
The days when everyone had to wait for the actual broadcast network upfront presentations to find out what their schedules for the next season will look like are long gone. That information is now disseminated ahead of time, with the upfront presentations used to provide first glimpses of the networks’ new shows. So here is a helpful guide when you can expect the announcements of the broadcast network’s fall schedules, which will be posted on Deadline right away. For information on the upfront presentations and parties’ times and locations, click here.
NBC: Sunday, May 13, 1:45 ET
Fox: Monday, May 14, 8 AM ET
ABC: Tuesday, May 15, 11 AM ET
CBS: Wednesday, May 16, around 8:45 AM ET
The CW: Thursday, May 17, AM, exact time still TBD (I’ll update when available, last year it was 9 AM ET)
TV Editor Nellie Andreeva - tip her here.


Thank you Nellie – wow, NBC has just about 12+ hours to go until release of schedule. Assuming the Office joins 30Rock and Community with 13 episodes each, I guess we’ll be seeing a greatly altered Thursday night lineup for the fall schedule. I think it may be time for NBC to ‘turn the page’ and take a risk on their ‘must-see’ Thursday night lineup with some new shows – Park&Rec (returning), Go On, New Normal, Animal Practice and Revolution. We’ll know soon.
But those new shows won’t last 13 weeks.
Am looking forward to seeing their schedule.
Some of these networks need to puck up alot midseason shows since most of the ones for fall will FLOP. Last year their were so many new shows. Im surprised ABc didnt pickup more dramas and comedies. Last year they ordered a bunch. They seem to ordered less this year. The CW puzzles me. They ddint pickup their most interesting pilots. They rejected JJ Abrams, Mark Schwahn, Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain and Craig Horner shows. Blasphemy. The CW thinks we all want to see Carrie and a medical drama. No wonder this network has terrible ratings. They need to step it up on the creativity and not focus and pickup teen dramas and medical dramas. I cant believe they denied Mark Schwahn a another show when he had the very successful One Tree Hill on for 9 seasons plus it had JJ Abrams attached. Joey Dakota and The Selection sounded interesting as well. Do really need to see more medical dramas and Carrie Bradshaw. Give us some sci-fi. They couldve at least given The Secret Circle a 13 episode midseason order.
ABC shouldve picked up Beauty & the Beast since The CW picked up their version and they also shouldve picked up Gotham. I want more sci-fi/fantasy since SYFY Channel seems to abandoning it and keep airing all those crappy reality shows.
That is now early for the upfronts, starting on a Sunday instead of Monday for NBC. FOX has theirs at 7 AM CT…should be interesting.