Fall TV Premiere Calendar
This is the permanent home of our TV premiere calendar. Bookmark this page; we'll update it daily throughout the year. Updated August 20
Premiere dates for all new and returning shows and specials
New (
) and returning shows, TV movies, and specials with announced premiere dates are listed below. (All times ET/PT unless otherwise indicated).
August premieres
Show Network Type Time
WED / August 20
Epic Ink
A&E Reality 10:30p
Happy Valley
Drama 12:01a
North American debut of the hit BBC drama series about a hard-working, small-town policewoman (Sarah Lancashire) who discovers that the man she believes to be her daughter's murderer has been released from prison. All six episodes will stream today. The series was just renewed for a 2nd season by the BBC.
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Bravo Reality 9p
Preachers of L.A. Oxygen Reality 10p
Speed Kills Smithsonian Reality 8p
THU / August 21
The Feed
FYI Reality/Food 10p ET
Gypsy Sisters TLC Reality 9p
FRI / August 22
Airplane Repo Discovery Reality 10p
Bering Sea Gold Discovery Reality 9p
BoJack Horseman
Animation/Comedy 12:01a
Netflix's first foray into edgy, Adult Swim-style animation for adults follows the life of a self-loathing, washed-up sitcom star with a drinking problem—who happens to be a horse. Voices come from Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Alison Brie, and Amy Sedaris, plus guests including Paul F. Tompkins, Olivia Wilde, Patton Oswalt, Anjelica Huston, and more. Oh, and don't miss the vintage 1990s-style website.
Monsters Underground
Dest. America Reality 10p
Swamp Monsters
Dest. America Reality 9p
SAT / August 23
Doctor Who Trailer BBC America Sci-fi 8p
Eighth season premiere features the new (12th) Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It).
The Incredible Dr. Pol Nat Geo Wild Reality 9p
Intruders
TrailerExtended trailer BBC America Sci-fi 10p
X-Files writer-producer Glen Morgan adapts Michael Marshall Smith's best-selling novel into an 8-episode paranormal thriller about a secret society that may have discovered the secret to immortality (hint: it involves inhabiting the bodies of other people). John Simm (Life on Mars) and Mira Sorvino star, while horror veterans Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) and Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) direct.
Ten Things You Don't Know About H2 Reality 10p
SUN / August 24
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Live event/Music tbd
Broadcast live from the Forum in Los Angeles.
Breathless
Drama 9p
Medical drama is set in 1961 London and stars Jack Davenport. Airs on Masterpiece Mystery.
MON / August 25
66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Live event 8p ET
Seth Meyers will host this rare Monday night awards telecast, which will air live coast-to-coast. A live red-carpet special precedes the ceremony at 7:30p ET. Check out this year's nominees.
TUE / August 26
Chelsea Lately
E! Comedy/Talk 11p
Live series finale (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
The iHeartRadio Album Release Party
with Maroon 5
Special/Music 8p
Tosh.0
Comedy 10p
WED / August 27
Girlfriend Intervention
Lifetime Reality 10p
Operation Maneater
Documentary/Nature 10p
THU / August 28
The World's Wildest Commercials
Special 10p
FRI / August 29
George Strait: The Cowboy
Rides Away
CMT Special/Music 7p
Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean to
Brag
Comedy 9p
Stand-up special.
Jim Jeffries: Bare
Comedy 12:01a
Stand-up special.
SAT / August 30
Girlfriends' Getaway
TV One Drama 8p ET
Raiders of the Lost Art
Ovation Documentary 7p ET
SUN / August 31
2014 MDA Show of Strength Telethon
Special 9p
BBQ Crawl Travel Food/Travel 7:30p
The X Factor (UK) AXS Reality competition 8p ET
The British version of Simon Cowell's singing competition series will air in the U.S. for the first time with this 11th season, to be broadcast on AXS on Sunday and Monday nights, a day after each episode debuts overseas.
September premieres
Show Network Type Time
MON / September 1
Houdini
Trailer History Drama 9p
Four-hour, two-night miniseries stars Adrien Brody as the famous magician.
