PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 3
WHEN: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Connie Britton (Nashville), Peter Krause (Parenthood), Angela Bassett (American Horror Story), Rockmond Dunbar (Prison Break), Aisha Hinds (Underground), Kenneth Choi (Sons of Anarchy, The Last Man on Earth), Oliver Stark (Into the Badlands)
WHAT: A fast-paced exploration into the lives and careers of first responders — cops, paramedics, firefighters — the people who put their lives on the line to save others.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 2
WHEN: Mondays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains), David Walton (About a Boy), Liza Lapira (Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23), Matt Murray (Rookie Blue), Linda Lavin (The Good Wife), Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), Albert Tsai (Dr. Ken)
WHAT: A family comedy inspired by a time in Mark Feuerstein’s adult life when he lived in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in, sandwiched between his parents’ apartment, 9J, and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby’s apartment, 9L, and his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning family.
PREMIERE DATE: March 28
WHEN: Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Zach Braff (Scrubs), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Tiya Sircar (The Good Place), Hillary Anne Matthews (New Girl)
WHAT: Based on the podcast of the same name, Alex Schuman is an inquisitive journalist, husband, and father who dives headfirst into the brave new world of entrepreneurship when he quits his stable job and starts his own business.
PREMIERE DATE: Special preview Thursday, Feb. 1 at 9:30/8:30c; Regular premiere March 1
WHEN: Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Patton Oswalt (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia), Mary Sohn (Teachers), Lyric Lewis (The CW’s MADtv), Aparna Brielle (Grimm), Nick Peine (Office Christmas Party), Tom Bennett (Drunk History: UK), Jacob McCarthy
WHAT: A hilariously cynical Ivy League professor loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school biology teacher where he imposes his unorthodox teaching style and uses the kids to plot out revenge on those who wronged him.
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 16
WHEN: Tuesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Cress Williams (Hart of Dixie), Nafessa Williams (Code Black), China Anne McClain (House of Payne), Christine Adams (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
WHAT: Jefferson Pierce made his choice: he hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with one daughter hell-bent on justice and the other a star student being recruited by a local gang, he’ll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend Black Lightning.
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 25
WHEN: Mondays at 10/9c
WHO: Mike Vogel (Under the Dome), Anne Heche (Save Me, Men in Trees), Tate Ellington (Quantico), Demetrius Grosse (Westworld, Justified), Noah Mills (2 Broke Girls), Sofia Pernas (Jane the Virgin), Hadi Tabbal, Natacha Karam
WHAT: A heart-pounding look into the complex world of our bravest military heroes who make personal sacrifices while executing the most challenging and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.
PREMIERE DATE: March 8
WHEN: Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Anders Holm (The Mindy Project), Andy Favreau (Aquarius), JJ Totah (Liv and Maddie), Nina Wadia, Mouzam Makkar, recurring player Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project)
WHAT: The single-cam comedy centers on Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition who lives with his younger brother Michael, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when the teenage son of Vince is dropped off on their doorstep by Priya (Kaling), one of his old high school flings.
PREMIERE DATE: April 2
WHEN: Mondays at 10/9c
WHO: Steve Zahn (Mad Dogs), Sandrine Holt (MacGyver, House of Cards), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Jay Karnes (The Shield), Simone Kessell (Of Kings and Prophets), Grant Harvey (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Kelly Missal (One Life to Live), Marcuis W. Harris (Vice Principals), Rick Gomez (Justified), Tommy Bastow (EastEnders), John D’Leo, Rob Campbell, Bailey Skodje, Luc Roderique
WHAT: Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future. The local sheriff with a past, a federal agent, and a mother in search of her missing refugee daughter drive this allegory with a surprising conspiracy at the center.
PREMIERE DATE: March 11
WHEN: Sundays at 10/9c
WHO: Jack Cutmore-Scott (Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life), Vinnie Jones (Galavant), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Lenora Crichlow (A to Z, Being Human), Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions), Justin Chon (Dr. Ken), Laila Robins
WHAT: When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, illusion, and influence — the FBI. He’ll become the world’s first consulting illusionist, helping the government solve crimes that defy explanation and trap criminals and spies by using deception.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 11
WHEN: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Nathalie Kelley (The Vampire Diaries), Elizabeth Gillies (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll), Grant Show (Melrose Place), Sam Adegoke (Switched at Birth), Robert Christopher Riley (Hit the Floor), Rafael de la Fuente (Empire), Alan Dale (Once Upon a Time, The O.C.), James Mackay (The Leftovers)
WHAT: A racially diverse, modernized modernized reboot of the classic ’80s soap “that follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children,” as told “primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds: Blake’s (Show) daughter Fallon Carrington (Gillies) and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal (Kelley), a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.”
