TV Premiere Dates 2020
When will the most anticipated new and returning shows of 2020 TV premiere? Find out with our calendar of TV and streaming premiere dates.
December | 2021 Premiere Dates
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Also: Renewed & Cancelled
May
Friday, May 1
11 p.m., HBO
Netflix
Netflix [movie]
Apple TV+
Amazon Prime Video
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
Apple TV+
Prop Culture, Disney+
8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Saturday, May 2
Deadly Mile High Club, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together, 8 p.m., Nickelodeon
Sunday, May 3
9 p.m., Showtime
11:30 p.m., Adult Swim (returns with five more episodes)
11 p.m., Syfy (after previously airing on DC Universe)
Married to Medicine Los Angeles: Season 2, 9 p.m., Bravo
Good Witch: Season 6, 9 p.m., Hallmark
Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck, 12 p.m., PBS
Psycho Escort, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
7 p.m., UP [movie]
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live Riff-Along, 6 p.m., various
Monday, May 4
9 p.m., AMC
Acorn TV
American Experience: George W. Bush, 9 p.m. PBS
Camp Getaway: Season 1, 10 p.m., Bravo
Duff Takes the Cake: Season 2, 10 p.m., Food Network
Disney+
Quibi
Quibi
Race to Victory: WWII Europe, 9 p.m., Smithsonian Channel
Tuesday, May 5
HBO [movie]
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles: Season 12, 10 p.m., Bravo
Tirdy Works: Season 1, 10 p.m., truTV
8 p.m., PBS
Netflix
Wednesday, May 6
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Expedition with Steve Backshall, 10 p.m., PBS
Tyler Perry’s The Oval: Season 1, 9 p.m., BET (returning from hiatus)
Thursday, May 7
Sundance Now
Netflix
9 p.m., NBC
Tyler Perry’s Bruh: Season 1, BET+
Shudder [movie]
Celebrity Watch Party, 8 p.m., Fox
Topic
Friday, May 8
Hulu
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Hulu [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt, Netflix
Netflix
Into the Dark Hulu
Netflix
In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Story, 9 p.m., PBS
Amazon Prime Video
Robbie: Season 1, Comedy Central’s digital channels
Bering Sea Gold: Season 9, 10 p.m., Discovery
Too Hot to Handle: Extra Hot: The Reunion, Netflix
Saturday, May 9
Accident, Suicide or Murder: Season 2, 6 p.m., Oxygen
Maternal Secrets, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
The Substitute Top 10 Wildest Pranks, 8:30 p.m., Nickelodeon
Sunday, May 10
HBO
10 p.m., Comedy Central
Adult Swim
JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales: Season 1, Adult Swim
Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition: Season 6, 9 p.m., Food Network
Find Love Live: Season 1, 11 p.m., TLC
Renovate Like a Mother, 8:30 p.m., HGTV
7 p.m., ABC
Change of Heart, 7 p.m., UP [movie]
Feeding America Comedy Festival, 7 p.m., NBC
Monday, May 11
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Quibi
Peacock
10 p.m, Food Network
8 p.m., PBS
F*ck, That’s Delicious: Season 4, 10 p.m., Vice
Bakeaway Camp With Martha Stewart: Season 1, 9 p.m., Food Network
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass, YouTube Originals
A Royal Tour of the 20th Century, Acorn TV
Tuesday, May 12
Netflix [movie]
8 p.m., Fox
Britbox
Best Cake Wins: Season 3, 8 p.m, BYUtv
Step Up to the Plate: Season 1, 8:30 p.m., BYUtv
Jeff’s Homemade Game Show: Season 1, 9 p.m., BYUtv
