ABCForget summer, the TV networks are getting ready for fall! Fox, NBC, The CW, CBS and now ABC have all announced the fall premiere dates for their 2016-17 TV season, and your poor DVR has until September before it starts working overtime again.
ABC gets things started with Dancing With the Stars on Monday, Sept. 12. Start speculating on the dancers now! Everything else kicks off after the Emmys air on Sunday, Sept. 18. Hot new series Designated Survivor bows on Wednesday, Sept. 21 and Grey's Anatomy and How to Get Away With Murder return Thursday, Sept. 22—and just in case you forgot, Scandal is being held for midseason to accommodate Kerry Washington's pregnancy. And the laughs will have to wait for some—ABC is holding some of its comedies until October.
Check out the full ABC schedule (and the other networks) below.
Monday, Sept. 12
8-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars
Sunday, Sept. 18
7-8 p.m. 68th Emmy Awards Arrival Pre-Show
8-11 p.m. 68th Emmy Awards
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Results Show
10-11 p.m. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8-8:30 p.m. The Goldbergs
8:30-9 p.m. Speechless
9-9:30 p.m. Modern Family
9:30-10 p.m. black-ish
10-11 p.m. Designated Survivor
Thursday, Sept. 22
8-9 p.m. Grey's Anatomy
9-10 p.m. Notorious
10-11 p.m. How to Get Away with Murder
Friday, Sept. 23
8-8:30 p.m. Last Man Standing
8:30-9 p.m. Dr. Ken
9-10 p.m Shark Tank
Sunday, Sept. 25
8-9 p.m. Once Upon A Time
9-10 p.m Secrets and Lies
10-11 p.m. Quantico
Sunday, Oct. 2
7:00-8:00 p.m. America's Funniest Home Videos
Monday, Oct. 3
10-11 p.m. Conviction
Tuesday, Oct. 11
8-8:30 p.m. The Middle
8:30-9 p.m. American Housewife
9-9:30 p.m. Fresh Off the Boat
9:30-10 p.m. The Real O'Neals
CBS gets things started with the launch of Case Closed, the six-hour limited event docu-thriller that reexamines the JonBenét Ramsey murder case 20 years later, on Sunday, Sept. 18, before officially kicking off its fall TV season on Monday, Sept. 19 with the biggest comedy on TV: The Big Bang Theory, plus the highly anticipated return of Kevin James to network television in his new sitcom. The following night sees the return of NCIS, TV's highest-rated show, as well as the debut of former NCIS star Michael Weatherly's new drama, Bull.
Plus, the network also set premiere dates for Survivor, Criminal Minds and Matt LeBlanc's new sitcom...
Sunday, Sept. 18
8:30-10:30 p.m.: Case Closed (Part One)
Monday, Sept. 19
8 -8:30 p.m.: The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9 p.m.: Kevin Can Wait
9-11 p.m.: Case Closed (Part Two)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8-9 p.m.: NCIS
9-10 p.m.: Bull
10-11 p.m.: NCIS: New Orleans
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8-9 p.m.: Survivor
Friday, Sept. 23
8-9 p.m.: MacGyver
9-10 p.m.: Hawaii Five-0
10-11 p.m.: Blue Bloods
Saturday, Sept. 24
10-11 p.m.: 48 Hours
Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30-8:30 p.m.: 60 Minutes
8:30-10:30 p.m.: Case Closed (Part Three)
Wednesday, Sept. 28
9-10 p.m.: Criminal Minds
10-11 p.m.: Code Black
Sunday, Oct. 2
8-9 p.m.: NCIS: Los Angeles
9-10 p.m.: Madam Secretary
10-11 p.m.: Elementary
Monday, Oct. 3
9-11 p.m.: Scorpion
Monday, Oct. 10
9-10 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls
Monday, Oct. 17
9:30-10 p.m.: The Odd Couple
Monday, Oct. 24
8:30-9 p.m.: Man With a Plan
Here's the full fall premiere schedule for the CW:
Tuesday, Oct. 4
8-9 p.m.: The Flash
9-10 p.m.: No Tomorrow
Wednesday, Oct. 5
8-9 p.m.: Arrow
9-10 p.m.: Frequency
Monday, Oct. 10
8-9 p.m.: Supergirl
Thursday, Oct. 13
8-9 p.m.: DC's Legends of Tomorrow
9-10 p.m.: Supernatural
Monday, Oct. 17
9-10 p.m.: Jane the Virgin
Friday, Oct. 21
8-9 p.m.: The Vampire Diaries
9-10 p.m.: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Fox revealed that Monday, Sept. 19 will mark the return of its two DC Comics series, Gotham and Lucifer. The following day will see the season premieres of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl and Scream Queens. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, new drama Lethal Weapon will debut before season three of Empire, and on Thursday, Sept. 22, the new drama Pitch will debut after the season two premiere of Rosewood.
Rounding out Fox's week of premieres is the Friday return of Hell's Kitchen and the debut of new series The Exorcist, and the Sunday return of Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, Family Guy and Last Man on Earth along with new comedy Son of Zorn on Sunday, Sept. 25.
Fox's full fall premiere schedule is as follows:
Monday, Sept. 19
8-9 p.m.: Gotham
9-10 p.m.: Lucifer
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8-8:30 p.m.: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8:30-9 p.m.: New Girl
9-10 p.m.: Scream Queens
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8-9 p.m.: Lethal Weapon
9-10 p.m.: Empire
Thursday, Sept. 22
8-9 p.m.: Rosewood
9-10 p.m.: Pitch
Friday, Sept. 23
8-9 p.m.: Hell's Kitchen
9-10 p.m.: The Exorcist
Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30-8 p.m.: Bob's Burgers
8-8:30 p.m.: The Simpsons
8:30-9 p.m.: Son of Zorn
9-9:30 p.m.: Family Guy
9:30-10 p.m.: The Last Man on Earth
On the NBC front, the first show to return to the network's schedule is Blindspot, which will debut at 10 p.m. on Sept. 14 after the finale of America's Got Talent.
Then, on Monday, Sept. 19, things really ramp up. The Voice will debut its eleventh season—including the debut of new coaches Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys—followed by the premiere of the new Ted Danson-Kristen Bell comedy The Good Place. On Tuesday of that week, you'll get your first glimpse at the new show that will probably make you cry the most, This Is Us (just trust us on that one).
The network has also slated the premieres of time travel drama Timeless, the second seasons of comedy Superstore and drama Chicago Med, and the newest seasons of The Blacklist, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire.
Find out when your favorite (or new favorite) show is back with NBC's full fall premiere schedule:
Wednesday, Sept. 14
10-11 p.m.: Blindspot
Monday, Sept. 19
8-10 p.m.: The Voice
10-11 p.m.: The Good Place (preview)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8-10 p.m.: The Voice
10-11 p.m.: This Is Us
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8-9 p.m.: Blindspot (time period premiere)
9-10 p.m.: Law & Order: SVU
10-11 p.m.: Chicago P.D.
Thursday, Sept. 22
8-8:30 p.m.: Superstore
8:30-9 p.m.: The Good Place (time period premiere)
9-10 p.m.: Chicago Med
10-11 p.m.: The Blacklist
Friday, Sept. 23
8-9 p.m.: Caught On Camera With Nick Cannon
9-11 p.m.: Dateline NBC
Monday, Oct. 3
10-11 p.m.: Timeless
Tuesday, Oct. 11
9-10 p.m.: This Is Us (time period premiere)
10-11 p.m.: Chicago Fire