Your Complete Guide to 2016 TV Premiere Dates

Erik Anderson August 7, 2016

With over 500 channels of programming and multiple vehicles in which to watch television it’s more important than ever to have a handy dandy schedule for all of your TV watching and binging needs so, here it is! Check back here for updates throughout the season.

AUGUST

Friday, Aug. 12
The Get Down (Netflix) – NEW

Monday, Aug. 15
8 p.m.: Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood (VH1)

Sunday, Aug. 21
9 p.m.: Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)

Monday, Aug. 22
9 p.m.: Tyler Perry’s Too Close to Home (TLC)
10 p.m.: Cheer Squad (Freeform) – NEW

Tuesday, Aug. 23
9 p.m.: Halt and Catch Fire (AMC, two-hour premiere)

Wednesday, Aug. 24
10 p.m.: Gomorrah (SundanceTV) – NEW

Sunday, Aug. 28
10 p.m.: The Strain (FX)

Wednesday, Aug. 31
10 p.m.: You’re the Worst (FXX)

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SEPTEMBER

Friday, Sept. 2
Narcos (Netflix), Chef’s Table (Netflix)

Tuesday, Sept. 6
StartUp (Crackle)
10 p.m.: Queen Sugar (OWN)- NEW, Atlanta (FX)

Wednesday, Sept. 7
10 p.m.: Queen Sugar (OWN, time period premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 8
10 p.m.: Better Things (FX) – NEW

Friday, Sept. 9
One Mississippi (Amazon) – NEW
10 p.m.: Quarry (Cinemax) – NEW

Saturday, Sept. 10
9 p.m.: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Starz)

Sunday, Sept. 11
10 p.m.: Masters of Sex (Showtime)

Monday, Sept. 12
Harry Connick Jr. syndicated show (NBCUniversal) – NEW
8 p.m.: Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Wednesday, Sept.14
10 p.m.: Blindspot (NBC), American Horror Story (FX)

Friday, Sept. 16
Easy (Netflix) – NEW
Fleabag (Amazon) – NEW
8 p.m.: Z Nation (Syfy)
11 p.m.: High Maintenance (HBO) – NEW

Sunday, Sept. 18
8:30 p.m.: Case Closed (CBS)

Monday, Sept. 19
8 p.m.: The Voice (NBC), Gotham (Fox), The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
8: 30 p.m.: Kevin Can Wait (CBS) – NEW
9 p.m.: Lucifer (Fox)
10 p.m.: The Good Place (NBC, preview)

Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 p.m.: The Voice (NBC), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox), NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars Results Show (ABC)
8:30 p.m.: New Girl (Fox)
9 p.m.: Scream Queens (Fox), Bull (CBS) – NEW
10 p.m.: This Is Us (NBC)- NEW, NCIS: New Orleans (CBS), Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC)

Wednesday, Sept. 21
8 p.m.: Blindspot (NBC, time period premiere), Lethal Weapon (Fox), Survivor (CBS), The Goldbergs (ABC)
8:30 p.m.: Speechless (ABC) – NEW
9 p.m.: Law & Order: SVU (NBC), Empire (Fox), Modern Family (ABC)
9:30 p.m.: Big Brother (CBS, season finale), black-ish (ABC)
10 p.m.: Chicago PD (NBC), Designated Survivor (ABC) – NEW

Thursday, Sept. 22
8 p.m.: Superstore (NBC), Rosewood (Fox), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
8:30 p.m.: The Good Place (NBC, time period premiere) – NEW
9 p.m.: Chicago Med (NBC)- NEW, Pitch (Fox)- NEW, Notorious (ABC) – NEW
10 p.m.: The Blacklist (NBC), How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)

Friday, Sept. 23
Transparent (Amazon)
8 p.m.: Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon (NBC), Hell’s Kitchen (Fox), MacGyver (CBS)- NEW, Last Man Standing (ABC)
8:30 p.m.: Dr. Ken (ABC)
9 p.m.: Dateline (NBC), The Exorcist (Fox)- NEW, Hawaii Five-0 (CBS), Shark Tank (ABC)
10 p.m.: Blue Bloods (CBS), Van Helsing (Syfy) – NEW

Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30 p.m.: Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
8 p.m.: The Simpsons (Fox), Once Upon a Time (ABC)
8:30 p.m.: Son of Zorn (Fox) – NEW
9 p.m.: Family Guy (Fox), Secrets and Lies (ABC)
9:30 p.m.: The Last Man on Earth (Fox)
10 p.m.: Quantico (ABC)

Tuesday, Sept. 27
9 p.m.: Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Syfy) – NEW
10 p.m.: Aftermath (Syfy) – NEW
10:30 p.m.: Drunk History (Comedy Central)

Wednesday, Sept. 28
9 p.m.: Criminal Minds (CBS)
10 p.m.: Younger (TV Land), Code Black (CBS)
10:30 p.m.: Impastor (TV Land)

Friday, Sept. 30
Luke Cage (Netflix) – NEW
Crisis in Six Scenes (Amazon) – NEW

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OCTOBER

Sunday, Oct. 2
7 p.m.: America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
8 p.m.: NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), Ash vs. Evil Dead (Starz)
8:35 p.m.: Blunt Talk (Starz)
9 p.m.: Shameless (Showtime), Madam Secretary (CBS), Westworld (HBO) – NEW
10 p.m.: Elementary (CBS)

Monday, Oct. 3
9 p.m.: Scorpion (CBS)
10 p.m.: Timeless (NBC)- NEW, Conviction (ABC) – NEW

Tuesday, Oct. 4
The Mindy Project (Hulu)
8 p.m.: The Flash (CW)
9 p.m.: No Tomorrow (CW) – NEW

Wednesday, Oct. 5
8 p.m.: Arrow (CW)
9 p.m.: Frequency (CW) – NEW

Thursday, Oct. 6
8 p.m.: iHeartRadio Music Fest Night 1

Friday, Oct. 7
The Ranch (Netflix)
8 p.m.: iHeartRadio Music Fest Night 2

Sunday, Oct. 9
9 p.m.: Divorce (HBO) – NEW
9:30 p.m.: Insecure (HBO) – NEW

Monday, Oct. 10
8 p.m.: Supergirl (CW)
9 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls (CBS)
10 p.m.: Scorpion (CBS, time period premiere)

Tuesday, Oct. 11
8 p.m. The Middle (ABC)
8:30 p.m. American Housewife (ABC) – NEW
9 p.m.: This Is Us (NBC, time period premiere), Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)
10 p.m.: Chicago Fire (NBC)

Thursday, Oct. 13
8 p.m.: Legends of Tomorrow (CW)
9 p.m.: Supernatural (CW)
10 p.m. Falling Water (USA) – NEW

Friday, Oct. 14
Haters Back Off (Netflix) – NEW
Goliath (Amazon) – NEW

Sunday, Oct. 16
9 p.m.: Berlin Station (Epix) – NEW
10 p.m.: Graves (Epix)- NEW, Eyewitness (USA) – NEW

Monday, Oct. 17
9 p.m.: Jane the Virgin (CW)
9:30 p.m.: The Odd Couple (CBS)

Wednesday, Oct. 19
Chance (Hulu) – NEW

Thursday, Oct. 20
8 p.m.: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fox) – SPECIAL

Friday, Oct. 21
Black Mirror (Netflix)
8 p.m.: The Vampire Diaries (CW)
9 p.m.: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)

Sunday, Oct. 23
9 p.m.: The Walking Dead (AMC)
10 p.m.: Talking Dead (AMC)
12 a.m.: Comic Book Men (AMC)

Monday, Oct. 24
8:30 p.m.: Man With a Plan (CBS) – NEW

Wednesday, Oct. 26
10 p.m.: Rectify (SundanceTV)

Thursday, Oct. 27
8 p.m.: The Big Bang Theory (CBS, time period premiere)
8:30 p.m.: The Great Indoors (CBS) – NEW
9 p.m.: Mom (CBS)
9:30 p.m.: Life in Pieces (CBS)
10 p.m.: Pure Genius (CBS) – NEW

Friday, Oct. 28
Good Girls Revolt (Amazon) – NEW

Monday, Oct. 31
9 p.m.: People of Earth (TBS) – NEW

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NOVEMBER

Wednesday, Nov. 2
10 p.m.: Stan Against Evil (IFC) – NEW

Friday, Nov. 4
The Crown (Netflix) – NEW

Thursday, Nov. 10
Lovesick (Netflix)

Friday, Nov. 11
Red Oaks (Amazon)

Tuesday, Nov. 15
9 p.m.: Good Behavior (TNT)

Wednesday, Nov. 16
8 p.m.: Nightcap (Pop) – NEW

Friday, Nov. 18
Beat Bugs (Netflix) – NEW

Sunday, Nov. 20
8 p.m.: The Librarians (TNT)
10 p.m.: The Affair (Showtime)

Monday, Nov. 21
11 p.m.: Search Party (TBS) – NEW

Friday, Nov. 25
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (Netflix) – NEW

Wednesday, Nov. 30
10 p.m.: Incorporated (Syfy) – NEW

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DECEMBER

Wednesday, Dec. 7
Shut Eye (Hulu) – NEW
8 p.m.: Hairspray Live (NBC) – SPECIAL

Friday, Dec. 9
Captive (Netflix)
Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)

Friday, Dec. 16
Man in the High Castle (Amazon)

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.