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall, 8 p.m., ABC
True: Terrific Tales, Netflix
Kingdom of the Mummies, 10 p.m., Nat Geo
Wednesday, May 13
Netflix [movie]
Rattlesnake Road Trip, 8 p.m., Smithsonian Channel
Eagle Power, 9 p.m., PBS [movie]
Dance Moms: Abby’s Virtual Dance Off, 9 p.m., Lifetime
NOVA: Decoding Covid-19, 9 p.m., PBS
Thursday, May 14
10:30 p.m., TBS
Restaurant: Impossible, 9 p.m., Food Network
Yum and Yummer: Season 2, 10 p.m., Cooking Channel
Pay It Forward Live, 8 p.m., Ovation TV
Tempted by Danger, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Friday, May 15
Hulu
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
It’s A Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer, Disney+
Fury Files, Disney+
BattleBots: Season 10, 8 p.m., Discovery
Basketball Country: In the Water, 9 p.m., Showtime [movie]
Masters of Illusion: Season 10, 8 p.m., The CW
The Greatest #StayAtHome Videos, 8 p.m., CBS
Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line, 9 p.m., CBS
Engaged to a Psycho, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Saturday, May 16
Netflix
Killer Twin (wt), 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant: Season 1, 9 p.m., OWN
Girlfriends Check In: Season 1, 10 p.m., OWN
How to Train Your Husband, 9 p.m., Hallmark [movie]
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, 8 p.m., various
Sunday, May 17
Netflix
8 p.m., NBC
8 p.m., Starz
9 p.m., TNT
An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates: Inveraray Castle, 9 p.m., Smithsonian Channel
Beverly Hills 90210: Behind Closed Doors, 9 p.m., Reelz
Private Lives of the Monarchs: Napoleon Bonaparte, 8 p.m., Smithsonian Channel
The Au Pair Nightmare, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek, 9 p.m., HMM [movie]
Touched by Romance, 7 p.m., UP [movie]
AFV@Home, 7 p.m., ABC
Taylor Swift: City of Lover Concert, 10 p.m., ABC
Monday, May 18
DC Universe
Quibi
Quibi
Quibi
Acorn TV
Netflix
HBO GO and HBO NOW
9 p.m., MTV and VH1 [movie]
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, 9 p.m., PBS [movie]
Sell This House!: Season 9, 10 p.m., FYI
Create Together, YouTube Originals
Tuesday, May 19
8 p.m., The CW (after its digital premiere on DC Universe)
Netflix
Netflix
American Experience: Mr. Tornado, 9 p.m., PBS
The Genetic Detective: Season 1, 10 p.m., ABC
Frontline: Inside Italy’s COVID War, 7 p.m., PBS Video App and PBS.org and 10 p.m. PBS and YouTube
After the Dance with Stephen A. Smith: A SportsCenter Special, 8 p.m., ABC
The Story of Soaps, 9 p.m., ABC
Wednesday, May 20
8 p.m., The CW
10 p.m., truTV
9 p.m., Fox
Married at First Sight: Couples’ Cam: Season 1, 8 p.m., Lifetime
Netflix
Netflix [movie]
Game On!: Season 1, 8 p.m., CBS
Dinosaur Cold Case, 8 p.m., Smithsonian Channel
Jay Leno’s Garage: Season 6, 10 p.m., CNBC
Man Fire Food: Season 9, 9 p.m., Cooking Channel
Netflix
The Wonderful World of Disney, 8 p.m., ABC
Once Upon a Quarantime, 9 p.m., Lifetime
Sleeping With Friends, YouTube Originals
Small Town Throwdown, 10 p.m., Discovery
Thursday, May 21
Sundance Now
midnight, Sundance
8 p.m., The CW
9 p.m., ABC
10 p.m., ABC
Celebrity Escape Room, 8 p.m., NBC
Red Nose Day, 9 p.m., NBC
9 p.m., Fox
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party, 10 p.m., truTV
Artificial: Season 3, 9 p.m., Twitch
WWI in Europe: Voices From the Front, 8 p.m., Nat Geo
Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force, 9 p.m., Nat Geo
