2019–20 United States network television schedule

The 2019–20 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2019 to August 2020. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2018–19 season.

NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 12, 2019, followed by Fox on May 13, ABC on May 14, CBS on May 15, and The CW on May 16, 2019.

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns. The CW does not air network programming on Saturday nights.

New series are highlighted in bold.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

The TV season was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the full impact of the health catastrophe did not hit until March 2020, by which time the network shows had already filmed the majority of their seasons' scripts, the entire primetime slate halted production that spring and did not resume it until the fall of 2020.

Legend

  • Light blue indicates local programming.
  • Gray indicates encore programming.
  • Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  • Light green indicates sporting events.
  • Light Purple indicates movies.
  • Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
  • Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
  • Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
  • Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.

Sunday

Network 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall America's Funniest Home Videos Kids Say the Darndest Things Shark Tank The Rookie
Winter Shark Tank (R)
Mid-winter American Idol The Rookie
Spring Celebrity Family Feud Press Your Luck Match Game
CBS Fall NFL on CBS
(4:25 p.m.)
60 Minutes (14/10.46) God Friended Me NCIS: Los Angeles (26/8.91)
(Tied with Magnum P.I.)
Madam Secretary (continued until 11:30 p.m.)
Winter 60 Minutes (14/10.46) God Friended Me NCIS: Los Angeles (26/8.91)
(Tied with Magnum P.I.)
NCIS: New Orleans (20/9.58)
Spring CBS Sunday Night Movies
Summer Tough as Nails (R) NCIS: Los Angeles (R) NCIS: New Orleans (R)
Late summer Big Brother Love Island
The CW Fall Local programming Batwoman Supergirl Local programming
Spring Stargirl (R)
Summer Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)
Late summer Fridge Wars Supernatural (R)
Fox Fall Fox NFL
(4:25 p.m.)
The OT The Simpsons Bless the Harts Bob's Burgers Family Guy
Winter The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R) Duncanville
Summer Last Man Standing (R) Duncanville (R) Bless the Harts (R)
NBC Fall Football Night in America NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) (continued to game completion) (1/20.09)
Winter The Wall Little Big Shots Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Good Girls
Spring Little Big Shots The Wall
Summer Hollywood Game Night The Titan Games (R) America's Got Talent (R)
Mid-summer Cannonball
Late summer NHL on NBC

Monday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Dancing with the Stars The Good Doctor (11/10.82)
Late fall The Great Christmas Light Fight
Winter The Bachelor
Spring American Idol (28/8.54)
Mid-spring The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart The Baker and the Beauty
Summer The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons - Ever!
CBS Fall The Neighborhood Bob Hearts Abishola All Rise Bull (13/10.61)
Summer Love Island
The CW Fall All American Black Lightning Local programming
Spring Whose Line Is It Anyway? Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) Roswell, New Mexico
Summer Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Fox Fall 9-1-1 (15/10.42) Prodigal Son
Winter 9-1-1: Lone Star (24/9.09)
Spring 9-1-1 (15/10.42)
Late spring 9-1-1: Lone Star (R)
Summer Fox Presents
NBC Fall The Voice (16/10.23) Bluff City Law
Winter America's Got Talent: The Champions (25/8.92) Manifest
Late winter The Voice (16/10.23)
Spring Songland
Late spring The Titan Games The Wall
Summer Dateline NBC

Tuesday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall The Conners Bless This Mess Mixed-ish Black-ish Emergence
Winter For Life
Spring The Conners (R) Various programming The Genetic Detective
Summer Modern Family (R) Black-ish (R) Mixed-ish (R) What Would You Do?
CBS Fall NCIS (2/15.34) FBI (4/12.55) NCIS: New Orleans (20/9.58)
Winter FBI: Most Wanted (17/10.20)
Summer Love Island
The CW Fall The Flash Arrow Local programming
Winter Legends of Tomorrow
Spring Stargirl
Summer The CW Happy Hour
Mid-summer Tell Me a Story
Late summer Dead Pixels Dead Pixels (R)
Fox Fall The Resident Empire
Winter Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
Spring Empire
Mid-spring The Masked Singer (R)
Late spring Hell's Kitchen (R) Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R)
Summer Prodigal Son (R)
NBC Fall The Voice (21/9.53) This Is Us (7/11.55) New Amsterdam (18/9.70)
Winter Ellen's Game of Games
Early spring New Amsterdam (18/9.70) NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic
Spring Ellen's Game of Games New Amsterdam (R)
Mid-spring The Voice (21/9.53)
Late spring America's Got Talent World of Dance

