2020–21 United States network television schedule

The 2020–21 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2020 to August 2021. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2019–20 television season.

Fox was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 11, 2020, followed by The CW on May 14, CBS on May 19, NBC on June 16, and ABC on June 17, 2020.

PBS is not included at all, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included because both network schedules comprise syndicated reruns. This is the last season that The CW did not program primetime on Saturday evenings (however it does offer network programming on Saturdays in the following season).

New series are highlighted in bold.

On January 6, 2021, all of ABC, CBS and NBC's programming was preempted in favor of news coverage of the January 6 United States Capitol attack in Washington D.C.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Each of the major television networks in the United States had initially planned for their upfront presentations to be made to the public in mid-May, a tradition going back to the Golden Age of Television. Due to concerns caused by COVID-19, most major networks and cable network groups canceled their public upfront events due to both public health concerns, and stay-at-home orders which effectively prevented them from going forward. It was expected most of the upfront announcements would be either press releases or virtual video events via videotelephony, and could be delayed due to pilots being unable to be produced, along with an overall decline in advertising. NBC carried traditional upfront content on July 16, 2020, blended in as a part of 30 Rock: A One-Time Special, though a majority of the network's affiliates pre-empted the event (it aired the next day as a special airing across all of NBCUniversal's cable networks at the same time in primetime).

On May 1, the Television Critics Association cancelled its summer 2020 press tour, originally scheduled for July 28 through August 13 (during the now-rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics), as the organization was unsure it could occur at all due to public gathering restrictions and an anticipated lack of any scripted programming output, even in pilot form, to promote by that time period. The TCA cancellation complicated any plans by the networks to build buzz about their upcoming schedules, while the move of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021 nullified any plans NBC had to use the Games to lead into their new television season.

Delays in production as a result of the pandemic resulted in many shows being pushed over from their intended Summer 2020 premieres. CBS was the first network to push the thirty-second season premiere of The Amazing Race as a part of its contingency plan to preserve programming for fall. The same day, ABC announced that it had delayed the sixteenth season of its summer staple series The Bachelorette to a tentative fall launch, while sister-series Bachelor in Paradise had been postponed indefinitely. The following month, Fox and The CW followed suit by announcing that both the networks would be delaying most of their original scripted premieres to a cycle beginning in January 2021, and their fall lineup would consist primarily of acquisitions and delayed summer series.

In light of further delays in production, CBS moved up S.W.A.T. to a fall premiere to replace Survivor, while the latter had been postponed its production of the forty-first season to spring 2021 and was replaced by aforementioned The Amazing Race. On August 26, 2020, the network further modified its schedule by deciding to push the premieres of all scripted programming to November and air acquired and encore programming in Early fall instead. Similarly, NBC altered its schedule on August 12, 2020, by replacing The Voice with American Ninja Warrior on Monday nights.

On September 16, 2020, ABC announced that the network would not be moving forward with the second season of Stumptown, a decision that came in reversal to its May 2020 renewal. COVID-related production delays that would not have allowed the series to be ready for telecast before April 2021 (the end of the broadcast season) were cited as the primary reason behind the cancellation.

Because of the pandemic-related production halts, this is the third time in the history of American television where the start of the television season was delayed due to issues outside of the control of the major television networks; the last two instances occurred in the 1988–89 season (which was delayed due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike) the 2001–02 season (which was affected by news coverage of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001), and the fourth was due to the ongoing 2023–24 season (which was delayed due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike), and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

In spite of the fact that an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus was not available until the first few months of 2021, most scripted shows were able to resume production in the autumn of 2020. This was accomplished by having all cast and crew members take daily COVID-19 tests during production to ensure no transmission of the virus, not having fans in the audience during tapings, and often writing scenes to reduce the total number of people on set at a given time. The 2020-21 season saw a diffused approach to COVID-19; some series acknowledged the pandemic and had storylines that addressed the issues from it, while others did not reference it at all. Chuck Lorre said publicly that his CBS shows would not take place in a setting where COVID-19 existed, something that he's stuck with going into 2023.

