ABC’s fall 2025 primetime lineup includes Monday Night Football, the return of America’s Funniest Home Videos and High Potential, and the series premiere of the new 9-1-1 spinoff, 9-1-1: Nashville. The networks’s fall schedule also includes Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and the reality competitions The Golden Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, and Shark Tank.
Returning ABC dramas and comedies include 9-1-1, Grey’s Anatomy, Shifting Gears, and Abbott Elementary. Will Trent, The Rookie, American Idol, The Bachelor, and Celebrity Jeopardy! will return in 2026, along with the just-announced reboot of Scrubs.
ABC Fall 2025 Premiere Dates:
SATURDAY, AUG. 23
7:30 p.m. – “College Football” (North Carolina Central Eagles at Southern University Jaguars)
MONDAY, SEPT. 8
8:00 p.m. – Monday Night Football (Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 16
8:00 p.m. – Dancing with the Stars (simulcast on Disney+)
10:00 p.m. – High Potential
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24
8:00 p.m. – The Golden Bachelor (two-hour premiere)
10:01 p.m. – Shark Tank
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26
8:00 p.m. – Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
9:01 p.m. – 20/20
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28
7:00 p.m. – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:01 p.m. – The Wonderful World of Disney
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1
8:00 p.m. – Shifting Gears
8:30 p.m. – Abbott Elementary
9:02 p.m. – The Golden Bachelor (regular timeslot)
THURSDAY, OCT. 16
8:00 p.m. – 9-1-1
9:00 p.m. – 9-1-1: Nashville (new series)
10:00 p.m. – Grey’s Anatomy
Details on 9-1-1: Nashville: The newest entry into the franchise, 9-1-1: Nashville, is a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities. The all-new series stars Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Hailey Kilgore, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz, and Hunter McVey.
Ryan Murphy, Tim Minear, and Rashad Raisani are executive producers and writers, with Raisani serving as showrunner. Additional executive producers include Chris O’Donnell, Brad Buecker, Brad Falchuk, and Angela Bassett.