The Complete List of Fall 2016 TV Premiere Dates
Television’s busiest time of year is upon us. Instead of waxing philosophical on season’s past, let’s dive right into the highlights from this year’s schedule of Fall 2016 TV premiere dates.
Returning Favorites
While technically returning in what will still be Summer, Fall TV starts off strong on September 2nd with season 2 of Netflix’s 2015 hit Narcos, followed by Showtime’s Masters of Sex on 9/11, and FX’s sixth season of American Horror Story debuting on 9/14. NBC’s surprise hit Blindspot and South Park also return on the 14th. Fox’s Gotham checks back in the following Monday.
Season 3 of Amazon’s Transparent will begin the true Fall 2016 season on September 23rd, with The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and Family Guy all returning from Summer hiatus two days later. A Thomas Gibson-less Criminal Minds premieres on September 28th.
Not to be outdone, the month of October has plenty of returning TV hits to keep DVRs company, with Showtime’s Shameless, Black Mirror, and the final season of the sleeper Sundance TV joint Rectify all returning in the month of ghosts and goblins. And, of course, cable’s most watched show—The Walking Dead—will be back to answer last season’s cliffhanger on October 23rd.
New Shows to Watch
Without question, the new show I’m looking forward to most this Fall is HBO’s Westworld. An adaptation of Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie, Westworld centers around a futuristic, Wild West-themed amusement park for adults, one that is populated with lifelike androids running amok. The show boasts an all-star cast, including Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Thandie Newton, and Anthony Hopkins in his first-ever recurring television role. Westworld premieres October 2nd.
Marvel’s third planned series will debut on Netflix at the end of September, when Jessica Jones standout Luke Cage gets his own crime-fighting feature.
For those looking for lighter fare, check out Donald Glover’s Atlanta, premiering on FX on 9/6. Glover stars as a man who returns to his hometown just as the city’s hip-hop scene is taking off, including the career of his rapper cousin.
Reboots are the main theme for Fall 2016, with revised/made-for-TV versions of MacGyver, Van Helsing, and Lethal Weapon all hitting airwaves this season. Oh, and for Gilmore Girl fans, don’t forget: the show’s new 360 minutes of content will all stream on Thanksgiving Day.
For the complete list of Fall 2016 TV premiere dates, check out our guide below!
Date | Title | Network | Time |
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9/1/16 | Tracks (New) | Spike | 9:30p |
9/1/16 | F*ck, That's Delicious | Viceland | 9p |
9/1/16 | Jim & Chrissy: Vow or Never (New) | WE | 9p |
9/2/16 | Chef's Table | Netflix | 12am |
9/3/16 | Narcos | Netflix | 12am |
9/4/16 | Building Star Trek (Special) | Smithsonian | 7p |
9/4/16 | The ABC Fall Preview Special (Special) | ABC | 6p |
9/5/16 | Loosely Exactly Nicole (New) | MTV | 9:30p |
9/5/16 | Mary + Jane (New) | MTV | 9p |
9/5/16 | Wonders of Burma (Special) | Smithsonian | 7p |
9/5/16 | Harley and the Davidsons (Miniseries) | Discovery | 8p |
9/5/16 | Hit the Floor: Til Death Do Us Part (Special) | VH1 | 8p |
9/5/16 | Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe (Special) | Comedy Central 10p | 9p |
9/6/16 | Atlanta (New) | FX | 9p |
9/6/16 | Queen Sugar (New) | OWN | 9p |
9/6/16 | Below Deck | Bravo | 8p |
9/6/16 | Game of Homes (New) | DFC | 8p |
9/6/16 | From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | El Rey | 8p |
9/6/16 | Dance Moms | Lifetime | 8p |
9/6/16 | A Season with Florida State Football | Showtime | 9p |
9/6/16 | StartUp (New) Clip | Crackle | 12am |
9/6/16 | 9/11 Inside the Pentagon (Special) | PBS | 7p |
9/7/16 | Lucha Underground | El Rey | 7p |
9/7/16 | The Incredible Food Race (New) | DFC | 8p |
