After a rebound season last year, the big four broadcast networks have largely stayed the course in 2025-26. Stability is the play across the big four broadcasters (as it has been for quite some time), and that doesn’t look to change too much going into 2026-27.
One thing that did change this year: Sports programming has begun taking up more real estate in primetime, with NBC giving Tuesdays and post-NFL season Sundays to the NBA (to be followed by baseball in the spring and summer), ABC making Monday Night Football more or less a permanent feature of its fall lineup and Fox continuing to devote two nights (Friday and Saturday) to sports year round.
That means less space for comedies, dramas and unscripted shows, which could squeeze some marginally performing series out. On the other hand, NBC is also leading a small-scale revival of pilot season this year, suggesting the network is open to adding more scripted shows to its roster. New(ish) Paramount CEO David Ellison has also talked up the importance of linear networks (the company owns CBS) — though the company’s would-be acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could have a big effect on the studio side of the TV business.
Below is THR’s annual guide to what’s returning, what’s not and what’s new at the broadcast networks. Bookmark this page for updates as the end of the season and the network upfronts approach.
First-year shows are marked an asterisk. Renewed series are in bold. Unless otherwise noted, shows are produced by a network’s sibling studio — 20th Television for ABC, CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios for CBS, Fox Entertainment Studios for Fox and Universal TV and UCP for NBC. Unscripted series include only those airing during the regular September-to-May season.
ABC
Scripted Shows
911: renewed for season 10
911: Nashville*: renewed for season two
Abbott Elementary (20th/Warner Bros. TV): renewed for season six
Grey’s Anatomy
High Potential: renewed for season three
RJ Decker*
The Rookie (Lionsgate TV/20th)
Scrubs*
Shifting Gears
Will Trent
Unscripted Shows
American Idol (Fremantle/19 Entertainment)
America’s Funniest Home Videos
The Bachelorette (Warner Horizon Unscripted TV): season 22 premieres March 22
Celebrity Jeopardy! (Sony): All-star season premieres March 13
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (Sony)
Dancing With the Stars (BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions)
The Golden Bachelor (Warner Horizon Unscripted TV)
The Greatest Average American*
Shark Tank (MGM Television/Sony)
Series Orders for 2026-27
None yet.
CBS
Scripted Shows
Boston Blue*: renewed for season two
CIA* (Universal TV/CBS Studios)
DMV*
Elsbeth: renewed for season four
FBI (UTV/CBS Studios): renewed for season nine
Fire Country: renewed for season five
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (WBTV): renewed for season three
Ghosts (CBS Studios/Lionsgate/BBC Studios L.A. Prods.): renewed for season six
Marshals* (Paramount TV Studios/101 Studios)
Matlock: renewed for season three
NCIS: renewed for season 24
NCIS: Origins: renewed for season three
NCIS: Sydney: renewed for season four
The Neighborhood: ending with season eight
Sheriff Country*: renewed for season two
Tracker (20th): renewed for season four
Watson
Unscripted Shows
The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer TV/20th): renewed for season 39
America’s Culinary Cup* (Delicious Entertainment/Aha Studios)
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist* (Final Twist Prods./Triage Entertainment/See It Now Studios)
Hollywood Squares (Jesse Collins Entertainment/Flower Films)
The Price Is Right at Night (Fremantle)
The Road* (Paramount TV Studios/101 Studios)
Survivor (SEG Holdco): renewed through season 52
Series Orders for 2026-27
Cupertino (drama)
Einstein (drama)
Fox
Scripted Shows
American Dad (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 23 in 2028-29
Animal Control: renewed for season five
Best Medicine*: renewed for season two
Bob’s Burgers (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 19 in 2028-29
Doc (Fox/Sony)
The Faithful: Women of the Bible*: limited series premieres March 22
Family Guy (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 27 in 2028-29
Going Dutch
Grimsburg: season three premiere date TBD
Krapopolis: renewed through season five
Memory of a Killer*
Murder in a Small Town (Fox/Sepia Films/Future Shack Ent.)
The Simpsons (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 40 in 2028-29
Universal Basic Guys (Fox/Sony): renewed through season three
Unscripted Shows
99 to Beat* (Initial)
Celebrity Weakest Link* (BBC Studios L.A. Prods.)
Extracted (B17 Entertainment/Balboa Productions)
Farmer Wants a Wife (Eureka Productions): season four premieres April 21
Fear Factor: House of Fear* (Endemol Shine North America)
The Floor (Eureka Prods./Talpa/BiggerStage): renewed through season seven
Hell’s Kitchen (ITV America/A. Smith & Co.)
The Masked Singer
Name That Tune (Fox/Prestige Entertainment/BiggerStage)
Next Level Chef (Studio Ramsay Global/Fox)
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (Minnow Films)
Series Orders for 2026-27
Baywatch (drama)
NBC
Scripted Shows
Brilliant Minds (WBTV/UTV)
Chicago Fire
Chicago Med
Chicago PD
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins*
Happy’s Place: renewed for season three
The Hunting Party
Law & Order
Law & Order: SVU
St. Denis Medical: renewed for season three
Stumble*
Unscripted Shows
On Brand With Jimmy Fallon* (B17 Entertainment/UTV Alternative)
The Voice (MGM TV/Warner Horizon Unscripted TV/ITV Studios The Voice USA)
The Wall (SpringHill/Glassman Media/UTV Alternative)
Series Orders for 2026-27
None yet.
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