List of programs broadcast by NBC

This article is about current and upcoming programming on NBC. For former programming, see List of programs previously broadcast by NBC.

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcasting television network that launched in 1939. It is owned by the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, and is the oldest of the "Big Four" television networks. Below is a list of programs currently broadcast on the network.

Current programming

Dick Wolf – creator of the Law & Order and Chicago franchises

Mariska Hargitay – star of the long-running drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Taylor Kinney – star of the drama series Chicago Fire

Chris Hardwick – host of the game show The Wall

Terry Crews – host of the reality series America's Got Talent

Carson Daly – host of the reality series The Voice

Lorne Michaels – creator of the long-running sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Fallon – host of the talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Seth Meyers – host of the talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers

Savannah Guthrie – anchor of the Today Show

Lester Holt – anchor of Dateline

Cris Collinsworth – commentator for Sunday Night Football

Drama

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
Law & Order	Police procedural/Legal drama	September 13, 1990 [a]	25 seasons, 538 episodes	40–48 min	Season 25 ongoing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Police procedural	September 20, 1999	27 seasons, 588 episodes	40–44 min	Season 27 ongoing
Chicago Fire	Procedural drama	October 10, 2012	14 seasons, 288 episodes	40–44 min	Season 14 ongoing
Chicago P.D.	Police procedural	January 8, 2014	13 seasons, 257 episodes	40–44 min	Season 13 ongoing
Chicago Med	Medical drama	November 17, 2015	11 seasons, 212 episodes	40–44 min	Season 11 ongoing
Brilliant Minds	Medical drama	September 23, 2024	2 seasons, 27 episodes	43 min	Pending
The Hunting Party	Crime drama	January 19, 2025	2 seasons, 17 episodes	42 min	Season 2 ongoing

Comedy

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
Happy's Place	Sitcom	October 18, 2024	2 seasons, 30 episodes	21 min	Season 2 ongoing Renewed [1]
St. Denis Medical	Medical mockumentary sitcom	November 12, 2024	2 seasons, 32 episodes	22 min	Season 2 ongoing Renewed [1]
Stumble	Sports mockumentary	November 7, 2025	1 season, 13 episodes	22 min	Pending
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins	Sports mockumentary sitcom	January 18, 2026	1 season, 4 episodes	22 min	Season 1 ongoing

Unscripted

Docuseries

Title	Subject	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
Survival Mode	Natural disasters	July 7, 2025	1 season, 9 episodes	43–44 min	Pending
Awaiting release
Surviving Earth [2]	Documentary	June 4, 2026 [3]	1 season, 8 episodes	TBA	Pending

Game shows

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
The Wall	Game show	December 19, 2016	6 seasons, 93 episodes	42–44 min	Season 6 ongoing
That's My Jam	Game show	November 29, 2021	2 seasons, 17 episodes	44 min	Renewed [b]
Password	Game show	August 9, 2022	2 seasons, 17 episodes	43 min	Season 3 due to premiere on June 2, 2026 [3] [5]

Reality

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
America's Got Talent	Reality competition	June 21, 2006	20 seasons, 485 episodes	60–124 min	Season 21 due to premiere on June 2, 2026 [3]
American Ninja Warrior	Reality competition	December 12, 2009	17 seasons, 249 episodes	36–128 min	Season 18 due to premiere on June 8, 2026 [3] [6]
The Voice	Reality competition	April 26, 2011	29 seasons, 670 episodes	44–104 min	Season 29 ongoing
Destination X	Reality competition	May 27, 2025	1 season, 10 episodes	48 min	Renewed [7]
Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson	Reality television	August 19, 2025	1 season, 4 episodes	42 min	Pending
On Brand with Jimmy Fallon	Reality competition	September 30, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes	42 min	Pending

