After having to postpone their traditional fall primetime TV lineups due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, networks have planned an even bigger 2024.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike ended in September 2023 after nearly five months, culminating in better wages and labor laws for its members. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), who joined the picket lines in July 2023, came to a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that November.
In the wake of the strikes’ conclusion, ABC and CBS announced in early November 2023 that their 2024 TV schedules are packed with beloved series, including Grey’s Anatomy’s 20th season and the return of NCIS for season 21 and NCIS: Hawai’i for season 3.
While CBS previously had Kathy Bates’ new Matlock revival on the docket for the 2023-2024 season, the show has now been pushed to the 2024-2025 TV season. Poppa’s House, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., has also been shifted to the next television cycle.
As networks make decisions about their programming, Us Weekly will continue to track what has been renewed and which TV shows have been canceled. Slow Horses was the first show to score a renewal in 2024. In early January, Apple TV+ picked up the series for a fifth season, which will be based on Mick […]
ABC, meanwhile, acquired FOX’s 9-1-1 in May 2023. The police drama will make its new network debut on Thursday, March 14, ahead of Grey’s and Station 19. 9-1-1: Lone Star, however, stayed at FOX and has been pushed from a midseason premiere to a fall 2024 return, according to TV Line.
Scroll down to see what network shows are returning in the new year as part of the Primetime 2024 lineup:
ABC
Monday, January 22
The Bachelor: 8 p.m. (season 28, two-hour premiere)
20/20 true crime edition: 10 p.m. (title TBA)
Wednesday, February 7
The Conners: 8 p.m. (season 6 premiere)
Not Dead Yet: 8:30 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Abbott Elementary: 9 p.m. (season 3, one-hour premiere)
Judge Steve Harvey: 10 p.m.
Wednesday, February 14
Abbott Elementary: 9 p.m. (regular half-hour slot)
Abbott Elementary left several characters at a crossroads ahead of season 3 — and behind the scenes obstacles have since created more challenges for the show. The season 2 finale, which aired in April 2023, focused on Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Gregory (Tyler James Williams) finally addressing their feelings for each other. While fans hoped […]
Sunday, February 18
American Idol: 8 p.m. (season 22, two-hour premiere)
What Would You Do?: 10 p.m.
Tuesday, February 20
Will Trent: 8 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
The Rookie: 9 p.m. (season 6 premiere)
The Good Doctor: 10 p.m. (season 7 premiere)
Thursday, March 14
9-1-1: 8 p.m. (season 7 premiere, formerly on Fox)
Grey’s Anatomy: 9 p.m. (season 20 premiere)
Station 19: 10 p.m. (season 7 premiere)
CBS
Sunday, February 11
Tracker: 10 p.m. (series premiere)
Monday, February 12
The Neighborhood: 8 p.m. (season 6 premiere)
Bob Hearts Abishola: 8:30 p.m. (season 5 premiere)
NCIS: 9 p.m. (season 21 premiere)
NCIS: Hawai’i: 10 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
Tuesday, February 13
FBI: 8 p.m. (season 6 premiere)
FBI: International: 9 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
FBI: Most Wanted: 10 p.m. (season 5 premiere)
The NCIS family just keeps growing — with a grand total of seven shows within the franchise as of 2024. While many fans might think the naval intelligence-based franchise began with NCIS, that’s not the case. The flagship NCIS show was actually JAG, which debuted on NBC in 1995. The series followed military lawyers in […]
Thursday, February 15
Young Sheldon: 8 p.m. (season 7 premiere)
Ghosts: 8:30 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
So Help Me Todd: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Tracker: 10 p.m. (series premiere repeat)
Friday, February 16
S.W.A.T.: 8 p.m. (season 7 premiere — final season)
Fire Country: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Blue Bloods: 10 p.m. (season 14 premiere — final season)
