2023-24 TV Preview: Every New Comedy, Drama and Unscripted Show
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This May/Upfront time of year may feel different with the current writers’ strike, but the broadcast networks continue to move ahead with their 2023-24 TV season plans.
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CBS and NBC have already announced their schedules for the upcoming season, and the rest of the networks — ABC, Fox and The CW — are scheduled to unveil their slates at their annual Upfront presentations the week of May 15.
Viewers can expect to (eventually) see The Good Wife‘s Carrie Preston back on the small screen as fan fave Elsbeth Tasconi, while Kathy Bates will make her debut as Matlock. Meanwhile, The Flash alum Jesse L. Martin and This Is Us vet Justin Hartley will make the move to NBC and CBS, respectively, for their new dramas. The 2023-24 season will also welcome back Jon Cryer, Donald Faison, Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. in fresh comedies.
Of course, whether these series will actually be back in production to premiere this fall remains to be seen. But one network will have a couple “new” shows on the air later this year: The CW has acquired a pair of Canadian imports, starring familiar TV faces like Lea Thompson and Chad Michael Murray.
To help you sift through the brand-new (and imported) offerings, TVLine presents our annual guide to the upcoming freshman shows, with additional series orders, castings and trailers to be added as they’re released. Make sure to bookmark this page and check back often! Then hit the comments to tell us which newbies are piquing your interest.
AGT: Fantasy League, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Mel B, plus host Terry Crews
WHAT: A new spinoff that will see each judge draft their ultimate lineup of winners, finalists, viral sensations and fan favorites from AGT and Got Talent franchises around the world, all pre-selected by America in an initial vote. The judges will be competing alongside the contestants and will mentor and guide the acts throughout the competition with the hopes of earning bragging rights and seeing an act from their team crowned the champion of AGT: Fantasy League.
The Americas, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Narrated by Tom Hanks
WHAT: A 10-part event series, featuring music by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, the project will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles – and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world.
Buddy Games, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 14
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9/8c
WHO: Host Josh Duhamel
WHAT: The game show unites six teams of four deep-rooted friends, who met at various stages of their lives, at a stunning lakeside location for a nostalgic adult summer camp adventure. “Ride or dies” get the chance to play “buddy games” where they will relive their glory days and compete in an assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges in the outdoors while bunking together in the same lake house. Friendships will be rekindled, and rivalries reignited, when these friends are challenged to prove which bonds are strong enough to withstand the competition. The last buddy team standing will be crowned champion and take home a cash prize, plus the coveted Buddy Games trophy, and of course bragging rights.
Children Ruin Everything, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 19
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9/8c
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WHO: Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-0), Aaron Abrams (Blindspot), Ennis Esmer (Blindspot), Nazneen Contractor (Ransom, Heroes Reborn), Logan Nicholson (Blues Clues and You), Mikayla SwamiNathan, Dmitry Chepovetsky (Killjoys, Departure), Veena Sood (Corner Gas Animated), Lisa Codrington (Letterkenny, Anne With an E), Darius Rota
WHAT: The Canadian comedy follows Astrid and James as they raise their two young children in the city, while struggling to hold onto their pre-kid life. Illustrating the hilarious and varied ways kids can wreck happiness, alter plans, annihilate goals and dreams, and force parents to re-invent their lives, the series also explores how maybe that re-invented life is somewhat okay, too. Nowhere near as good as that old, really great life. But still kind of nice.
Crime Nation, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHAT: A true-crime and justice anthology series that thrusts viewers into the gripping world of real-life mysteries, cold cases and heart-stopping investigations. Each two-hour episode will delve deep into a riveting true crime sensation that has captured the attention of the nation including the Delphi murders, the Lori Vallow Daybell case, the Gabby Petito murder and the Gilgo Beach murders. Each episode will reveal new details about these stories through expert analysis, exclusive reporting and never before seen interviews.
