday, September 13

• 60 Minutes — Season 59 (special time after NFL), ~7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23

• Survivor — Season 51 (two-hour premiere), 8 p.m.

Wednesday, September 30

• The Amazing Race — Season 39 (Night 1), 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 1

• The Amazing Race — Season 39 (Night 2), 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 4

• Marshals — Season 2, ~8:30 p.m.
• Tracker — Season 4, ~9:30 p.m.

Monday, October 5

• FBI — Season 9, 8 p.m.
• CIA — Season 2, 9 p.m.
• Harlan Coben's Final Twist — Season 2, 10 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6

• NCIS — Season 24, 8 p.m.
• NCIS: New York — Series premiere, 9 p.m. - Legendary NCIS Agent Sam Hanna returns to his NYC hometown field office, teaming with a roguish agent to lead a new team on high-stakes missions defending one of the world's most vital cities and ports.
• NCIS: Origins — Season 3, 10 p.m.

Thursday, October 8

• Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage — Season 3, 8 p.m.
• Eternally Yours — Series premiere, 8:30 p.m. - Follows the journey of a married vampire couple struggling to accept their daughter's human boyfriend, after being together for 500 years.
• Elsbeth — Season 4, 9 p.m.
• Cupertino — Series premiere, 10 p.m. - A scrappy lawyer takes on a powerful tech giant in a high-stakes legal battle, navigating the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley while fighting for justice and the little guy's rights.

Friday, October 9

• Sheriff Country — Season 2, 8 p.m.
• Fire Country — Season 5, 9 p.m.
• Boston Blue — Season 2, 10 p.m.

Thursday, October 29

• Ghosts — Halloween special (two episodes), 9 p.m.

Thursday, December 10

• Ghosts — Christmas special (two episodes), 9 p.m.

A number of other series (High Potential, The Rookie, Will Trent, Shifting Gears, Ghosts Season 6 proper, Matlock, American Idol, The Bachelor, Baywatch reboot, etc.) are held for midseason 2027 and are not on this fall list. Always check local listings; NFL overruns can shift Sunday start times.