The 2015–16 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2015 to August 2016. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2014–15 season.
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 10, 2015,[1] followed by Fox on May 11,[2] ABC on May 12,[3] CBS on May 13,[4] and The CW on May 14.[5]
PBS is not included; member 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 the majority of both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter). The CW is not included on weekends, since it does not offer network programming.
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 and Mountain times.
Note: From August 5 to August 21, 2016, all NBC primetime programming was pre-empted for coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[6]
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Light green indicates live sporting events.
- Light purple indicates movies.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly 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
Monday
Tuesday
Note: Heartbeat premiered on March 22, 2016 on NBC.
Wednesday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | The Middle | The Goldbergs | Modern Family | Black-ish | Nashville | |
| Winter | American Crime | ||||||
| Spring | Nashville | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | Survivor: Cambodia (28/6.6) (Tied with Code Black) | Criminal Minds (13/7.8) (Tied with Madam Secretary) | Code Black (28/6.6) (Tied with Survivor) | |||
| Winter | 2 Broke Girls | Mike & Molly | |||||
| Late winter | Survivor: Kaôh Rōng (28/6.6) (Tied with Code Black) | ||||||
| Spring | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | ||||||
| Summer | Big Brother | American Gothic | |||||
| The CW | Fall | Arrow | Supernatural | Local programming | |||
| Summer | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | ||||
| Fox | Fall | Rosewood | Empire (5/10.2) | ||||
| Winter | American Idol (26/6.9) | Second Chance | |||||
| Late winter | Hell's Kitchen | ||||||
| Spring | Rosewood | ||||||
| Late spring | Empire (5/10.2) | ||||||
| Summer | MasterChef | Wayward Pines | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Mysteries of Laura | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Chicago P.D. | |||
| Spring | Heartbeat | ||||||
| Summer | American Ninja Warrior | The Night Shift | |||||
| Mid-summer | America's Got Talent | ||||||
| Late summer | America's Got Talent (R) | America's Got Talent | |||||
Thursday
Friday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | Last Man Standing | Dr. Ken | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
| Spring | Beyond the Tank | ||||||
| Summer | Shark Tank (R) | What Would You Do? | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Amazing Race | Hawaii Five-0 (24/7.0) (Tied with Chicago Fire) | Blue Bloods (8/8.4) | |||
| Winter | Undercover Boss | ||||||
| Spring | The Amazing Race | ||||||
| The CW | Fall | Reign | America's Next Top Model | Local programming | |||
| Winter | The Vampire Diaries | The Originals | |||||
| Spring | Masters of Illusion | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R) | |||||
| Fox | Fall | MasterChef Junior | World's Funniest | ||||
| Winter | Hell's Kitchen | ||||||
| Late winter | Sleepy Hollow | Second Chance | |||||
| Spring | Hell's Kitchen (R) | Hell's Kitchen | |||||
| Late spring | Fox Movie Special | ||||||
| Summer | Rosewood (R) | MasterChef (R) | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Encore programming | Dateline NBC | ||||
| Mid-fall | Undateable | Truth Be Told | Grimm | Dateline NBC | |||
| Winter | Encore programming | ||||||
| Spring | Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon | ||||||
| Summer | America's Got Talent (R) | ||||||
Saturday
| Network | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Fall | ESPN Saturday Night Football (continued to game completion) | |||||
| Late fall | Encore programming | ||||||
| Winter | NBA Countdown | NBA Saturday Primetime | |||||
| Spring | ABC Saturday Movie of the Week | ||||||
| Summer | People's List | In an Instant | |||||
| Late summer | Last Man Standing (R) | Dr. Ken (R) | Encore programming | Boston EMS | |||
| CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | ||||
| Summer | Angel from Hell | Rush Hour | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) | |||||
| Winter | Rosewood (R) | Lucifer (R) | Local programming | ||||
| Spring | Houdini and Doyle (R) | American Grit (R) | |||||
| Summer | Baseball Night in America | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline NBC | SNL Vintage | ||||