Deal or No Deal Island, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: TBA
WHAT: This new format transports audiences to the Banker’s private island where he makes the rules and there are twists behind every palm tree. Hidden on the island are over 100 cases with millions of dollars split between them, which teams must retrieve so that they can play a game of Deal or No Deal against the Banker. Only one team will survive until the very last episode, where they’ll compete to beat the Banker for the biggest prize in Deal or No Deal history.
Doc, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: TBA
WHAT: Based on the globally acclaimed Italian series Doc — Nelle tue mani, the medical drama centers on the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.
Elsbeth, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
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WHO: Carrie Preston (The Good Wife, The Good Fight), Wendell Pierce (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Carra Patterson (Turner & Hooch)
WHAT: In the Good Wife spinoff, after her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni (Preston), an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
Everyone Else Burns, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 19
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c
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WHO: Simon Bird (Friday Night Dinner, The Inbetweeners), Kate O’Flynn (Landscapers), Harry Connor, Amy James-Kelly (Three Families, Military Wives)
WHAT: The British comedy follows the Lewises, a strictly religious family who believe the world will end within the decade. Patriarch David longs for the church to promote him. Long-suffering Fiona hungers for a life beyond sermons and squash. Aaron is a model young believer — except his drawings feature the rest of the family burning in hell. And anxious 17-year-old Rachel is about to fall for someone who could save her social life, but also damn her soul.
Extended Family, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c
WHO: Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Abigail Spencer (Timeless), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Finn Sweeney (Impeachment: American Crime Story) and newcomer Sofia Capanna
WHAT: Centers on former marrieds Jim (Cryer) and Julia (Spencer). After an amicable divorce, the exes “decide to continue to raise their kids at the family home while taking turns on who gets to stay with them. Navigating the waters of divorce and child-sharing gets more complicated for Jim when the owner of his favorite sports team (Faison) enters the picture and wins Julia’s heart.”
FGirl Island, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Host Nikki Glaser
WHAT: In the gender-flipped spinoff of FBoy Island (which The CW will also air this fall, after acquiring it from HBO Max), three men try to determine whether 24 women are womanizers, aka “FGirls,” or are seeking a serious relationship, aka “Nice Girls.”
The Floor, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
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WHO: Host Rob Lowe
WHAT: A battle of the brains in which 81 contestants stand on 81 squares on a massive game show floor, competing for a $250,000 prize.
Found, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 3
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 10/9c
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WHO: Shanola Hampton (Shameless), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (mixed-ish, Pitch), Kelli Williams (Lie to Me, The Practice), Brett Dalton (Chicago Fire, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Gabrielle Walsh (9-1-1), Arlen Escarpeta (David Makes Man), Karan Oberoi (Roswell, New Mexico)
WHAT: In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. A public relations specialist — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Ghosts U.K., CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 16
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 9/8c
WHO: Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond
WHAT: In the original British comedy, a cash-strapped young couple inherit a rickety country mansion, only to find it teeming with needy ghosts.
The Golden Bachelor, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 28
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8/7c
WHAT: In the Bachelor franchise’s latest spinoff, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.
Grimsburg, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Jon Hamm
WHAT: The animated comedy centers around Marvin Flute (Hamm), a brilliant detective with opinions as eccentric as his taste, who can’t help but prioritize his own personal problems — whether it be his family or petty differences among his co-workers — over the crimes he’s tasked with solving. Now that he’s back in Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, Flute will follow every lead he’s got to redeem himself with the ex-wife he never stopped loving, even if it means hanging out with the son he never bothered to get to know.
High Potential, ABC
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Daniel Sunjata (Graceland), Javicia Leslie (Batwoman), Judy Reyes (Claws, Scrubs), Deniz Akdeniz (The Flight Attendant), Amirah J (Shameless), Matthew Lamb
WHAT: Follows a single mom (Olsen) with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Sunjata). Based on the popular French series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI).
Inside the NFL, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 5
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 8/7c
WHO: Host Ryan Clark and analysts Channing Crowder, Jay Cutler, Chad Johnson and Chris Long
WHAT: The weekly studio series will air for the first time ever on broadcast television. It highlights every week’s greatest moments and unforgettable stories throughout the NFL season, showcasing previously unseen angles of pivotal game action captured by NFL Films’ legendary cinematographers and revealing behind-the-scenes audio of how it all happened.
