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Fall TV Schedule & Premieres: What to Watch Each Night of the Week in Fall 2018

See what's airing — or streaming — Sunday through Saturday from September 1 until the end of the season.

by Fred Topel | August 30, 2018 | Comments

TAGGED AS: ABC, Amazon, BBC America, CBS, Epix, FOX, HBO, Hulu, NBC, Netflix, PBS, Showtime, Starz, The CW, TNT

The fall TV season is the biggest it has ever been, with more cable and streaming services than ever dropping new series to disrupt the big-five broadcast networks. Keeping track of what you want to watch is now more difficult than ever.

Rotten Tomatoes is here to help! We’ve organized the fall TV schedule for you day-by-day, so you can see what you have to choose from and what might conflict when new shows premiere. Start planning your appointment viewing now, then fire up those DVRs.

Sunday

7 p.m.
X Factor UK: season 15, 8 p.m., AXS (premieres 9/2)
America's Funniest Home Videos: Season 29 () - - 7 p.m., ABC (premieres 9/30)

8 p.m.
() Starz (premieres 9/16)
The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth: Season 3 () - - Showtime (premieres 9/16)
9-1-1: Season 2 () 100% Fox (premieres 9/23)
60 Minutes: Season 51 () - - CBS (premieres 9/30)
The Simpsons: Season 30 () - - Fox (premieres 9/30)
Dancing With the Stars: Juniors: Season 1 () - - ABC (premieres 10/7)
Supergirl: Season 4 () 88% The CW (premieres 10/14)
Outlander: Season 4 () 88% Starz (premieres 11/4)

8:30 p.m.
God Friended Me: Season 1 () 59% CBS (premieres 9/30)
Bob's Burgers: Season 9 () - - Fox (premieres 9/30)

9 p.m.
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 4 () 80% AMC (ends 9/30)
Get Shorty: Season 2 () - - Epix (ends 10/7)
America to Me: Season 1 () 100% Starz (ends 10/28)
The Deuce: Season 2 () 99% HBO (premieres 9/9)
Shameless: Season 9 () 73% Showtime (premieres 9/9)
The Last Ship: Season 5 () - - TNT (premieres 9/9)
Poldark: Season 4 () 81% PBS (premieres 9/30)
Family Guy: Season 16 () 100% Fox (premieres 9/30)
The Walking Dead: Season 9 () 89% AMC (premieres 10/7)
Shark Tank: Season 10 () - - ABC (premieres 107)
Madam Secretary: Season 5 () - - CBS (premieres 10/7)
Charmed: Season 1 () 71% The CW (premieres 10/14)
Ray Donovan: Season 6 () 60% Showtime (premieres 10/28)

9:30 p.m.
Rel: Season 1 () 44% Fox (regular timeslot from 9/30, after sneak preview 9/9)
NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 10 () - - CBS (premieres 9/30)

10 p.m.
Ballers: Season 4 () - - HBO (ends 10/14)
Kidding: Season 1 () 77% Showtime (premieres 9/9)
You: Season 1 () 94% Lifetime (premieres 9/9)
Star Wars Resistance: Season 1 () 92% Disney (premieres 10/7)
The Alec Baldwin Show: Season 1 () 0% ABC (premieres 10/14)
Camping: Season 1 () 27% HBO (premieres 10/14)
Busy Tonight: Season 1 () - - E! (premieres 10/28)
Escape at Dannemora: Season 1 () 89% Showtime (premieres 11/18)

10:30 p.m.
Insecure: Season 3 () 92% HBO (ends 9/30)

Streaming
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, Netflix (premieres 10/28)

TBD
Doctor Who: Season 11 () 90% BBC America (premieres 10/7)

Monday

7 p.m.
Monday Night Football, ESPN (premieres 9/10)

8 p.m.
The Big Bang Theory: Season 12 () 83% CBS (premieres 9/24)
The Voice: Season 15 () - - NBC (premieres 9/24)
The Resident: Season 2 () - - Fox (premieres 9/24)
The Neighborhood: Season 1 () 24% CBS (Premieres 10/1)
Arrow: Season 7 () 87% The CW (premieres 10/15)

8:30 p.m.
Young Sheldon: Season 2 () - - CBS (premieres 9/24)
Happy Together: Season 1 () 53% CBS (premieres 10/1)

9 p.m.
Better Call Saul: Season 4 () 99% AMC (ends 10/8)
Magnum P.I.: Season 1 () 57% CBS (premieres 9/24)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 4 () 98% The CW (premieres 10/22)
Mars: Season 2 () - - National Geographic (premieres 11/12)

10 p.m.
Lodge 49: Season 1 () 89% AMC (ends 10/8)
X Company: Season 3 () - - Ovation (ends 10/29)
Manifest: Season 1 () 56% NBC (premieres 9/24)
Bull: Season 3 () - - CBS (premieres 9/24)
The Good Doctor: Season 2 () - - ABC (premieres 9/24)

Tuesday

8 p.m.
Bachelor in Paradise: Season 5 () 78% ABC
The Great American Read: Season 1 () - - PBS (premieres 9/11)
NCIS: Season 16 () - - CBS (premieres 9/25)
The Gifted: Season 2 () 83% Fox (premieres 9/25)
The Flash: Season 5 () 94% The CW (premieres 10/9)
The Conners: Season 1 () 93% ABC (premieres 10/16)