The Unauthorized Saved by
the Bell Story
Clip Lifetime Drama 9p
TUE / September 2
19 Kids & Counting TLC Reality 9p
ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta's Rise in the Rap Game
VH1 Documentary/Music 10p
Ink Master Spike Reality 10p
Inside the NFL
Sports 9p
Little People Big World TLC Reality 10p
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Special 8p
Yukon Men Discovery Reality 9p
WED / September 3
Ali G Rezurection
Comedy 10:30p
The League
Comedy 10p
My Friends Call Me Johnny
Esquire Reality 10p
Surviving Evil ID Reality 9p
VH1 Couples Therapy With Dr. Jenn
Reunion
VH1 Reality 9p
THU / September 4
Sunday Night Football
Sports/Live event 8:20p
NBC's weekly primetime game begins with a special Thursday edition.
FRI / September 5
Pond Stars
Nat Geo Wild Reality 10p
Stand Up to Cancer
(multiple) Special 8p
Fourth annual benefit will be simulcast on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and 26 cable networks..
SAT / September 6
The Brittany Murphy Story
Lifetime Drama 8p
Buying Alaska Dest. America Reality 9p
The Chair
Trailer Starz Reality competition 11p
In this Project Greenlight-like competition (from one of that show's producers), two first-time film directors are each asked to create a film from an identical screenplay.
My Boyfriends' Dogs
Hallmark Drama 9p
The Mind of a Chef Trailer
Food tbd
Third season of Anthony Bourdain-hosted series will feature chefs Edward Lee and Magnus Nilsson.
Six Little McGhees OWN Reality 10p
SUN / September 7
9/10: The Final Hours
Nat Geo Documentary 8p
Angels Among Us
TLC Reality 10p
Boardwalk Empire Trailer
Drama tbd
Final season premiere.
Crowning New York
Smithsonian Special 8p
Ghost Asylum
Dest. America Reality 10p
Total Divas Trailer E! Reality 9p
Utopia
Reality 8p
Special two-hour premiere; series will normally air Tuesdays at 8p and Fridays at 8p (beginning 9/9 and 9/12, respectively). New reality series asks 15 people to move to an isolated location and build their own civilization from scratch (while being filmed 24/7). Eliminations will provide opportunities for newcomers to enter the society.
MON / September 8
Monday Night Football ESPN Sports/Live event 8:15p ET
TUE / September 9
Adam Devine's House Party
Comedy 10:30p
Subsequent episodes will air Thursday nights at 12:30am beginning 9/11.
Fashion Rocks
Music 9p
If Loving You Is Wrong
OWN Drama 9p
Latest series from Tyler Perry. Back-to-back episodes air tonight.
Sons of Anarchy Trailer
Drama 10p
The biker drama's seventh and final season begins with an extra long 105-minute episode, which will be followed by a live after-show (Anarchy Afterword).
The World's Greatest Tribute Bands AXS Music 10p ET
WED / September 10
Hell's Kitchen
Reality competition 8p
Special two-hour season 13 premiere.
Nova: Vaccines—Calling the Shots
Documentary/Science 9p
Under the Lights
Sports 10p
NFL Thursday Night Football preview.
VH1 Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn VH1 Reality 9p
THU / September 11
The Biggest Loser
Reality competition 8p
Haven Syfy Drama 10p
Expanded 26-episode 5th season will air in two parts, with tonight kicking off the first of 13 fall episodes.
Thursday Night Football
Sports/Live event 8:25p ET
Weekly Thursday night game moves to CBS (though it will be simulcast on the NFL Network) for the first time for eight weeks of the season. Pre-game show begins at 7:30p ET.
FRI / September 12
Bill Maher: Live, Without Interruption
Comedy/Live event 10p
Live stand-up special follows a special live episode (at 9p) of Real Time With Bill Maher, both in Washington, D.C.
Mysteries at the Museum Travel Reality 9p
Z Nation
Trailer Syfy Drama 10p
Harold Perrineau and Tom Everett Scott star in cable's latest zombie series, which takes place in the third year of a pandemic when a single human survivor of the zombie virus may hold the key to a vaccine that could save the few remaining uninfected inhabitants of the continent.
SAT / September 13
Deliverance Creek
Lifetime Drama 8p
Lauren Ambrose stars as a Civil War widow in this drama from Nicolas Sparks. It's a backdoor pilot, which means that it could become an ongoing series if ratings are strong.
SUN / September 14
American War Generals
Nat Geo Documentary 8p
Amish Haunting
Dest. America Reality 9p
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Documentary 8p
Latest Ken Burns documentary, a look at the Roosevelt political dynasty (specifically, Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor), will air for two hours a night on seven consecutive nights.
