The 2023–24 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2023 to August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2022–23 television season. The schedule was affected by strikes undertaken by the Writers Guild of America (which began on May 2 and ended on September 27)[1] and SAG-AFTRA (which began on July 14 and ended on November 9). Programming impacts on the 2023–24 season itself were limited in comparison to previous television seasons affected by Hollywood labor disputes.
CBS was the first to announce its initial fall schedule on May 10, 2023, via press release (without an upfront presentation). However, as a result of the ongoing strikes, a revised schedule for CBS was released on July 17 (with its premiere dates announced on August 3).[2][3][4] This was followed by NBC, which also announced its initial schedule on May 12 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on May 15), but later announced its revised schedule on July 19 and August 29 (along with the premiere dates),[5][6] and ABC which announced its initial schedule on May 16 (with their upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day) but later announced part of its revised schedule (along with its premiere dates on August 21), with its Tuesday and Monday schedule (along with its premiere dates) on September 12 and 18 respectively.[7][8][9][10] The CW announced its initial fall schedule on May 18 (their upfront presentation of the original schedule was held at 11 a.m. that day), before it was revised on June 6 with the release of its summer schedule for the previous season, and its replacement programming was announced on July 12 (along with their premiere dates).[11][12][13][14][15] Fox announced its programming on May 15 via press release that morning (with their upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day), but released its Sunday schedule (along with its release dates) on July 10, along with the rest of its prime-time schedule (which was revised due to the strike, however its original schedule wasn't announced) (with their premiere dates) on July 11.[16][17][18]
PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedule and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules consist of syndicated reruns and live sports.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows releasing in May 2024 will be listed with their ranks and ratings as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[19]
Beginning this season, The CW began airing encores during the first hour of prime-time on Sundays.
Impact of the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes
On May 2, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, followed by SAG-AFTRA on July 13. The absence of working writers and actors through the summer led to scripted television production being shut down completely.[20] The Writers Guild of America strike ended on September 27, while the SAG-AFTRA strike ended on November 9.
Network schedules were heavily altered in response to these strikes. The vast majority of new or returning live-action scripted series on the broadcast networks were delayed, pushing their premieres until 2024.[7][18][13] Sports, reality shows, and game shows filled many time slots as SAG-AFTRA members were permitted to work on such productions during the strike.[21][22]
In other moves to work around the strikes, NBC delayed drama series Found, which was originally intended to air as a mid-season replacement in the 2022–23 season, to fall 2023, while also fast-tracking the production of other scripted series such as the second season (of the revival, seventh overall) of Quantum Leap and the premiere season of The Irrational.[23][24][25]
CBS aired series originally produced for sister properties, including Yellowstone (Paramount Network), Paramount+ shows SEAL Team (which originated on CBS) and FBI True, and NCIS: Sydney, an Australian spin-off of NCIS originally intended for Paramount+ and Network 10 before being added to the CBS schedule as well.[26][21] Episodes of Ghosts, the BBC series on which the American adaptation was based, have also been added to the CBS schedule. Later in November, CBS announced that Matlock (a reboot of the original 1980s series with a female lead), originally scheduled to air Sundays at 8 p.m., was forced to be moved to next season due to production delays.[27][28][21]
ABC aired additional sports coverage sourced from sister network ESPN. In the fall, ABC added 10 Monday Night Football games in simulcast with ESPN, on top of the seven simulcast or exclusive games previously scheduled.[29] In January 2024, ABC aired five NBA games on Wednesday nights that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN.[30][31]
Fox stacked their schedule with unscripted series from Monday through Thursday nights, its Friday night (WWE SmackDown) and weekend sports programming was not affected. Its Sunday night animation lineup was also unaffected due to the long lead times required to produce such series.[32] The CW is likewise relying more on unscripted programming as well as international acquisitions, though network executives stated that this was a long-term strategy shift following its acquisition by Nexstar rather than a specific reaction to the strike.[33]
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
- Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.
- Light yellow indicates the current schedule.
Schedule
- New series to broadcast television are highlighted in bold.
- Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).
- 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.
- All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming (including Fox and The CW affiliates during the 10 p.m. ET/PT hour) scheduled by affiliates after game completion.
- During the NFL season (excluding games on broadcast networks, with ABC and/or Hearst affiliates having the first refusal on games broadcast by ESPN (due to ABC being owned by the same company as ESPN, and Hearst owned 20% stake on ESPN), therefore its prime-time programming from its respective network may be delayed or moved to another sister station to air live), the NFL policy on ESPN Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, NFL Network Exclusive Game Series and any game exclusively airing on Peacock and ESPN+ will affect the 31 primary markets (30 markets with NFL teams and Milwaukee, WI). The NFL sells syndication rights to the cable and streaming-only games to local broadcasters in the home and away teams' primary markets to maximize ratings.
- ABC's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted on June 6, 9, 12, and 14 (and if needed on June 17, 20, and 23), 2024 for the network's coverage of the 2024 NBA Finals.[34]
- ABC's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted on June 8, 10, 13, and 15 (and if needed on June 18, 21, and 24), 2024 for the network's coverage of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.[35]
- NBC's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted on June 19, 24, and 30, 2024 for the network's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics trials in Paris, France.[36]
- Most broadcast networks are scheduled to preempt at least one hour of prime-time programming each night from July 15 to 18, 2024 for coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
- NBC's prime-time programming is scheduled to be preempted from July 26 to August 11, 2024, for the network's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[36]
- Most broadcast networks are scheduled to preempt at least one hour of prime-time programming each night from August 19 to 22, 2024 for coverage of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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[a] | The Wonderful World of Disney[a][b] | The Great Christmas Light Fight | |||||
| Winter | American Idol | What Would You Do? | |||||||
| CBS | Fall | NFL on CBS (4:25 p.m.) | 60 Minutes | Yellowstone (R) | Big Brother | ||||
| Mid-fall | Yellowstone (R) | ||||||||
| Winter | 60 Minutes | Yellowstone (R) | |||||||
| Mid-winter | The Equalizer | Tracker | CSI: Vegas | ||||||
| The CW | Fall | Sullivan's Crossing (R) | The Chosen (R)[c][d][e] | World's Funniest Animals (R)[c] | Local programming | ||||
| Mid-fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)[d] | ||||||||
| Winter | The CW Sunday Night Movie[f] | The Conners (R)[g] | |||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox NFL (4:25 p.m.) | The OT | The Simpsons | Krapopolis | Bob's Burgers | Family Guy | ||
| Winter | Next Level Chef (R) | The Great North | Grimsburg | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Football Night in America | NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) | ||||||
| Winter | America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (R) | Dateline Weekend Mystery | |||||||
| Late winter | Weakest Link (R) | The Voice (R) | Dateline Weekend Mystery | ||||||
Notes:
- ABC is scheduled to air a three-hour season finale of American Idol on May 19, 2024 at 8 p.m.[43]
- Fox is scheduled to air the season finale of Bob's Burgers on May 19, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.[44][45]
- Fox is scheduled to air the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 on May 26, 2024 at 6 p.m.[46]
- Fox is scheduled to air a primetime UFL game on June 2, 2024 at 7 p.m.[47]
- CBS is scheduled to air the 77th Tony Awards on June 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.[48][49][50]
- Fox is scheduled to air primetime matches from 2024 Copa América on June 23 at 6 and 9 p.m. and June 30 and July 14, 2024 at 8 p.m.[51]
