The 2018–19 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2018 to August 2019. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2017–18 season.
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 13, 2018,[1] followed by Fox on May 14,[2] ABC on May 15,[3] CBS on May 16,[4] and The CW on May 17, 2018.[5]
On May 29, 2018, ABC removed Roseanne from its Tuesday lineup due to a controversial statement made by Roseanne Barr on Twitter about Valerie Jarrett,[6] and replaced it with The Conners on June 21 for the fall.[7]
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.
Beginning with this season, The CW returned to programming a Sunday evening schedule for the first time since the 2008–09 season as of October 7 (the network commenced its regular Sunday schedule the following week, on October 14); programming formerly airs on that night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT (until October 1, 2023 which now airs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT) making it the only broadcast television network to not program the Sunday 7 p.m. ET/PT hour since that hour was given to the broadcast networks through the implementation of a 1975 amendment to the since-repealed Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR).[8][9][10]
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.[11]
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 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
- Note: ABC began airing American Idol live to allow Contiguous United States and Canadian CTV viewers to vote in all time zones in April, with the rebroadcasts airing in its regular time period in the Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam time zones.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
- Note: On Fox, the network's pre-game show (co-produced with NFL Network and entitled Fox NFL Thursday) starts at 7:30 p.m. ET out of primetime, preempting local programming. NBC will carry NFL football games consuming the entirety of prime time on September 6 and November 22, for the NFL Kickoff game and Thanksgiving Day game, respectively, which for ratings measurement and contract purposes are counted within the Sunday Night Football package.
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 | Fresh Off the Boat | Speechless | Child Support | 20/20 | ||
| Winter | 20/20 | ||||||
| Summer | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | What Would You Do? | 20/20 | ||||
| CBS | Fall | MacGyver | Hawaii Five-0 (22/6.2) (Tied with NCIS: Los Angeles and The Voice) | Blue Bloods (7/7.9) (Tied with FBI) | |||
| Winter | Celebrity Big Brother | ||||||
| Mid-winter | MacGyver | ||||||
| Summer | Whistleblower | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Love Island | ||||||
| The CW | Fall | Dynasty | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Local programming | |||
| Spring | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | ||||||
| Summer | Masters of Illusion | The Big Stage | |||||
| Late summer | Hypnotize Me (R) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Last Man Standing | The Cool Kids | Hell's Kitchen | |||
| Winter | Proven Innocent | ||||||
| Summer | Beat Shazam (R) | MasterChef (R) | |||||
| Mid-summer | First Responders Live (R) | ||||||
| Late summer | BH90210 (R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Blindspot | Midnight, Texas | Dateline NBC | |||
| Late fall | Midnight, Texas | Dateline NBC | |||||
| Winter | Blindspot | The Blacklist | Dateline NBC | ||||
| Spring | The Blacklist | Dateline NBC | |||||
| Late spring | Blindspot | ||||||
| Summer | American Ninja Warrior (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 | ESPN Saturday Night Football | |||||
| Late fall | Encore programming | The Alec Baldwin Show | |||||
| Winter | Encore programming | ||||||
| Mid-winter | NBA Countdown | NBA Saturday Primetime | |||||
| Summer | Shark Tank (R) | The Good Doctor (R) | 20/20 (R) | ||||
| Mid-summer | Press Your Luck (R) | Card Sharks (R) | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | ||||
| Winter | Ransom | Crimetime Saturday | |||||
| Spring | Million Dollar Mile | Ransom | |||||
| Late spring | God Friended Me (R) | ||||||
| Summer | Million Dollar Mile | 48 Hours (R) | |||||
| Late summer | Crimetime Saturday | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) | |||||
| Late fall | Encore programming | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | Baseball Night in America | ||||||
| Summer | So You Think You Can Dance (R) | Beat Shazam (R) | |||||
| NBC | Fall | Dateline Saturday Mystery | SNL Vintage | ||||
| Spring | NHL on NBC | ||||||
| Summer | Songland (R) | Dateline Saturday Mystery | |||||
| Mid-summer | Bring the Funny (R) | ||||||
- Note: NBC aired primetime coverage of Notre Dame college football on September 1, 29, and November 10, the 2019 NHL All-Star Game on January 26, a regional NHL Game of the Week on February 2, the 2019 NHL Stadium Series game on February 23, and first, second, and third round NHL playoff games in April and late May. CBS carried two primetime college football games (the Navy–Notre Dame game and the Alabama–LSU game), the NCAA men's basketball tournament for two Saturdays in late March, and two regional Alliance of American Football games on February 9.
