NBC on Monday became the second broadcast network (following CBS) to unveil its schedule for the Fall TV season. What shows are on the move, where did new ones land, and what’s on hold until midseason?
♦ The just-renewed Brilliant Minds will retain its Monday-at-10 pm time slot behind The Voice (see returning coaches), while The Hunting Party — also renewed for Season 2 — will now follow Law & Order: SVU on Thursdays, replacing the cancelled Found. Both sophomore dramas have been handed full-season orders (in the 18-22 episode range).
♦ The Voice and new unscripted competition On Brand With Jimmy Fallon will keep Tuesdays warm until the NBA takes over in mid-October. (New episodes of On Brand will also air Fridays at 8 pm, meaning Fallon will get two hours of primetime real estate until basketball begins.)
♦ Sophomore comedies St. Denis Medical and Happy’s Place are being held until November. St. Denis will open a new Monday night comedy block — at which point The Voice will be down to a single hour! — while Happy’s Place will once again take up residence Fridays at 8/7c.
♦ The newly ordered Tracy Morgan/Daniel Radcliffe comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is one of three half-hours in consideration for two open time slots come November: Mondays and Fridays at 8:30 pm (marked TBD below). Two additional pilots — the cheerleading comedy Stumble, from Jeff and Liz Astrof (Trial & Error), and an untitled project from Sierra Teller Ornelas (Superstore, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) — are shooting this week, and decisions will be made in June.
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SUNDAY (FALL/WINTER)
7 pm Football Night in America
8:20 pm Sunday Night Football
SUNDAY (SPRING)
8 pm SUNDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL
MONDAY (SEPTEMBER)
8 pm The Voice
10 pm Brilliant Minds
MONDAY (NOVEMBER)
8 pm St. Denis Medical
8:30 pm TBD (see above)
9 pm The Voice
10 pm Brilliant Minds
TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER)
8 pm The Voice
10 pm ON BRAND WITH JIMMY FALLON
TUESDAY (OCTOBER)
8 pm NBA
Note: There will be East and West Coast games, both starting at 8 pm; the Central time zone will get the East Coast game.
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Chicago Med
9 pm Chicago Fire
10 pm Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8 pm Law & Order
9 pm Law & Order: SVU
10 pm The Hunting Party
FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER)
8 pm ON BRAND WITH JIMMY FALLON
9 pm Dateline NBC
FRIDAY (NOVEMBER)
8 pm Happy’s Place
8:30 pm TBD (see above)
9 pm Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
7 pm Big Ten Pregame/Notre Dame Pregame
7:30 pm Big Ten Saturday Night/Notre Dame Football