Wednesday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall The Goldbergs Schooled Modern Family Single Parents Stumptown
Spring American Housewife
Mid-spring American Housewife Single Parents Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Late spring The Wonderful World of Disney Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Summer United We Fall The Goldbergs (R) The Conners (R) American Housewife (R)
CBS Fall Survivor: Island of the Idols (23/9.30) SEAL Team S.W.A.T.
Winter Undercover Boss Criminal Minds
Late winter Survivor: Winners at War (23/9.30) SEAL Team
Spring Game On!
Summer Tough as Nails Game On! SEAL Team (R)
Late summer Big Brother Tough as Nails
The CW Fall Riverdale Nancy Drew Local programming
Spring Bulletproof
Late spring The 100
Summer Coroner
Fox Fall The Masked Singer (12/10.73) Almost Family
Winter Flirty Dancing
Mid-winter The Masked Singer (12/10.73) Lego Masters
Spring The Masked Singer: After the Mask
Late spring MasterChef (R) Ultimate Tag
Summer MasterChef (R)
NBC Fall Chicago Med (10/11.22) Chicago Fire (6/11.70) Chicago P.D. (9/11.23)
Summer America's Got Talent Ellen's Game of Games (R)

Thursday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Grey's Anatomy (22/9.39) A Million Little Things How to Get Away with Murder
Late fall Holiday specials The Great American Baking Show
Winter Station 19 (29/8.52)
(Tied with Mom)
Grey's Anatomy (22/9.39) A Million Little Things
Spring How to Get Away with Murder
Mid-spring Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Station 19 (29/8.52)
(Tied with Mom)
Late spring Holey Moley To Tell the Truth
Summer Holey Moley Don't
CBS Fall Young Sheldon (8/11.45) The Unicorn Mom (29/8.52)
(Tied with Station 19)
Carol's Second Act Evil
Winter Tommy
Spring Man with a Plan Broke
Mid-spring S.W.A.T. (R)
Summer The Unicorn (R)
Mid-summer Mom (R) NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
Late summer Big Brother Love Island Various programming
The CW Fall Supernatural Legacies Local programming
Winter Katy Keene
Spring In The Dark
Late spring Burden of Truth
Summer Killer Camp Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)
Late summer Mysteries Decoded
Fox Early fall Thursday Night Baseball (7:00 p.m.)
Fall Fox NFL Thursday Thursday Night Football (3/15.05)
Winter Last Man Standing Outmatched Deputy Local programming
Spring Last Man Standing (R) Mental Samurai (R)
Late spring Celebrity Watch Party Labor of Love
Summer Thursday Night Baseball (7:00 p.m.)
NBC Fall Superstore Perfect Harmony The Good Place Sunnyside Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mid-fall Will & Grace
Winter The Good Place Will & Grace Perfect Harmony
Mid-winter Brooklyn Nine-Nine Indebted
Spring Council of Dads Blindspot
Summer The Wall (R) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)

Friday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall American Housewife Fresh Off the Boat 20/20
Spring Shark Tank
CBS Fall Hawaii Five-0 (19/9.68) Magnum P.I. (26/8.91)
(Tied with NCIS: Los Angeles)
Blue Bloods (5/11.96)
Winter MacGyver Hawaii Five-0 (19/9.68)
Spring Magnum P.I. (26/8.91)
(Tied with NCIS: Los Angeles)
Summer The Greatest #AtHome Videos
Late summer MacGyver (R) Love Island
The CW Fall Charmed Dynasty Local programming
Spring Masters of Illusion Masters of Illusion (R) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)
Summer Being Reuben
Fox WWE Friday Night SmackDown
NBC Fall The Blacklist Dateline NBC
Winter Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
Spring The Blacklist
Late spring World of Dance (R) The Wall (R) Dateline NBC
Summer The Wall (R) Dateline NBC
Late summer America's Got Talent (R) Dateline NBC