9/7/16 | Full Circle | DirecTV/AT&T | 8p |
9/7/16 | NOVA: 15 Years of Terror | PBS | 8p |
9/8/16 | Better Things (New) | FX | 9p |
9/8/16 | Haylie's America (New) | Cooking | 9p |
9/8/16 | Sunday Night Football | NBC | 7:30p |
9/9/16 | Quarry (New) | Cinemax | 9p |
9/9/16 | Stand Up To Cancer (Special) | Various | 7p |
9/9/16 | One Mississippi (New) | Amazon | 12am |
9/10/16 | Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box (Special) | Lifetime | 9p |
9/10/16 | Hollywood Homicide Uncovered (New) | Reelz | 9p |
9/10/16 | Girl in the Box (Movie) | Lifetime | 7p |
9/10/16 | Rich and Acquitted (New) | Reelz | 8p |
9/11/16 | 90 Day Fiancé: After the 90 Days (New) | TLC | 9p |
9/11/16 | Son of Zorn (New) | Fox | 7p |
9/11/16 | Manzo'd With Children | Bravo | 8p |
9/11/16 | Rob & Chyna (New) | E! | 8p |
9/11/16 | 90 Day Fiancé | TLC | 8p |
9/11/16 | Indian Summers | PBS | 9p |
9/11/16 | Masters of Sex | Showtime | 9p |
9/11/16 | Churchill's Secret (Movie) | PBS | 7p |
9/11/16 | The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth | Showtime | 7p |
9/11/16 | The 2017 Miss America Competition (Special) | ABC | 8p |
9/12/16 | Sacred Steel (New) | Discovery | 9p |
9/12/16 | JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery (Miniseries) | ID | 9p |
9/12/16 | Dancing With the Stars | ABC | 7p |
9/14/16 | Don't Be Tardy... | Bravo | 9p |
9/14/16 | American Horror Story | FX | 9p |
9/14/16 | Documentary Now! Clip | IFC | 9p |
9/14/16 | The Million Dollar Duck (Movie) | Animal Planet | 8p |
9/14/16 | Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition | Food | 8p |
9/14/16 | Legends of Chamberlain Heights (New) | Comedy Central 10:30p | 9:30p |
9/14/16 | South Park | Comedy Central 10p | 9p |
9/14/16 | Blindspot | NBC | 9p |
9/14/16 | NOVA: School of the Future | PBS | 8p |
9/15/16 | Project Runway | Lifetime | 8p |
9/15/16 | NFL Thursday Night Football | CBS | 7:25p |
9/16/16 | Z Nation | Syfy | 7p |
9/16/16 | High Maintenance | HBO | 10p |
9/16/16 | Fleabag (New) | Amazon | 12am |
9/16/16 | The White Helmets (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
9/17/16 | Sister Cities (Movie) | Lifetime | 7p |
9/18/16 | America's Night of Hope (Special) | Hallmark | 9p |
9/18/16 | The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey (Miniseries) | CBS | 7:30p |
9/18/16 | 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (Special) | ABC | 7p |
9/19/16 | Gotham | Fox | 7p |
9/19/16 | Lucifer | Fox | 8p |
9/19/16 | The Good Place (New) | NBC | 9p |
9/19/16 | Kevin Can Wait (New) | CBS | 7:30p |
9/19/16 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 7p |
9/19/16 | The Voice | NBC | 7p |
9/19/16 | Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks (Movie) | HBO | 8p |
9/20/16 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 7p |
9/20/16 | Bad Girls Club: Social Disruption | Oxygen | 7p |
9/20/16 | Scream Queens | Fox | 8p |
9/20/16 | Strut (New) | Oxygen | 8p |
9/20/16 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | 9p |
9/20/16 | NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 9p |
9/20/16 | This Is Us (New) | NBC | 9p |
9/20/16 | New Girl | Fox | 7:30p |
9/20/16 | NCIS | CBS | 7p |
9/20/16 | Bull (New) | CBS | 8p |
9/20/16 | Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (Movie) | PBS | 8p |
9/21/16 | Lethal Weapon (New) | Fox | 7p |
9/21/16 | Empire | Fox | 8p |
9/21/16 | Designated Survivor (New) | ABC | 9p |
9/21/16 | Chicago P.D. | NBC | 9p |
9/21/16 | Speechless (New) | ABC | 7:30p |
9/21/16 | The Goldbergs | ABC | 7p |
9/21/16 | Survivor | CBS | 7p |
9/21/16 | black-ish | ABC | 8:30p |
9/21/16 | Modern Family | ABC | 8p |
9/21/16 | Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 8p |
9/22/16 | Rosewood | Fox | 7p |
9/22/16 | Million Dollar Listing New York: Ryan's Wedding (New) | Bravo | 8p |
9/22/16 | Pitch (New) | Fox | 8p |
9/22/16 | How to Get Away With Murder | ABC | 9p |
