NBC Announces Fall 2024 Premiere Dates for One Chicago, ‘Found,’ ‘Night Court,’ ‘Happy’s Place,’ and More

NBC has announced fall premiere dates for new and returning series in its 2024/25 season, including the One Chicago shows, Found, Night Court, Happy’s Place, and more.

The network’s new season kicks off on Monday, September 23, with the return of The Voice featuring new coaches Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé alongside returning coaches Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani.

That premiere will be followed by the new freshman drama series Brilliant Minds, starring Zachary Quinto. 

NBC’s Premiere Week will continue on Tuesday, September 24, with the highly-anticipated season finale of American’s Got Talent. Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. will return the following night, beginning at 8/7c, on Wednesday, September 25.

As for live programming, the second annual People’s Choice Country Awards will air from Nashville on Thursday, September 26, on NBC and Peacock. NBC will also feature sports programming, like Big Ten Saturday Night, beginning on Saturday, August 31, and NBC Sunday Night Football from September 5.

The following week, The Irrational Season 2 will premiere on Tuesday, October 1, at 10/9c. Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will return for their 24th and 26th seasons, respectively, on Thursday, October 3, beginning at 8/7c. They will be followed by Found‘s Season 2 premiere at 10/9c.

The Reba McEntire-led Happy’s Place will debut on Friday, October 18, at 8/7c, beginning NBC’s comedy slate. Lopez vs. Lopez‘s Season 3 premiere will follow at 8:30/7:30c.

St. Denis Medical, starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, and Allison Tolman, debuts with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, November 12, at 8/7c. It will air in its usual timeslot the following week, followed by Night Court‘s Season 3 premiere on Tuesday, November 19, at 8:30/7:30c.

All-new episodes of each series will stream the next day on Peacock. TV shows being held for NBC’s midseason and summer slates include The Hunting Party, Deal or No Deal Island, The Americas, and Destination X. 

NBC’s 2024 FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

7:00-7:30: BIG TEN COUNTDOWN

7:30-11:00: BIG TEN FOOTBALL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

7:00-8:15: NFL KICKOFF 2024

8:15-11:30: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

7:00-8:15: FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA

8:15-11:30: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (time period premiere)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

8:00-10:00 THE VOICE (Season 26)

10:00-11:00: BRILLIANT MINDS (new series)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

9:00-11:00: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (season finale)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

8:00-9:00: CHICAGO MED (Season 10)

9:00-10:00: CHICAGO FIRE (Season 13)

10:00-11:00: CHICAGO P.D. (Season 12)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

8:00-10:00: PEOPLE’S CHOICE COUNTRY AWARDS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

9:00-11:00: DATELINE NBC

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

8:00-10:00: THE VOICE

10:00-11:00: THE IRRATIONAL (Season 2)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

8:00-9:00: LAW & ORDER (Season 24)

9:00-10:00 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (Season 26)

10:00-11:00: FOUND (Season 2)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

8:00-8:30: HAPPY’S PLACE (new series)

8:30-9:00: LOPEZ VS LOPEZ (Season 3)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

8:00-9:00: ST. DENIS MEDICAL (new series)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

8:30-9:00: NIGHT COURT (Season 3)

BRILLIANT MINDS

Brilliant Minds is a new drama series inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks. Michael Grassi is the show’s writer and executive producer. 

The series follows Zachary Quinto as “a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist” who, with “his team of interns,” explores “the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.”

Alongside Quinto, Brilliant Minds stars Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, and Donna Murphy.

Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Lee Toland Krieger, DeMane Davis, Melissa Aouate, Henrik Bastin, Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, and Will Tennant executive produce. Berlanti Productions, Fabel Entertainment, The Imaginarium, Grassi Productions, and Tavala produce in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

HAPPY’S PLACE

The new comedy series stars Reba McEntire as Bobby, who “inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.”

Happy’s Place also stars Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn. McEntire executive produces alongside writer Kevin Abbott and Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, and Julie Abbott.

The NBC comedy is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

ST. DENIS MEDICAL

NBC’s new mockumentary comedy series follows the “underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.”

St. Denis Medical stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper, and Kaliko Kauahi. Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin executive produce and write the series. Simon Heuer also executive produces with Ruben Fleischer, who directed the pilot.

The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Spitzer Holding Company.

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