The NBC Fall 2016 schedule has been officially announced and it includes the return of the #1 broadcast program, Sunday Night Football, the #1 reality series, The Voice, the freshman drama, This Is Us, new Monday night entry Timeless, the new Mike Schur comedy, The Good Place, second-year comedy hit Superstore, and the Dick Wolf Windy City troika: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med.
Also part of the NBC Fall 2016 schedule is the second season of Blindspot, last year’s top new series in the 18-49 demo. It kicks off NBC‘s fall and begins Wednesday, September 14 at 10:00pm immediately following the season finale of summer’s #1 reality series, America’s Got Talent.
Sunday Night Football starts up again Thursday, September 8 when the champion Denver Broncos host the Carolina Panthers (8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT) in a Super Bowl rematch. Three days later on September 11, Sunday Night Football travels to Arizona as the Cardinals play the New England Patriots (8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT).
The NBC Fall 2016 schedule continues with the 11th season of NBC’s powerhouse series The Voice begins Monday, September 19 (8-10pm) as new coaches Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus join Adam Levine and Blake Shelton in the Blind Auditions. Immediately following, NBC will air back-to-back episodes of the new Mike Schur comedy The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and multi-Emmy Award winner Ted Danson. The series will shift to its normal 8:30pm pm Thursday timeslot three days later.
This Is Us, whose incredibly well-received trailer has drawn more than 70 million views, will make its debut at 10:00pm Tuesday, September 20 following The Voice and continue in that time period until shifting to its normal 9:00pm slot Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Wednesday, September 21 marks the time period premiere of Blindspot (8:00pm), immediately followed by the 18th season premiere of Law & Order: SVU and season four debut of Chicago P.D.
Cloud 9 opens for business at 8:00pm Thursday, September 22 as Superstore returns for its second season followed by The Good Place. The doctors of Chicago Med go back to work at 9:00pm and then Red’s hunt for Liz and the man who took her take center stage on the new season of The Blacklist at 10:00pm.
Friday, September 23 marks the return of Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (8:00pm) and Dateline NBC (9-11pm).
Timeless, from Eric Kripke (Revolution, Supernatural) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), about a history professor who teams with a scientist and soldier to try and prevent a mysterious criminal from changing the past, debuts Monday, October 3 at 10:00pm.
The following week, on Tuesday, October 11, This Is Us makes its time period premiere at 9:00pm, followed by the season five premiere of Chicago Fire.
The full NBC Fall 2016 premiere schedule reads as follows:
Wednesday September 14
10-11: Blindspot
Monday, September 19
8-10: The Voice
10-11: The Good Place (Preview)
Tuesday, September 20
8-10: The Voice
10-11: This is Us
Wednesday, September 21
8-9: Blindspot (Time Period Premiere)
9-10: Law & Order: SVU
10-11: Chicago PD
Thursday, September 22
8-8:30: Superstore
8:30-9: The Good Place (Time Period Premiere)
9-10: Chicago Med
10-11: The Blacklist
Friday, September 23
8-9: Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon
9-11: Dateline NBC
Monday, October 3
10-11: Timeless
Tuesday October 11
9-10: This Is Us (Time Period Premiere)
10-11: Chicago Fire