ROSEANNE - ABC's "Roseanne" stars Ames McNamara as Mark, Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris, Emma Kenney as Harris Conner, Jayden Rey as Mary, Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner, Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, John Goodman as Dan Conner, Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner, and Sarah Chalke as Andrea. (ABC/Robert Trachtenberg)

(Photo by ABC/Robert Trachtenberg)

8:30 p.m.
The Kids Are All Right, ABC (premieres 10/16)

9 p.m.
FBI: Season 1 () 63% CBS (premieres 9/25)
This Is Us: Season 3 () 94% NBC (premieres 9/25)
Lethal Weapon: Season 3 () 100% Fox (premieres 9/25)
Black Lightning: Season 2 () 91% The CW (premieres 10/9)
black-ish: Season 5 () 80% ABC (premieres 10/16)

9:30 p.m.
Splitting Up Together: Season 2 () - - ABC (premieres 10/16)

10 p.m.
Wrecked: Season 3 () - - TBS (ends 10/9)
The Purge: Season 1 () 42% USA (ends 11/6)
Mayans M.C.: Season 1 () 72% FX (premieres 9/4)
The Purge: Season 1 () 42% USA Network (premieres 9/4)
NCIS: New Orleans: Season 5 () - - CBS (premieres 9/25)
New Amsterdam: Season 1 () 34% NBC (premieres 9/25)
The Rookie: Season 1 () 68% ABC (premieres 10/16)
Loudermilk: Season 2 () - - Audience (premieres 10/16)

10:30 p.m.
The Hunt for the Trump Tapes With Tom Arnold: Season 1 () 20% Viceland (premieres 9/18)

11 p.m
Mr Inbetween: Season 1 () 90% FX (premieres 9/25)

Streaming
Sorry For Your Loss: Season 1 () 94% Facebook Watch (premieres 9/18)

Wednesday

8 p.m.
The Goldbergs: Season 6 () - - ABC (premieres 9/26)
Survivor () - - : season 37, CBS (premieres 9/26)
Chicago Med: Season 4 () - - NBC (premieres 9/26)
Empire: Season 5 () 83% Fox (premieres 9/26)
Riverdale: Season 3 () 84% The CW (premieres 10/10)

8:30 p.m.
American Housewife: Season 3 () - - ABC (premieres 9/26)

9 p.m.
The Real Housewives of Dallas: Season 3 () - - Bravo (ends 10/31)
Chicago Fire: Season 7 () - - NBC (premieres 9/26)
Modern Family: Season 10 () - - ABC (premieres 9/26)
Empire: Season 5 () 83% Fox (premieres 9/26)
SEAL Team: Season 2 () - - CBS (premieres 10/3)
All American: Season 1 () 92% The CW (premieres 10/10)
Vikings: Season 5 () 92% History (premieres 11/28)

9:30 p.m.
The Cool Kids: Season 1 () 75% ABC (premieres 9/26)

10 p.m.
Mr. Mercedes: Season 2 () 100% Audience (ends 10/24)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 13 () 94% FXX (premieres 9/5)
American Horror Story: Apocalypse () 79% FX (premieres 9/12)
Chicago P.D.: Season 6 () - - NBC (premieres 9/26)
South Park: Season 22 () 77% Comedy Central (premieres 9/26)
A Million Little Things: Season 1 () 53% ABC (premieres 9/26)
Criminal Minds: Season 14 () - - CBS (premieres 10/3)
Stan Against Evil: Season 3 () - - IFC (premieres 10/31)
Clique: Season 1 () 100% Pop (premieres 11/7)

Streaming
Tell Me a Story: Season 1 () 60% CBS All Access (premieres 10/31)

Thursday

7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football, Fox (premieres 9/27)

8 p.m.
Grey's Anatomy: Season 15 () 100% ABC (premieres 9/27)
Superstore: Season 4 () 100% NBC (premieres 10/4)
Man at Arms: Art of War, El Rey (premieres 10/4)
Supernatural: Season 14 () 83% The CW (premieres 10/11)

8:30 p.m.
The Good Place: Season 3 () 98% NBC (premieres 9/27 at 8 p.m., then regular time slot)

9 p.m.
() NBC (premieres 10/4)
Mom: Season 6 () - - CBS (premieres 9/27)
Station 19: Season 2 () - - ABC (premieres 10/4)
Legacies: Season 1 () 82% The CW (premieres 10/25)
Baroness von Sketch Show: Season 3 () - - IFC (premieres 11/8)

9:30 p.m.
Murphy Brown: Season 11 () 45% CBS (premieres 9/27)
I Feel Bad: Season 1 () 31% NBC (premieres 10/4)

10 p.m.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 20 () 100% NBC (starting 10/4 after early premiere on 9/27)
How to Get Away With Murder: Season 5 () 86% ABC (premieres 9/27)
S.W.A.T.: Season 2 () - - CBS (premieres 9/27)

Streaming
I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman: Season 1 () 93% : new episodes, Hulu (premieres 9/6)
Snatch: Season 2 () - - Crackle (premieres 9/13)
Orbital Redux, Alpha (premieres 9/27)
StartUp: Season 3 () - - Crackle (premieres 11/1 after 10/22 preview on Amazon devices)