The network will make few changes to its lineup for the coming season. The schedule ABC is rolling out for the start of the 2025-26 season looks very similar to the one it had in 2024-25.
The network has made a couple of moves — 911 spinoff 911: Nashville joins the Thursday lineup, and Shark Tank is going from Friday to Wednesday nights — but ABC has opted for a mostly stable lineup. 911: Nashville is the only new series on the fall slate.
That stability “is both a strategy and also a byproduct of our success,” Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview Tuesday morning. ABC has all five of the top entertainment series this season among adults 18-49 (High Potential, Abbott Elementary, The Rookie, 911 and Shifting Gears), based on Nielsen’s cross-platform ratings.
“We have been successfully launching shows and returning shows to the schedule, so we don’t need to make a lot of moves,” Erwich said. “We have an ability here to focus on one or two shows and really point the audience toward what’s important to us and what we think is worth their time.”
ABC will once again simulcast ESPN’s Monday Night Football games in the fall, and Tuesdays will feature Dancing With the Stars and season two of the network’s breakout hit High Potential. Comedies Shifting Gears and Abbott Elementary will lead off Wednesdays, with season two The Golden Bachelor and Shark Tank completing the night. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune will take over the 8 p.m. Friday spot that Shark Tank has held for the past five-plus seasons.
Thursdays will still feature two Ryan Murphy-produced shows to start the night, with 911 leading into 911: Nashville. The latter takes over the 9 o’clock hour from Doctor Odyssey, whose future is still up in the air. Grey’s Anatomy remains at 10 p.m.
Dramas Will Trent and The Rookie and unscripted shows American Idol and Celebrity Jeopardy! are on deck for midseason. The Bachelor, which has gone through behind-the-scenes turmoil this year, is not yet on the schedule. ABC’s schedule for the fall is below; all times are ET.