PREMIERE DATE: March 13
WHEN: Tuesdays at 10/9c
WHO: Britne Oldford (The Path, Hunters) Britt Robertson (Girlboss), Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers), Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot, The Good Wife), Hope Davis (American Crime), Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie), Wesam Keesh (Awkward), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Marvel’s Daredevil), Regé-Jean Page (Roots), Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Ben Shenkman (Royal Pains), Susannah Flood
WHAT: Set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, aka “The Mother Court,” the drama follows brand-new lawyers working for both the defense and the prosecution handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country — all as their lives intersect in and out of the courtroom.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 1
WHEN: Sundays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Craig Robinson (The Office), Ally Walker (Colony, Sons of Anarchy), Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager), Amber Stevens West (The Carmichael Show)
WHAT: In the single-camera comedy, a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius “true believer” (Scott) in the paranormal are recruited by The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant “unexplained” activity in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 2
WHEN: Mondays at 9/8c
WHO: Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Amy Acker (Person of Interest), Jamie Chung (Gotham), Coby Bell (Burn Notice), Blair Redford (Switched at Birth), Sean Teale (Reign, Incorporated), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs), Emma Dumont (Aquarius, Bunheads), Percy Hynes White (Between)
WHAT: The action-adventure series focuses on a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 25
WHEN: Mondays at 10/9c
WHO: Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel), Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Hill Harper (Covert Affairs, CSI: NY), Nicholas Gonzalez (Pretty Little Liars, Sleepy Hollow), Antonia Thomas (Misfits), Chuku Modu (Game of Thrones), Irene Keng (Harry’s Law), Beau Garrett (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce)
WHAT: Follows a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, who relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
PREMIERE DATE: Monday, Feb. 26
WHEN: Mondays at 10/9c
WHO: Mae Whitman (Parenthood), Retta (Parks and Recreation), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Matthew Lillard (The Bridge), Manny Montana (Conviction), Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly)
WHAT: When three suburban moms get tired of trying to make ends meet, they decide it’s time to stick up for themselves by robbing the local supermarket at (toy) gunpoint. But when the manager catches a glimpse of one of them and the loot is far more than they expected, it doesn’t take long for the three best friends to realize the perfect getaway will be harder than they think.
PREMIERE DATE: March 11
WHEN: Sundays at 8/7c
WHO: Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Naveen Andrews (Lost), Bojana Novakovic (Shameless), Khandi Alexander (CSI: Miami) Sharon Lea (Supergirl), Daniel Ings (Lovesick, The Crown)
WHAT: A former CIA operative who has since built a “normal” life as a gifted professor and writer is pulled back into his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer on the loose. Based on the soon-to-be-published James Patterson book.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 3
WHEN: Tuesdays at 10/9c
WHO: Jason Ritter (Parenthood), JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), J. August Richards (Notorious, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), India de Beaufort (Blood & Oil, One Tree Hill), Dustin Ybarra (The Goldbergs), Chloe East (Liv and Maddie: Cali Style)
WHAT: Kevin Finn, a cluelessly self-serving person, is on a dangerous path to despair. In a downward spiral, Kevin returns home to stay with his widowed twin sister and niece. On his first night there, an unlikely celestial being named Yvette appears to him and presents him with a mission — to save the world.
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 2
WHEN: Tuesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Peter Stormare (Prison Break), Olivia Macklin (The Young Pope), Kim Matula (UnReal), Nathan Lee Graham (The Comeback)
WHAT: A single-cam ensemble workplace comedy about a group of underdogs trying to find their place in the world, set on the Friday night flight from LAX to Vegas and the returning flight on Sunday, who all share the same goal: to come back a winner in the casino of life.