Legend

Sunday

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos		Supermarket Sweep		Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Card Sharks
	Winter			Who Wants to Be a Millionaire		Card Sharks		The Rookie (29/7.11) (Tied with Station 19)
	Mid-winter			American Idol (25/7.42)
	Late winter							Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
	Spring							The Rookie (29/7.11) (Tied with Station 19)
	Summer			Celebrity Family Feud		The Chase		To Tell the Truth
CBS	Fall	NFL on CBS (4:25 p.m.)	60 Minutes (6/10.73)		CBS Sunday Night Movies (continued until 11:30 p.m.)
	Mid-fall				NCIS: Los Angeles (22/7.80)		NCIS: New Orleans (27/7.22)		NCIS (R) (continued until 11:30 p.m.)
	Winter	60 Minutes (6/10.73)		The Equalizer (4/12.07)		NCIS: Los Angeles (22/7.80)		NCIS: New Orleans (27/7.22)
	Summer			Big Brother		Love Island
	Late summer					The Equalizer (R)		NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
The CW	Fall	Local programming		Pandora		Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)		Local programming
	Mid-fall					The Outpost
	Winter			Batwoman		Charmed
	Spring			Legends of Tomorrow		Batwoman
	Summer					Wellington Paranormal	Dead Pixels
	Late summer						Wellington Paranormal (R)
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL (4:25 p.m.)	The OT	The Simpsons	Bless the Harts	Bob's Burgers	Family Guy
	Winter	Cherries Wild	Bless the Harts		The Great North
	Spring	The Simpsons (R)
	Summer	Duncanville (R)	HouseBroken (R)
	Late summer	Lego Masters (R)
NBC	Fall	Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) (continued to game completion) (1/16.50)
	Winter	Weakest Link (R)		The Wall (R)		Chicago Med (R)		Dateline NBC
	Late winter	The Voice (R)				Ellen's Game of Games		Good Girls
	Spring	Ellen's Game of Games (R)		Ellen's Game of Games		Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
	Summer	NBC Sports programming

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars				Emergency Call
	Mid-fall					The Good Doctor (19/8.16) (Tied with Grey's Anatomy)
	Late fall	Monday Night Countdown	Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m.)
	Winter	The Bachelor				The Good Doctor (19/8.16) (Tied with Grey's Anatomy)
	Spring	American Idol
	Mid-spring	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Late spring	The Bachelorette				The Celebrity Dating Game
	Summer	Bachelor in Paradise				The Ultimate Surfer
CBS	Fall	Big Brother		One Day at a Time		Manhunt: Deadly Games
	Late fall	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		Bull (16/8.59)
	Spring			NCIS: New Orleans (R)
	Summer			Young Sheldon (R)	United States of Al (R)	NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
The CW	Fall	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Penn & Teller: Fool Us		Local programming
	Winter	All American		Black Lightning
	Late winter	Bulletproof
	Spring	All American
	Late spring			The Republic of Sarah
	Summer	Roswell, New Mexico
	Late summer			Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)
Fox	Fall	L.A.'s Finest		Filthy Rich
	Late fall			Cosmos: Possible Worlds
	Winter	9-1-1 (11/9.62)		9-1-1: Lone Star (15/8.71)
	Late winter			America's Most Wanted
	Spring			9-1-1: Lone Star (15/8.71)
	Late spring	Hell's Kitchen: Young Guns		HouseBroken	Duncanville
NBC	Early fall	American Ninja Warrior				Dateline NBC
	Fall	The Voice (17/8.40)				Weakest Link
	Winter	Ellen's Game of Games		The Wall
	Late winter	The Voice (17/8.40)				Debris
	Spring	American Ninja Warrior				Small Fortune
	Summer					The Wall

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The Bachelorette				Big Sky (26/7.35)
	Winter	The Wonderful World of Disney
	Mid-winter	To Tell the Truth		Black-ish	Mixed-ish
	Late winter					Soul of a Nation
	Spring	Pooch Perfect				Big Sky (26/7.35)
	Mid-spring	Mike Tyson: The Knockout				To Tell the Truth (R)
	Late spring	The Goldbergs (R)	Home Economics (R)	The Conners (R)	Black-ish (R)
	Summer	Bachelor in Paradise				The Ultimate Surfer
CBS	Fall	NCIS (3/12.58)		FBI (5/10.98)		The FBI Declassified
	Mid-fall					FBI: Most Wanted (14/8.83)
	Summer			Love Island
	Late summer			FBI (R)
The CW	Fall	Swamp Thing		Tell Me a Story		Local programming
	Winter	Two Sentence Horror Stories		Trickster
	Late winter	The Flash		Superman & Lois
	Spring			Supergirl
	Late spring			Superman & Lois
	Summer	Stargirl		Supergirl
Fox	Fall	Cosmos: Possible Worlds		Next
	Winter	The Resident		Prodigal Son
	Late winter	Holmes Family Effect
	Spring	The Resident		Prodigal Son
	Late spring	Lego Masters		Mental Samurai
	Summer			Fantasy Island
NBC	Fall	The Voice (18/8.30)		This Is Us (13/9.32)		Transplant
	Winter	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist				Nurses
	Late winter	Young Rock	Kenan			New Amsterdam
	Spring	The Voice (18/8.30)
	Summer	America's Got Talent				Capital One College Bowl