- The CW is scheduled to air the Miss USA 2024 on August 4, 2024 at 8 p.m.[52]
Monday
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 | Dancing with the Stars | Press Your Luck | ||||
| Late fall | Various programming | The Great Christmas Light Fight | |||||
| Winter | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Only Murders in the Building (R) | |||||
| Late winter | Will Trent | The Rookie | The Good Doctor | ||||
| CBS | Fall | Big Brother | FBI True (R) | FBI (R) | |||
| Mid-fall | NCIS: Sydney | Various programming | FBI True | ||||
| Winter | FBI | FBI: International | FBI: Most Wanted | ||||
| The CW | Fall | Inside the NFL | The Swarm | Local programming | |||
| Mid-fall | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | |||||
| Winter | Crime Nation | ||||||
| Spring | Police 24/7 (5/14)[58][59] | Hostage Rescue (5/14)[58][60] | |||||
| Fox | Fall | Celebrity Name That Tune | 9-1-1: Lone Star (R) | ||||
| Winter | The Floor | ||||||
| Late winter | The Cleaning Lady | Alert: Missing Persons Unit | |||||
| Spring | Beat Shazam (5/28)[61] | The Quiz with Balls (5/28)[44] | |||||
| NBC | Fall | The Voice (R) | The Voice | Found | |||
| Winter | Night Court | Extended Family | La Brea | ||||
| Mid-winter | Quantum Leap | ||||||
| Late winter | The Voice | Password | |||||
| Spring | Lopez vs Lopez | Weakest Link | |||||
| Mid-spring | The Voice (5/7)[62] | ||||||
| Late spring | America's Got Talent (5/28)[57] | ||||||
Notes:
- The CW is scheduled to air a two-hour series premiere of Police 24/7 on May 7, 2024 at 8 p.m.[59]
- Fox is scheduled to air a two-hour season finale of The Cleaning Lady on May 21, 2024 at 8 p.m.[44]
- NBC is scheduled to air a three-hour season finale of The Voice on May 21, 2024 at 8 p.m.[62]
- Fox is scheduled to air the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.[63]
Wednesday
Notes:
- CBS is scheduled to air a three-hour season finale of Survivor on May 22, 2024 at 8 p.m.[67]
- ABC is scheduled to air round 1 of the 2024 NBA draft on June 26, 2024 at 8 p.m.[68]
Thursday
Notes:
- CBS is scheduled to air a one-hour series finale of Young Sheldon on May 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.[70][67]
- CBS is scheduled to air the season finale of Elsbeth on May 23, 2024 at 9 p.m.[71]
- Fox is scheduled to air Thursday Night Baseball games on June 20 (Birmingham Rickwood Field game) and August 22, September 12 and 19, 2024 (regional games) at 7 p.m.[72][73][74]
- Fox is scheduled to air primetime matches from 2024 Copa América on June 27 at 6 and 9 p.m. and July 4, 2024 at 9 p.m.[51]
- ABC is scheduled to air the 2024 ESPY Awards on July 11, 2024 at 8 p.m.[75]
- The CW is scheduled to air the Miss Teen USA 2024 on August 1, 2024 at 8 p.m.[52]
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 | Shark Tank | 20/20 | |||||
| CBS | Fall | The Price Is Right at Night | Raid the Cage | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
| Mid-fall | Let's Make a Deal Primetime | ||||||
| Winter | S.W.A.T. | Fire Country | Blue Bloods | ||||
| Spring | Lingo (5/31)[76] | TBA | |||||
| The CW | Fall | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | FBOY Island | Local programming | |||
| Winter | Masters of Illusion | World's Funniest Animals | |||||
| Late winter | Totally Funny Animals | Totally Funny Kids | |||||
| Spring | 100 Days to Indy | ||||||
| Fox | WWE Friday Night SmackDown | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Wall | Dateline NBC | ||||
| Winter | Transplant | ||||||
| Mid-winter | Password (R) | ||||||
| Summer | America's Got Talent (R) (8/23)[66] | Dateline NBC (8/23)[77] | |||||
Notes:
- CBS is scheduled to air a two-hour season premiere of Lingo on May 24, 2024 at 8 p.m.[76]
- CBS is scheduled to air the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards on June 7, 2024 at 8 p.m.[78]
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 (7:30 p.m.) | |||||
| Winter | NBA Countdown | NBA Saturday Primetime | |||||
| Spring | ESPN on ABC sports programming | ||||||
| CBS | Early fall | College Football on CBS (7:30 p.m.) | |||||
| Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | |||||
| The CW | Fall | ACC Football on The CW (6:30 p.m.) | Local programming | ||||
