NBC on Wednesday turned the primary broadcast community to unveil its fall premiere dates.
The 2026-27 season formally kicks off on Wednesday, September 9 with the NFL Kickoff Sport, when the defending Tremendous Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots in a rematch of Tremendous Bowl LX. 4 nights later, “Sunday Evening Soccer” returns with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.
NBC’s leisure lineup will get underway on Thursday, September 17 with the beforehand introduced two-hour premiere of “The Traitors: New Blood,” an all-civilian offshoot of Peacock’s “The Traitors.” The next Monday, September 21 marks the return of “The Voice.” The milestone thirtieth season options the returns of Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson, alongside new coaches Queen Latifah and Riley Inexperienced. The singing competitors will function a lead-in to the sequence premiere of Peter Krause’s drama “Line of Fireplace” (at 10 p.m.).
One-hour editions of “The Voice” may even air Tuesday and Wednesday that week, main into the two-night, four-hour finale of “America’s Acquired Expertise.”
Two weeks later, the #OneChicago trifecta — “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fireplace,” and “Chicago P.D.” — returns on Wednesday, October 7. The next night, “Regulation & Order: SVU” is again, main into the mothership, “Regulation & Order,” in its new 10/9c time slot.
Later that month, Reba McEntire’s “Pleased’s Place” returns for Season 3, main into the sequence premiere of the Tea Leoni-Tim Daly multi-cam “Newlyweds” on Friday, October 23.
Then, on November 2, “St. Denis Medical” and “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” return to NBC’s Monday lineup. At that time, “The Voice” will reduce to a single hour, airing at 9 p.m.
NBC Fall 2026 Premiere Dates
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
7 p.m. “Soccer Evening in America”
8 p.m. NFL Kickoff Sport (New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
7 p.m. “Soccer Evening in America”
8:20 p.m. “Sunday Evening Soccer” (Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
8 p.m. “THE TRAITORS: NEW BLOOD” (two hours)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
8 p.m. “The Voice” Season 30 (two hours)
10 p.m. “LINE OF FIRE“
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8 p.m. “The Voice” (one hour)
9 p.m. “America’s Acquired Expertise” Season 21 finale, Evening 1 of two (two hours)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
8 p.m. “The Voice” (one hour)
9 p.m. “America’s Acquired Expertise” Season 21 finale, Evening 2 of two (two hours)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
9 p.m. “Dateline NBC”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
8 p.m. “Chicago Med” Season 12
9 p.m. “Chicago Fireplace” Season 15
10 p.m. “Chicago P.D.” Season 14
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
9 p.m. “Regulation & Order: SVU” Season 28
10 p.m. “Regulation & Order” Season 26 (new time slot)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
8 p.m. “Pleased’s Place” Season 3
8:30 p.m. “NEWLYWEDS“
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8 p.m. “St. Denis Medical” Season 3
8:30 p.m. “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” Season 2