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	The Goldbergs	American Housewife	The Conners	Black-ish	The Con
	Mid-fall					For Life
	Late fall	The Great Christmas Light Fight
	Winter	The Goldbergs	American Housewife	The Conners	Call Your Mother
	Late winter					The Con
	Spring		Home Economics			A Million Little Things
	Late spring	Press Your Luck		The $100,000 Pyramid
	Early summer					Card Sharks
	Summer					Match Game
	Late summer					Superstar
CBS	Fall	Big Brother		Various programming		48 Hours: Suspicion
	Mid-fall	The Amazing Race		SEAL Team		S.W.A.T.
	Winter	Tough as Nails
	Spring	Kids Say the Darndest Things
	Late spring			S.W.A.T. (R)
	Summer	Big Brother		Love Island		S.W.A.T. (R)
	Late summer			House Calls with Dr. Phil		48 Hours
The CW	Fall	Devils		Coroner		Local programming
	Winter	Riverdale		Nancy Drew
	Spring	Kung Fu
	Summer			In the Dark
	Late summer	Riverdale
Fox	Fall	The Masked Singer (23/7.56)		I Can See Your Voice
	Winter	The Masked Dancer		Name That Tune
	Late winter	The Masked Singer (23/7.56)		Game of Talents
	Spring	MasterChef: Legends		Crime Scene Kitchen
	Summer	MasterChef: Legends
NBC	Fall	Chicago Med (9/9.74)		Chicago Fire (7/10.23)		Chicago P.D. (10/9.73)
	Summer	America's Got Talent		Family Game Fight!

Note: Season 2 of Stumptown was originally scheduled to premiere in fall 2020, but it was canceled and was replaced by For Life.

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Celebrity Family Feud		Press Your Luck		Match Game
	Mid-fall	Station 19 (29/7.11) (Tied with The Rookie)		Grey's Anatomy (19/8.16) (Tied with The Good Doctor)		A Million Little Things
	Winter	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (28/7.15)		The Chase		The Hustler
	Late winter	Station 19 (29/7.11) (Tied with The Rookie)		Grey's Anatomy (19/8.16) (Tied with The Good Doctor)		A Million Little Things
	Spring					Rebel
	Summer	When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren		Holey Moley		The Hustler
	Mid-summer	Holey Moley		When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren
CBS	Fall	Big Brother		Various programming		Star Trek: Discovery
	Mid-fall	Young Sheldon (12/9.45)	B Positive	Mom	The Unicorn
	Winter					Clarice
	Spring		United States of Al		B Positive
	Summer	Big Brother		Love Island		Bull (R)
	Late summer			The Neighborhood (R)	B Positive (R)
The CW	Fall	Supernatural		The Outpost		Local programming
	Winter	Walker		Legacies
	Summer			The Outpost
	Late summer	Coroner
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL Thursday	Thursday Night Football (8:20 p.m.) (2/13.42)
	Winter	Hell's Kitchen: Las Vegas		Call Me Kat	Last Man Standing	Local programming
	Spring			Last Man Standing	The Moodys
	Mid-spring	Name That Tune (R)			Let's Be Real
	Late spring	Beat Shazam		Lego Masters (R)
	Summer	MasterChef: Legends (R)		Call Me Kat (R)
NBC	Fall	Superstore	Superstore (R)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit		Dateline NBC
	Winter	Mr. Mayor	Superstore
	Spring	Manifest				Law & Order: Organized Crime (21/7.83)
	Summer	Making It		Good Girls
	Late summer	Brooklyn Nine-Nine		Making It

Notes:

• NBC aired Connecting from October 8 to October 29, 2020.
• The first episode of Connecting aired at 8:00 pm on Thursday, October 8, 2020.
• The second episode of Connecting aired at 9:00 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
• The third episode of Connecting aired at 9:30 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
• The fourth episode of Connecting aired at 8:30 pm on Thursday, October 29, 2020.

