All five networks announced Fall schedules this week and revealed a couple of interesting trends. The first is how few new programs are on the schedule. There are only twenty-six new programs requested across all five networks for the 2017-18 season compared to thirty-nine new pilots for the 2016-17 season. Also of note is how many programs are now produced in-house at each network.
CBS and NBC will share the Thursday Night Football honors next season. CBS will have the first half of the season and NBC the back half starting in November. As a result the Thursday night schedules for both networks will be a bit scrambled until football ends.
New programs are in bold text, programs that moved to a new night/time are noted on the schedule. All times are Eastern Standard.
Day/Time | ABC | CBS | NBC | FOX | The CW |
SUNDAY | SUNDAY | SUNDAY | SUNDAY | SUNDAY | SUNDAY |
7:00 | America's Funniest Home Videos | 60 Minutes | Football Night in America | NFL Overrun | n/a |
7:30 | Bob's Burgers | n/a | |||
8:00 | To Tell The Truth | Wisdom of the Crowd | The Simpsons | n/a | |
8:30 | Sunday Night Football | Ghosted | n/a | ||
9:00 | Shark Tank (new night) | NCIS Los Angeles (new time) | Family Guy | n/a | |
9:30 | Last Man On Earth | n/a | |||
10:00 | Ten Days in the Valley | Madam Secretary (new time) | n/a | n/a | |
MONDAY | MONDAY | MONDAY | MONDAY | MONDAY | MONDAY |
8:00 | Dancing with the Stars | The Big Bang Theory (Kevin Can Wait takes the slot starting in October) | The Voice | Lucifer (new time) | Supergirl |
8:30 | 9JKL | ||||
9:00 | Kevin Can Wait (Me Myself & I takes the slot in October) | The Gifted | Valor | ||
9:30 | Me Myself & I (Superior Donuts takes slot in October) | ||||
10:00 | The Good Doctor | Scorpion | The Brave | n/a | n/a |
TUESDAY | TUESDAY | TUESDAY | TUESDAY | TUESDAY | TUESDAY |
8:00 | The Middle | NCIS | The Voice | Lethal Weapon (new night) | The Flash |
8:30 | Fresh Off The Boat (new time) | ||||
9:00 | Black-ish (new night) | Bull | Superstore (new night) | The Mick | Legends of Tomorrow |
9:30 | The Mayor | The Good Place (new night) | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | ||
10:00 | The Gospel of Kevin | NCIS: New Orleans | Chicago Fire | n/a | n/a |
WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY |
8:00 | The Goldbergs | Survivor | The Blacklist (new night) | Empire (new time) | Riverdale (new night) |
8:30 | Speechless | ||||
9:00 | Modern Family | SEAL Team | Law & Order:SVU | Star | Dynasty |
9:30 | American Housewife (new night) | ||||
10:00 | Designated Survivor | Criminal Minds (new time) | Chicago PD | n/a | n/a |
THURSDAY | THURSDAY | THURSDAY | THURSDAY | THURSDAY | THURSDAY |
8:00 | Grey's Anatomy | Thursday Night Football (Big Bang Theory takes slot in November) | Will & Grace | Gotham (new night) | Supernatural |
8:30 | Young Sheldon (starting Nov 2) | Great News (new night) | |||
9:00 | Scandal | Mom (starting Nov 2) | This Is Us (new night) | The Orville | Arrow (new night) |
9:30 | Life In Pieces (starting Nov 2) | ||||
10:00 | How to Get Away With Murder | SWAT (starting Nov 2) | Law & Order: True Crime The Menendez Brothers (Chicago Med will take over slot mid season) | n/a | n/a |
FRIDAY | FRIDAY | FRIDAY | FRIDAY | FRIDAY | FRIDAY |
8:00 | Once Upon A Time (new night) | MacGyver | Blindspot (new night) | Hell's Kitchen | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (new time) |
8:30 | |||||
9:00 | Inhumans (Agents of SHIELD will take over the slot later) | Hawaii Five-0 | Taken (new night) | The Exorcist | Jane the Virgin (new night) |
9:30 | |||||
10:00 | 20/20 | Blue Bloods | Dateline | n/a | n/a |
SATURDAY | SATURDAY | SATURDAY | SATURDAY | SATURDAY | SATURDAY |
8:00 | Saturday Night College Football | Crimetime Saturday | Dateline Mystery | College Football | n/a |
8:30 | n/a | ||||
9:00 | Crimetime Saturday | n/a | |||
9:30 | n/a | ||||
10:00 | 48 Hours | Vintage SNL | n/a | n/a |
Renewed or pilot programs not on the Fall schedule:
ABC
Scripted renewed: Quantico (mid season)
Unscripted renewed: American Idol (new network)
Pilots: Alex, Inc, Splitting Up Together, Roseanne, The Crossing, Deception, For The People, untitled Grey's Anatomy spinoff, Dancing with the Stars Junior, The Bachelor Winter Games (mid season/Spring 2018)
CBS
Scripted renewed: Elementary, Code Black, Man with a Plan (mid season)
Unscripted renewed: The Amazing Race, Undercover Boss (Spring 2018) Big Brother (Summer)
Pilots: By The Book, Instinct (mid season)
NBC
Scripted renewed: Shades of Blue, Timeless (mid season)
Unscripted renewed: Little Big Shots, The Wall (Spring 2018)
Pilots: Rise, Good Girls, Reverie, A.P.Bio, Champions, Ellen's Game of Games, The Awesome Show, Genius Junior, The Handmade Project
Unknown: Chicago Justice, Trial & Error
FOX
Scripted renewed: New Girl, The X-Files (Spring 2018)
Pilots: The Resident, LA To Vegas, 9-1-1 (mid season)
Unknown: 24: Legacy, Prison Break (noises were made that both could return after the 2017-18 season)
The CW
Scripted renewed: The 100, The Originals, iZombie (mid season)
Pilots: Black Lightning, Life Sentence (mid season)
And that's the Fall 2017-18 season! What new shows are you looking forward to?
Written by LadyShelley on May 18, 2017
Inhumans could be interesting. SEAL Team could be good as well depending on which direction they decide to take it. I don't see The Orville lasting very long and I don't really care about Young Sheldon (of course I'm also the only person on the planet that doesn't care that much for The Big Bang Theory so ...)
Nice article. Though I have to say, of the upcoming batch of new shows, the only one that looks like I'd give a shot would be Inhumans. Other than that one, I think I'll just stick to the ones I currently watch.
Nice article! Thx for keeping us updated :D