| Spring | Encore programming | ||||||
| NHL on NBC (continued to game completion) | |||||||
| Summer | Encore programming | Aquarius | |||||
By network
ABC
CBS
The CW
Fox
NBC
Renewals and cancellations
Full season pickups
ABC
- Dr. Ken—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 20, 2015.[129]
- Fresh Off the Boat—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 13, 2015.[130] Two additional episodes were ordered on November 17, 2015, bringing the order to 24 episodes.[131]
- Quantico—Picked up for a 19-episode full season on October 13, 2015.[132] Three additional episodes were ordered on November 6, 2015, bringing the order to 22 episodes.[133]
CBS
- Life in Pieces—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 27, 2015.[134]
- Limitless—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 23, 2015.[135]
- Supergirl—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on November 30, 2015.[136]
The CW
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—Picked up for an 18-episode full season on November 23, 2015.[137]
- iZombie—Picked up for a 19-episode full season on November 23, 2015.[137]
Fox
- Grandfathered—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 28, 2015.[138]
- The Grinder—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 27, 2015.[139]
- Rosewood—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 16, 2015.[140]
NBC
- Blindspot—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 9, 2015.[141] An additional episode was ordered on November 3, 2015, bringing the order to 23 episodes.[142]
- Chicago Med—Picked up for an 18-episode full season on December 11, 2015.[143]
Renewals
ABC
- 20/20—Renewed for a thirty-eighth season on May 17, 2016.[144]
- The $100,000 Pyramid—Renewed for a second season on August 4, 2016.[145]
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Renewed for a fourth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- American Crime—Renewed for a third season on May 12, 2016.[147]
- America's Funniest Home Videos—Renewed for a twenty-seventh season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- The Bachelor—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Bachelor in Paradise—Renewed for a fourth season on September 6, 2016.[148]
- Black-ish—Renewed for a third season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- The Catch—Renewed for a second season on May 12, 2016.[147]
- Celebrity Family Feud—Renewed for a third season on August 4, 2016.[145]
- Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a twenty-third season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Dr. Ken—Renewed for a second season on May 12, 2016.[147]
- Fresh Off the Boat—Renewed for a third season on March 3, 2016.[149]
- The Goldbergs—Renewed for a fourth season on March 3, 2016.[149]
- Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a thirteenth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- How to Get Away with Murder—Renewed for a third season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Last Man Standing—Renewed for a sixth season on May 13, 2016.[150]
- Match Game—Renewed for a second season on August 4, 2016.[145]
- The Middle—Renewed for an eighth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Modern Family—Renewed for an eighth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Once Upon a Time—Renewed for a sixth season on March 3, 2016.[149]
- Quantico—Renewed for a second season on March 3, 2016.[149]
- The Real O'Neals—Renewed for a second season on May 12, 2016.[147]
- Scandal—Renewed for a sixth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- Shark Tank—Renewed for an eighth season on March 3, 2016.[146]
- To Tell the Truth—Renewed for a second season on August 4, 2016.[145]
CBS
- 2 Broke Girls—Renewed for a sixth season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- 48 Hours—Renewed for a twenty-ninth season on May 18, 2016.[152]
- 60 Minutes—Renewed for a forty-ninth season on May 18, 2016.[152]
- The Amazing Race—Renewed for a twenty-ninth season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- The Big Bang Theory—Renewed for a tenth season on March 12, 2014.[35]
- Big Brother—Renewed for a nineteenth and twentieth season on August 10, 2016.[153]
- Blue Bloods—Renewed for a seventh season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Code Black—Renewed for a second season on May 16, 2016.[154]
- Criminal Minds—Renewed for a twelfth season on May 6, 2016.[155]
- Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders— Renewed for a second season on May 16, 2016.[154]
- Elementary—Renewed for a fifth season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Hawaii Five-0—Renewed for a seventh season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Life in Pieces—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2016.[156]
- Madam Secretary—Renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Mom—Renewed for a fourth season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- NCIS—Renewed for a fourteenth season on February 29, 2016.[157]
- NCIS: Los Angeles—Renewed for an eighth season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- NCIS: New Orleans—Renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- The Odd Couple—Renewed for a third season on May 16, 2016.[154]
- Scorpion—Renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Supergirl—Renewed for a second season on May 12, 2016 and will be moved to The CW.[158]
- Survivor—Renewed for a thirty-third season on March 25, 2016.[151]
- Undercover Boss —Renewed for an eighth season on May 16, 2016.[154]
- Zoo—Renewed for a third season on August 10, 2016.[159]
The CW
- The 100—Renewed for a fourth season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Arrow—Renewed for a fifth season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—Renewed for a second season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- The Flash—Renewed for a third season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- iZombie—Renewed for a third season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Jane the Virgin—Renewed for a third season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Legends of Tomorrow—Renewed for a second season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- The Originals—Renewed for a fourth season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Reign—Renewed for a fourth and final season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- Supernatural—Renewed for a twelfth season on March 11, 2016.[160]
- The Vampire Diaries—Renewed for an eighth and final season on March 11, 2016.[160]
Fox
- American Grit—Renewed for a second season on July 29, 2016.[161]
- Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a seventh season on October 7, 2015.[162]
- Bones—Renewed for a twelfth and final season on February 25, 2016.[163]
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine—Renewed for a fourth season on March 24, 2016.[164]
- Empire—Renewed for a third season on January 15, 2016.[165]
- Family Guy—Renewed for a fifteenth season on May 4, 2016.[166]
- Gotham—Renewed for a third season on March 16, 2016.[167]
- The Last Man on Earth—Renewed for a third season on March 24, 2016.[164]
- Lucifer—Renewed for a second season on April 7, 2016.[168]
- New Girl—Renewed for a sixth season on April 12, 2016.[169]
- Rosewood—Renewed for a second season on April 7, 2016.[168]
- Scream Queens—Renewed for a second season on January 15, 2016.[170]
- So You Think You Can Dance—Renewed for a fourteenth season on January 30, 2017.[171]
- Sleepy Hollow— Renewed for a fourth season on May 13, 2016.[172]
- The Simpsons—Renewed for a twenty-eighth season on May 4, 2015.[69]
NBC
- American Ninja Warrior—Renewed for a ninth season on September 12, 2016.[173]
- America's Got Talent—Renewed for a twelfth season on August 2, 2016.[174]
- Better Late Than Never—Renewed for a second season on September 22, 2016.[175]
- The Blacklist—Renewed for a fourth season on December 7, 2015.[176]
- Blindspot—Renewed for a second season on November 9, 2015.[177]
- The Carmichael Show—Renewed for a third season on May 15, 2016.[178]
- Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon—Renewed for a third season on May 15, 2016.[179]
- Chicago Fire—Renewed for a fifth season on November 9, 2015.[180]
- Chicago Med—Renewed for a second season on February 1, 2016.[181]
- Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a fourth season on November 9, 2015.[180]
- Football Night in America—Renewed for an eleventh season on December 14, 2011.[99]
- Grimm—Renewed for a sixth and final season on April 5, 2016.[182]
- Hollywood Game Night—Renewed for a fifth season on May 15, 2016.[179]
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for an eighteenth season on February 1, 2016.[181]
- Little Big Shots—Renewed for a second season on March 14, 2016.[183]
- NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for an eleventh season on December 14, 2011.[99]
- The Night Shift—Renewed for a fourth season on November 17, 2016.[184]
