NBC has announced premiere dates for its2017-18 fall schedule, which includes broadcast television’s #1 program,Sunday Night Football, last season’s #1 new series,This Is Usand the return of one of the most honored and beloved comedies of all time,Will & Grace. Dominant reality show and three-time Emmy Award winnerThe Voiceis also returning, with the Edie Falco-starrerLaw & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, new Monday night dramaThe Braveand the sophomore season of Mike Schur’s mind-bending comedy,The Good Place. A number of new shows suchGood Girls,Reverie,Rise,A.P. Bio,Champions,The Awesome Show,Ellen’s Game of Games,Genius JuniorandThe Handmade Projectwill be saved for midseason, along with returning showsTaken,Chicago Med,Little Big Shots,Shades of Blue,TimelessandThe Wall.
NBCbegins its new season Monday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with a two-hour telecast of the Blind Auditions for season 13 ofThe Voice, which features new coach Jennifer Hudson, as well as the return of coaches Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine.The Voicewill immediately be followed by the premiere ofThe Brave, a heart-pounding journey into the complex world of America’s elite undercover military heroes, starring Anne Heche as a Washington, D.C.-based D.I.A. Deputy Director and Mike Vogel as captain of an elite overseas Special Ops squad.
The cultural sensation and #1 new seriesThis Is Usmakes its highly anticipated return on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 9 p.m., immediately followingThe Voice. At 10 p.m. is the premiere ofLaw & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, which stars four-time Emmy Award winner Edie Falco as tenacious attorney Leslie Abramson, who defends brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez in the sensational trial that follows their arrest for the brutal murders of their parents.
Wednesday, Sept. 27 will begin at 8 p.m. with a special one-hour episode ofThe Voice.Law & Order: SVUlaunches its 19th season at 9 p.m. followed by the fifth-season debut of the Windy City police drama “Chicago P.D.” A week later (Oct. 4) in the 8 p.m. timeslot, NBC’s signature dramaThe Blacklist, starring three-time Emmy winner James Spader, begins its fifth season. Following a season finale in which a tornado ripped apart Cloud 9, the folks fromSuperstorebegin to rebuild starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28. Ending its first season with a twist that stunned critics and viewers alike, Mike Schur’sThe Good Placebegins season two at 8:30 p.m.
Eric McCormack,Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally make their celebrated return toWill & Graceas the 16-time Emmy winner makes its homecoming on NBC at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 after an 11-year hiatus. A half-hour later, the folks at “The Breakdown” are back for more with season two ofGreat News, executive produced by Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Tracey Wigfield. Dick Wolf’sChicago Firebegins its sixth season at 10 p.m.Blindspot, starring Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander, begins its third season at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. Take a look at NBC’s fall premiere schedule below.
MONDAY, SEPT. 25
8 p.m. -The Voice
10 p.m. -The Brave
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26
9 p.m. -This Is Us
10 p.m. -Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27
9 p.m. -Law & Order: SVU
10 p.m. -Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28
8 p.m. -Superstore
8:30 p.m. -The Good Place
9 p.m. -Will & Grace
9:30 p.m. -Great News
10 p.m. -Chicago Fire
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29
9 p.m. -Dateline NBC
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4
8 p.m. -The Blacklist
FRIDAY, OCT. 27
8 p.m. -Blindspot