Friday, May 22
9 p.m., FX [movie]
Amazon Prime Video
Netflix [movie]
Hulu [movie]
Hulu [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
Disney+
Disney+
Marvel’s Future Avengers, Disney+
History 101, Netflix
Apple TV+
All on the Line, 9 p.m., Discovery
Saturday, May 23
Group Chat: The Show, 8:30 p.m., Nickelodeon
Sunday, May 24
Netflix
National Memorial Day Concert, 8 p.m., PBS
9 p.m., ESPN
Tiger Slam, 8 p.m., Golf [movie]
Kirby Jenner, Quibi
Monday, May 25
Quibi
9 p.m., National Geographic
9 p.m., History
8 p.m., NBC
I Was Lorena Bobbitt, 8 p.m., Lifetime
To Catch a Beautician: Season 1, 9 p.m., VH1
Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster, 9 p.m., ID
Diesel Brothers: Diesel Nation: Season 1, 10 p.m., Discovery
Tuesday, May 26
Netflix
8 p.m., NBC
8:30 p.m., NBC
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery, 9 p.m., ID
Wednesday, May 27
10 p.m., ABC
HBO Max [movie]
HBO Max
HBO Max
10 p.m., BET
HBO Max
HBO Max
HBO Max
HBO Max
Netflix
Hulu [movie]
Married at First Sight: Australia, 9 p.m., Lifetime
Disappeared in the Darkness: An ID Mystery, 9 p.m., ID
Thursday, May 28
Netflix
Netflix
Who Killed the Co-Ed? An ID Murder Mystery, 9 p.m., ID
Confessional, Shudder [movie]
Questlove’s Potluck, 10 p.m., Food Network
Friday, May 29
Hulu
Apple TV+
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
Amazon Video Prime [movie]
Amazon Video Prime [movie]
9 p.m., Showtime
Little Boy Lost: An ID Mystery, 9 p.m., ID
Haircut Night in America, 8 p.m., CBS
Saturday, May 30
Heartland Docs, DVM: Season 2, 8 p.m., Nat Geo Wild
20/20 on ID Investigates: My Father BTK, 9 p.m., ID
The Captive Nanny, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Launch America: Mission to Space, 3 p.m., ABC
Peloton All-Stars Ride, 12 p.m., ESPN
Sunday, May 31
Dr. K’s Exotic Animal ER, 9 p.m., Nat Geo Wild
9 p.m., Epix
10 p.m., AMC
8 p.m., ABC
9 p.m., ABC
10 p.m., ABC
Natalee Holloway: Her Friends Speak, 9 p.m., Reelz
Groomzilla, 7 p.m., UP [movie]
Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein?, 9 p.m., ID
My Husband’s Deadly Past, 8 p.m., Lifetime
June
Monday, June 1
Vanished in New Canaan: An ID Mystery, 9 p.m., ID
Hero Elementary: Season 1, PBS
Below Deck Mediterranean: Season 5, 9 p.m., Bravo
Iconic: TLC, 8 p.m., The CW
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way: Season 2, 9 p.m., TLC
Quibi
Tuesday, June 2
Netflix (second half of season)
9 p.m., USA Network
The Truth Behind Joe Exotic: The Rick Kirkham Story, 9 p.m., ID
Body Cam: Season 2, 10 p.m., ID
House Hunters: Comedians on Couches, 10 p.m., HGTV
I, Sniper, 10 p.m., VICE
9 p.m., TLC
Wednesday, June 3
Netflix [movie]
CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special, 8 p.m., CMT
Final 24, 9 p.m., AXS
Forged in Fire: Beat the Judges, 9 p.m. History
Counting Cars: Season 9, 10 p.m., History
Thursday, June 4
Hulu [movie]
Netflix
Shudder [movie]
Crackle [movie]
The Thomas John Experience: Season 1, CBS All Access
Heartland: Season 6, 8 p.m., UP
9 p.m., History
Dead Reckoning: Season 1, 9 p.m., ID
Summer Rush: Season 1, 10 p.m., Food Network
A Time to Kill: Season 1, 10 p.m., ID
America in Crisis, 10 p.m., NBC
Friday, June 5
Apple TV+
Hulu [movie]
Hulu [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
8 p.m., VH1
10 p.m., Cinemax
Amazon Prime Video
Living Abroad, Amazon Prime Video
The Stars of SpongeBob Fan Favorites Special, 7 p.m., Nickelodeon
