NBC Fall 2016 Premiere Dates Announced

MovieWeb

By Brian Gallagher

Published Jun 16, 2016

Find out when NBC's new fall shows Timeless, The Good Place and This Is Us will premiere, along with the network's returning favorites.

NBC has announced premiere dates for its 2016-17 fall schedule, which includes the return of the #1 broadcast program, Sunday Night Football, the #1 reality series, The Voice, the most-buzzed about freshman drama of the new season, This Is Us, new Monday night entry Timeless, the anticipated new Mike Schur comedy, The Good Place, second-year comedy hit Superstore and the Dick Wolf Windy City troika: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med.

The second season of Blindspot, last year's top new series in the 18-49 demo, kicks off NBC's fall and begins Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. immediately following the season finale of summer's #1 reality series, America's Got Talent. Sunday Night Football starts up again Thursday, Sept. 8 when the champion Denver Broncos host the Carolina Panthers (8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT) in a Super Bowl rematch. Three days later on Sept. 11, Sunday Night Football travels to Arizona as the Cardinals play the New England Patriots (8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT).

The 11th season of NBC's powerhouse series The Voice begins Monday, Sept. 19 (8-10 p.m.) as new coaches Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus join Adam Levine and Blake Shelton in the Blind Auditions. Immediately following, NBC will air back-to-back episodes of the new Mike Schur comedy The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and multi-Emmy Award winner Ted Danson. The series will shift to its normal 8:30 p.m. Thursday timeslot three days later.

This Is Us, whose incredibly well-received trailer has drawn more than 70 million views, will make its debut at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 following The Voice and continue in that time period until shifting to its normal 9 p.m. slot Tuesday, Oct. 11. Wednesday, Sept. 21 marks the time period premiere of Blindspot (8 p.m.), immediately followed by the 18th season premiere of Law & Order: SVU and season four debut of Chicago P.D..

Cloud 9 opens for business at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 as Superstore returns for its second season followed by The Good Place. The doctors of Chicago Med go back to work at 9 p.m. and then Red's hunt for Liz and the man who took her take center stage on the new season of The Blacklist at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 marks the return of Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (8 p.m.) and Dateline NBC (9-11 p.m.).

Timeless, from Eric Kripke (Revolution, Supernatural) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), about a history professor who teams with a scientist and soldier to try and prevent a mysterious criminal from changing the past, debuts Monday, Oct. 3 at 10 p.m. The following week, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, This Is Us makes its time period premiere at 9 p.m. followed by the season five premiere of Chicago Fire. NBC's fall premiere schedule is as follows.

Wednesday Sept. 14

10-11: Blindspot

Monday, Sept. 19

8-10: The Voice

10-11: The Good Place (preview)

Tuesday, Sept. 20

8-10: The Voice

10-11: This Is Us

Wednesday, Sept. 21

8-9: Blindspot (time period premiere)

9-10: Law & Order: SVU

10-11: Chicago P.D.