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,[1] followed by Fox on May 13,[2] ABC on May 14,[3] CBS on May 15,[4] and The CW on May 16, 2019.[5]
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 and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns. The CW does not air network programming on Saturday nights.
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. 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.[6]
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.
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | Dancing with the Stars | The Good Doctor (11/10.82) | ||||
Late fall | The Great Christmas Light Fight | ||||||
Winter | The Bachelor | ||||||
Spring | American Idol (28/8.54) | ||||||
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 (13/10.61) | ||
Summer | Love Island | ||||||
The CW | Fall | All American | Black Lightning | Local programming | |||
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 (15/10.42) | Prodigal Son | ||||
Winter | 9-1-1: Lone Star (24/9.09) | ||||||
Spring | 9-1-1 (15/10.42) | ||||||
Late spring | 9-1-1: Lone Star (R) | ||||||
Summer | Fox Presents | ||||||
NBC | Fall | The Voice (16/10.23) | Bluff City Law | ||||
Winter | America's Got Talent: The Champions (25/8.92) | Manifest | |||||
Late winter | The Voice (16/10.23) | ||||||
Spring | Songland | ||||||
Late spring | The Titan Games | The Wall | |||||
Summer | Dateline NBC |
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | American Housewife | Fresh Off the Boat | 20/20 | |||
Spring | Shark Tank | ||||||
CBS | Fall | Hawaii Five-0 (19/9.68) | Magnum P.I. (26/8.91) (Tied with NCIS: Los Angeles) |
Blue Bloods (5/11.96) | |||
Winter | MacGyver | Hawaii Five-0 (19/9.68) | |||||
Spring | Magnum P.I. (26/8.91) (Tied with NCIS: Los Angeles) | ||||||
Summer | The Greatest #AtHome Videos | ||||||
Late summer | MacGyver (R) | Love Island | |||||
The CW | Fall | Charmed | Dynasty | Local programming | |||
Spring | Masters of Illusion | Masters of Illusion (R) | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) | ||||
Summer | Being Reuben | ||||||
Fox | WWE Friday Night SmackDown | ||||||
NBC | Fall | The Blacklist | Dateline NBC | ||||
Winter | Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector | ||||||
Spring | The Blacklist | ||||||
Late spring | World of Dance (R) | The Wall (R) | Dateline NBC | ||||
Summer | The Wall (R) | Dateline NBC | |||||
Late summer | America's Got Talent (R) | Dateline NBC |
Network | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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ABC | Fall | Saturday Night Football | |||||
Winter | The Jump | NBA Saturday Primetime | |||||
Spring | Shark Tank (R) | American Idol (R) | |||||
Late spring | The Last Dance | The Rookie (R) | |||||
Summer | America's Funniest Home Videos (R) | Shark Tank (R) | The Good Doctor (R) | ||||
CBS | Fall | Crimetime Saturday | 48 Hours | ||||
Summer | Love Island | ||||||
Fox | Fall | Fox College Football | |||||
Spring | 9-1-1 (R) | Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R) | Local programming | ||||
Late spring | Flirty Dancing (R) | Lego Masters (R) | |||||
Summer | Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (R) | ||||||
Mid-summer | Various programming | Ultimate Tag (R) | |||||
Late summer | Baseball Night in America (7:00 p.m.) | ||||||
NBC | Fall | Dateline Saturday Mystery | SNL Vintage | ||||
Spring | NBC Movie Night | ||||||
Summer | Dateline Saturday Mystery | ||||||
Late summer | NHL on NBC |
Returning series:
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New series:
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Not returning from 2018–19:
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Note: Series that were unable to fulfil their original or extended episode orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been indicated below.