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 26
WHEN: Tuesdays at 10/9c
WHO: Edie Falco (The Sopranos), Anthony Edwards (ER), Miles Gaston Villanueva (The Young and the Restless), Gus Halper (Power, Public Morals), Josh Charles (The Good Wife), Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Constance Marie (Switched at Birth), Heather Graham (Scrubs), Elizabeth Reaser (Grey’s Anatomy), Mark Moses (Mad Men), Larry Cedar (Deadwood), Kate Beahan (Mistresses), Carlos Gomez (Madam Secretary), James DuMont (American Horror Story, Treme)
WHAT: The inaugural installment of the eight-episode anthology series focuses on Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
PREMIERE DATE: March 7
WHEN: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Elliot Knight (American Gothic), Dylan Walsh (Unforgettable), Gillian Vigman (New Girl), Brooke Lyons (iZombie), Carlos PenaVega (Grease: Live, Big Time Rush), Jayson Blair (Young & Hungry)
WHAT: When a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer finds out that she’s not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying.”
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 26
WHEN: Mondays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Jay R. Ferguson (The Real O’Neals), David Krumholtz (Numb3rs), Ian Gomez (Supergirl, Cougar Town), Lindsey Kraft (Getting On), Tony Rock (Everybody Hates Chris), Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer)
WHAT: A modern day man at a crossroads in his life decides to live according to the Bible. Based on the bestselling book by A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically.
PREMIERE DATE: Two-hour premiere Sept. 29 at 8/7c
WHEN: Fridays at 9/8c
WHO: Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Serinda Swan (Graceland), Ken Leung (Lost), Ellen Woglom (Outlaw), Eme Ikwuakor (Extant), Isabelle Cornish (Home and Away), Mike Moh (Empire), Sonya Balmores (Beyond the Break)
WHAT: The eight-episode series will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 3
WHEN: Tuesdays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Brandon Micheal Hall (Search Party), Lea Michele (Scream Queens), Yvette Nicole Brown (The Odd Couple, Community), Bernard Jones (Meet the Browns), Marcel Spears
WHAT: When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected, he surprises everyone (including himself) when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 25
WHEN: Mondays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), John Larroquette (The Librarians), Brian Unger (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Sharon Lawrence (Rizzoli & Isles, NYPD Blue), Kelen Coleman (Big Little Lies), Jaleel White (Family Matters), Jack Dylan Grazer, Skylar Gray, Christopher Paul Richards, Mandell Maughan, Reylynn Caster
WHAT: A single-camera comedy examining one man’s life over a 50-year span. The show will focus on three distinct periods in his life — as a 14-year-old in 1991, a 40-year-old in present day, and a 65-year-old in 2042.
PREMIERE DATE: Special two-part series premiere Sunday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 17 at 8/7c
WHEN: Thursdays at 9/8c (beginning Sept. 28)
WHO: Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Adrianne Palicki (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle), Scott Grimes (ER), Peter Macon (Shameless), J Lee (Family Guy), Halston Sage (Crisis)
WHAT: Set 300 years in the future, the hourlong dramedy follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar Fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.
PREMIERE DATE: Special preview Sunday, Jan. 21 at 10/9c (after NFC Championship game)
WHEN: Mondays at 9/8c (beginning Jan. 22)
WHO: Manish Dayal (Halt and Catch Fire, 90210), Matt Czuchry (The Good Wife), Emily VanCamp (Revenge), Bruce Greenwood (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Melina Kanakaredes (CSI: NY), Merrin Dungey (Alias), Shaunette Wilson (Billions), Moran Atias (Tyrant)
WHAT: An idealistic young doctor begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident who pulls the curtain back on all of the good and evil in modern day medicine.
PREMIERE DATE: May 30
WHEN: Wednesdays at 10/9c
WHO: Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest), Dennis Haysbert (24), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case), Jessica Lu (Awkward)
WHAT: A grounded and dramatic thriller about a former detective specializing in human behavior who is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.
PREMIERE DATE: Special preview Tuesday, March 13 at 10/9c
WHEN: Tuesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), Rosie Perez (Search Party, Lipstick Jungle), Marley Shelton (The Lottery), Rarmian Newton (The Family), Amy Forsyth (The Path), Casey Johnson (G.L.O.W.), Shirley Rumierk, Joe Tippett, Ted Sutherland, Taylor Richardson, Damon J. Gillespie, recurring player Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)
WHAT: Centers on a high school drama teacher and family man whose passion for the program and his students galvanizes the entire working class town. Based on Michael Sokolove’s book Drama High, which itself is based on real-life drama teacher Lou Volpe.