Deadly Second Chances, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Race Matters: America in Crisis, 9 p.m., PBS
Esther Povitsky: Hot for My Name, 10 p.m., Comedy Central
Saturday, June 6
Dear Class of 2020, YouTube
Psycho Yoga Instructor, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Country at Heart, 9 p.m., Hallmark [movie]
10 p.m., HBO
Sunday, June 7
10 p.m., National Geographic
Chasing the Sun: Season 2, 6 a.m., Ovation TV
How Not to Propose, 7 p.m., UP [movie]
Renovation Island, 8 p.m., HGTV
Rock Legends, 8:30 p.m., AXS
American Monster: Season 5, 9 p.m., ID
9 p.m., ESPN
10:30 p.m., HBO
Hollywood Game Night, 7 p.m., NBC
Monday, June 8
The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!, 8 p.m., ABC
Buried Worlds With Don Wildman: Season 1, 9 p.m., Travel Channel
Big Time Bake, 8 p.m., Food Network
Quibi
Quibi
Tuesday, June 9
9 p.m., HGTV
The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds, 8 p.m., ID
The CW Happy Hour, 9 p.m., The CW
American Chopper, 9 p.m., Discovery
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, 9 p.m., OWN
Wednesday, June 10
Netflix
9 p.m., The CW
Netflix
Netflix
Star Wars Kids
Thursday, June 11
10 p.m., Freeform (returning from hiatus)
Warning: Do Not Play, Shudder [movie]
Whispers: Season 1, Netflix
Mommy Is a Murderer, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
9 p.m., ABC
A Double Shot at Love With DJ Pauly D and Vinny: Season 3, 9 p.m., MTV
Ghost Adventures: Quarantine, 9 p.m., Travel Channel
Design at Your Door: Season 1, 9 p.m., HGTV
Strange Evidence, 9 p.m., Science Channel
10 p.m., History
Friday, June 12
Disney+ [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Hulu
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Netflix
8:30 p.m., Showtime [movie]
Netflix
Into the Dark: Hulu
Netflix
Netflix
Netflix
The Search: Season 1, Netflix
Netflix
Dying for Motherhood, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Prideland, 9 p.m., PBS
Serial Psyche: Season 1, 8 p.m., Reelz
World’s Most Evil Killers: Season 4, 9 p.m., Reelz
Saturday, June 13
Netflix (returning from hiatus)
The Killer Affair, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Game Face, 8:30 p.m., Nickelodeon
Love in the Forecast, 9 p.m., Hallmark [movie]
Sunday, June 14
Netflix
10 p.m., PBS
All My Husband’s Wives, 8 p.m., Lifetime
Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed, 8 p.m., PBS
Autopsy: The Last Hours of…, 8 p.m., Reelz
Grantchester: Season 5, 9 p.m., PBS
30 for 30 –
9 p.m., ESPN [movie]
Timeless Love, 9 p.m., HMM [movie]
Sisters of the Groom, 7 p.m., UP [movie]
World War II: Race to Victory, 9 p.m., History
Monday, June 15
Acorn TV
Tender Touches: Season 3, midnight, Adult Swim
America in Black and Blue, 9 p.m., PBS
Tuesday, June 16
Netflix
8 p.m., MTV (returning from hiatus)
8 p.m., ABC (encore presentation) [movie]
The Marshes, Shudder [movie]
Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles: Season 12, 9 p.m., Bravo
One Day at a Time
9:30 p.m., POP
The Virus: What Went Wrong?, 9:30 p.m., PBS
Sweet Home Sextuplets: Season 3, 10 p.m., TLC
Wednesday, June 17
Netflix
Hulu
Prehistoric Road Trip 10 p.m., PBS
Thursday, June 18
Netflix [movie]
Crackle [movie]
Netflix
HBO Max
Shudder [movie]
HBO Max
Topic
8 p.m., HBO [movie]
The Bureau: Season 5, SundanceNow
Killer Couples: Season 14, 8 p.m., Oxygen
SYFY WIRE’s The Great Debate, 11 p.m., SYFY
Hulu
Friday, June 19
Netflix [movie]
Apple TV+ [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Netflix