MON / September 15
American Ninja Warrior:
USA vs. The World
Reality competition 8p
Three-hour special.
Dancing With the Stars
Reality competition 8p
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
VH1 Reality 8p
TUE / September 16
Brickleberry
Animation/Comedy 10:30p
Kim of Queens Lifetime Reality tbd
The Mindy Project
Comedy 9:30p
New Girl
Comedy 9p
WED / September 17
The Mysteries of Laura
Drama 10p
Debra Messing as an NYPD homicide detective going through a divorce while trying to raise unruly twin boys. The series comes from producer Greg Berlanti (Arrow, Brothers & Sisters), producer/director McG, and writer Jeff Rake (Boston Legal), who adapts the Spanish-language series Los Misterios De Laura. Sneak preview tonight at a special time; the series moves to its regular 8p slot the following week (9/24).
Red Band Society
Drama 9p
Steven Spielberg-produced dramedy (based on the Spanish series Polseres vermelles) features an unlikely setting for a teen soap: the pediatric wing of a Los Angeles hospital, where a group of young patients meet and form friendships, united by their shared experiences and uncertain futures. Octavia Spencer and Dave Annable (Brothers and Sisters) are the recognizable adults, joining an ensemble of young newcomers.
THU / September 18
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Adult Swim Comedy 12:15a
After a one-off special that aired last fall, Tim and Eric's follow-up to Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job! returns as a regular anthology series. Each 30-minute episode will find the two stars joined by a variety of guests to tell a self-contained spooky tale. (Airs Thursday night/Friday morning.)
SAT / September 20
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé
and Jay Z
Music 9p
SUN / September 21
60 Minutes
News 7p *
* Tonight's CBS shows will start 30 minutes later on the East Coast due to football overrun.
The Good Wife
Drama 9p *
* Tonight's CBS shows will start 30 minutes later on the East Coast due to football overrun.
Madam Secretary
Drama 8p *
Téa Leoni stars as the newly appointed Secretary of State.
* Tonight's CBS shows will start 30 minutes later on the East Coast due to football overrun. The premiere of Madam Secretary will also repeat tonight at 10p (10:30p on the East Coast).
Miss Marple
Drama tbd
Masterpiece Mystery! presentation features three new installments, with Julia McKenzie returning as the Agatha Christie-created detective.
Mr. Pickles
Adult Swim Animation/Comedy Midnight
Squidbillies Adult Swim Animation/Comedy 12:15a
MON / September 22
The Big Bang Theory
Comedy 8p
Back-to-back new episodes. The show will return to its normal Thursday time slot in late October.
The Blacklist
Drama 10p
Forever
Drama 10p
13-episode crime procedural focuses on Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd), an accomplished New York medical examiner who happens to be immortal. Alana De La Garza (Law & Order) co-stars as his detective partner, while Judd Hirsch plays his friend, who is the one person who knows the doctor's secret. Special premiere tonight; the show moves to its normal Tuesday 10p slot the following night (9/23) with another new episode.
Gotham
Drama 8p
Fox's most-anticipated fall newcomer is set in DC Comics's Batman universe, though it will be a prequel to Batman's story, centering on the origin story of future Gotham City Commissioner James Gordon (Southland's Ben McKenzie) in his days as a rookie detective, before he meets the Caped Crusader. You'll also see a pre-teen, pre-cape Bruce Wayne, plus Detective Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) and younger versions of Selina Kyle/Catwoman (newcomer Camren Bicondova), The Riddler (Cory Michael Smith), The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), Alfred, and likely many more. Jada Pinkett Smith will also star as a brand-new character, crime boss Fish Mooney.
Scorpion
Drama 9p
High-energy procedural (sort of a blend of Numb3rs, Ocean's 11, and The Big Bang Theory) from ubiquitous producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman focuses on a team of eccentric, socially awkward super-geniuses who work for the Homeland Security department as our country's last line of defense against high-tech threats. Elyes Gabel (Body of Proof), Eddie Kaye Thomas (Harold & Kumar films), Robert Patrick, Ernie Hudson, and Katharine McPhee star.
Sleepy Hollow
Drama 9p
The Voice
Reality competition 8p
Also airs Tuesdays at 8p.