- Note: NBC's Pacific and Mountain Time Zone affiliates carry new episodes of Saturday Night Live in real time with the rest of the United States, placing its airtime within the prime time period throughout this season; a re-air is broadcast after the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii and other Pacific islands carry the show on delay as usual.
- Note: Fox and ABC's college football package airs live in all time zones, with local programming by affiliates in western time zones after game completion.
By network
ABC
CBS
The CW
Fox
NBC
Renewals and cancellations
Full season pickups
ABC
- Grey's Anatomy—Picked up for three additional episodes on January 7, 2019, bringing the episode count to 25.[201]
- The Kids Are Alright—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on November 7, 2018; an additional episode was ordered on December 14, 2018, bringing the episode count to 23.[202][203]
- A Million Little Things—Picked up for a 17-episode full season on October 26, 2018.[204]
- The Rookie—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on November 5, 2018.[205]
- Single Parents—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 17, 2018; an additional episode was ordered on December 14, 2018, bringing the episode count to 23.[206][203]
- Splitting Up Together—Picked up for five additional episodes on November 7, 2018, bringing the episode count to 18.[202]
- Station 19—Picked up for a 17-episode full season on October 19, 2018.[207][208][209]
CBS
- FBI—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 11, 2018.[210]
- God Friended Me—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on October 19, 2018.[211]
- Magnum P.I.—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on October 19, 2018.[211]
- The Neighborhood—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 19, 2018.[211]
The CW
- All American—Picked up for three additional episodes on November 8, 2018, bringing the episode count to 16.[212]
- Charmed—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on November 8, 2018.[212]
- Legacies—Picked up for three additional episodes on November 8, 2018, bringing the episode count to 16.[212]
Fox
- The Cool Kids—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 19, 2018.[213]
- Lethal Weapon—Picked up for two additional episodes on October 12, 2018, bringing the episode count to 15.[214]
- The Resident—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 10, 2018.[215]
NBC
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine—Picked up for five additional episodes on September 7, 2018, bringing the episode count to 18.[216]
- Chicago Fire—Picked up for two additional episodes on September 7, 2018, bringing the episode count to 22.[217]
- Chicago Med—Picked up for two additional episodes on September 7, 2018, bringing the episode count to 22.[217]
- Chicago P.D.—Picked up for two additional episodes on September 7, 2018, bringing the episode count to 22.[217]
- Manifest—Picked up for three additional episodes on October 18, 2018, bringing the episode count to 16.[218]
- New Amsterdam—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 10, 2018.[219]
Renewals
ABC
- The $100,000 Pyramid—Renewed for a fifth season on November 20, 2019.[220]
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Renewed for a seventh and final season on November 16, 2018.[221][222]
- America's Funniest Home Videos—Renewed for a thirtieth and thirty-first season on October 29, 2018.[223]
- American Housewife—Renewed for a fourth season on May 10, 2019.[224]
- American Idol—Renewed for an eighteenth season on May 13, 2019.[225]
- The Bachelor—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season on May 10, 2019.[226]
- Bachelor in Paradise—Renewed for a seventh season on August 5, 2019.[227]
- The Bachelorette—Renewed for a sixteenth season on August 5, 2019.[227]
- Black-ish—Renewed for a sixth season on May 2, 2019.[228]
- Bless This Mess—Renewed for a second season on May 10, 2019.[229]
- Card Sharks—Renewed for a second season on November 20, 2019.[220]
- Celebrity Family Feud—Renewed for a seventh season on November 20, 2019.[220]
- The Conners—Renewed for a second season on March 22, 2019.[230]
- Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a twenty-eighth season on February 5, 2019.[231]
- Fresh Off the Boat—Renewed for a sixth and final season on May 10, 2019.[232][233]
- The Goldbergs—Renewed for a seventh season on May 11, 2019.[234]
