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.
Scripted Shows911: renewed for season 10911: Nashville*: renewed for season twoAbbott Elementary (20th/Warner Bros. TV): renewed for season sixGrey’s AnatomyHigh Potential: renewed for season threeRJ Decker*The Rookie (Lionsgate TV/20th)Scrubs*Shifting GearsWill Trent
Unscripted ShowsAmerican Idol (Fremantle/19 Entertainment)America’s Funniest Home VideosThe Bachelorette (Warner Horizon Unscripted TV): season 22 premieres March 22Celebrity Jeopardy! (Sony): All-star season premieres March 13Celebrity 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)
Scripted ShowsBoston Blue*: renewed for season twoCIA* (Universal TV/CBS Studios)DMV*Elsbeth: renewed for season fourFBI (UTV/CBS Studios): renewed for season nineFire Country: renewed for season fiveGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (WBTV): renewed for season threeGhosts (CBS Studios/Lionsgate/BBC Studios L.A. Prods.): renewed for season sixMarshals* (Paramount TV Studios/101 Studios)Matlock: renewed for season threeNCIS: renewed for season 24NCIS: Origins: renewed for season threeNCIS: Sydney: renewed for season fourThe Neighborhood: ending with season eightSheriff Country*: renewed for season twoTracker (20th): renewed for season fourWatson
Unscripted ShowsThe Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer TV/20th): renewed for season 39America’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 2026-27Cupertino (drama)Einstein (drama)
Scripted ShowsAmerican Dad (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 23 in 2028-29Animal Control: renewed for season fiveBest Medicine*: renewed for season twoBob’s Burgers (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 19 in 2028-29Doc (Fox/Sony)The Faithful: Women of the Bible*: limited series premieres March 22Family Guy (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 27 in 2028-29Going DutchGrimsburg: season three premiere date TBDKrapopolis: renewed through season fiveMemory of a Killer*Murder in a Small Town (Fox/Sepia Films/Future Shack Ent.)The Simpsons (20th TV Animation): renewed through season 40 in 2028-29Universal Basic Guys (Fox/Sony): renewed through season three
Unscripted Shows99 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 sevenHell’s Kitchen (ITV America/A. Smith & Co.)The Masked SingerName That Tune (Fox/Prestige Entertainment/BiggerStage)Next Level Chef (Studio Ramsay Global/Fox)Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (Minnow Films)
Scripted ShowsBrilliant Minds (WBTV/UTV)Chicago FireChicago MedChicago PDThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins*Happy’s Place: renewed for season threeThe Hunting PartyLaw & OrderLaw & Order: SVUSt. Denis Medical: renewed for season threeStumble*
Unscripted ShowsOn 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)