TUE / September 23
The Boomer List
Documentary 9p
Two-hour American Masters special focuses on 19 iconic baby boomers (including Billy Joel and Amy Tan), one born each year from 1945-1964.
Chicago Fire
Drama 10p
Finding Your Roots
Documentary 8p
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Drama 9p
NCIS
Drama 8p
NCIS: New Orleans
Drama 9p
Second NCIS spin-off stars Scott Bakula, CCH Pounder, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, and Zoe McLellan.
Person of Interest Trailer
Drama 10p
WED / September 24
Black-ish
Comedy 9:30p
The latest comedy to try to succeed in the seemingly desirable post-Modern Family time slot where so many others have failed, Black-ish finds a successful African-American husband and father wondering if his superficially ideal suburban lifestyle is pulling him too far away from his cultural roots. Anthony Anderson (All About the Andersons), Laurence Fishburne, and Tracee Ellis Ross (Girlfriends) head the cast.
Chicago PD
Drama 10p
The Goldbergs
Comedy 8:30p
Key & Peele Clip
Comedy 10:30p
Season 4 guests will include Rashida Jones, Ty Burrell, Chelsea Peretti, and Retta.
Law & Order: SVU
Drama 9p
Life on the Reef
Documentary/Nature 10p
Three-part series examines the Great Barrier Reef.
The Middle
Comedy 8p
Modern Family
Comedy 9p
Nashville
Drama 10p
South Park
Animation/Comedy 10p
Survivor
Reality competition 8p
Special 90-minute premiere. The live season finale of Big Brother follows at 9:30p.
THU / September 25
Bones Trailer
Drama 8p
Grey's Anatomy
Drama 8p
How to Get Away With Murder
Drama 10p
Shonda Rhimes night concludes with the producer's third soapy drama of the evening. This new legal thriller stars Viola Davis as a litigator who also works as a law professor at a highly competitive East Coast school. There, she teaches a first-year criminal law class where the students will stop at nothing to get ahead—including doing whatever it takes to help their professor's high-profile client escape murder charges.
Jokers Wild
truTV Reality 10p
Parenthood
Drama 10p
Final season.
Scandal
Drama 9p
FRI / September 26
20/20
News 10p
The Amazing Race
Reality competition 8p
Blue Bloods
Drama 10p
Dateline
News 9p
Hawaii Five-0
Drama 9p
Shark Tank
Reality 8p
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street
Musical 9p
Live From Lincoln Center presentation is a telecast of recent New York Philharmonic production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, starring Emma Thompson.
SAT / September 27
48 Hours
News 10p
SUN / September 28
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Comedy 8:30p
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Drama 10p
Family Guy Clip
Animation/Comedy 9p
Special one-hour premiere features a Simpsons crossover.
Once Upon a Time
Drama 8p
Resurrection
Drama 9p
Revenge
Drama 10p
The Simpsons Trailer
Animation/Comedy 8p
MON / September 29
The 50 Year Argument
Documentary 9p
Martin Scorsese-directed doc focuses on The New York Review of Books.
Castle
Drama 10p
iHeartRadio Music Festival
Special/Music 8p
Mom
Comedy 8:30p
NCIS: Los Angeles
Drama 10p
TUE / September 30
Happyland
Trailer MTV Comedy 11p
iHeartRadio Music Festival (Night 2)
Special/Music 8p
Makers
Documentary 9p
Manhattan Love Story
Comedy 8:30p
Would you like to get into the heads of a man and a woman in the beginning stages of a romantic relationship, and be able to listen to their very different thoughts as they navigate the world of dating? If so, this single-camera comedy from Drew Carey Show and Spin City writer Jeff Lowell is for you. Analeigh Tipton (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Jake McDorman (Greek) star.
Selfie
Comedy 8p
Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) stars in this loose take on the classic My Fair Lady formula as Eliza Dooley, a woman who has accumulated hundreds of thousands of "friends" through her newfound fame in social media circles but realizes that she has few actual friends in meatspace. So she hires an image consultant played by John Cho to "rebrand" her offline life and teach her how to form real-life connections. The sitcom comes from Emily Kapnek, creator of the recently canceled Suburgatory.