- The Good Doctor—Renewed for a third season on February 5, 2019.[235]
- The Great American Baking Show—Renewed for a fifth season on August 1, 2019.[236]
- The Great Christmas Light Fight—Renewed for a seventh season on October 18, 2018.[237]
- Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a sixteenth and seventeenth season on May 10, 2019.[238]
- Holey Moley—Renewed for a second season on October 10, 2019.[239]
- How to Get Away with Murder—Renewed for a sixth and final season on May 10, 2019.[238][240]
- Match Game—Renewed for a fifth season on November 20, 2019.[220]
- A Million Little Things—Renewed for a second season on February 5, 2019.[235]
- Modern Family—Renewed for an eleventh and final season on February 5, 2019.[241]
- Press Your Luck—Renewed for a second season on November 20, 2019.[220]
- The Rookie—Renewed for a second season on May 10, 2019.[242]
- Schooled—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2019.[234]
- Shark Tank—Renewed for an eleventh season on February 5, 2019.[235]
- Single Parents—Renewed for a second season on May 10, 2019.[243]
- Station 19—Renewed for a third season on May 10, 2019.[238]
- To Tell the Truth—Renewed for a fifth season on November 20, 2019.[220]
CBS
- 48 Hours—Renewed for a thirty-second on May 9, 2019.[244]
- 60 Minutes—Renewed for a fifty-second season on May 9, 2019.[244]
- The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-second season on May 15, 2019.[245]
- Big Brother—Renewed for a twenty-first and twenty-second season on May 15, 2019.[245]
- Blood & Treasure—Renewed for a second season on June 26, 2019.[246] It was announced on May 17, 2022, that the series would be moving to Paramount+.[247]
- Blue Bloods—Renewed for a tenth season on April 12, 2019.[248]
- Bull—Renewed for a fourth season on May 9, 2019.[249]
- Criminal Minds—Renewed for a fifteenth and final season on January 10, 2019.[250]
- FBI—Renewed for a second season on January 25, 2019.[251]
- God Friended Me—Renewed for a second season on January 29, 2019.[252]
- Hawaii Five-0—Renewed for a tenth and final season on May 9, 2019.[253][254]
- Love Island—Renewed for a second season on August 1, 2019.[255]
- MacGyver—Renewed for a fourth season on May 9, 2019.[256]
- Madam Secretary—Renewed for a sixth and final season on May 9, 2019.[257][258]
- Magnum P.I.—Renewed for a second season on January 25, 2019.[251]
- Man with a Plan—Renewed for a fourth season on May 10, 2019.[259]
- Mom—Renewed for a seventh and eighth season on February 5, 2019.[260]
- NCIS—Renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019.[261]
- NCIS: Los Angeles—Renewed for an eleventh season on April 22, 2019.[262]
- NCIS: New Orleans—Renewed for a sixth season on April 22, 2019.[262]
- The Neighborhood—Renewed for a second season on January 25, 2019.[251]
- SEAL Team—Renewed for a third season on May 9, 2019.[263]
- Survivor—Renewed for a thirty-ninth season on May 15, 2019.[245]
- S.W.A.T.—Renewed for third season on May 9, 2019.[264]
- Young Sheldon—Renewed for a third and fourth season on February 22, 2019.[265]
The CW
- The 100—Renewed for a seventh and final season on April 24, 2019.[266][267]
- All American—Renewed for a second season on April 24, 2019.[266]
- Arrow—Renewed for an eighth and final season on January 31, 2019.[268][269]
- Black Lightning—Renewed for a third season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Bulletproof—Renewed for a second season on March 31, 2020.[270]
- Burden of Truth—Renewed for a third season on May 31, 2019.[271]
- Charmed—Renewed for a second season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Dynasty—Renewed for a third season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- The Flash—Renewed for a sixth season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- In the Dark—Renewed for a second season on April 24, 2019.[266]
- Legacies—Renewed for a second season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Legends of Tomorrow—Renewed for a fifth season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Masters of Illusion—Renewed for a tenth season on March 31, 2020.[270]
- The Outpost—Renewed for a third season on October 14, 2019.[272]
- Pandora—Renewed for a second season on October 17, 2019.[273]
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us—Renewed for a seventh season on March 31, 2020.[270]
