2020-21 TV Preview: All The New Comedies, Dramas & Unscripted Shows
Your guide to all the new shows coming to ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW during the 2020-2021 TV season. Bookmark this page and check back often for updates!
B Positive
B POSITIVE, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 5
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex), Sara Rue (Impastor), Kether Donohue (You're the Worst), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate), Terrence Terrell (Bosch)
WHAT: A multi-cam comedy about a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives.
Call Me Kat
CALL ME KAT, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Sunday, Jan. 3 ay 8/7c
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9/8c (starting Jan. 7)
WHO: Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory), Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly), Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story), Kyla Pratt (One on One) and Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace). Bialik and Jim Parsons serve as EPs.
WHAT: Based on the BBC sitcom Miranda, the multi-cam follows a 39-year-old woman (Bialik) who struggles every day against society (and her mother) to prove that you can not have everything you want and still be happy. That's why she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville.
Clarice
CLARICE, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 11
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 10/9c
WHO: Rebecca Breeds (The Originals), Kal Penn (Designated Survivor, House), Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead, Southland), Nick Sandow (Orange Is the New Black), Lucca De Oliveira (The Punisher), Devyn A. Tyler (Out of Blue), Jayne Atkinson (Criminal Minds, 24), Shawn Doyle (The Expanse), Tim Guinee (Homeland, Revolution), Marnee Carpenter
WHAT: A deep dive into the untold personal story of brilliant and vulnerable FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs.
The Equalizer
THE EQUALIZER, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 7, 2021 (after the Super Bowl)
TIME SLOT: Sundays at 8/7c (beginning Feb. 14)
WHO: Queen Latifah (Star), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black), Chris Noth (Law & Order, Sex and the City), Liza Lapira (9JKL), Adam Goldberg (God Friended Me), Tory Kittles (Colony), Laya DeLeon Hayes (Raven's Home)
WHAT: The reimagining of the classic series follows an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
Housebroken
HOUSEBROKEN, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: 2021
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: The voices of Lisa Kudrow, Clea Duvall, Nat Faxon, Sharon Horgan, Will Forte, Tony Hale, Jason Mantzoukas, Sam Richardson, Bresha Webb, Greta Lee
WHAT: The animated comedy explores human dysfunction and neurosis through a group of neighborhood animals who live in the suburbs.
The Kenan Show
KENAN, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 16
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live), Andy Garcia (Ocean's Eleven), Punam Patel (Special)
WHAT: The single-camera comedy follows a newly widowed dad determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.
Superman & Lois
SUPERMAN & LOIS, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 23 at 8/7c
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Tyler Hoechlin (Supergirl), Elizabeth Tulloch (Supergirl), Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck), Emmanuelle Chriqui (The Passage, Entourage), Erik Valdez (General Hospital), Jordan Elsass (Little Fires Everywhere), Alexander Garfin, Wolé Parks (All American, The Vampire Diaries), Inde Navarrette (13 Reasons Why), Adam Rayner (Tyrant)
WHAT: The Arrowverse spinoff follows the world'd most famous superhero and comic books' most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.
The Big Sky
BIG SKY, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 17
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 10/9c
WHO: Kylie Bunbury (Pitch), Katheryn Winnick (Vikings), Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Brian Geraghty (Chicago P.D.), John Carroll Lynch (American Horror Story), Dedee Pfeiffer (Cybill), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted), Valerie Mahaffey (Dead to Me, Young Sheldon), Jade Pettyjohn (Little Fires Everywhere), Jesse James Keitel
WHAT: In this procedural thriller, private detective Cassie Dewell (Bunbury) partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt (Winnick) on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.
Untitled L.A. Mayor Comedy
MR. MAYOR, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 7
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8/7c
WHO: Ted Danson (The Good Place), Bobby Moynihan (SNL), Holly Hunter (Top of the Lake, Saving Grace)
WHAT: A single-cam comedy centering around a wealthy businessman (Danson) who runs for mayor of Los Angeles for all the wrong reasons. Once he wins, he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his staff, and connect with his teenage daughter — all while controlling the coyote population.
Young Rock
YOUNG ROCK, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 16
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 8/7c
WHO: Dwayne Johnson, Uli Latukefu (Marco Polo), Bradley Constant, Adrian Groulx, Joseph Lee Anderson (S.W.A.T.), Stacey Leilua, Ana Tuisila
WHAT: The single-cam comedy chronicles the formative childhood years of Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock.