October premieres
Show Network Type Time
WED / October 1
Criminal Minds
Drama 9p
Stalker
Drama 10p
The latest series from Kevin Williamson is a scary psychological thriller—more The Following than The Vampire Diaries— centering on a team of LAPD detectives (led by Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q) who specialize in stalking incidents
THU / October 2
A to Z
Comedy 9:30p
In a sort of gender-reversed Dharma & Greg, this single-camera rom-com follows mismatched pair Andrew (Mad Men's Ben Feldman), the idealistic dreamer, and Zelda (How I Met Your Mother's Cristin Milioti), the driven professional, from the first day of their unlikely romance, when they "meet cute" thanks to an online dating glitch.
Bad Judge
Comedy 9p
Kate Walsh stars as one of L.A.'s toughest criminal judges—but one who is also known for her hard-partying, hard-rocking ways and unorthodox behavior in the courtroom—in a new comedy produced by Funny or Die's Adam McKay and Will Ferrell.
Gracepoint
Drama 9p
This American remake of UK critical hit Broadchurch retains the dark storyline about a murder investigation that rocks a small seaside town but shifts the locale to California. David Tennant (Doctor Who) reprises his lead role as a high-ranking police official who arrives in town with a troubled past, though this time he also comes with an American accent. Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn, Jacki Weaver, Nick Nolte, Michael Peña, and Kevin Rankin also star in the 10-episode series, which promises to have a different ending than the original.
Reign
Drama 9p
The Vampire Diaries
Drama 8p
FRI / October 3
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Music 9p
Two-hour special looks back at the PBS show's best moments combined with new performances.
Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution
Comedy Midnight
Last Man Standing
Comedy 8p
Back-to-back episodes.
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Disney Animation/Sci-fi 9p
One-hour movie serves as the lead-in to the new series Star Wars Rebels, which debuts on 10/13.
SAT / October 4
America by the Numbers
Documentary 8p
Survivor's Remorse
Trailer Starz Comedy 9p
SUN / October 5
America's Funniest Home Videos
Reality 7p
Bob's Burgers
Animation/Comedy 7:30p
Homeland Trailer
Drama 9p
Back-to-back new episodes air tonight.
Inspector Lewis
Drama 9p
Mulaney
Comedy 9:30p
This Lorne Michaels-produced sitcom wants to be the next Seinfeld—or, at least, Fox execs wish it to be so, to the point where they themselves are already making the comparisons. The semi-autobiographical, multi-camera comedy (taped before a live studio audience) is a vehicle for stand-up comedian John Mulaney (also a former SNL writer and Kroll Show co-star), who plays a young aspiring comedian trying to take his career to the next level. Martin Short, Nasim Pedrad (SNL), Elliott Gould, Seaton Smith (Totally Biased), and Zack Pearlman (The Virginity Hit) also star, while Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco will guest.
MON / October 6
The Originals Trailer
Drama 8p
TUE / October 7
Bad Girls Club: Redemption Oxygen Reality 8p
The Flash
Drama/Sci-fi 8p
This spin-off from Arrow stars Grant Gustin (Glee, 90210) as forensic scientist turned costumed crimefighter Barry Allen, who is the fastest man alive thanks to a freak accident. The cast also includes Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Tom Cavanagh (Ed), and John Wesley Shipp, who starred in the title role in CBS's short-lived 1990 version of The Flash. Arrow producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg (though not Marc Guggenheim) are behind this new show as well, along with Arrow writer Geoff Johns.
Nail'd It
Oxygen Reality competition 9p
Supernatural
Drama 9p
Town of the Living Dead
Syfy Reality 10p
Comedic reality series follows a small Alabama town's efforts to complete filming of an independent zombie movie that's already six years in the making.
WED / October 8
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Drama/Horror 10p
The show's fourth run follows the employees of a freak show in the 1950s. Jessica Lange (as always) stars alongside Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Michael Chiklis, John Carroll Lynch, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, and Gabourey Sidibe.
Arrow Trailer
Drama/Sci-fi 8p
Ghost Hunters Syfy Reality 9p
Kingdom
Trailer DirecTV Drama 9p
New original drama series (airing on the Audience Network) is set in the world of MMA fighting and stars Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, and Nick Jonas.
FRI / October 10
Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be
Kidding Me
Comedy 12:01a
Stand-up special.
Cristela
Comedy 8:30p
This multi-camera comedy was created by and stars comedian Cristela Alonzo (in her first-ever acting gig) as a sixth-year law student who finds her ambitions for a professional career being held in check by her working-class Mexican-American family.