PREMIERE DATE: March 27
WHEN: Tuesdays at 8/7c
WHO: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman, Lecy Goranson, Sarah Chalke, Emma Kenney, Ames McNamara, Jayden Rey
WHAT: An eight-episode present-day revival that will find the Conner family dealing with the economic challenges of living pay check to pay check in 2018.
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 27
WHEN: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: David Boreanaz (Bones), Jessica Paré (Mad Men), Max Thieriot (Bates Motel), Neil Brown Jr. (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), A.J. Buckley (CSI: NY), Toni Trucks (Franklin & Bash)
WHAT: Follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.
PREMIERE DATE: March 27
WHEN: Tuesdays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Jenna Fischer (The Office), Oliver Hudson (Nashville), Diane Farr (Numb3rs, Rescue Me), Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle), Bobby Lee, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby, Sander Thomas
WHAT: Based upon the original Danish series created by Mette Heeno, the single-cam comedy is the story of a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce.
PREMIERE DATE: March 22
WHEN: Thursdays at 9/8c
WHO: Jason George (Grey’s Anatomy), Jaina Lee Ortiz (Rosewood), Grey Damon (Aquarius, Friday Night Lights), Miguel Sandoval (Medium), Okieriete Onaodowan (Broadway’s Hamilton), Danielle Savre (Too Close to Home), Barrett Doss (Marvel’s Iron Fist), Alberto Frezza (Dead of Summer)
WHAT: Set in a Seattle firehouse, it follows a group of heroic firefighters, from the captain to the newest recruits, as they risk their lives and their hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock.
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 2
WHEN: Thursdays at 10/9c (after football concludes)
WHO: Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds), Jay Harrington (Code Black, Better Off Ted), Kenny Johnson (Bates Motel), Peter Onorati (Murder in the First), Lina Esco (Kingdom), Alex Russell, Stephanie Sigman
WHAT: A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. sergeant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he’s tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Inspired by the film of the same name.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 1
WHEN: Sundays at 10/9c
WHO: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (American Odyssey, Hunted), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Felix Solis (The Good Wife), Francois Battiste (The Family, The Good Wife), Currie Graham (Westworld, Longmire), Nelson Lee (NCIS: New Orleans, The Night Shift), Abigail Pniowsky (Arrival), Josh Randall (Pitch, Quarry), Ali Stroker (Glee), Ella Thomas (Ballers, NCIS: Los Angeles), Beth Triffon (Dr. Ken, The Middle), Mark L. Young (Code Black)
WHAT: The ten-episode series centers on TV producer Jane Sadler, whose young daughter goes missing, mirroring the cop drama she produces.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 9
WHEN: Mondays at 9/8c
WHO: Matt Barr (Sleepy Hollow), Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom), Charlie Barnett (Secrets and Lies, Chicago Fire), Nigel Thatch (American Dreams), Corbin Reid (How to Get Away with Murder), Melissa Roxburgh (Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow), W. Tré Davis
WHAT: The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a US Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets, and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 28
WHEN: Thursdays at 9/8c
WHO: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally
WHAT: Twelve-episode revival of the popular 1998-2006 comedy series.
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 1 (at 8:30 pm after football)
WHEN: Sundays at 8/7c
WHO: Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Monica Potter (Parenthood), Richard T. Jones (American Horror Story, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Blake Lee (Mixology), Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones), Jake Matthews (Bosch)
WHAT: Inspired by the notion that a million minds are better than one, a tech innovator creates a cutting edge crowd-sourcing hub to solve his own daughter’s murder, as well as revolutionizing crime solving in San Francisco. Based on the Israeli format of the same name.
PREMIERE DATE: Sneak preview on Monday, Sept. 25 at 8:30 pm
WHEN: Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c (beginning Nov. 2 after football concludes)
WHO: Iain Armitage (Big Little Lies), Zoe Perry (The Family), Annie Potts (The Fosters), Lance Barber (The Comeback), Raegan Revord (Modern Family), Montana Jordan, narrator Jim Parsons
WHAT: The single-camera Big Bang Theory prequel follows Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school.