Summer is only just getting started, but it’s never too early to start clearing your calendar app to make room for Fall 2016 TV premiere dates.
Over the past couple of weeks the Big Five networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, CW) have released their Fall 2016 TV schedules, revealing when your favorite shows will be returning later this year. With the last of the Big Five unveiling their schedule on Tuesday, June 28, we knew it was time to put together one master calendar detailing all of the Fall 2016 TV premiere dates.
To make this easy to browse, we’ve broken down the premiere dates by network.
Fall 2016 TV premiere dates
Fox
Monday, September 19
8 pm Gotham
9 pm Lucifer
Tuesday, September 20
8 pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8:30 pm New Girl
9 pm Scream Queens
Wednesday, September 21
8 pm Lethal Weapon
9 pm Empire
Thursday, September 22
8 pm Rosewood
9 pm Pitch
Friday, September 23
8 pm Hell’s Kitchen
9 pm The Exorcist
Sunday, September 25
7:30 pm Bob’s Burgers
8 pm The Simpsons
8: 30 pm Son of Zorn
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 pm The Last Man on Earth
The CW
Tuesday, October 4
8 pm The Flash
9 pm No Tomorrow
Wednesday, October 5
8 pm Arrow
9 pm Frequency
Thursday, October 6
8 pm iHeartRadio Music Festival — Night 1
Friday, October 7
8 pm iHeartRadio Music Festival — Night 2
Monday, October 10
8 pm Supergirl
9 pm No Tomorrow (special encore)
Thursday, October 13
8 pm DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
9 pm Supernatural
Monday, October 17
9 pm Jane the Virgin
Friday, October 21
8 pm The Vampire Diaries
9 pm Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
NBC
Note: Some dates shift after football is out of the way (as noted with “Regular time slot premiere”).
Thursday, September 8
8:30 pm Sunday Night Football
Sunday, September 11
8 pm Football Night in America
8:30 pm Sunday Night Football
Wednesday, September 14
10pm Blindspot
Monday, September 19
8 pm The Voice
8:30 pm The Good Place
Tuesday, September 20
8 pm The Voice
10 pm This Is Us
Wednesday, September 21
8 pm Blindspot (Regular time slot premiere)
9 pm Law & Order: SVU
10 pm Chicago P.D.
Thursday, September 22
8 pm Superstore
8:30 pm The Good Place (Regular time slot premiere)
9 pm Chicago Med
10 pm The Blacklist
Friday, September 23
8 pm Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon
10 pm Dateline
Monday, October 3
10 pm Timeless
Tuesday, October 11
9 pm This Is Us (Regular time slot premiere)
10 pm Chicago Fire
TBA
9 pm Grimm
CBS
Note: Some dates shift after football is out of the way (as noted with “Regular time slot premiere”).
Thursday, September 15
7:30 pm Thursday Night Football Pre-Game Show
8:25 pm Thursday Night Football (Denver @ Kansas City)
Sunday, September 18
8:30 pm: Case Closed (JonBenet Ramsay, Part 1)
Monday, September 19
8 pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30 pm Kevin Can Wait
9 pm Case Closed
Tuesday, September 20
8 pm NCIS
9 pm BULL
10 pm NCIS: New Orleans
Wednesday, September 21
8 pm Survivor
9:30 pm Big Brother Finale
Friday, September 23
8 pm Macgyver
9 pm Hawaii Five-0
10 pm Blue Bloods
Saturday, September 24
10 pm 48 Hours
Sunday, September 25
7 pm 60 Minutes
9 pm Case Closed
Monday, September 26
9 pm Presidential Debate
Wednesday, September 28
9 pm Criminal Minds
10 pm Code Black
Sunday, October 2
8 pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9 pm Madam Secretary
10 pm Elementary
Monday, October 3
9 pm Scorpion
Monday, October 10
9 pm Two Broke Girls
Monday, October 17
9:30pm The Odd Couple
Monday, October 24 (Regular time slot premiere)
8 pm Kevin Can Wait
8:30 pm Man With a Plan
9 pm 2 Broke Girls
9:30 pm The Odd Couple
10 pm Scorpion
Thursday, October 27 (Regular time slot premiere)
8 pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30 pm The Great Indoors
9 pm Mom
9:30 Life in Pieces
10 pm Pure Genius
ABC
Monday, September 12
8 pm Dancing with the Stars
Sunday, September 18
8 pm 68th Emmy Awards
Tuesday, September 20
8 pm Dancing with the Stars Results Show
10 pm Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Wednesday, September 21
8 pm The Goldbergs
8 pm Speechless
9 pm Modern Family
9:30 pm black-ish
10 pm Designated Survivor
Thursday, September 22
8 pm Grey’s Anatomy
9 pm Notorious
10 pm How to Get Away with Murder
Friday, September 23
8 pm Last Man Standing
8:30 pm Dr. Ken
9 pm Shark Tank
Sunday, September 25
8 pm Once Upon A Time
9 pm Secrets and Lies
10 pm Quantico
Sunday, October 2
7 pm America’s Funniest Home Videos
Monday, October 3
10 pm Conviction
Tuesday, October 11
8 pm The Middle
8:30 pm American Housewife
9 pm Fresh Off the Boat
9:30 pm The Real O’Neals