SUN / October 12
The Affair
Drama 10p
Ten-episode drama from the creative team behind In Treatment depcits the effects of an extramarital affair from his/her perspectives. Dominic West (The Wire), Ruth Wilson (Luther), Maura Tierney, and Joshua Jackson star.
The Walking Dead Trailer
Drama 9p
MON / October 13
Jane the Virgin
Comedy/Drama 9p
Adapted from a Venezuelan telenovela, this hourlong dramedy centers on a hard-working young teaching student and telenovela obsessive (Gina Rodriguez) who finds herself in her own soap opera-worthy storyline when she accidentally (!) becomes pregnant through artificial insemination. (These things happen.) Will her fiancé and religious family understand? And what about the biological father? The adaptation comes from Jennie Snyder Urman (Emily Owens, M.D.).
Star Wars Rebels
Disney XD Animation/Sci-fi 9p
New animated Star Wars series takes place between the events of Episodes III and IV, and is set to be closer in spirit and look to the original film trilogy than previous animated efforts. Note that the series is preceded by a prequel movie, Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, debuting on Disney Channel on 10/3 (and also available online).
TUE / October 14
About a Boy
Comedy 9:30p
Car Matchmaker
Esquire Reality 9p
Chrisley Knows Best USA Reality 10p
Marry Me
Comedy 9p
NBC's most promising new fall comedy reunites Happy Endings creator David Caspe and star Casey Wilson (who are now real-life newlyweds) for a sitcom about a couple who have been happily dating for six years but can never find the perfect moment to get engaged. Ken Marino (The State, Eastbound & Down), Sarah Wright, and Tim Meadows also star.
Uncle
DirecTV Comedy 8:30p
U.S. debut (on the Audience Network) of the British comedy series.
White Collar Brawlers Esquire Reality 10p
WED / October 15
How We Got to Now With Steven Johnson
Documentary/Science 9p
The author hosts a six-part series examining the innovations (and innovators) that made modern life possible, grouped around topics such as cold, time, light, clean, glass, and sound.
Top Chef Bravo Reality competition 10p
FRI / October 17
Dane Cook: Troublemaker
Comedy 10p
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Documentary/Music 11p
Dave Grohl-directed documentary series is part music-oriented travelogue, and part making-an-album documentary. Each of the eight episodes focuses on a different studio in a different city, where the Foo Fighters recorded tracks for their upcoming album Sonic Highways.
Freestyle Love Supreme
Pivot Comedy/Music 10p
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Musical 9p
San Francisco Opera performance.
Welcome to Fairfax
Pivot Reality 10:30p
WED / October 22
The 100
Drama/Sci-fi 9p
Web Therapy
Comedy 11p
Matthew Perry, Jon Hamm, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lauren Graham, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Allison Janney, Craig Ferguson, and Calista Flockhart are among the season 4 guests.
FRI / October 24
Constantine
Drama/Fantasy 10p
Welsh actor Matt Ryan (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) plays snarky supernatural detective/magician/demon hunter John Constantine, as made famous in DC's Hellblazer comics. Harold Perrineau (Lost) also stars (along with telenovela star Angélica Celaya, replacing the just-departed Lucy Griffiths), while the series comes from Dexter writer/producer Daniel Cerone and Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer.
Dateline
News 8p
New time period.
Grimm
Drama/Fantasy 9p
SAT / October 25
The Good Witch's Wonder
Hallmark Drama 9p
Seventh film in the Good Witch franchise. A weekly Good Witch series will follow in early 2015.
SUN / October 26
Death Comes to Pemberley
Drama 9p
Adaptation of P.D. James' novel (which serves as a continuation to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, with a murder mystery storyline) stars Matthew Rhys (The Americans) and Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House). Airs on Masterpiece Mystery! across two consecutive Sundays.
MON / October 27
2 Broke Girls
Comedy 8p
Fake Off
truTV Reality competition tbd
TUE / October 28
Friends of the People
truTV Comedy tbd
WED / October 29
Weekend Fix
Esquire Reality 10p
THU / October 30
The Big Bang Theory
Comedy 8p
Moves from Monday nights (where it will start the fall season).
Elementary
Drama 10p
The McCarthys
Comedy 9:30p
New comedy centers on a sports-crazed Boston family (i.e., a Boston family).
