Fall TV 2016: Your Complete Premiere Dates Calendar

Kristen Santer
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Lethal Weapon, Sept. 21, Fox (Credit: Richard Foreman/Fox)

“Peak TV” can be a scary concept, but we’re here to help. As the fall TV season approaches, stay organized with this day-by-day calendar of premieres. Check back for updates!

Friday, Sept. 2

  • Season Premiere: Narcos (Netflix)

Monday, Sept. 5

  • Miniseries: Harley and the Davidsons (Discovery)

Tuesday, Sept. 6

  • Series Premiere: Atlanta (FX, 10 p.m.)

Thursday, Sept. 8

  • Series Premiere: Better Things (FX, 10 p.m.)

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Masters of Sex (Credit: Showtime)

Sunday, Sept. 11

  • Season Premiere: Masters of Sex (Showtime, 10 p.m.)

  • Special: The 2017 Miss America Competition (ABC, 9 p.m.)

Monday, Sept. 12

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Thursday, Sept. 15

  • Season Premiere: Thursday Night Football (CBS, 8:25 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 17

  • Documentary: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (Hulu)

Sunday, Sept. 18

  • Special: 68th Emmy Awards Arrival Pre-Show (ABC, 7 p.m.)

  • Special: 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Case Closed (CBS, 8:30 p.m.)

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The Good Place (Credit: Justin Lubin/NBC)

Monday, Sept. 19

  • Season Premiere: Gotham (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Lucifer (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Voice (NBC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: The Good Place (NBC, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Kevin Can Wait (CBS, 8:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, Sept: 20:

  • Season Premiere: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: New Girl (Fox, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Scream Queens (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: This is Us (NBC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: NCIS (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Bull (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Dancing with the Stars Results (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: Blindspot (NBC, 8 p.m.)

Wednesday, Sept. 21:

  • Season Premiere: Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Chicago P.D. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Lethal Weapon (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Empire (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Survivor (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Finale: Big Brother (CBS, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Goldbergs (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Speechless (ABC, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Modern Family (ABC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: black-ish (ABC, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Designated Survivor (ABC, 10 p.m.)

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Speechless (Credit: Kevin Foley/ABC)

Thursday, Sept. 22

  • Season Premiere: Superstore (NBC, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Chicago Med (NBC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Blacklist (NBC, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Rosewood (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Pitch (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Notorious (ABC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, 10 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: The Good Place (NBC, 8:30 p.m.)

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The Exorcist (Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox)

Friday, Sept. 23

  • Special: Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills (Netflix)

  • Season Premiere: Ash vs. the Evil Dead (Starz)

  • Season Premiere: Caught on Camera w/ Nick Cannon (NBC, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Dateline (NBC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: The Exorcist (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Macgyver (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Blue Bloods (CBS, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Last Man Standing (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Dr. Ken (ABC, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Shark Tank (ABC, p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 24

  • Season Premiere: 48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m.)

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Son of Zorn (Credit: Fox)

Sunday, Sept. 25

  • Season Premiere: Bob’s Burgers (Fox, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Simpsons (Fox, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Son of Zorn (Fox, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Family Guy (Fox, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Last Man on Earth (Fox, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: 60 Minutes (CBS, 7:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Once Upon a Time (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Secrets and Lies (ABC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Quantico (ABC, 10 p.m.)

Wednesday, Sept. 28

  • Season Premiere: Criminal Minds (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Code Black (CBS, 10 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: Survivor (CBS, 8 p.m.)

Friday, Sept. 30

  • Series Premiere: Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix)

Saturday, Oct. 1

  • Series Premiere: Versailles (Ovation, TBD)

Sunday, Oct. 2

  • Series premiere: Westworld (HBO, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Shameless (Showtime, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Madam Secretary (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Elementary (CBS, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.)

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Timeless (Credit: Joe Lederer/NBC)

Monday, Oct. 3

  • Series Premiere: Timeless (NBC, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Scorpion (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Conviction (ABC, 10 p.m.)

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Wednesday, Oct. 5

  • Season Premiere: Arrow (CW, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Frequency (CW, 9 p.m.)

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Frequency (Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW)

Thursday, Oct. 6

  • Special: iHeartRadio Music Festival Night One (The CW, 8 p.m.)

Friday, Oct. 7

  • Special: iHeartRadio Music Festival Night Two (The CW, 8 p.m.)

Monday, Oct. 10

  • Season Premiere: Supergirl (The CW, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: 2 Broke Girls (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: Scorpion (CBS, 10 p.m.)

Tuesday, Oct. 11

  • Season Premiere: Chicago Fire (NBC, 10 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Middle (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: American Housewife (ABC, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Real O’Neals (ABC, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: This is Us (NBC, 9 p.m.)

Thursday, Oct. 13

  • Season Premiere: Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Supernatural (The CW, 9 p.m.)

Monday, Oct. 17

  • Season Premiere: Jane the Virgin (The CW, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: The Odd Couple (CBS, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: 2 Broke Girls (CBS, 9 p.m.)

Wednesday, Oct. 19

  • Special: CMT Artists of the Year (CMT, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Chance (Hulu)

Friday, Oct. 21

  • Season Premiere: The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, 9 p.m.)

Saturday, Oct. 22

  • Series Premiere: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (BBC America)

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Man With a Plan (Credit: Darren Michaels/CBS)

Monday, Oct. 24

  • Series Premiere: Man With a Plan (CBS, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Time Period Premiere: Kevin Can Wait (CBS, 8 p.m.)

Thursday, Oct. 27

  • Time Period Premiere: The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: The Great Indoors (CBS, 8:30 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Mom (CBS, 9 p.m.)

  • Season Premiere: Life in Pieces (CBS, 9:30 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Pure Genius (CBS, 10 p.m.)

Friday, Nov. 4

  • Series Premiere: The Crown (Netflix)

Thursday, Nov. 17

  • Series Premiere: Undercover (BBC America)

Sunday, Nov. 20

Wednesday, Dec. 7

  • Special: Hairspray Live! (ABC, 8 p.m.)

  • Series Premiere: Shut Eye (Hulu)

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