- Shades of Blue—Renewed for a second season on February 5, 2016.[185]
- Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge—Renewed for a second season on March 17, 2017.[186]
- Superstore—Renewed for a second season on February 23, 2016.[187]
- The Voice—Renewed for an eleventh season on March 25, 2016.[188]
Cancellations/Series endings
ABC
- Agent Carter—Canceled on May 12, 2016 after two seasons.[189]
- Blood & Oil—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[190]
- Castle—Canceled on May 12, 2016 after eight seasons.[191]
- The Family—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[192]
- Galavant—Canceled on May 12, 2016 after two seasons.[193]
- Mistresses—Canceled on September 9, 2016 after four seasons.[194]
- The Muppets—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[195]
- Nashville—Canceled on May 12, 2016 after four seasons.[196] On June 9, 2016, it was announced that CMT would pick up the series for another season.[197]
- Of Kings and Prophets—Canceled on March 17, 2016 after two episodes.[198]
- Uncle Buck—Canceled on July 6, 2016.[199]
- Wicked City—Canceled on November 13, 2015 after three episodes; aired full original run of episodes with remaining five carried on network website and Hulu. This was the first official cancellation of the season.[200]
CBS
- American Gothic—Canceled on October 17, 2016.[201]
- Angel from Hell—Canceled and pulled from the schedule on February 8, 2016 after five episodes.[202] The remaining episodes burned off beginning July 2, 2016.[203]
- BrainDead—Canceled on October 17, 2016.[201]
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation—It was announced on May 13, 2015 that season fifteen would be the final season. The series concluded on September 27, 2015.[204]
- CSI: Cyber—Canceled on May 12, 2016 after two seasons.[205]
- The Good Wife—It was announced on February 7, 2016 that season seven would be the final season. The series concluded on May 8, 2016.[206]
- Limitless—Canceled on May 25, 2016.[207]
- Mike & Molly—It was announced on January 12, 2016 that season six would be the final season.[208] The series concluded on May 16, 2016.[209]
- Person of Interest—It was announced on March 16, 2016 that season five would be the final season.[210] The series concluded on June 21, 2016.[211]
- Rush Hour—Canceled on May 16, 2016.[212] The remaining episodes were burned off starting on July 23, 2016.[213]
The CW
- America's Next Top Model—It was announced on October 14, 2015 that season 22 would be the final season. The series concluded on December 4, 2015.[214] On February 23, 2016, it was announced that VH1 picked up the series for a new season.[215]
- Beauty & the Beast—It was announced on October 13, 2015 that season four would be the final season. The series concluded on September 15, 2016.[216]
- Containment—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[217]
Fox
- American Idol—It was announced on May 11, 2015 that season fifteen would be the final season. The series concluded on April 7, 2016.[218] On May 9, 2017, it was announced that ABC would revive for its sixteenth season.[219]
- Bordertown—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[220]
- Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[221]
- Coupled—Canceled on August 8, 2016.[222]
- Grandfathered—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[220]
- The Grinder—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[223]
- Houdini and Doyle—Canceled on August 3, 2016.[224]
- Minority Report—Canceled on May 13, 2016.[172]
- Second Chance—Canceled on May 12, 2016.[225]
NBC
- Aquarius—Canceled on October 1, 2016 after two seasons.[226]
- Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris—Canceled on December 15, 2015.[227]
- Coach—It was announced on August 31, 2015 that production would not go forward, despite being previously ordered thirteen episodes, bypassing the pilot process, and already filming a single episode.[228]
- Crowded—Canceled on May 13, 2016.[229]
- Game of Silence—Canceled on May 13, 2016.[230]
- Heartbeat—Canceled on May 13, 2016.[231]
- Heroes Reborn—Canceled on January 13, 2016.[232]
- The Mysteries of Laura—Canceled on May 14, 2016 after two seasons.[233]
- The Player—Canceled on November 19, 2015.[234]
- Telenovela—Canceled on May 13, 2016.[235]
- Truth Be Told—Canceled on December 24, 2015.[236]
- Undateable—Canceled on May 13, 2016 after three seasons.[235]
- You, Me and the Apocalypse—Canceled on March 8, 2016.[237]
See also
References
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