Variety

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
Saturday Night Live	Late-night sketch comedy	October 11, 1975	51 seasons, 1,000 episodes	60–152 min	Season 51 ongoing
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle	Daytime talk show	September 10, 2007	11 seasons	44–52 min	Season 11 ongoing
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Late-night talk show	February 17, 2014	13 seasons, 2,253 episodes	40 min	Season 13 ongoing Renewed through 2028 [8]
Late Night with Seth Meyers	Late-night talk show	February 24, 2014	13 seasons, 1,767 episodes	40–41 min	Season 13 ongoing Renewed through 2028 [9]
Today 3rd Hour	Daytime talk show	October 29, 2018	7 seasons	44–52 min	Season 7 ongoing

Acquired programming

Title	Genre	Original network/Region	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
Law & Order: Organized Crime (season 5) [c]	Police procedural	Peacock/United States	September 25, 2025	1 season, 8 episodes [d]	40–49 min	Pending

Awards shows

• People's Choice Awards (2021)
• People's Choice Country Awards (2023)

News programming

Main article: NBC News

• Meet the Press (1947)
• Today (1952)
• NBC Nightly News (1970)
• Saturday Today (1992)
• Dateline NBC (1992)
• Early Today (1999)
• Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2016)
• NBC News Daily (2022)

Saturday mornings

Main article: The More You Know (TV programming block)

• The Voyager with Josh Garcia (2016)
• Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer (2019)
• One Team: The Power of Sports (2021)
• Roots Less Traveled (2020)
• Harlem Globetrotters: Play it Forward (2022)
• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Protecting the Wild (2023)

Specials

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (experimental local broadcasts in 1939, then again starting from 1945; broadcast nationally since 1953)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (acquired the broadcast rights from ABC in 2015)
• The National Dog Show (since 2002)
• Macy's Fourth of July Spectacular (acquired the broadcast rights in 2000)
• Shrek the Halls (acquired the broadcast rights from ABC in 2023)
• Frosty the Snowman (acquired the broadcast rights from CBS in 2024)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (acquired the broadcast rights from CBS in 2024; previously aired annually from 1964 to 1971)

Sports programming

Main article: NBC Sports

• Olympics on NBC , which includes:
  • Summer Olympic Games
  • Winter Olympic Games
• NASCAR on NBC , which includes:
  • The Brickyard 400
  • The Coke Zero Sugar 400
• NFL on NBC , which includes:
  • Football Night in America
  • Sunday Night Football
  • NFL Kickoff game
  • The NFL on Thanksgiving Day
  • Select playoff games
  • The Super Bowl (every four years)
• NBA on NBC , which includes:
  • NBA Showtime
  • Tuesday night regional doubleheaders
  • Sunday Night Basketball
  • Opening night, Martin Luther King Day, Veterans Day, and Presidents' Day games
  • All-Star Weekend (excluding All-Star Celebrity Game)
  • All-Star Game
  • Select playoff games (including one Conference Finals series in even-numbered years)
• WNBA on NBC , includes select games including seven semifinals series and three finals series
• Golf Channel on NBC , which includes:
  • The Open Championship
  • The Players Championship
  • The Ryder Cup
  • Presidents Cup
  • Scottish Open
  • Senior PGA Championship
• Thoroughbred Racing on NBC , which includes the following races:
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Preakness Stakes
  • Belmont Stakes
  • Breeders' Cup Classic
  • Santa Anita Derby
• College Football on NBC Sports and high school football, including:
  • Notre Dame Football on NBC
  • Big Ten football
    • The Big Ten Championship Game (2026)
  • The Bayou Classic
  • The All-American Bowl
• US Olympic Trials
• USA Basketball men's and women's games
• World Athletics Championships
• Select Diamond League meetings, which includes the Prefontaine Classic
• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• FINA World Aquatics Championships
• United States Swimming National Championships
• Select matches of the Premier League
• U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• Select stages of the Tour de France
• Select stages of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Upcoming programming

See also: 2025–26 United States network television schedule

Unscripted

Reality

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Runtime	Status
The Traitors [10]	Reality competition	2025–26 season	TBA	TBA	Series order

Sports programming

• WNBA on NBC (2025–26 season) ^[11]

Pilots

Drama

• Protection ^[12]
• Puzzled ^[13]
• The Rockford Files ^[14]
• