NBC’s fall 2024 primetime schedule will include a new drama and two new comedies. Zachary Quinto headlines the new drama Brilliant Minds based on a true story, and the network’s also debuting the mockumentary St. Denis Medical featuring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman, and David Alan Grier this fall. And Reba McEntire stars in the new multi-camera comedy Happy’s Place about a woman who inherits a bar from her dad and discovers he had a few surprising skeletons in his closet.
NBC’s lineup of returning dramas includes The Irrational, Found, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU. Comedies Lopez vs. Lopez and Night Court return along with The Voice and Dateline NBC.
NBC will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live with a special SNL weekend that concludes with a live three-hour primetime special on Sunday, February 16th at 8pm ET/PT. Other planned specials include Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and airing on November 25th.
The network’s planning midseason launches for the unscripted competition series Destination X and the thriller The Hunting Party. Plus, Tom Hanks will narrate The Americas event series premiering on February 23, 2025.
NBC FALL 2024-25 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — Brilliant Minds
TUESDAY
8-8:30 P.M. —St. Denis Medical
8:30-9 P.M. — Night Court
9-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — The Irrational
WEDNESDAY
8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med
9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8-9 P.M. — Law & Order
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — Found
FRIDAY
8-8:30 P.M. — Happy’s Place
8:30-9 P.M. — Lopez vs. Lopez
9-11 P.M — Dateline NBC
SATURDAY
7-7:30 P.M. ET— Big Ten Pregame / Notre Dame Pregame (also live on Peacock)
7:30-11 P.M. ET— Big Ten Saturday Night / Notre Dame Football (also live on Peacock)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 P.M. ET— Football Night in America (also live on Peacock)
8:20-11 P.M. ET— NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock)
NBC’s New Series/Specials Descriptions:
HAPPY’S PLACE – Bobbi (Reba McEntire) inherits her father’s bar and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had. The series stars Reba McEntire, Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn.
ST. DENIS MEDICAL – 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. The cast includes Wendi McClendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Mekki Leeper, Kahyun Kim, and Kaliko Kauahi.
BRILLIANT MINDS – Inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The cast includes Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, and Donna Murphy.
THE HUNTING PARTY – A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist. The cast includes Melissa Roxburgh.
THE AMERICAS – From BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the creators of the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth and Blue Planet, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, comes the epic 10-part tentpole event series The Americas.
Marking the first time acclaimed actor, producer and writer Tom Hanks will narrate an unscripted entertainment series, The Americas will also feature music by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. This incomparable 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.
DESTINATION X – Merging fantasy with reality in this larger-than-life adventure competition series, viewers will follow contestants as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime but have no idea of their location. In order to win, they must figure out their mystery locations. Once they’re on the blacked-out Destination X bus, the journey transforms into a real-life game board, with challenges designed to offer clever clues as to their location, along with a few misdirects to keep them guessing.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who places an X on a map furthest from the actual location packs their bags. The first participant to reach Destination X will be crowned the winner. With high stakes and mind-blowing, spectacular gameplay, the series will keep viewers engaged and playing along on all screens.
DEFYING GRAVITY: THE CURTAIN RISES ON WICKED – In celebration of the generation-defining, cinematic event of the year, international superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead an all-star cast in a journey through a dazzling new vision of Oz, created for Universal Pictures’ Wicked. As they unveil some of the most spectacular sets ever created for film, Wicked stars Erivo and Grande are joined by Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, and more to host this thrilling behind-the-scenes special, sharing their personal memories, intimate video diaries and secrets of the making of Wicked, culminating in the debut of a world-exclusive scene from the film.
