NBC Scores Big with NBA Debut, New Sitcoms & Returning Favorites for Fall 2025

NBC kicks off its NBA and WNBA coverage starting October under an 11-year agreement. A new sitcom stars Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe.

NEW YORK — NBC announced its fall TV schedule on Monday.

NBCUniversal will begin its 11-year agreement to present NBA and WNBA regular-season and playoff basketball games, beginning in October.

NBC Sports will also launch “Sunday Night Basketball” in 2026 across NBC and Peacock. The playoffs and WNBA coverage begin in the spring of 2026.

“Sunday Night Football” also returns this fall for the NFL season.

Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe will star in “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.” The series focuses on a disgraced former football player (Morgan), who is on a mission to rehabilitate his image.

NBC said “The Voice” returns this fall with coaches Michael Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Niall Horan and Reba McEntire for season 28.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returns to the streets of New York City on Thursday. Nov. 27, coming off its 2024 edition where it delivered its biggest audience ever and the most watched entertainment telecast in five years.

Also returning this fall are the “The National Dog Show,” “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” and animated classics “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.”

NBC FALL 2025-26 SCHEDULE
(New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET/PT)

MONDAY
8-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — Brilliant Minds

TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER)
8-10 P.M. – The Voice
10-11 P.M. – ON BRAND WITH JIMMY FALLON

TUESDAY (OCTOBER)
8-11 P.M. – NBA

WEDNESDAY
8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med
9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.

THURSDAY
8-9 P.M. — Law & Order
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — The Hunting Party

FRIDAY
8-9 P.M. — ON BRAND WITH JIMMY FALLON
9-11 P.M — Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
7-7:30 P.M. ET— Big Ten Pregame / Notre Dame Pregame
7:30-11 P.M. ET— Big Ten Saturday Night / Notre Dame Football

SUNDAY
7-8:20 P.M. ET— Football Night in America
8:20-11 P.M. ET— NBC Sunday Night Football

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