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Shark Tank		20/20
	Spring	Emergency Call
	Summer	Shark Tank (R)
CBS	Fall	The Greatest #AtHome Videos		Undercover Boss		Blue Bloods (8/10.16)
	Late fall	MacGyver		Magnum P.I. (24/7.48)
	Summer	Secret Celebrity Renovation		Love Island
	Late summer			The Greatest #AtHome Videos
The CW	Fall	Masters of Illusion	Masters of Illusion (R)	World's Funniest Animals	World's Funniest Animals (R)	Local programming
	Late fall	The Christmas Caroler Challenge
	Winter	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Penn & Teller: Fool Us
	Spring	Charmed		Dynasty
	Summer	Burden of Truth
Fox		WWE Friday Night SmackDown
NBC	Fall	American Ninja Warrior (R)				Dateline NBC
	Late fall	The Blacklist		Dateline NBC
	Summer	American Ninja Warrior (R)				Dateline NBC

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	10:30 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Saturday Night Football
	Winter	NBA Countdown	NBA Saturday Primetime
	Late winter	Shark Tank (R)		American Idol (R)
	Spring	NBA Countdown	NBA Saturday Primetime
	Late spring	Celebrity Family Feud (R)		Various programming		The Good Doctor (R)
	Summer	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)		Shark Tank (R)
CBS	Fall	Crimetime Saturday				48 Hours
	Mid-fall	Manhunt: Deadly Games
	Late fall	Crimetime Saturday
	Spring	Superstar Racing Experience
	Summer	Crimetime Saturday
Fox	Fall	Fox College Football
	Winter	9-1-1 (R)		Name That Tune (R)		Local programming
	Spring	The Masked Singer (R)		Game of Talents (R)
	Late spring	Baseball Night in America
	Summer	Fox Sports programming
NBC	Fall	Various programming		Ellen's Game of Games (R)		SNL Vintage
	Late fall	Ellen's Game of Games (R)		The Wall (R)
	Spring	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)		Law & Order: Organized Crime (R)
	Late spring	NHL on NBC
	Summer	America's Got Talent (R)				Dateline Saturday Mystery
	Late summer	Various programming		America's Got Talent (R)

By network

Note: Series that were originally intended to air in 2019–20 but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic are indicated using †.

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

NBC

Renewals and cancellations

Full season pickups

ABC

• Big Sky—Picked up for six additional episodes on December 7, 2020, bringing the episode count to 16.
• Black-ish—Picked up for six additional episodes on October 23, 2020, bringing the episode count to 21.

CBS

• B Positive—Picked up for five additional episodes on December 21, 2020, bringing the episode count to 18.

The CW

• The Outpost—Picked up for 13 additional episodes on October 7, 2020, bringing the episode count to 26.
• Superman & Lois—Picked up for two additional episodes on February 3, 2021, bringing the episode count to 15.
• Walker—Picked up for five additional episodes on February 3, 2021, bringing the episode count to 18.

Fox

• Let's Be Real—Picked up for four additional episodes on April 1, 2021, bringing the episode count to 5.

NBC

Renewals

ABC

• 20/20—Renewed for a forty-fourth season on May 18, 2021.
• The $100,000 Pyramid—Renewed for a sixth season on April 1, 2022.
• American Idol—Renewed for a twentieth season on May 13, 2021.
• America's Funniest Home Videos—Renewed for a thirty-second season on May 13, 2021.
• The Bachelor—Renewed for a twenty-sixth season on September 28, 2021.
• Bachelor in Paradise—Renewed for an eighth season on April 7, 2022.
• The Bachelorette—Renewed for an eighteenth season on March 15, 2021.
• Big Sky—Renewed for a second season on May 4, 2021.
• Black-ish—Renewed for an eighth and final season on May 14, 2021.
• Celebrity Family Feud—Renewed for a ninth season on April 1, 2022.
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune—Renewed for a second season on May 13, 2021.
• The Con—Renewed for a second season on July 25, 2022.
• The Conners—Renewed for a fourth season on May 14, 2021.
• Dancing with the Stars—Renewed for a thirtieth season on March 30, 2021.
• The Goldbergs—Renewed for a ninth season on May 14, 2021.
• The Good Doctor—Renewed for a fifth season on May 3, 2021.
• The Great Christmas Light Fight—Renewed for a ninth season on December 10, 2020.
• Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for an eighteenth season on May 10, 2021.
• Holey Moley—Renewed for a fourth season on February 22, 2021.
• Home Economics—Renewed for a second season on May 14, 2021.
• A Million Little Things—Renewed for a fourth season on May 14, 2021.
• Monday Night Football–Renewed for a second season on March 18, 2021; deal will last into a thirteenth season in 2033.
• NHL on ABC—It was announced on March 10, 2021, that ABC's sister network ESPN regained the rights to air National Hockey League games (including 25 games slated to air on ESPN and ABC) for seven years through the 2027–28 season.
• Press Your Luck—Renewed for a fourth season on April 1, 2022.
• The Rookie—Renewed for a fourth season on May 14, 2021.
• Shark Tank—Renewed for a thirteenth season on May 13, 2021.
• Station 19—Renewed for a fifth season on May 10, 2021.
• Supermarket Sweep—Renewed for a ninth season on May 13, 2021.