The Millers
Comedy 8:30p
Two and a Half Men
Comedy 9p
Final season premiere.
Late fall premieres
Show Network Type Time
SUN / November 2
2014 BAFTA Britannia Awards
BBC America Special tbd
Rob Brydon hosts.
WED / November 5
The 48th Annual CMA Awards
Special/Live event 8p
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return as hosts. (Tape-delayed on West Coast.)
The Exes TV Land Comedy 10:30p
FRI / November 7
MasterChef Junior
Reality competition 8p
SUN / November 9
Worricker: Turks & Caicos
Drama 9p
David Hare-directed sequel to Page Eight returns Bill Nighy as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker. Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ralph Fiennes also star. Airs on Masterpiece.
TUE / November 11
Navy SEALs—Their Untold Story
Documentary 9p
FRI / November 14
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
Comedy 12:01a
Stand-up special.
The Hitmakers
Documentary/Music 9p
Documentary examines the changing music industry in the digital era.
SAT / November 15
The Missing
Trailer Starz Drama 9p
Eight-episode European thriller centers on a father (James Nesbitt) desperate to locate his missing five-year-old son when he disappears during a French vacation.
Northpole
Hallmark Drama 8p
Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, and Tiffani Thiessen star.
SUN / November 16
Worricker: Salting the Battlefield
Drama 9p
Third Worricker installment (again written and directed by David Hare) stars Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, and Ralph Fiennes. Airs on Masterpiece.
MON / November 17
State of Affairs
Drama 10p
New drama series follows the personal and professional life of a high-ranking CIA agent (Katherine Heigl) who advises the President (Alfre Woodard).
TUE / November 18
Living with the Jacksons
Reelz Reality 8p
FRI / November 21
Lost Songs: The Basement
Tapes Continued
Documentary/Music 9p
MON / November 24
Ascension
Trailer Syfy Sci-fi 9p
This ambitious space drama (running as a six-episode miniseries this fall, though it could be extended into a regular series if things go well) follows part of the 100-year journey of a colony ship that was launched secretly during the 1960s with the hope of eventually populating another planet. Inhabitants of the ship start to question that mission, however, after a mysterious murder. (Plus, Tricia Helfer is onboard, which can't be a good sign.)
TUE / November 25
The Pilgrims
Documentary 9p
FRI / November 28
Bill Cosby: 77
Comedy 12:01a
Stand-up special.
One Child
Sundance Drama tbd
Two-night, four-hour miniseries concludes Saturday 11/29. Elizabeth Perkins and Donald Sumpter star as the adoptive parents of a young Chinese-born woman who is called back to her homeland when her birth mother faces a family crisis.
TUE / December 2
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Trailer Bravo Drama 10p
The network's first scripted series is based on Vicki Iovine's book series and stars Lisa Edelstein and (for a short time) Janeane Garofalo.
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Animation/Family 8p
New 30-minute Toy Story Christmas special returns stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.
THU / December 4
Peter Pan Live
Musical/Live event 8p
Another new live musical production from the producers of last year's Sound of Music. Allison Williams (Girls) plays the title role, while Christopher Walken stars as Captain Hook.
MON / December 15
American Country Countdown
Awards
Music/Live event 8p
FRI / December 26
American Masters: Bing Crosby
Documentary 9p
WED / December 31
Pitbull's New Year's Revolution
Special/Live event 8p
New live special will be broadcast from Miami. (Tape delayed on West Coast.)
2015 premieres
Show Network Type Time
SUN / January 4
Downton Abbey
Drama tbd
SUN / January 11
72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Special/Live event 8p ET
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host for the third straight year.
SUN / February 1
Super Bowl XLIX
Sports/Live event tbd
A special episode of The Blacklist will follow the game.
THU / February 5
The Blacklist
Drama 9p
Series returns from winter hiatus in a new time slot.
SUN / February 15
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Comedy 8p
Three-hour live special.
SUN / February 22
87th Annual Academy Awards
Special/Live event 4p
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron return as producers for the third straight year.
SUN / March 29
Call the Midwife
Drama 8p
U.S. debut of season 4 of the British drama series.
SUN / April 19
50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
Special/Live event 8p
MON / May 25
Texas Rising
History Drama tbd
Eight-hour miniseries chronicles the Texas Revolution and stars Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, and Kris Kristofferson.