- Riverdale—Renewed for a fourth season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Roswell, New Mexico—Renewed for a second season on April 24, 2019.[266]
- Supergirl—Renewed for a fifth season on January 31, 2019.[268]
- Supernatural—Renewed for a fifteenth and final season on January 31, 2019.[268][274]
- Two Sentence Horror Stories—Renewed for a second season on May 14, 2020.[275]
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Renewed for a sixteenth season on March 26, 2020.[276]
Fox
- 9-1-1—Renewed for a third season on March 25, 2019.[277]
- Beat Shazam—Renewed for a fourth season on January 31, 2020.[278]
- Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a tenth season on February 12, 2019.[279]
- Empire—Renewed for a sixth and final season on April 30, 2019.[280][281]
- Family Guy—Renewed for an eighteenth season on February 12, 2019.[279]
- Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back—Renewed for a third season on July 26, 2019.[282]
- Hell's Kitchen—Renewed for a nineteenth and twentieth season on February 26, 2019.[283]
- Last Man Standing—Renewed for an eighth season on April 18, 2019.[284]
- The Masked Singer—Renewed for a second season on January 30, 2019[285] and for a third season on May 13, 2019.[286]
- MasterChef—Renewed for an eleventh season on August 6, 2019.[287]
- MasterChef Junior—Renewed for an eighth season on July 17, 2019.[288]
- Mental Samurai—Renewed for a second season on February 25, 2020.[289]
- The Orville—Renewed for a third season on May 11, 2019.[290] It was announced on July 20, 2019 that the third season will air on Hulu due to production delays.[291]
- The Resident—Renewed for a third season on March 25, 2019.[277]
- The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-first and thirty-second season on February 6, 2019.[292]
- So You Think You Can Dance—Renewed for a seventeenth season on February 20, 2020.[293]
- Thursday Night Football—Renewed for a sixth season on January 31, 2018; deal will go to ninth season in 2022.[102]
NBC
- American Ninja Warrior—Renewed for a twelfth season on May 13, 2019.[294]
- America's Got Talent—Renewed for a fifteenth season on May 13, 2019.[294]
- America's Got Talent: The Champions—Renewed for a second season on May 11, 2019.[295]
- The Blacklist—Renewed for a seventh season on March 11, 2019.[296]
- Blindspot—Renewed for a fifth and final season on May 10, 2019.[297]
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine—Renewed for a seventh season on February 27, 2019.[298]
- Chicago Fire—Renewed for an eighth season on February 26, 2019.[299]
- Chicago Med—Renewed for a fifth season on February 26, 2019.[299]
- Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a seventh season on February 26, 2019.[299]
- Ellen's Game of Games—Renewed for a third season on January 16, 2019.[300]
- Football Night in America—Renewed for a fourteenth season on December 14, 2011.[167]
- Good Girls—Renewed for a third season on April 12, 2019.[301]
- The Good Place—Renewed for a fourth and final season on December 4, 2018.[302][303]
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 29, 2019.[304]
- Little Big Shots—Renewed for a fourth season on May 12, 2019.[305]
- Manifest—Renewed for a second season on April 15, 2019.[306]
- NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a fourteenth season on December 14, 2011; deal will go to seventeenth season in 2022.[167]
- New Amsterdam—Renewed for a second season on February 4, 2019.[307]
- Songland—Renewed for a second season on September 10, 2019.[308]
- Superstore—Renewed for a fifth season on March 4, 2019.[309]
- This Is Us—Renewed for a fourth, fifth and sixth season on May 12, 2019.[310]
- The Titan Games—Renewed for a second season on September 16, 2019.[311]
- The Voice—Renewed for a seventeenth season on May 10, 2019.[312]
- Will & Grace—Renewed for an eleventh and final season on March 17, 2018.[313][314]
- World of Dance—Renewed for a fourth season on May 11, 2019.[295]
Cancellations/series endings
ABC
- 1969—The miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on May 28, 2019.[315]
- The Alec Baldwin Show—On January 4, 2019, ABC pulled the series from its prime-time schedule.[316]
- Child Support—The series concluded on December 14, 2018.[317]
- Dancing with the Stars: Juniors—Canceled on September 8, 2019.[318]
- The Fix—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[319] The series concluded on May 20, 2019.