Saturday

Network 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
ABC Fall Saturday Night Football
Winter The Jump NBA Saturday Primetime
Spring Shark Tank (R) American Idol (R)
Late spring The Last Dance The Rookie (R)
Summer America's Funniest Home Videos (R) Shark Tank (R) The Good Doctor (R)
CBS Fall Crimetime Saturday 48 Hours
Summer Love Island
Fox Fall Fox College Football
Spring 9-1-1 (R) Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R) Local programming
Late spring Flirty Dancing (R) Lego Masters (R)
Summer Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R)
Mid-summer Various programming Ultimate Tag (R)
Late summer Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.)
NBC Fall Dateline Saturday Mystery SNL Vintage
Spring NBC Movie Night
Summer Dateline Saturday Mystery
Late summer NHL on NBC
  • Note: As with the two previous seasons, NBC aired all new live episodes of Saturday Night Live in real time with the rest of the United States, placing it in that time period for the Pacific and Mountain time viewers beginning September 28, with a rebroadcast following the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands will continued to air the show on a delay. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, three "At Home" editions of the series have aired, but have been pre-compiled and edited before broadcast, airing after the late local news in all time zones.
  • Note: Due to the suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season, NBA Saturday Primetime games were replaced by encores of ABC programming, as well as docuseries The Last Dance. The 76ers-Warriors game on March 7 wound up being the "season finale" for NBA Saturday Primetime, as the Warriors were not invited to Orlando when the NBA resumed play in July.
  • Note: Fox aired primetime PBC Fight Cards throughout its Late summer programming schedule.

By network

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

NBC

Renewals and cancellations

Note: Series that were unable to fulfil their original or extended episode orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been indicated below.

Full season pickups

ABC

  • American Housewife—Picked up for six additional episodes on November 7, 2019, bringing the episode count to 21; one episode remained unfilmed.
  • Bless This Mess—Picked up for six additional episodes on November 7, 2019, bringing the episode count to 19.
  • The Conners—Picked up for six additional episodes on May 14, 2019, bringing the episode count to 19.
  • A Million Little Things—Picked up for a 19-episode full season on August 8, 2019.
  • Mixed-ish—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 28, 2019.
  • The Rookie—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on October 28, 2019.
  • Schooled—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on December 3, 2019; one episode remained unfilmed.
  • Stumptown—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 28, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.

CBS

  • All Rise—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 22, 2019; two episodes were unfilmed, with one original episode compiled through web conferencing platforms.
  • Bob Hearts Abishola—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 22, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.
  • Carol's Second Act—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 22, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.
  • The Greatest #AtHome Videos—Picked up for four additional episodes on July 2, 2020, bringing this season's episode count to 5.
  • MacGyver—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on November 6, 2019.
  • The Unicorn—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 22, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.

The CW

  • The 100—Picked up for three additional episodes on June 6, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16.
  • All American—Picked up for three additional episodes on October 8, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16.
  • Batwoman—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 25, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.
  • Legacies—Picked up for four additional episodes on July 18, 2019, bringing the episode count to 20; four episodes remained unfilmed.
  • Nancy Drew—Picked up a 22-episode full season on October 25, 2019; four episodes remained unfilmed.

Fox

  • Prodigal Son—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 7, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.

NBC

  • Good Girls—Picked up for three additional episodes on August 14, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16; five episodes remained unfilmed.
  • Superstore—Picked up for four additional episodes on November 5, 2019, bringing the episode count to 22; one episode remained unfilmed.