CBS

• 48 Hours—Renewed for a thirty-fourth season on May 19, 2021.
• 60 Minutes—Renewed for a fifty-fourth season on May 19, 2021.
• The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-third season on February 25, 2020.
• B Positive—Renewed for a second season on May 15, 2021.
• Big Brother—Renewed for a twenty-fourth season on May 31, 2022.
• Blue Bloods—Renewed for a twelfth season on April 15, 2021.
• Bob Hearts Abishola—Renewed for a third season on February 17, 2021.
• Bull—Renewed for a sixth and final season on April 15, 2021.
• The Equalizer—Renewed for a second season on March 9, 2021.
• FBI—Renewed for a fourth season on March 24, 2021.
• FBI: Most Wanted—Renewed for a third season on March 24, 2021.
• Love Island—Renewed for a fourth and fifth season on February 23, 2022, and will be moved to Peacock.
• Magnum P.I.—Renewed for a fourth season on April 15, 2021.
• NCIS—Renewed for a nineteenth season on April 15, 2021.
• NCIS: Los Angeles—Renewed for a thirteenth season on April 23, 2021.
• The Neighborhood—Renewed for a fourth season on February 17, 2021.
• SEAL Team—Renewed for a fifth season on May 18, 2021, which will air its first four episodes on CBS, before moving to Paramount+ for the remainder of its run.
• Secret Celebrity Renovation—Renewed for a second season on March 9, 2022.
• Superstar Racing Experience—Renewed for a second season on January 31, 2022.
• S.W.A.T.—Renewed for a fifth season on April 15, 2021.
• Undercover Boss—Renewed for an eleventh season on May 19, 2021.
• United States of Al—Renewed for a second season on May 15, 2021.
• Tough as Nails—Renewed for a third and fourth season on April 14, 2021.
• Young Sheldon—Renewed for a fifth, sixth and seventh season on March 30, 2021.

The CW

• All American—Renewed for a fourth season on February 3, 2021.
• Batwoman—Renewed for a third season on February 3, 2021.
• Charmed—Renewed for a fourth season on February 3, 2021.
• Coroner—Renewed for a fourth season on April 7, 2022.
• Devils—Renewed for a second season on April 7, 2022.
• Dynasty—Renewed for a fifth season on February 3, 2021.
• The Flash—Renewed for an eighth season on February 3, 2021.
• In the Dark—Renewed for a fourth season on February 3, 2021.
• Kung Fu—Renewed for a second season on May 3, 2021.
• Legacies—Renewed for a fourth season on February 3, 2021.
• Legends of Tomorrow—Renewed for a seventh season on February 3, 2021.
• Nancy Drew—Renewed for a third season on February 3, 2021.
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us—Renewed for a ninth season on December 7, 2020.
• Riverdale—Renewed for a sixth season on February 3, 2021.
• Roswell, New Mexico—Renewed for a fourth season on February 3, 2021.
• Stargirl—Renewed for a third and final season on May 3, 2021.
• Superman & Lois—Renewed for a second season on March 2, 2021.
• Two Sentence Horror Stories—Renewed for a third season on September 17, 2020.
• Walker—Renewed for a second season on February 3, 2021.
• Wellington Paranormal—Renewed for a third season on April 7, 2022.
• World's Funniest Animals—Renewed for a second season on December 7, 2020.