Sunday, February 18
60 Minutes: 7 p.m.
The Equalizer: 8 p.m. (season 4 premiere)
Tracker: 9 p.m. (regular time slot premiere)
CSI: Vegas: 10 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
Wednesday, February 28
Survivor: 8 p.m. (season 46, two-hour premiere)
All is fair in the Dick Wolf universe! After getting his start as a writer on Hill Street Blues in 1980s, the producer shot to superstardom when he created Law & Order in 1990. The TV giant has since helmed multiple Law & Order spinoffs, including the long-running series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, […]
Thursday, February 29
ELSBETH: 10 p.m. (series premiere)
Wednesday, March 6
Survivor: 8 p.m. (two-hour episode)
Wednesday, March 13
Survivor: 8 p.m. (return to 90-minute episodes)
The Amazing Race: 9:30 p.m. (season 36, 90-minute episodes)
FOX
Tuesday, January 2
Celebrity Name That Tune: 8 p.m. (winter premiere)
The Floor: 9 p.m. (series premiere)
Wednesday, January 3
I Can See Your Voice: 8 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
We Are Family: 9 p.m. (series premiere)
Sunday, January 7
Grimsburg: 8 p.m. (special preview)
Krapopolis: 8:30 p.m.
Bob’s Burgers: 9 p.m.
The Great North: 9:30 p.m. (season 4 premiere)
Monday, January 22
TMZ Investigates: 8 p.m. (season premiere)
America’s Most Wanted: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Sunday, January 28
Next Level Chef: 10 p.m. (special preview)
Thursday, February 1
Next Level Chef: 8 p.m. (official time slot)
Farmer Wants a Wife: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Sunday, February 18
The Simpsons: 8 p.m. (new time slot)
Krapopolis: 8:30 p.m. (official time slot)
The Great North: 9 p.m. (official time slot)
Grimsburg: 9:30 p.m. (official time slot)
Tuesday, March 5
The Cleaning Lady: 8 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
Alert: Missing Persons Unit: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Wednesday, March 6
The Masked Singer: 8 p.m. (season 11 premiere)
Animal Control: 9 p.m. (season 2 premiere)
Family Guy: 9:30 p.m. (spring premiere, new time slot)
FX
Wednesday, April 3
American Horror Story: Delicate Part 2 10 p.m. (four-episode continuation)
Thursday, April 18
Welcome to Wrexham 10 p.m. (season 3 premiere)
Friday, April 26
The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses 10 p.m. (documentary)
Tuesday, April 30
FX’s The Veil (streaming exclusively on Hulu)
Tuesday, June 4
FX’s Clipped (streaming exclusively on Hulu)
NBC
Saturday, December 23
Extended Family: 8 p.m. (series premiere)
Night Court: 8:30 p.m. (special holiday episode)
Monday, January 1
America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League: 8 p.m. (series premiere)
Tuesday, January 2
Night Court: 8 p.m. (official time slot)
Extended Family: 8:30 p.m. (official time slot)
Tuesday, January 9
La Brea: 9 p.m. (season 3 premiere — final season)
Found: 10 p.m. (first of final two episodes of season 1)
Wednesday, January 17
Chicago Med: 8 p.m. (season 9 premiere)
Chicago Fire: 9 p.m. (season 12 premiere)
Chicago P.D.: 10 p.m. (season 11 premiere)
A tangled web we weave! Dick Wolf’s characters on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med are intertwined on a variety of levels, including siblings, marriages and failed romances. Fans got a taste for the crossover connections early on with Chicago Fire’s Gabby Dawson (Monica Raymund) and Chicago P.D.’s Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda). The fictional […]
Thursday, January 18
Law & Order: 8 p.m. (season 23 premiere)
Law & Order: SVU: 9 p.m. (season 25 premiere)
Law & Order: Organized Crime: 10 p.m. (season 4 premiere)
Friday, January 19
Transplant: 8 p.m. (official time slot)
Monday, January 29
The Irrational: 10 p.m. (first of final four episodes of season 1)
Monday, February 26
The Voice: 8 p.m. (season 25 premiere, part 1)
Deal or No Deal Island: 9:30 p.m. (series premiere)
Tuesday, February 27
The Voice: 8 p.m. (season 25 premiere, part 2)
Monday, March 4
Deal or No Deal Island: 10 p.m. (official time slot)