| Mid-fall | The CW Saturday Night Movie | ||||||
| Winter | I Am (R) | ||||||
| Mid-winter | ACC Basketball on The CW (7:45 p.m.) | ||||||
| Spring | I Am (R) | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football (continued to game completion) | |||||
| Winter | Fox Primetime Hoops | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | UFL on Fox (7:00 p.m.) | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.) (5/4)[79] | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Big Ten Saturday Night/Notre Dame Football on NBC[h] (7:30 p.m.) | |||||
| Late fall | Various programming | Dateline Weekend Mystery | Saturday Night Live (R) | ||||
| Winter | The Wall (R) | Weakest Link (R) | |||||
| Spring | Dateline Weekend Mystery (5/25)[77] | Weakest Link (R) (5/25)[80] | |||||
Notes:
- ABC is scheduled to air primetime NHL playoff games on May 4 and 18 and June 1, 2024 at 8 p.m.[81][82]
- ABC is scheduled to air primetime NBA playoff games on May 11 and 25, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.[83]
- NBC is scheduled to air the 2024 Hy-Vee Homefront 250 on July 13, 2024 at 8 p.m.[84]
- NBC is scheduled to air the 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.[46]
By network
Note:
- Series that originally intended to air this season but are delayed to a later TV season due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike are indicated using †.
- Series that originally intended to air this season but are delayed to a later TV season due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike are indicated using‡.
ABC
CBS
The CW
Fox
NBC
Renewals and cancellations
Full season pickups
ABC
- Abbott Elementary—Picked up for a 14-episode full season on November 10, 2023.[234]
CBS
- Young Sheldon—Picked up for a 14-episode full season on November 10, 2023.[234]
The CW
- All American—Picked up for two additional episodes on April 22, 2024, bringing the episode count to 15.[235]
NBC
- The Irrational—Picked up for an 11-episode full season on November 17, 2023.[236]
- Lopez vs Lopez—Picked up for a 10-episode full season on November 17, 2023.[236]
- Night Court—Picked up for a 13-episode full season on November 17, 2023.[236]
Renewals
ABC
- 9-1-1—Renewed for an eighth season on April 2, 2024.[237]
- ABC Hockey Saturday—Renewed for an eleventh season on March 10, 2021; deal will last into a fourteenth season in 2027.[238]
- Abbott Elementary—Renewed for a fourth season on February 10, 2024.[239]
- Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a thirty-third season on February 10, 2024.[239]
- The Great Christmas Light Fight—Renewed for a twelfth season on November 2, 2023.[240]
- Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a twenty-first season on April 2, 2024.[241]
- Monday Night Football—Renewed for a fifth season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a thirteenth season in 2033.[97]
- The Rookie—Renewed for a seventh season on April 15, 2024.[242]
- Will Trent—Renewed for a third season on April 3, 2024.[243]
CBS
- Blue Bloods—The series' final season was split into two parts due to the double Hollywood strikes, with the first ten episodes airing this season, and the remaining eight episodes of the final season airing in the 2024–25 season.[244]
- Elsbeth—Renewed for a second season on April 18, 2024.[245]
- The Equalizer—Renewed for a fifth season on April 25, 2024.[246]
- FBI—Renewed for a seventh, eighth and ninth season on April 9, 2024.[247]
- FBI: International—Renewed for a fourth season on April 9, 2024.[247]
- FBI: Most Wanted—Renewed for a sixth season on April 9, 2024.[247]
- Fire Country—Renewed for a third season on March 12, 2024.[248]
- Ghosts—Renewed for a fourth season on March 12, 2024.[248]
- NCIS—Renewed for a twenty-second season on April 9, 2024.[249]
- NCIS: Sydney—Renewed for a second season on March 19, 2024.[250]
- The Neighborhood—Renewed for a seventh season on April 9, 2024.[249]
- S.W.A.T.—Renewed for an eighth season on April 11, 2024,[251] reversing plans to conclude the show after season seven on May 17, 2024.[127][67]
- Tracker—Renewed for a second season on March 4, 2024.[252]
The CW