9/22/16 | The Blacklist | NBC | 9p |
9/22/16 | Easy (New) | Netflix | 12am |
9/22/16 | Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 7p |
9/22/16 | Superstore | NBC | 7p |
9/22/16 | Notorious (New) | ABC | 8p |
9/22/16 | Chicago Med | NBC | 8p |
9/22/16 | Debate Wars (New) | Seeso | 12am |
9/23/16 | Hell's Kitchen | Fox | 7p |
9/23/16 | The Exorcist (New) | Fox | 8p |
9/23/16 | Van Helsing (New) | Syfy | tba |
9/23/16 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 9p |
9/23/16 | Transparent | Amazon | 12am |
9/23/16 | Longmire | Netflix | 12am |
9/23/16 | Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills (Special) | Netflix | 12am |
9/23/16 | Dr. Ken | ABC | 7:30p |
9/23/16 | Last Man Standing | ABC | 7p |
9/23/16 | MacGyver (New) | CBS | 7p |
9/23/16 | Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon | NBC | 7p |
9/23/16 | Shark Tank | ABC | 8p |
9/23/16 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 8p |
9/23/16 | Dateline NBC | NBC | 8p |
9/24/16 | Star Wars Rebels | Disney XD | 7:30p |
9/24/16 | First Time Flippers | DIY | 8p |
9/24/16 | 48 Hours | CBS | 9p |
9/25/16 | The Simpsons | Fox | 7p |
9/25/16 | Family Guy | Fox | 8p |
9/25/16 | Quantico | ABC | 9p |
9/25/16 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 6:30p |
9/25/16 | Bob's Burgers | Fox | 6:30p |
9/25/16 | Son of Zorn (New) | Fox | 7:30p |
9/25/16 | Once Upon a Time | ABC | 7p |
9/25/16 | Poldark | PBS | 7p |
9/25/16 | The Last Man on Earth | Fox | 8:30p |
9/25/16 | Secrets and Lies | ABC | 8p |
9/26/16 | Presidential Debate (Special) | Various | 8p |
9/26/16 | Vice News Tonight (New) | HBO | 6:30p |
9/27/16 | Aftermath (New) | Syfy | 9p |
9/27/16 | Star Plates (New) | Food | 10p |
9/27/16 | Channel Zero (New) | Syfy | 8p |
9/27/16 | Drunk History | Comedy Central 10:30p | 9:30p |
9/27/16 | Frontline: The Choice 2016 (Special) | PBS | tba |
9/28/16 | Impastor | TV Land | 9:30p |
9/28/16 | Younger | TV Land | 9p |
9/28/16 | Code Black | CBS | 9p |
9/28/16 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 8p |
9/30/16 | Crisis in Six Scenes (New) | Amazon | 12am |
9/30/16 | Marvel's Luke Cage (New) | Netflix | 12am |
9/30/16 | Amanda Knox (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
10/1/16 | Versailles (New) | Ovation | 9p |
10/1/16 | Seeds of Love (Movie) | Hallmark | 8p |
10/2/16 | WAGS Miami (New) | E! | 9p |
10/2/16 | Blunt Talk | Starz | 7:35p |
10/2/16 | Ash vs. Evil Dead | Starz | 7p |
10/2/16 | Elementary | CBS | 9p |
10/2/16 | America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 6p |
10/2/16 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 7p |
10/2/16 | Madam Secretary | CBS | 8p |
10/2/16 | Westworld (New) | HBO | 8p |
10/2/16 | Shameless | Showtime | 8p |
10/3/16 | Conviction (New) | ABC | 9p |
10/3/16 | Timeless (New) | NBC | 9p |
10/3/16 | Scorpion | CBS | 8p |
10/3/16 | Class Divide (Movie) | HBO | 8p |
10/4/16 | Vice Presidential Debate (Special) | Various | 8p |
10/4/16 | The Mindy Project | Hulu | 12am |
10/4/16 | The Flash | CW | 7p |
10/4/16 | No Tomorrow (New) | CW | 8p |
10/5/16 | Total Bellas (New) | E! | 7p |
10/5/16 | Catching Kelce (New) | E! | 8p |
10/5/16 | Arrow | CW | 7p |
10/5/16 | Frequency (New) | CW | 8p |
10/5/16 | NOVA: Great Human Odyssey | PBS | 8p |
10/6/16 | iHeartRadio Music Festival (Special) | CW | 7p |
10/7/16 | The Ranch | Netflix | 12am |
10/7/16 | The 13th (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
10/9/16 | Pumpkin Pie Wars (Movie) | Hallmark | 8p |
10/9/16 | Presidential Debate (Special) | Various | 8p |
10/9/16 | Insecure (New) | HBO | 9:30p |
10/9/16 | Divorce (New) | HBO | 9p |
10/10/16 | Supergirl | CW | 7p |
10/10/16 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8p |
10/11/16 | Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After? (New) | Freeform | 7p |
10/11/16 | The Letter (New) | Freeform | 8p |
10/11/16 | Chicago Fire | NBC | 9p |