Filthy Rich - Fox
FILTHY RICH, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 21
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 9/8c
WHO: Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us), Aubrey Dollar (Battle Creek), Corey Cott (The Good Fight), Mark L. Young (The Comeback), Aaron Lazar (Quantico)
WHAT: When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family (famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network) dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will.
neXt
NEXT, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 6
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 9/8c
WHO: John Slattery (Mad Men), Eve Harlow (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Michael Mosley (Sirens), Jason Butler Harner (Ozark), Elizabeth Cappuccino (Jessica Jones), Fernanda Andrade, Aaron Moten, Gerardo Celasco, Evan Whitten
WHAT: A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations — a powerful A.I. — might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we've ever seen — one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.
The Great North
THE GREAT NORTH, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 14
TIME SLOT: 8:30/7:30c
WHO: The voices of Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan
WHAT: The animated comedy follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as single dad Beef does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter, Judy, lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
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THE REPUBLIC OF SARAH, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: June 14
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 9/8c
WHO: Stella Baker (Tell Me Your Secrets), Luke Mitchell (Blindspot), Megan Follows (Reign), Izabella Alvarez (Westworld), Nia Holloway (Hawaii Five-0), Hope Lauren (Awkward, Supergirl), Landry Bender (Fuller House, Looking for Alaska), Ian Duff (New Amsterdam), Forrest Goodluck (The Miseducation of Cameron Post)
WHAT: Faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.
Kung Fu
KUNG FU, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: April 7
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 8/7c
WHO: Olivia Liang (Legacies), Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (Sorry for Your Loss), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (Wu Assassins, The Man In the High Castle), Kheng Hua Tan (Marco Polo), Gavin Stenhouse (9-1-1, Allegiance), Gwendoline Yeo (American Crime), Vanessa Kai (New Amsterdam), Tony Chung
WHAT: A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice... all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her. Inspired by the original series created by Ed Spielman.
Walker
WALKER, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 21
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8/7c
WHO: Jared Padalecki (Supernatural), Lindsey Morgan (The 100), Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars), Mitch Pileggi (Supernatural, The X-Files), Molly Hagan (iZombie, Jane the Virgin), Coby Bell (The Gifted), Jeff Pierre (Once Upon a Time, Beyond)
WHAT: The Walker, Texas Ranger reboot follows Cordell Walker (Padalecki), a widower and father of two with his own moral code, who returns to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home. He'll attempt to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his family, and find unexpected common ground with his new partner (one of the first women in Texas Rangers history), while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances surrounding his wife's death.
Call Your Mother
CALL YOUR MOTHER, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 13
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Rachel Sennott (High Maintenance), Joey Bragg (Liv and Maddie), Emma Caymares (Fosse/Verdon), Austin Crute (Daybreak), Patrick Brammall (Evil, No Activity)
WHAT: In this multi-cam, an "empty nester" mom wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she re-inserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought.
Law & Order: Organized Crime
LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: April 1
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 10/9c
WHO: Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU), Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Tamara Taylor (Bones), Danielle Moné Truitt (Deputy), Ainsley Seiger
WHAT: Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade he's been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning. Throughout the series, we will follow Stabler's journey to find absolution and rebuild his life, while leading a new elite task force that is taking apart the city's most powerful criminal syndicates one by one.
Small Fortune
SMALL FORTUNE, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: 2021
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Host Lil Rel Howery
WHAT: Based on the U.K. format, the unscripted series features teams of three friends who compete in the tiniest of challenges for a chance to win big money. From a shrunk down Oval Office ("The Waste Wing") to a mini Arc de Triomphe ("Arc de Wee-Omph"), each team must prove their skills on playing fields that have been squeezed down to the size of a dollhouse. Challenges will require considerable dexterity and intense focus because with games this small, there's no room for error as the slightest miscalculation or tremble may result in elimination.
That's My Jam
THAT'S MY JAM, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: 2021
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHAT: Inspired by the musical segments on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the hourlong competition series will be infused with Fallon's one-of-a-kind comedic style, feel-good energy, and a carousel of his classic and brand-new music-based games, featuring a new group of celebrities each week.
True Story
TRUE STORY, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: 2021
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Hosts Ed Helms (The Office) and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat)
WHAT: In the hybrid alternative-scripted series, based on the Australian hit, everyday Americans sit down with Helms and Park to share their most extraordinary and unbelievably true stories for the first time. As the stories unfold, events are humorously brought to life by a star-studded cast of comedians and actors in heightened, dramatized re-enactments of cinematic proportions.
Supermarket Sweep
SUPERMARKET SWEEP, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 18
TIME SLOT: Sundays at 8/7c
WHO: Host Leslie Jones (SNL)
WHAT: The competition show revival follows three teams of two as they battle it out using their grocery shopping skills and knowledge of merchandise to win big cash prizes.