Fox

• 9-1-1—Renewed for a fifth season on May 17, 2021.
• 9-1-1: Lone Star—Renewed for a third season on May 17, 2021.
• Beat Shazam—Renewed for a fifth season on April 5, 2022.
• Bob's Burgers—Renewed for a twelfth and thirteenth season on September 23, 2020.
• Call Me Kat—Renewed for a second season on May 10, 2021.
• Crime Scene Kitchen—Renewed for a second season on May 16, 2022.
• Duncanville—Renewed for a third season on April 6, 2021.
• Family Guy—Renewed for a twentieth and twenty-first season on September 23, 2020.
• Fantasy Island—Renewed for a second season on November 4, 2021.
• The Great North—Renewed for a second season on June 22, 2020.
• Hell's Kitchen—Renewed for a twenty-first and twenty-second season on February 1, 2022.
• HouseBroken—Renewed for a second season on August 9, 2021.
• I Can See Your Voice—Renewed for a second season on January 27, 2021.
• Lego Masters—Renewed for a third season on December 3, 2021.
• The Masked Singer—Renewed for a sixth season on May 17, 2021.
• MasterChef—Renewed for a twelfth season on August 18, 2021.
• Name That Tune—Renewed for a second season on October 25, 2021.
• The Resident—Renewed for a fifth season on May 17, 2021.
• The Simpsons—Renewed for a thirty-third and thirty-fourth season on March 3, 2021.
• Thursday Night Football—Renewed for an eighth season on January 31, 2018.

NBC

• American Ninja Warrior—Renewed for a thirteenth season on March 31, 2022.
• America's Got Talent—Renewed for a sixteenth season on March 31, 2022.
• The Blacklist—Renewed for a ninth season on January 26, 2021.
• Capital One College Bowl—Renewed for a second season on April 28, 2022.
• Chicago Fire—Renewed for a tenth and eleventh season on February 27, 2020.
• Chicago Med—Renewed for a seventh and eighth season on February 27, 2020.
• Chicago P.D.—Renewed for a ninth and tenth season on February 27, 2020.
• Dateline NBC—Renewed for a thirtieth season on May 14, 2021.
• Football Night in America—Renewed for a sixteenth season on December 14, 2011; deal will go to a seventeenth season in 2022.
• Kenan—Renewed for a second season on April 30, 2021.
• Law & Order: Organized Crime—Renewed for a second season on May 14, 2021.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—Renewed for a twenty-third and twenty-fourth season on February 27, 2020.
• Mr. Mayor—Renewed for a second season on March 22, 2021.
• NBC Sunday Night Football—Renewed for a sixteenth season on December 14, 2011; deal will go to a seventeenth season in 2022.
• New Amsterdam—Renewed for a fourth and fifth season on January 11, 2020.
• This Is Us—Renewed for a sixth and final season on May 12, 2019.
• Transplant—Renewed for a second season on December 11, 2020.
• The Voice—Renewed for a twenty-first season on March 30, 2021.
• Weakest Link—Renewed for a sixth season on January 25, 2021.
• Young Rock—Renewed for a second season on April 30, 2021.

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

• American Housewife—Canceled on May 14, 2021, after five seasons.
• Call Your Mother—Canceled on May 14, 2021. The series concluded on May 19, 2021.
• Card Sharks—Canceled on April 1, 2022, after two seasons.
• The Celebrity Dating Game—Canceled on April 1, 2022.
• For Life—Canceled on May 14, 2021, after two seasons.
• The Hustler—Canceled on April 1, 2022, after two seasons.
• Match Game—Canceled on April 1, 2022, after five seasons.
• Mike Tyson: The Knockout—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on June 1, 2021.
• Mixed-ish—Canceled on May 14, 2021, after two seasons. The series concluded on May 18, 2021.
• Pooch Perfect—Canceled on January 20, 2022.
• Rebel—Canceled on May 14, 2021. The series concluded on June 10, 2021.
• Soul of a Nation—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on April 6, 2021.
• The Ultimate Surfer—Canceled on March 30, 2022.