- Everyone Else Burns—Renewed for a second season on October 24, 2023.[253]
- Sullivan's Crossing—Renewed for a second season on June 8, 2023.[254]
Fox
- Animal Control—Renewed for a third season on February 6, 2024.[255]
- Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a fifteenth season on January 26, 2023.[179]
- Family Guy—Renewed for a twenty-third season on January 26, 2023.[179]
- The Great North—Renewed for a fifth season on April 19, 2024.[256]
- Grimsburg—Renewed for a second season on October 17, 2022.[257]
- Hell's Kitchen—Renewed for a twenty-third and twenty-fourth season on March 26, 2024.[258]
- Krapopolis—Renewed for a second season on October 7, 2022 and a third season on March 1, 2023.[259][194]
- Lego Masters—Renewed for a fifth season on September 13, 2023.[260]
- Lego Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular—Renewed for a third season on September 13, 2023.[260]
- The Masked Singer—Renewed for an eleventh season on September 18, 2023.[261]
- Next Level Chef—Renewed for a fourth season on May 11, 2023.[189]
- The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-sixth season on January 26, 2023.[179]
NBC
- Big Ten Saturday Night—Renewed for a second season on August 18, 2022; deal will last into a seventh season in 2029.[222]
- Chicago Fire—Renewed for a thirteenth season on March 21, 2024.[262]
- Chicago Med—Renewed for a tenth season on March 21, 2024.[262]
- Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a twelfth season on March 21, 2024.[262]
- Football Night in America—Renewed for an nineteenth season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[210]
- Found—Renewed for a second season on November 29, 2023.[263]
- The Irrational—Renewed for a second season on November 29, 2023.[263]
- Law & Order—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season on March 21, 2024.[264]
- Law & Order: Organized Crime—Renewed for a fifth season on April 25, 2024 and would be moving to Peacock.[265]
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for a twenty-sixth season on March 21, 2024.[264]
- NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for an nineteenth season on March 18, 2021; deal will go to a twenty-eighth season in 2033.[210]
Cancellations/series endings
ABC
- Bad Romance: A Special Edition of 20/20—The miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on March 11, 2024.[103]
- The Good Doctor—It was announced on January 11, 2024, that season seven would be the final season.[266] The series will conclude on May 21, 2024.[267]
- Station 19—It was announced on December 8, 2023, that season seven would be the final season.[268] The series will conclude on May 16, 2024.[269]
CBS
- Bob Hearts Abishola—It was announced on November 29, 2023, that season five would be the final season.[270] The series will conclude on May 6, 2024.[67]
- CSI: Vegas—Canceled on April 19, 2024, after three seasons.[271] The series will conclude on May 19, 2024.[67]
- Lotería Loca—Pulled from the schedule on October 31, 2023, after five episodes, marking the first cancellation of the season.[272]
- NCIS: Hawai'i—Canceled on April 26, 2024, after three seasons.[273] The series will conclude on May 6, 2024.[67]
- So Help Me Todd—Canceled on April 19, 2024, after two seasons.[271] The series will conclude on May 16, 2024.[67]
- Young Sheldon—It was announced on November 14, 2023, that season seven would be the final season.[70] The series will conclude on May 16, 2024.[67]
The CW
- Everyone Else Burns—Pulled from the schedule on November 16, 2023.[274]
- Run the Burbs—Pulled from the schedule on November 16, 2023.[274]
Fox
- WWE SmackDown—It was announced on September 21, 2023, that the series would move to USA Network.[275]
NBC
- La Brea—It was announced on November 20, 2023, that season three would be the final season.[276] The series concluded on February 13, 2024.
- Magnum P.I.—It was announced on June 23, 2023, that season five would be the final season.[277] The series concluded on January 3, 2024.
- Quantum Leap—Canceled on April 5, 2024, after two seasons.[278]
- Transplant—It was announced on September 13, 2023, that season four would be the final season.[279] The series concluded on January 19, 2024.