2019–20 United States network television schedule
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The 2019–20 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2019 to August 2020. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2018–19 season. NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 12, 2019, followed by Fox on May 13, ABC on May 14, CBS on May 15, and The CW on May 16, 2019. PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television, The CW Plus, and MyNetworkTV are also not included since the networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter two). The CW does not air network programming on Saturday nights. New series are highlighted in bold. All times are U . Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii–Aleutian times. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research. The TV season was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the full impact of the health catastrophe did not hit until March 2020, by which time the network shows had already filmed the majority of their seasons' scripts, the entire primetime slate halted production that spring and did not resume it until the fall of 2020.
Tables
| Network | 7:00 p . | 7:30 p . | 8:00 p . | 8:30 p . | 9:00 p . | 9:30 p . | 10:00 p . | 10:30 p . | |
| ABC | Fall | America's Funniest Home Videos | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Shark Tank | The Rookie | ||||
| Winter | Shark Tank (R) | ||||||||
| Mid-winter | American Idol | The Rookie | |||||||
| Spring | Celebrity Family Feud | Press Your Luck | Match Game | ||||||
| Summer | |||||||||
| CBS | Fall | NFL on CBS (4:25 p .) | 60 Minutes (14/10 ) | God Friended Me | NCIS: Los Angeles (26/8 ) (Tied with Magnum P .) | Madam Secretary (continued until 11:30 p .) | |||
| Winter | 60 Minutes (14/10 ) | God Friended Me | NCIS: Los Angeles (26/8 ) (Tied with Magnum P .) | NCIS: New Orleans (20/9 ) | |||||
| Spring | CBS Sunday Night Movies | ||||||||
| Summer | Tough as Nails (R) | NCIS: Los Angeles (R) | NCIS: New Orleans (R) | ||||||
| Late summer | Big Brother | Love Island | |||||||
| The CW | Fall | Local programming | Batwoman | Supergirl | Local programming | ||||
| Winter | |||||||||
| Spring | Stargirl (R) | ||||||||
| Summer | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R) | ||||||||
| Late summer | Fridge Wars | Supernatural (R) | |||||||
| Fox | Fall | Fox NFL (4:25 p .) | The OT | The Simpsons | Bless the Harts | Bob's Burgers | Family Guy | ||
| Winter | The Simpsons (R) | Bob's Burgers (R) | Duncanville | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||||
| Summer | Last Man Standing (R) | Duncanville (R) | Bless the Harts (R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Football Night in America | NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p .) (continued to game completion) (1/20 ) | ||||||
| Winter | The Wall | Little Big Shots | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Good Girls | |||||
| Spring | Little Big Shots | The Wall | |||||||
| Summer | Hollywood Game Night | The Titan Games (R) | America's Got Talent (R) | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Cannonball | ||||||||
| Late summer | NHL on NBC | ||||||||
| Network | 8:00 p . | 8:30 p . | 9:00 p . | 9:30 p . | 10:00 p . | 10:30 p . | |
| ABC | Fall | Dancing with the Stars | The Good Doctor (11/10 ) | ||||
| Late fall | The Great Christmas Light Fight | ||||||
| Winter | The Bachelor | ||||||
| Spring | American Idol (28/8 ) | ||||||
| Mid-spring | The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart | The Baker and the Beauty | |||||
| Summer | The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons - Ever! | ||||||
| CBS | Fall | The Neighborhood | Bob Hearts Abishola | All Rise | Bull (13/10 ) | ||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Love Island | ||||||
| The CW | Fall | All American | Black Lightning | Local programming | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | Roswell, New Mexico | ||||
| Summer | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | 9-1-1 (15/10 ) | Prodigal Son | ||||
| Winter | 9-1-1: Lone Star (24/9 ) | ||||||
| Spring | 9-1-1 (15/10 ) | ||||||
| Late spring | 9-1-1: Lone Star (R) | ||||||
| Summer | Fox Presents | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Voice (16/10 ) | Bluff City Law | ||||
| Winter | America's Got Talent: The Champions (25/8 ) | Manifest | |||||
| Late winter | The Voice (16/10 ) | ||||||
| Spring | Songland | ||||||
| Late spring | The Titan Games | The Wall | |||||
| Summer | Dateline NBC | ||||||
| Network | 8:00 p . | 8:30 p . | 9:00 p . | 9:30 p . | 10:00 p . | 10:30 p . | |
| ABC | Fall | The Conners | Bless This Mess | Mixed-ish | Black-ish | Emergence | |
| Winter | For Life | ||||||
| Spring | The Conners (R) | Various programming | The Genetic Detective | ||||
| Summer | Modern Family (R) | Black-ish (R) | Mixed-ish (R) | What Would You Do? | |||
| CBS | Fall | NCIS (2/15 ) | FBI (4/12 ) | NCIS: New Orleans (20/9 ) | |||