The Irrational, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 25
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 10/9c
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WHO: Jesse L. Martin (The Flash), Maahra Hill (Delilah), Travina Springer (Ms. Marvel), Molly Kunz (Finding Carter), Arash DeMaxi (Partner Track)
WHAT: A world-renowned professor of behavioral science lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement, and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior. Based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational.
Krapopolis, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Special two-episode preview on Sunday, Sept. 24, following the FOX NFL doubleheader (8 pm ET/5 pm PT)
TIME SLOT: Sundays at 8:30/7:30c (starting Oct. 1)
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WHO: Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, Duncan Trussell
WHAT: The animated comedy, from Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty), is set in ancient Greece and follows a family of humans, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities.
Lotería Loca, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 2 (at 9/8c)
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 8/7c
WHO: Host Jaime Camil
WHAT: Full of unexpected surprises, the game show is based on the Latin game of chance popularly known now as Lotería. In each episode, two players go head-to-head and take turns picking cards to get four-in-a-row, which is Lotería. Each time a card appears on their unique bingo-style card, they bank big money. Landing on one of the “Loca Cards” creates a twist in the game and gives players the opportunity to bank even more cash by competing in wild, interactive challenges. The player who gets the most “Loterías” on their board the fastest, moves on to the dramatic final round for a chance to win the ultimate show cash prize.
Matlock, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
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WHO: Kathy Bates (American Horror Story), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Skye P. Marshall (Good Sam), David Del Rio (Maggie), Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew)
WHAT: After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock (Bates) rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.
NCIS: Sydney, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 14
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 8/7c
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WHO: Olivia Swann (Legends of Tomorrow), Todd Lasance (Spartacus: War of the Damned), Sean Sagar (Fate: The Winx Saga), Tuuli Narkle (Bad Behaviour), Mavournee Hazel (Neighbours), William McInnes (Blue Heelers)
WHAT: In the Australian series, as international tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national task force, to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
Poppa’s House, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids), Damon Wayans Jr. (Happy Endings), Essence Atkins (Marlon), Tetona Jackson (Home Economics)
WHAT: A multi-cam comedy in which legendary talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” (Damon Wayans) has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.
Raid the Cage, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 13
TIME SLOT: Fridays at 9/8c
WHAT: In the new action-packed game show, two teams of two face off to grab-and-go prizes from the Cage before their time runs out and the doors close. Correctly answering trivia questions adds seconds to the clock, giving teammates more time to grab prizes ranging from cold hard cash to electronics and even a new car! After three lively rounds, the team that banks the highest total dollar value in prizes wins the game, keeps what they grabbed and plays the final round for an even bigger cash prize.
Rescue: HI-Surf, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: TBA
WHAT: The Hawaii lifeguard drama, from executive producer/director John Wells (Shameless, Animal Kingdom), follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu — the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
Run the Burbs, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 16
TIME SLOT: Mondays at 8:30/7:30c
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WHO: Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience), Rakhee Morzaria (What We Do in the Shadows), Zoriah Wong (Nancy Drew), Roman Pesino (Odd Squad)
WHAT: The Canadian comedy follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs. Often the instigators of community events and always the first to know what’s going on in the neighborhood, the Phams have become the heart of their cul-de-sac. Through all the challenges and stresses of everyday suburban life, the Phams take on the world as a cohesive unit.
Snake Oil, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 27
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 9/8c
WHO: Host David Spade
WHAT: In the game show, contestants are pitched unique products by convincing entrepreneurs – some of whom are showcasing real business ventures, while the others are “Snake Oil Salesmen,” whose products are fake. With the help of guest celebrity advisors, contestants must determine which products are real and which are a sham, for a chance to win life-changing money. In each round, contestants choose a pair of entrepreneurs and learn about their extremely unique (and often bizarre) products through visuals, a custom-made infomercial exclusively produced for Snake Oil, and by quizzing the business representative themselves. With the help of their celebrity advisors, the contestants must then decide who is selling an authentic product and who is hawking a sham. Will they make the right choice or be duped by snake oil?!
Son of a Critch, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 19
TIME SLOT: Thursdays at 8/7c
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WHO: Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio), Mark Critch, Claire Rankin (Molly’s Game), Sophia Powers, Mark Rivera, Colton Gobbo, Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange)
WHAT: The Canadian comedy, based on Mark Critch’s memoir, follows Mark coming of age in the 1980s. Much older inside than his 11 years, Mark uses comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect with the small collection of people in his limited world.
The Spencer Sisters, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 4
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 9/8c
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WHO: Lea Thompson (Switched at Birth, Caroline in the City), Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Thomas Antony Olajide (Learn To Swim), Edward Ruttle (Arctic Air), Husein Madhavji (Saving Hope), Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves (Sort Of), Rodrigo Massa (El Dragon: Return of a Warrior), Kaitlyn Leeb (Spinning Out), Adam Hurtig (Cult of Chucky)
WHAT: The Canadian import follows mystery novelist Victoria Spencer (Thompson) and her daughter Darby Spencer (Farber), who are mistaken as sisters as they tackle puzzling cases.
St. Denis Medical, NBC
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), Allison Tolman (Why Women Kill, Fargo), David Alan Grier (The Carmichael Show), Josh Lawson (House of Lies), Kahyun Kim (American Gods), Mekki Leeper (The Sex Lives of College Girls)
WHAT: A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.
Sullivan’s Crossing, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Oct. 4
TIME SLOT: Wednesdays at 8/7c
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WHO: Morgan Kohan (When Hope Calls), Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill), Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls)
WHAT: In the Canadian import, Maggie Sullivan (Kohan) is a star neurosurgeon who seemingly has it all, until her business partner is indicted for fraud and she finds herself charged with negligence. Looking to distance herself from the fallout, Maggie decides to leave Boston and return to her childhood home of Sullivan’s Crossing, a rustic and remote campground set against the stunning coastline still run by her estranged father, Sully Sullivan (Patterson). There, Maggie rekindles old friendships and builds new ones with the local residents, including a handsome newcomer, Cal Jones (Murray), who only serves to complicate her life further. As Maggie works on clearing her name and reputation, she is forced to confront her painful past, as she attempts to reconnect with a side of herself she had long forgotten.
The Swarm, The CW
PREMIERE DATE: Sept. 12
TIME SLOT: Tuesdays at 9/8c
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WHO: Cécile de France, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Jack Greenlees, Lydia Wilson, Krista Kosonen, Alexander Karim, Leonie Benesch, Barbara Sukowa (12 Monkeys)
WHAT: The European import depicts the struggle of humankind against an unknown swarm intelligence that lives in the depths of the sea.
Tracker, CBS
PREMIERE DATE: Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 after Super Bowl LVIII
TIME SLOT: TBA
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WHO: Justin Hartley (This Is Us), Mary McDonnell (Major Crimes), Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Abby McEnany (Work In Progress), Eric Graise (Locke & Key, Step Up: High Water), Fiona Rene (Fire Country, Stumptown)
WHAT: Revolves around survivalist Colter Shaw (Hartley), who roams the country as a “reward seeker” and uses his tracking skills to solve mysteries as he contends with his own fractured family.
We Are Family, Fox
PREMIERE DATE: Midseason
TIME SLOT: TBA
WHO: Hosts Jamie Foxx and Corinne Foxx
WHAT: Showcasing non-famous relatives of celebrities performing duets with their hidden famous family member, the music-centric game show will feature a studio audience entirely comprised of 100 contestants playing through multiple rounds of clues and gameplay to win up to $100,000 each by correctly guessing which celebrity the performer is related to before they are revealed. Celebrities appearing on We Are Family will range from musicians and professional athletes to actors and beyond.
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