2023–24 United States network television schedule

The **2023–24 network television schedule** for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2023 to August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2022–23 television season. The schedule was affected by strikes undertaken by the Writers Guild of America (which began on May 2 and ended on September 27) and SAG-AFTRA (which began on July 14 and ended on November 9). Programming impacts on the 2023–24 season itself were limited in comparison to previous television seasons affected by Hollywood labor disputes.

CBS was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 10, 2023 via press release (and without an upfront presentation), followed by NBC on May 12, 2023 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on May 15), DuMont on May 15 (with their upfront presentation at 3 p.m. on May 15), both XYZ and ABC on May 16 (with XYZ's upfront presentation at 11 a.m., followed by ABC's upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day), ACME, RKO and The WB on May 17 (with their upfront presentations at 4 p.m. that day), The CW on May 18 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. that day), UPN on May 19 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m.), ABN on May 26 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. that day) and RDN on May 31 (with their upfront presentation at 11 a.m. that day). For the second straight season, Fox announced its programming on May 15 via press release that morning (with their upfront presentation at 4 p.m. that day), but released its Sunday schedule (along with its release dates) on July 10, along with the rest of its prime-time schedule (along with their premiere dates) on July 11.

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedule and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules feature syndicated reruns. The WB is not included on Saturdays since it doesn't air programming on that night.

## Impact of the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes

See also: 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike

On May 2, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, followed by SAG-AFTRA on July 13. The absence of working writers and actors through the summer has led scripted television production to shut down completely. The Writers Guild of America strike ended on September 27, while the SAG-AFTRA strike ended on November 9.

Network schedules were heavily altered in response to these strikes. The vast majority of new or returning live-action scripted series on the broadcast networks were not scheduled to premiere until, or have been delayed until, 2024. Reality television and game shows are slated to fill many gaps in programming, as SAG-AFTRA members are permitted to work on such productions during the strike.

However, the networks took slightly different strategies for parts of their schedules. In anticipation of the potential strikes, NBC delayed drama series *Found*, which was originally intended to air as a mid-season replacement in the 2022–23 season, to fall 2023, while also fast-tracking the production of other scripted series such as the second season of *Quantum Leap* and the premiere season of *The Irrational*.

CBS will repurpose series originally produced for sibling properties, including episodes of *Yellowstone*, which originally aired on the Paramount Network, *SEAL Team*, which originated on CBS before moving to Paramount+, *FBI True*, which was also produced for Paramount+, and *NCIS: Sydney*, an Australian spin-off of *NCIS* originally intended for sister property Network 10 and Paramount+ before being added to the CBS schedule as well. Episodes of *Ghosts*, the BBC series on which an American adaptation was based, have also been added to the CBS schedule. Later in November, CBS announced that *Matlock*, originally scheduled to air Sundays at 8:00 p.m., was forced to be moved to next season due to production delays.

ABC is slated to air additional sports coverage sourced from sister network ESPN. In the fall, ABC added ten *Monday Night Football* games which will be simulcasts with ESPN, on top of the seven simulcast or exclusive games previously scheduled. In January 2024, ABC will exclusively air five NBA games on consecutive Wednesday nights that were originally scheduled to air on ESPN.

While Fox is heavily relying on unscripted series from Monday through Thursday nights, its Friday night (*WWE SmackDown*) and weekend sports programming was not affected. Its Sunday night animation lineup was also unaffected due to the long lead times required to produce such series. The CW is likewise relying more on unscripted programming as well as international acquisitions, though network executives stated that this a long-term strategy shift following its acquisition by Nexstar rather than a specific reaction to the strike.

## Schedule

* New series to broadcast television 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.
* All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.
* During the NFL season (excluding games on broadcast networks, with ABC and/or Hearst affiliates having first refusal on games broadcast by ESPN (due to ABC being owned by the same company as ESPN, and Hearst owned 20% stake on ESPN), therefore its primetime programming from its respective network may be delayed or moved to another sister station to air live), the NFL policy on *ESPN Monday Night Football*, *Thursday Night Football*, *NFL Network Exclusive Game Series* and any game exclusively airing on Peacock and ESPN+ will affect the 31 primary markets (30 markets with NFL teams and Milwaukee, WI). The NFL sells syndication rights to the cable and streaming-only games to local broadcasters in the home and away teams' primary markets to maximize ratings.

### Sunday

**Notes:**

* CBS is scheduled to air the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air a season premiere of ***Tracker*** on February 11, 2024 at 10 p.m. ET, live in all time zones (an encore will air on Western time zones at 10 p.m. PT) before moving to its regular time slot on February 18.
* ABC is scheduled to air the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air the 2024 CMT Music Awards on April 7, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air the 77th Tony Awards on June 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.

### Monday

**Notes:**

* NBC is scheduled to air a 90-minute season premiere of *The Voice* on February 26, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* NBC is scheduled to air a 90-minute series premiere of ***Deal or No Deal Island*** on February 26, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. before moving to its regular time slot on March 4.
* Fox is scheduled to air the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on April 1, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

### Tuesday

**Notes:**

* NBC is scheduled to air a two-hour season finale of *Quantum Leap* on February 20, 2024 at 9 p.m.
* Fox is scheduled to air the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.

### Wednesday

**Notes:**

* ABC is scheduled to air a one-hour season premiere of *Abbott Elementary* on February 7, 2024 at 9 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air a two-hour season premiere of *Survivor* on February 28, 2024 at 8 p.m.

### Thursday

**Notes:**

* Fox is scheduled to air a two-hour season finale of *Hell's Kitchen* on January 25, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air a one-hour series finale of *Young Sheldon* on May 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* Fox is scheduled to air the Major League Baseball game at Rickwood Field on June 20, 2024 at 7 p.m.
* Fox is scheduled to air a regional Thursday Night Baseball game on August 22, 2024 at 7 p.m.

### Friday

**Notes:**

* NBC is scheduled to air the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on January 26, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* The CW is scheduled to air a primetime LIV Golf tournament on February 9, 2024 at 8 p.m.

### Saturday

**Notes:**

* Fox is scheduled to air a primetime NFL Divisional Playoff game on January 20, 2024 at 8:15 p.m.
* CBS is scheduled to air the 55th NAACP Image Awards on March 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* NBC is scheduled to air the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships on March 23, 2024 at 8 p.m.
* Fox is scheduled to air a Major League Baseball game on March 30, 2024 at 7 p.m.