Debris
DEBRIS, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: March 1
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 10/9c
WHO: Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom), Riann Steele (NCIS: New Orleans), Norbert Leo Butz (Fosse/Verdon, Bloodline)
WHAT: Two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
I Can See Your Voice
I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 23
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Host Ken Jeong
WHAT: The series asks contestants to tell the difference between good and bad singers, without having heard them sing a note. The contestants will be aided by a panel including Jeong, Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton (The Real) and "a rotating panel of celebrity detectives, comprised of comedians and pop culture experts, and a musical superstar," per the official release. At the end of each episode, the singer picked by the contestant will duet with the musical superstar, revealing whether or not they can, in fact, sing.
Weakest Link
WEAKEST LINK, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 29 (at 8/7c for three weeks)
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 10/9c (beginning Oct. 19)
WHO: Host Jane Lynch
WHAT: The reboot "will deliver the fast-paced and quick-witted pillars of the original British format created by the BBC with a few modern twists," per the network. "The hybrid game show sees contestants answer general knowledge questions to bank prize money across multiple rounds. At the end of each round, the contestants vote out who they perceive to be the Weakest Link remaining."
Connecting
CONNECTING..., NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 8 at 8/7c
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c (beginning Oct. 29)
WHO: Otmara Marrero (StartUp), Parvesh Cheena (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Outsourced), Ely Henry, Preacher Lawson, Jill Knox, Keith Powell, Shakina Nayfack
WHAT: The comedy is about a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats as they share the highs and lows of these extraordinary times.
Rebel
REBEL, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: April 8
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 10/9c
WHO: Katey Sagal (The Conners), John Corbett (Sex and the City), Andy Garcia (Ballers), James Lesure (Las Vegas), Tamala Jones (Castle), Sam Palladio (Nashville), Kevin Zegers (Fear the Walking Dead, Gracepoint), Lex Scott Davis (The First Purge), Ariela Barer (Runaways)
WHAT: Inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich today, the drama follows Annie "Rebel" Bello (Sagal), a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She's a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost."
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THE MASKED DANCER, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Sunday, Dec. 27 at 8/7c
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 8/7c (starting Jan. 6)
WHO: Host Craig Robinson and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green and Ashley Tisdale
WHAT: The Masked Singer offshoot features celebrity contestants shaking their tail feathers, while covered from head-to-toe in elaborate costumes and face masks, leaving audiences to guess their identities.
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CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 7
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8/7c
WHO: Hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White
WHAT: The game show welcomes celebrity contestants to come spin the world's most famous wheel and solve word puzzles for a chance to win up to one million dollars. All of the money won by the celebrity contestants will go to a charity of their choice.
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THE CHASE, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 7
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9/8c
WHO: TBA
WHAT: A heart-racing quiz show where three competitors must pit their wits and face off against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them from winning cash prizes. Each hour-long episode is a fast-paced battle of brainpower, where contestants are challenged to think faster than they ever thought possible to answer up to 166 questions across all topics.
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THE HUSTLER, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 7
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 10/9c
WHO: Host Craig Ferguson
WHAT: Five contestants collaborate to answer a series of trivia questions worth $10,000 each, with the goal of building a collective prize pot that increases with each correct answer. The catch? One of the five contestants, the Hustler, already knows the answers but must keep their identity a secret in order to have a shot at winning the grand prize.
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UNITED STATES OF AL, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: April 1
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c
WHO: Parker Young (Imposters, Suburgatory), Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Dean Norris (Claws, Breaking Bad), Kelli Goss (The Ranch), Elizabeth Alderfer (A.P. Bio)
WHAT: A comedy about the friendship between Riley (Young), a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir ("Al") (Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
Home Economics
HOME ECONOMICS, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: April 7
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Topher Grace (That '70s Show), Caitlin McGee (Bluff City Law), Jimmy Tatro (Modern Family), Karla Souza (How to Get Away With Murder), Sasheer Zamata (SNL), Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Starr Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree, JeCobi Swain
WHAT: A single-camera comedy about the heartwarming, yet super uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.
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FANTASY ISLAND, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Summer 2021
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: TBA
WHAT: The contemporary reboot is a semi-anthology series that delves into the "what if" questions, both big and small, that keep us awake at night. Each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.
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CHERRIES WILD, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Feb. 14
TIME SLOT: Sundays at 7/6c
WHO: Host Jason Biggs
WHAT: The half-hour game show features two rounds of pop culture trivia gameplay — during which a team of two contestants will try and "Solve the Slots" in hopes of getting one step closer to winning a $250,000 jackpot. At the end of each episode, when they spin the reels on the enormous slot machine, contestants will attempt to capture all five Wild Cherries to win that boffo prize.