CBS

• All Rise—Canceled on May 15, 2021, after two seasons. On September 29, 2021, it was announced that Oprah Winfrey Network would pick up the series for another season.
• Clarice—It was announced on June 10, 2021, that a possible move to Paramount+ became unlikely to happen, rendering it as a de facto cancellation. The series concluded on June 24, 2021.
• MacGyver—It was announced on April 7, 2021, that season five would be the final season. The series concluded on April 30, 2021.
• Manhunt: Deadly Games—The anthology series was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on November 7, 2020.
• Mom—It was announced on February 17, 2021, that season eight would be the final season. The series concluded on May 13, 2021.
• NCIS: New Orleans—It was announced on February 17, 2021, that season seven would be the final season. The series concluded on May 23, 2021.
• One Day at a Time—Canceled on November 24, 2020, by creator Pop, after four seasons.
• Star Trek: Discovery—The broadcast television run was meant for one season only; it concluded on February 4, 2021.
• The Unicorn—Canceled on May 15, 2021, after two seasons.

The CW

• Black Lightning—It was announced on November 20, 2020, that season four would be the final season. The series concluded on May 24, 2021.
• Bulletproof—Canceled on May 21, 2021, by creator Sky One, after three seasons.
• Burden of Truth—It was announced on March 18, 2021, that season four would be the final season. The series concluded on September 17, 2021.
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life—The miniseries was meant to run for one season only by creator Netflix, the miniseries was air a four-night event beginning from November 23 through November 26, 2020.
• The Outpost—Canceled on September 15, 2021, after four seasons. The series concluded on October 7, 2021.
• Pandora—Canceled on May 17, 2021, after two seasons.
• The Republic of Sarah—Canceled on September 2, 2021. The series concluded on September 6, 2021.
• Supergirl—It was announced on September 22, 2020, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on November 9, 2021.
• Supernatural—It was announced on March 22, 2019, that season fifteen would be the final season. The series concluded on November 19, 2020.
• Swamp Thing—Canceled on June 6, 2019, by creator DC Universe. The series concluded on December 22, 2020.
• Tell Me a Story—Canceled on May 11, 2020, by creator CBS All Access, after two seasons. The series concluded on December 29, 2020.
• Trickster—Canceled on January 29, 2021, by creator CBC. The series concluded on February 16, 2021.

Fox

• Bless the Harts—Canceled on April 1, 2021, after two seasons. The series concluded on June 20, 2021.
• Cosmos: Possible Worlds—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on December 21, 2020.
• Filthy Rich—Canceled on October 30, 2020, marking the first cancellation of the season. The series concluded on November 30, 2020.
• Holmes Family Effect—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on March 23, 2021.
• L.A.'s Finest—Canceled on October 14, 2020, by creator Charter Spectrum, after two seasons.
• Last Man Standing—It was announced on October 14, 2020, that season nine would be the final season. The series concluded on May 20, 2021.
• The Moodys—Pulled from the schedule after five episodes in the second season on April 16, 2021; Fox announced that the series would move from Thursdays to a burn off run of three episodes on Sundays. The series was later canceled on June 17, 2021, after two seasons. The series concluded on June 20, 2021.
• Next—Canceled on October 30, 2020, marking the first cancellation of the season. The series concluded on December 22, 2020.
• Prodigal Son—Canceled on May 10, 2021, after two seasons. The series concluded on May 18, 2021.

NBC

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine—It was announced on February 11, 2021, that season eight would be the final season. The series concluded on September 16, 2021.
• Connecting—Canceled on November 2, 2020. The remaining unaired episodes were made available on NBC's website and Peacock. The series concluded on November 16, 2020.
• Debris—Canceled on May 27, 2021.
• Ellen's Game of Games—Canceled on January 18, 2022, after four seasons.
• Good Girls—Canceled on June 25, 2021, after four seasons. The series concluded on July 22, 2021.
• Manifest—Canceled on June 14, 2021, after three seasons. On August 28, 2021, it was announced that Netflix would pick up the series for another season.
• NHL on NBC—It was announced on April 26, 2021, that NBC had backed out of negotiations for the partial contractual rights of the remainder of the National Hockey League games (including the New Year's Day Winter Classic) and awarded the rights to Turner Sports beginning with the 2021–22 season and lasted through 2027–28 season.
• Small Fortune—Canceled on January 20, 2022.
• Superstore—It was announced on December 3, 2020, that season six would be the final season. The series concluded on March 25, 2021.
• Ultimate Slip 'N Slide—It was announced on August 6, 2021, that the series would not be airing.
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist—Canceled on June 9, 2021, after two seasons.

See also

• 2020–21 Canadian network television schedule
• 2020–21 United States network television schedule (daytime)
• 2020–21 United States network television schedule (late night)
• 2020–21 United States network television schedule (overnight)