| Winter | FBI: Most Wanted (17/10 ) | ||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | Love Island | ||||||
| The CW | Fall | The Flash | Arrow | Local programming | |||
| Winter | Legends of Tomorrow | ||||||
| Spring | Stargirl | ||||||
| Summer | The CW Happy Hour | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Tell Me a Story | ||||||
| Late summer | Dead Pixels | Dead Pixels (R) | |||||
| Fox | Fall | The Resident | Empire | ||||
| Winter | Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back | ||||||
| Spring | Empire | ||||||
| Mid-spring | The Masked Singer (R) | ||||||
| Late spring | Hell's Kitchen (R) | Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R) | |||||
| Summer | Prodigal Son (R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Voice (21/9 ) | This Is Us (7/11 ) | New Amsterdam (18/9 ) | |||
| Winter | Ellen's Game of Games | ||||||
| Early spring | New Amsterdam (18/9 ) | NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic | |||||
| Spring | Ellen's Game of Games | New Amsterdam (R) | |||||
| Mid-spring | The Voice (21/9 ) | ||||||
| Late spring | America's Got Talent | World of Dance | |||||
| Summer | |||||||
| Network | 8:00 p . | 8:30 p . | 9:00 p . | 9:30 p . | 10:00 p . | 10:30 p . | |
| ABC | Fall | The Goldbergs | Schooled | Modern Family | Single Parents | Stumptown | |
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | American Housewife | ||||||
| Mid-spring | American Housewife | Single Parents | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | ||||
| Late spring | The Wonderful World of Disney | Agents of S . | |||||
| Summer | United We Fall | The Goldbergs (R) | The Conners (R) | American Housewife (R) | |||
| CBS | Fall | Survivor: Island of the Idols (23/9 ) | SEAL Team | S . | |||
| Winter | Undercover Boss | Criminal Minds | |||||
| Late winter | Survivor: Winners at War (23/9 ) | SEAL Team | |||||
| Spring | Game On! | ||||||
| Summer | Tough as Nails | Game On! | SEAL Team (R) | ||||
| Late summer | Big Brother | Tough as Nails | |||||
| The CW | Fall | Riverdale | Nancy Drew | Local programming | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | Bulletproof | ||||||
| Late spring | The 100 | ||||||
| Summer | Coroner | ||||||
| Fox | Fall | The Masked Singer (12/10 ) | Almost Family | ||||
| Winter | Flirty Dancing | ||||||
| Mid-winter | The Masked Singer (12/10 ) | Lego Masters | |||||
| Spring | The Masked Singer: After the Mask | ||||||
| Late spring | MasterChef (R) | Ultimate Tag | |||||
| Summer | MasterChef (R) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Chicago Med (10/11 ) | Chicago Fire (6/11 ) | Chicago P . (9/11 ) | |||
| Winter | |||||||
| Spring | |||||||
| Summer | America's Got Talent | Ellen's Game of Games (R) | |||||
| Network | 8:00 p . | 8:30 p . | 9:00 p . | 9:30 p . | 10:00 p . | 10:30 p . | |
| ABC | Fall | Grey's Anatomy (22/9 ) | A Million Little Things | How to Get Away with Murder | |||
| Late fall | Holiday specials | The Great American Baking Show | |||||
| Winter | Station 19 (29/8 ) (Tied with Mom) | Grey's Anatomy (22/9 ) | A Million Little Things | ||||
| Spring | How to Get Away with Murder | ||||||
| Mid-spring | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Station 19 (29/8 ) (Tied with Mom) | |||||
| Late spring | Holey Moley | To Tell the Truth | |||||
| Summer | Holey Moley | Don't | |||||
| CBS | Fall | Young Sheldon (8/11 ) | The Unicorn | Mom (29/8 ) (Tied with Station 19) | Carol's Second Act | Evil | |
| Winter | Tommy | ||||||
| Spring | Man with a Plan | Broke | |||||
| Mid-spring | S . (R) | ||||||
| Summer | The Unicorn (R) | ||||||
| Mid-summer | Mom (R) | NCIS: Los Angeles (R) | |||||
| Late summer | Big Brother | Love Island | Various programming | ||||
| The CW | Fall | Supernatural | Legacies | Local programming | |||
| Winter | Katy Keene | ||||||
| Spring | In The Dark | ||||||
| Late spring | Burden of Truth | ||||||
| Summer | Killer Camp | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R) | |||||
| Late summer | Mysteries Decoded | ||||||
| Fox | Early fall | Thursday Night Baseball (7:00 p .) | |||||
| Fall | Fox NFL Thursday | Thursday Night Football (3/15 ) | |||||
| Winter | Last Man Standing | Outmatched | Deputy | Local programming | |||
| Spring | Last Man Standing (R) | Mental Samurai (R) | |||||
| Late spring | Celebrity Watch Party | Labor of Love | |||||
| Summer | Thursday Night Baseball (7:00 p .) | ||||||
| NBC | Fall | Superstore | Perfect Harmony | The Good Place | Sunnyside | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
| Mid-fall | Will & Grace | ||||||
| Winter | The Good Place | Will & Grace | Perfect Harmony | ||||
| Mid-winter | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Indebted | |||||
| Late Spring | Council of Dads | Blindspot | |||||
| Summer | The Wall (R) | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | |||||
References
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- Episodes that aired this season only included updates to the cases explored during the 2018–19 season.
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