Renewals

ABC

CBS

  • 48 Hours—Renewed for a thirty-third season on May 6, 2020.
  • 60 Minutes—Renewed for a fifty-third season on May 6, 2020.
  • All Rise—Renewed for a second season on May 6, 2020.
  • Big Brother—Renewed for a twenty-third season on October 28, 2020.
  • Blue Bloods—Renewed for an eleventh season on May 6, 2020.
  • Bob Hearts Abishola—Renewed for a second season on May 6, 2020.
  • Bull—Renewed for a fifth season on May 6, 2020.
  • Evil—Renewed for a second season on October 22, 2019. It was announced on May 18, 2021, that the series would be moving to Paramount+.
  • FBI—Renewed for a third season on May 6, 2020.
  • FBI: Most Wanted—Renewed for a second season on May 6, 2020.
  • The Greatest #AtHome Videos—Renewed for a second season on June 14, 2021.
  • Love Island—Renewed for a third season on January 27, 2021.
  • MacGyver—Renewed for a fifth and final season on May 6, 2020.
  • Magnum P.I.—Renewed for a third season on May 6, 2020.
  • Mom—Renewed for an eighth and final season on February 5, 2019.
  • NCIS—Renewed for an eighteenth season on May 6, 2020.
  • NCIS: Los Angeles—Renewed for a twelfth season on May 6, 2020.
  • NCIS: New Orleans—Renewed for a seventh and final season on May 6, 2020.
  • The Neighborhood—Renewed for a third season on May 6, 2020.
  • SEAL Team—Renewed for a fourth season on May 6, 2020.
  • Survivor—Renewed for a forty-first season on May 6, 2020.
  • S.W.A.T.—Renewed for a fourth season on May 6, 2020.
  • Tough as Nails—Renewed for a second season on August 12, 2020.
  • Undercover Boss—Renewed for a tenth season on May 6, 2020.
  • The Unicorn—Renewed for a second season on May 6, 2020.
  • Young Sheldon—Renewed for a fourth season on February 22, 2019.

The CW

Fox

  • 9-1-1—Renewed for a fourth season on April 13, 2020.
  • 9-1-1: Lone Star—Renewed for a second season on April 13, 2020.
  • Bless the Harts—Renewed for a second season on October 18, 2019.
  • Bob's Burgers—Renewed for an eleventh season on May 11, 2020.
  • Duncanville—Renewed for a second season on April 6, 2020.
  • Family Guy—Renewed for a nineteenth season on May 11, 2020.
  • Last Man Standing—Renewed for a ninth and final season on May 19, 2020.
  • Lego Masters—Renewed for a second season on November 11, 2020.
  • The Masked Singer—Renewed for a fourth season on May 6, 2020.
  • The Moodys—Renewed for a second season on July 10, 2020.
  • Prodigal Son—Renewed for a second season on May 21, 2020.
  • The Resident—Renewed for a fourth season on May 19, 2020.
  • The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-second season on February 6, 2019.
  • Thursday Night Football—Renewed for a seventh season on January 31, 2018; deal will go to a ninth season in 2022.

NBC

  • America's Got Talent—Renewed for a sixteenth season on November 9, 2020.
  • The Blacklist—Renewed for an eighth season on February 20, 2020.
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine—Renewed for an eighth and final season on November 14, 2019.
  • Chicago Fire—Renewed for a ninth, tenth and eleventh season on February 27, 2020.
  • Chicago Med—Renewed for a sixth, seventh and eighth season on February 27, 2020.
  • Chicago P.D.—Renewed for an eighth, ninth and tenth season on February 27, 2020.
  • Ellen's Game of Games—Renewed for a fourth season on February 18, 2020.
  • Football Night in America—Renewed for a fifteenth season on December 14, 2011; deal will go to a seventeenth season in 2022.
  • Good Girls—Renewed for a fourth season on May 15, 2020.
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for a twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth season on February 27, 2020.
  • Making It—Renewed for a third season on January 11, 2020.
  • Manifest—Renewed for a third season on June 15, 2020.
  • NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a fifteenth season on December 14, 2011; deal will go to a seventeenth season in 2022.
  • New Amsterdam—Renewed for a third, fourth, and fifth season on January 11, 2020.
  • Superstore—Renewed for a sixth and final season on February 11, 2020.
  • This Is Us—Renewed for a fifth and sixth season on May 12, 2019.
  • The Voice—Renewed for a nineteenth season on June 16, 2020.
  • The Wall—Renewed for a fourth season on September 30, 2020.
  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist—Renewed for a second season on June 11, 2020.

