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- Deadline's 2026 calendar catalogs hundreds of premieres across broadcast, cable, and streaming, updated daily with many dates still listed as TBA through October and beyond.
- ABC's flagship returns include Grey's Anatomy (Season 23), 9-1-1 (Season 10), and 9-1-1: Nashville (Season 2) all premiering October 15, joined by Abbott Elementary (Season 6) on October 7.
- CBS's stacked fall slate features Survivor (Season 51), The Amazing Race (Season 39), and Shark Tank (Season 18) on October 7, plus NCIS (Season 24) debuting October 6 and The Young and the Restless reaching Season 54 on October 8.
- NBC's One Chicago block returns October 7 with Chicago Fire (Season 15), Chicago P.D. (Season 14), and Chicago Med (Season 12) airing the same night.
- Streaming tentpoles include Netflix's Nobody Wants This (Season 3, October 22), Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season 3, November 11), and Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Season 3, November 20).
- Crunchyroll's anime pipeline dominates the calendar with multiple new series and season debuts releasing nearly every week in October, from A Tale of the Secret Saint to Dandivine.
- Live and specialty programming includes the NBA Opening-Night Tripleheader on NBC (October 20), 60 Minutes (Season 59), and high-profile new series like Carrie (Prime Video) and Crystal Lake (Peacock) both premiering in mid-October.
Why it matters: The calendar reveals broadcast networks leaning heavily on legacy franchises — Grey's Anatomy at 23 seasons, Survivor at 51, and The Young and the Restless at 54 — while streaming invests in prestige fantasy and franchise IP like The Rings of Power and Percy Jackson. The Crunchyroll volume signals how anime has become a primary content pillar rather than a niche category, with more series listed in a single week than entire broadcast lineups.
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