Tuesday, May 13, 2025

ABC Upfront 2025-26: Fall 2025 Schedule; Ted: The Animated Series Coming to Peacock

ABC 2025-26 Schedule

ABC 2025-26

Fall 2025


Mondays
8:00PM ESPN's Monday Night Football

Tuesdays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars
10:00PM High Potential

Wednesdays
8:00PM Shifting Gears
8:30PM Abbott Elementary
9:00PM The Golden Bachelor
10:00PM Shark Tank

Thursdays
8:00PM 9-1-1
9:00PM 9-1-1: Nashville (NEW!)
10:00PM Grey's Anatomy

Fridays
8:00PM Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
9:00PM 20/20 (two hours)

Saturdays
7:30PM College Football

Sundays
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00PM The Wonderful World of Disney

Unscheduled Mid-Season/Summer 2026:
New Comedy:
New Drama:
New Reality/Unscripted:
Returning Comedy:
Returning Drama: The Rookie, Will Trent
Returning Reality/Unscripted: American Idol, Celebrity Jeopardy!

Notes: ABC announced its fall 2025 primetime schedule today following a highly successful season as the No. 1 multiplatform network. In the first full broadcast season where Nielsen reported on competitive multiplatform ratings, the network outperformed its competition dominating cross-platform rankings and earning all top 5 programs in the 2024/2025 broadcast season across Adults 18-49: High Potential (No. 1), Abbott Elementary (No. 2), The Rookie (No. 3), 9-1-1 (No. 4) and Shifting Gears (No. 5). The network also boasts nine of the top 20 programs in the demo across platforms adding Will Trent (No. 10), Grey’s Anatomy (No. 11), Dancing with the Stars (No. 14) and The Bachelor (No. 17).*

The No. 1 comedy of the season, Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning Abbott Elementary, will return Wednesdays, joined by season two of the No. 1 new comedy this season, Shifting Gears.

New seasons of previously announced returning series American Idol, Celebrity Jeopardy!, The Rookie and Will Trent will debut in 2026. Fall premiere dates will be announced at a later date, as well as additional midseason announcements and renewals.

Discuss ABC's 2025-26 lineup and also you can view complete program information.


Ted

Peacock announced the series pickup of Ted: The Animated Series (WT) from Seth MacFarlane, following the success of the record-breaking, live-action #1 Original Streaming Comedy Ted. The animated series picks up after the Ted films. MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad!, The Orville) is set to reprise the voice of the iconic and loveable foul-mouthed teddy bear "Ted," and will also executive produce all episodes alongside executive producers Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh (Modern Family), who also executive produced the live-action series Ted. Original film franchise stars return as series regulars to voice their roles:

· Mark Wahlberg (The Union, The Family Plan) as "John"
· Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River, The Dropout) as "Sam"
· Jessica Barth (Ted & Ted 2) as "Tami-Lynn"

Additional series regulars include:

· Kyle Mooney (Y2K, Saturday Night Live) as "Apollo"
· Liz Richman (Little America, Ted) as "Ruth"

The series comes from UCP (a division of Universal Studio Group), Fuzzy Door and MRC. Following its January 11, 2024 launch, season one of Ted broke records as Peacock's most-watched original title to date and was the #1 Original Streaming Comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months (per Nielsen). The series was also a global hit becoming the biggest U.S. comedy launch on Sky in the UK in over 20 years. It was recently renewed for a second season.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Saturday, October 18

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 13)

Friday, October 17

  • Charlie Hunnam (Undeclared) - Watch Charlie on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Chelsea Frei (The Paper/The Moodys) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Maz Jobrani (Superior Donuts/The Knights of Prosperity/Better Off Ted) - Maz is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin talks about Queen of Versailles on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
  • Zachary Quinto (Big Mouth/So Notorious) - Zachary talks about Brilliant Minds on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
  • Tony Shalhoub (We Are Men/Stark Raving Mad/Wings) - NBC's Today catches up with Tony in the 9am hour.
  • Aziz Ansari (Master of None/Parks and Recreation) - Aziz talks about Good Fortune on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • Penn Badgley (Do Over) - Penn talks about Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss, and Coming-of-Age with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) - Mira joins Sherri to talk about starring in Chicago the Musical on Broadway on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela stops by Sherri's Laugh Lounge on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Penn Badgley (Do Over) - Penn talks about podcast Podcrushed on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (FUBAR) - Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with Arnold on HBO at 10pm.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Frasier (2023) - Season Two Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered) Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season

01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season

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