Netflix
9:30 p.m., HBO
Rhyme Time Town: Season 1, Netflix
Sherman’s Showcase 10 p.m. AMC and 11 p.m. IFC
Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming, 8 p.m., ABC
Deadly Transaction, 8 p.m., LMN [movie]
Dino Hunters: Season 1, 9 p.m., Discovery
Losing Ground, 10 p.m., Vice TV
Say Her Name, 10:30 p.m., Vice TV
Saturday, June 20
Birthmother’s Betrayal, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Love Under the Olive Tree, 9 p.m., Hallmark [movie]
The Great American Groom-a-Long, 10 p.m., Animal Planet
Sunday, June 21
9 p.m., Showtime
Paramount Network
9 p.m., HBO
9 p.m., AMC
Mechanics of Love, 7 p.m., UP
The Chi With Love, 7 p.m., YouTube
John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day, 8 p.m., ABC
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Season 1, 8 p.m., PBS
The Beat Don’t Stop, 8 p.m., TV One [movie]
Cleopatra: Sex, Lies and Secrets, 8 p.m., Science Channel
United We Sing: A Grammy Salute To the Unsung Heroes, 8 p.m., CBS
Bunk’d: Season 4, 8 p.m., Disney Channel (returning from hiatus)
Top Gun: Behind Closed Doors, 8 p.m., Reelz
ABC News Special: John Bolton Interview, 9 p.m., ABC
The 2020 ESPYs, 9 p.m., ESPN
Tournament of Laughs: Season 1, 10 p.m., TBS
Lost Cities of the Amazon, 10 p.m., Science Channel
Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video
Monday, June 22
Quibi
B90 Strikes Back, 8 p.m., TLC
Penn & Teller: Fool Us: Season 7, 9 p.m., The CW
Diesel Brothers: Season 7, 10 p.m., Discovery
Black and Blue – A Court TV Special, 8 p.m., Court TV
Tuesday, June 23
Netflix
9 p.m., OWN
Celebrity Show-Off: Season 1, 10 p.m., TBS
Wednesday, June 24
Netflix [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Lenox Hill COVID-19 special, Netflix
Hot Mess House: Season 1, 8 p.m., HGTV
10 p.m., HBO [movie]
Thursday, June 25
CBS All Access
HBO Max/DC Universe
Esme & Roy: Season 2, HBO Max
HBO Max
HBO Max
Shudder [movie]
Revenge Prank With DJ Pauly D and Vinny, 9 p.m., MTV
Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: Frontline Heroes, 10 p.m., Lifetime and Facebook
Friday, June 26
Disney+
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Netflix
HBO Max [movie]
Twogether: Season 1, Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Daytime Emmy Awards, 8 p.m., CBS
Pose-A-Thon, 10 p.m., FX and Freeform
Saturday, June 27
Netflix
Global Goal: Unite for Our Future — The Concert, 8 p.m., NBC
Sunday, June 28
Midway to Love, 9 p.m., HMM [movie]
10 p.m., HBO
8 p.m., Showtime (returning from hiatus)
BET Awards, 8 p.m., BET
Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs, 8 p.m., Science
Back to the Future: Behind Closed Doors, 8 p.m., Reelz
Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks: Season 7, 8:30 p.m., Nat Geo
Monday, June 29
The Sommerdahl Murders, Acorn TV
Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special, 7 p.m., Nickelodeon
POV: And She Could Be Next, 9 p.m., PBS
Tuesday, June 30
10 p.m., HBO [movie]
Netflix [movie]
Netflix
Netflix
Unfiltered: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn, Facebook Watch
Counting On: Season 11, 9 p.m., TLC
Lost on Everest, 9 p.m., Nat Geo
Dark Girls 2, 10 p.m., OWN [movie]
Expedition Everest, 10 p.m., Nat Geo
OWN Spotlight: Oprah and 100 Black Fathers, 10 p.m., OWN
December | 2021 Premiere Dates
ARCHIVE: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | 2019 Premieres
Also: Renewed & Cancelled