- For the People—Canceled on May 9, 2019, after two seasons.[320] The series concluded on May 16, 2019.
- Grand Hotel—Canceled on October 1, 2019.[321]
- The Kids Are Alright—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[322] The series concluded on May 21, 2019.
- Reef Break—Canceled on December 13, 2019.[323]
- Speechless—Canceled on May 10, 2019, after three seasons.[324]
- Splitting Up Together—Canceled on May 10, 2019, after two seasons.[325]
- Whiskey Cavalier—Canceled on May 12, 2019.[326] The series concluded on May 22, 2019.
CBS
- The Big Bang Theory—It was announced on August 22, 2018, that season twelve would be the final season.[327] The series concluded on May 16, 2019.
- The Code—Canceled on July 23, 2019.[328]
- Elementary—It was announced on December 17, 2018, that season seven would be the final season.[329] The series concluded on August 15, 2019.
- Fam—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[330]
- The Good Fight—It was announced on January 12, 2020, that CBS has no plans to air further rerun episodes of the series beyond its first season.[331]
- Happy Together—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[330]
- Instinct—Canceled on August 17, 2019, after two seasons.[332] The series concluded on August 25, 2019.
- Life in Pieces—Canceled on May 10, 2019, after four seasons.[330] The series concluded on June 27, 2019.
- Million Dollar Mile—The series concluded on August 3, 2019.[333]
- Murphy Brown—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[330]
- Ransom—Canceled on July 3, 2019, after three seasons.[334]
- The Red Line—Canceled on June 7, 2019.[335]
The CW
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—It was announced on April 2, 2018 that season four would be the final season.[336][337] The series concluded on April 5, 2019.
- I Ship It—On August 28, 2019, The CW pulled the show from its schedule and announced that no further episodes would air on the network. The remaining episodes were made available on CW Seed on the same day.[338]
- iZombie—It was announced on May 17, 2018 that season five would be the final season.[337] The series concluded on August 1, 2019.
- Jane the Virgin—It was announced on May 17, 2018 that season five would be the final season.[337] The series concluded on July 31, 2019.
Fox
- BH90210—Canceled on November 7, 2019.[339]
- The Cool Kids—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[340] The series concluded the same day.
- The Gifted—Canceled on April 17, 2019, after two seasons.[341]
- Gotham—It was announced on May 13, 2018 that season five would be the final season.[124] The series concluded on April 25, 2019.
- Lethal Weapon—Canceled on May 10, 2019, after three seasons.[342]
- Paradise Hotel—Canceled on August 7, 2019.[343]
- The Passage—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[344]
- Proven Innocent—Canceled on May 11, 2019.[345]
- Rel—Canceled on April 17, 2019.[341]
- Star—Canceled on May 10, 2019, after three seasons.[346]
- What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage—It was announced on August 8, 2019 that according to low ratings, a second season of the series was highly unlikely, rendering it as a de facto cancellation.[347] The series concluded on September 1, 2019.
NBC
- A.P. Bio—Canceled on May 24, 2019, after two seasons.[348] Final episode aired on NBC on June 13, 2019. On July 17, 2019, it was announced that Peacock would pick up the series for another season.[349]
- Abby's—Canceled on May 30, 2019.[350] The series concluded on June 13, 2019.
- The Enemy Within—Canceled on May 30, 2019.[350]
- I Feel Bad—Canceled on May 10, 2019.[351]
- The InBetween—Canceled on November 1, 2019.[352]
- Midnight, Texas—Canceled on December 21, 2018, after two seasons, making it the first official cancellation of the season.[192]
- The Village—Canceled on May 30, 2019.[350]
See also
Notes
References
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