10/11/16 | American Housewife (New) | ABC | 7:30p |
10/11/16 | The Middle | ABC | 7p |
10/11/16 | The Real O'Neals | ABC | 8:30p |
10/11/16 | Fresh Off the Boat | ABC | 8p |
10/11/16 | This Is Us | NBC | 8p |
10/13/16 | Falling Water (New) | USA | 9p |
10/13/16 | Mascots (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
10/13/16 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | CW | 7p |
10/13/16 | Supernatural | CW | 8p |
10/14/16 | Wolf Creek | Pop | 9p |
10/14/16 | Goliath (New) | Amazon | 12am |
10/14/16 | Haters Back Off (New) | Netflix | 12am |
10/15/16 | Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four (Movie) | ID | 7p |
10/15/16 | Autumn in the Vineyard (Movie) | Hallmark | 8p |
10/16/16 | Eyewitness (New) | USA | 9p |
10/16/16 | Killing Reagan (Movie) | Nat Geo | 8p |
10/16/16 | Graves (New) | Epix | tba |
10/16/16 | Berlin Station (New) | Epix | tba |
10/16/16 | The Durrells in Corfu (Miniseries) | PBS | 7p |
10/17/16 | The Odd Couple | CBS | 8:30p |
10/17/16 | Jane the Virgin | CW | 8p |
10/17/16 | Hamilton's America (Special) | PBS | tba |
10/19/16 | CMT Artists of the Year (Special) | CMT | 7p |
10/19/16 | Presidential Debate (Special) | Various | 8p |
10/19/16 | Chance (New) | Hulu | 12am |
10/20/16 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (Special) | Fox | 7p |
10/21/16 | Black Mirror | Netflix | 12am |
10/21/16 | The Vampire Diaries | CW | 7p |
10/21/16 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | CW | 8p |
10/21/16 | One & Done (Movie) | Showtime | 8p |
10/22/16 | Good Witch Halloween (Movie) | Hallmark | 8p |
10/22/16 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths (Movie) | Reelz | 8p |
10/22/16 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (New) | BBC America | tba |
10/23/16 | Jean of the Joneses (Movie) | TV One | 8p |
10/23/16 | Talking Dead | AMC | 9p |
10/23/16 | Comic Book Men | AMC | 12am |
10/23/16 | The Walking Dead | AMC | 8p |
10/24/16 | Man With a Plan (New) | CBS | 7:30p |
10/24/16 | The Hate Card: Jorge Ramos Reporting (Movie) | HBO | 8p |
10/25/16 | Adam Ruins Everything Election Special (Special) | truTV | 9p |
10/26/16 | Rectify | Sundance | 9p |
10/27/16 | Pure Genius (New) | CBS | 9p |
10/27/16 | The Great Indoors (New) | CBS | 7:30p |
10/27/16 | Life in Pieces | CBS | 8:30p |
10/27/16 | Mom | CBS | 8p |
10/28/16 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | IFC | 10p |
10/28/16 | American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards (Special) | Hallmark | 7p |
10/28/16 | Paranormal Lockdown Halloween Special (Special) | Dest. Amer. | 8p |
10/28/16 | Good Girls Revolt (New) | Amazon | 12am |
10/28/16 | Into the Inferno (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
10/31/16 | People of Earth (New) | TBS | 8p |
11/2/16 | Stan Against Evil (New) | IFC | 9p |
11/4/16 | The Ivory Game (Movie) | Netflix | 12am |
11/4/16 | The Crown (New) | Netflix | 12am |
11/5/16 | Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love (Movie) | Reelz | 8p |
11/11/16 | Red Oaks | Amazon | 12am |
11/12/16 | Reagan: From Movie Star to President (Movie) | Reelz | 8p |
11/15/16 | Good Behavior (New) | TNT | 8p |
11/16/16 | Nightcap (New) | Pop | 7p |
11/17/16 | Undercover (New) | BBC America | tba |
11/17/16 | Lovesick | Netflix | 12am |
11/18/16 | Beat Bugs | Netflix | 12am |
11/19/16 | Scandal Made Me Famous (New) | Reelz | 9p |
11/19/16 | Autopsy: The Last Hours of... | Reelz | 8p |
11/20/16 | The Librarians | TNT | 7p |
11/20/16 | The Affair | Showtime | 9p |
11/20/16 | 2016 American Music Awards (Special) | ABC | 7p |
11/21/16 | Search Party (New) | TBS | 10p |
11/21/16 | Marathon: The Patriots' Day Bombing (Movie) | HBO | 8p |
11/25/16 | Savage Kingdom (Miniseries) | Nat Geo Wild | 8p |
11/25/16 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Netflix | 12am |
11/30/16 | Incorporated (New) | Syfy | 9p |
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