NBC Fall TV Shows 2025: The Complete Schedule and Premiere Dates

NBC is entering a new chapter of primetime programming, thanks to its 11-year deal with the NBA that will bring NBA games to NBC and Peacock this fall starting Oct. 21. The agreement, which was announced last July and also includes WNBA games during the 2026 summer season and Peacock exclusive games on Monday nights, partly explains why the network axed six of its scripted series heading into this season. The sitcoms Lopez vs. Lopez and Night Court were each canceled after three seasons, second-year crime dramas Found and The Irrational were let go, new drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society was buried, and, perhaps least surprising, the Suits spin-off Suits LA, which premiered to poor reviews and never quite found an audience, was canceled after one season.

But there is good news: Christopher Meloni's Detective Elliot Stabler is coming back to broadcast TV. After Law & Order: Organized Crime moved to Peacock this spring, the show is returning to NBC — not with a new season, but with its latest season, which already streamed on Peacock but will likely find a new audience on broadcast. While the show awaits word on a potential Season 6 renewal, Organized Crime Season 5 will air on Thursdays this fall beginning Sept. 25, following new seasons of Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. 

Organized Crime's move back to NBC displaces Season 2 of The Hunting Party, which was originally set for Thursdays. The procedural, which stars Melissa Roxburgh as an FBI special agent, will now return at midseason. Its fellow sophomore drama Brilliant Minds — which stars Zachary Quinto as a genius neurologist — heads into its second season on Mondays beginning Sept. 22, following The Voice. 

Wednesdays this fall are still all about One Chicago. On Oct 1. Chicago Med returns for Season 11, Chicago Fire for Season 14, and Chicago P.D. for Season 13. 

On the comedy side, mockumentary St. Denis Medical and sitcom Happy's Place were originally scheduled to air back-to-back episodes on their respective nights, but will now be joined by new shows. St. Denis Medical will air on Mondays at 8/7c beginning Nov. 3, and, starting on Nov. 10, it will be followed at 8:30/7:30c by The Office spin-off The Paper (which premiered on Peacock in September). Happy's Place and new cheerleading comedy Stumble air back to back on Fridays at 8/7c beginning Nov. 7.

The other new show releasing this fall on NBC is the unscripted series On Brand With Jimmy Fallon, which Jimmy Fallon described at the Upfronts presentation as The Apprentice meets Shark Tank meets Project Runway. It will air Tuesdays and Fridays beginning Sept. 30, until the NBA takes over Tuesdays in late October. In addition to The Hunting Party, new comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins will premiere sometime in midseason.

NBC has also teased that G.O.A.T. Michael Jordan will join the network's NBA coverage this fall as a "special contributor." While we don't know his exact role just yet, the Hall of Famer — described by the network as "the symbol of NBC's golden era of NBA coverage" — is a huge boost for NBC's return to pro hoops.

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Renewed NBC TV shows returning for the fall 2025 season

Brilliant Minds, St. Denis Medical, Happy's Place, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The Voice, Saturday Night Live

New NBC TV shows for the fall 2025 season

On Brand With Jimmy Fallon, Stumble

Canceled NBC TV shows that won't be back

Lopez vs. Lopez, Night Court, Found, The Irrational, Suits LA, Grosse Pointe Garden Society

NBC TV shows premiering at midseason

The Hunting Party, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (new)

Check out the full NBC fall TV schedule below. Premiere dates are at the bottom of the page. New series in bold. All times listed in Eastern Time.

NBC fall 2025 Monday night schedule (September-October)

8 p.m.: The Voice (Season 28)
10 p.m.: Brilliant Minds (Season 2)

NBC fall 2025 Monday night schedule (November)

8 p.m.: St. Denis Medical (Season 2)
8:30 p.m.: The Paper (Season 1)
9 p.m.: The Voice (Season 28)
10 p.m.: Brilliant Minds (Season 2)

NBC fall 2025 Tuesday night schedule (September)

8 p.m.: The Voice (Season 28)
10 p.m.: On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (Season 1)

NBC fall 2025 Tuesday night schedule (October-November)

6:30 p.m.: NBA Pre-Game Show
7:30 p.m.: NBA (also live on Peacock)

NBC fall 2025 Wednesday night schedule 

8 p.m.: Chicago Med (Season 11)
9 p.m.: Chicago Fire (Season 14)
10 p.m.: Chicago P.D. (Season 13)

NBC fall 2025 Thursday night schedule 

8 p.m.: Law & Order (Season 25)
9 p.m.: Law & Order: SVU (Season 27)
10 p.m.: Law & Order: Organized Crime (Season 5)

NBC fall 2025 Friday night schedule (September-October)

8 p.m.: On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (Season 1)
9 p.m.: Dateline NBC (Season 34)

NBC fall 2025 Friday night schedule (November)

8 p.m.: Happy's Place (Season 2)
8:30 p.m.: Stumble (Season 1)
9 p.m.: Dateline NBC (Season 34)

NBC fall 2025 Saturday night schedule

7 p.m.: Big Ten Pregame / Notre Dame Pregame (also live on Peacock) 
7:30 p.m.: Big Ten Saturday Night / Notre Dame Football (also live on Peacock)
11:30 p.m.: Saturday Night Live (Season 51)     

NBC fall 2025 Sunday night schedule

7 p.m.: Football Night in America (also live on Peacock)   
8:20 p.m.: NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock)  

NBC fall 2025 TV premiere dates

Thursday, Sept. 4
7 p.m.: Football Night in America
8:20 p.m.: NFL Kickoff Game (Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles)

Sunday, Sept. 7
7 p.m.: Football Night in America
8:20 p.m.: Sunday Night Football (Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills)

Monday, Sept. 22
8 p.m.: The Voice (Season 28 premiere)
10 p.m.: Brilliant Minds (Season 2 premiere)

Tuesday, Sept. 23
8 p.m.: The Voice (Tuesday premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 25
8 p.m.: Law & Order (Season 25 premiere)
9 p.m.: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Season 27 premiere)
10 p.m.: Law & Order: Organized Crime (Season 5 broadcast premiere)

Friday, Sept. 26
9 p.m.: Dateline NBC (Season 34 premiere)

Tuesday, Sept. 30
10 p.m.: On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (Series premiere)

Wednesday, Oct. 1
8 p.m.: Chicago Med (Season 11 premiere)
9 p.m.: Chicago Fire (Season 14 premiere)
10 p.m.: Chicago P.D. (Season 13 premiere)

Friday, Oct. 3
8 p.m.: On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (Friday premiere)

Saturday, Oct. 4
11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT: Saturday Night Live (Season 51 premiere)

Tuesday, Oct. 21
6:30 p.m.: NBA Pre-Game Show
7:30 p.m.: NBA on NBC (teams TBD)

Monday, Nov. 3
8 p.m.: St. Denis Medical (Season 2 premiere)
8:30 p.m.: St. Denis Medical

Friday, Nov. 7
8 p.m.: Happy's Place (Season 2 premiere)
8:30 p.m.: Stumble (series premiere)

Monday, Nov. 10
8:30 p.m.: The Paper (Season 1; broadcast premiere)