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—It was announced on July 18, 2019, that season seven would be the final season. The series concluded on August 12, 2020.
  • The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!–The retrospective miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on September 7, 2020.
  • The Baker and the Beauty—Canceled on June 15, 2020.
  • Bless This Mess—Canceled on May 21, 2020, after two seasons.
  • Don't—Canceled on April 7, 2021.
  • Emergence—Canceled on May 21, 2020.
  • Fresh Off the Boat—It was announced on November 8, 2019, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on February 21, 2020.
  • How to Get Away with Murder—It was announced on July 11, 2019, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on May 14, 2020.
  • Kids Say the Darndest Things—Canceled on May 21, 2020. On December 17, 2020, it was announced that CBS would pick up the series for another season.
  • The Last Dance—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on June 20, 2020.
  • Modern Family—It was announced on February 5, 2019, that season eleven would be the final season. The series concluded on April 8, 2020.
  • Schooled—Canceled on May 21, 2020, after two seasons.
  • Single Parents—Canceled on May 21, 2020, after two seasons.
  • Stumptown—Canceled on September 16, 2020, due to COVID-related production delays, following the reversal of its May 2020 renewal.
  • United We Fall—Canceled on September 15, 2020.

CBS

  • Broke—Canceled on May 6, 2020. The series concluded on June 25, 2020.
  • Carol's Second Act—Canceled on May 6, 2020.
  • Criminal Minds—It was announced on January 10, 2019, that season fifteen would be the final season. The series concluded on February 19, 2020.
  • God Friended Me—Canceled on April 14, 2020, after two seasons. The series concluded on April 26, 2020.
  • Hawaii Five-0—It was announced on February 28, 2020, that season ten would be the final season. The series concluded on April 3, 2020.
  • Madam Secretary—It was announced on May 15, 2019, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on December 8, 2019.
  • Man with a Plan—Canceled on May 6, 2020, after four seasons. The series concluded on June 11, 2020.
  • Tommy—Canceled on May 6, 2020. The series concluded the following day.

The CW

  • The 100—It was announced on August 4, 2019, that season seven would be the final season. The series concluded on September 30, 2020.
  • Arrow—It was announced on March 6, 2019, that season eight would be the final season. The series concluded on January 28, 2020.
  • Being Reuben—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on September 11, 2020.
  • Katy Keene—Canceled on July 2, 2020. This was the only cancellation of the season.
  • Taskmaster—On August 5, 2020, The CW pulled the series from its prime-time schedule. The remaining episodes were made available on CW Seed on August 10, 2020.

Fox

  • Almost Family—Canceled on March 2, 2020.
  • Deputy—Canceled on April 3, 2020.
  • Empire—It was announced on May 13, 2019, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on April 21, 2020.
  • Flirty Dancing—Canceled on May 18, 2020.
  • Labor of Love—Canceled on September 8, 2021.
  • Outmatched—Canceled on May 19, 2020.

NBC

  • Blindspot—It was announced on May 10, 2019, that season five would be the final season. The series concluded on July 23, 2020.
  • Bluff City Law—Canceled on June 15, 2020.
  • Council of Dads—Canceled on June 25, 2020. The series concluded on July 2, 2020.
  • The Good Place—It was announced on June 7, 2019, that season four would be the final season. The series concluded on January 30, 2020.
  • Indebted—Canceled on June 15, 2020.
  • Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector—Canceled on June 10, 2020.
  • Perfect Harmony—Canceled on June 10, 2020.
  • Sunnyside—Canceled on October 15, 2019, marking the first cancellation of the season. The remaining unaired episodes aired on NBC's website. The series concluded on December 5, 2019.
  • Will & Grace—It was announced on July 25, 2019, that season eleven would be the final season. The series concluded on April 23, 2020.
  • World of Dance—Canceled on March 15, 2021, after four seasons.

See also


This page was last updated at 2023-12-13 00:11 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari