ABC Fall 2024 Premiere Dates Announced
Today, ABC announced premiere dates for the network’s action-packed fall, featuring previously announced fan-favorite series, high-octane new dramas, and The Bachelor franchise’s newest iteration. This news comes on the heels of the network closing out the 2023-2024 season as No. 1 in entertainment among Adults 18-49 for the fifth consecutive season, marking the longest winning streak in over 10 years.
Monday Night Football returns for select weeks beginning September 9 (New York Jets at San Francisco 49ers). Then, on Monday, October 7, beloved game shows join the lineup with Pat Sajak’s final spin hosting Celebrity Wheel of Fortune leading into Elizabeth Banks-hosted Press Your Luck.
From Oscar-nominated writer Drew Goddard and starring Kaitlin Olson, freshman crime procedural High Potential joins ballroom sensation Dancing with the Stars on Tuesdays, kicking off on September 17.
The Golden Bachelorette debuts on Wednesday, September 18, with new leading lady Joan Vassos, and a new season of Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy Abbott Elementary joins the night on October 9, followed by the ABC News Studios docuseries Scamanda.
Then, from executive producer Ryan Murphy and starring Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson, the new drama Doctor Odyssey debuts on Thursday, September 27, alongside the No. 1 drama in Adults 18-49, 9-1-1, and the longest-running primetime medical drama in television history, Grey’s Anatomy.
A new season of ABC News’ 20/20 premieres on Friday, September 20, and season 16 of Shark Tank dives into the night starting on October 18.
America’s Funniest Home Videos celebrates its monumental 35th season beginning Sunday, September 29, before The Wonderful World of Disney world television premiere of the live-action The Little Mermaid. Additional films to debut this season include the world television premieres of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Haunted Mansion, as well as the broadcast premiere of Hocus Pocus 2.
New seasons of returning dramas The Rookie and Will Trent will debut midseason, along with the celebratory farewell season of legacy comedy The Conners. Also returning midseason are American Idol, The Bachelor, Celebrity Jeopardy!, and What Would You Do? Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, from executive producer Reese Witherspoon and hosted by world-renowned organizing duo Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of The Home Edit, is also set to debut.
ABC FALL 2024 PREMIERE SCHEULE
The air dates are as follows (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific). All original programming will stream the next day on Hulu, and Dancing with the Stars will also simulcast live on Disney+.
SATURDAY, AUG. 24
7:30 p.m. College Football
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” (simulcast on Disney+)
10:00 p.m. “High Potential”
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
8:00 p.m. “The Golden Bachelorette”
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20
9:01 p.m. “20/20” (two hours)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26
8:00 p.m. “9-1-1”
9:00 p.m. “Doctor Odyssey”
10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:01 p.m. “The Wonderful World of Disney”
MONDAY, OCT. 7
8:00 p.m. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”
9:00 p.m. “Press Your Luck”
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
9:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary”
10:02 p.m. “Scamanda”
FRIDAY, OCT. 18
8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank”
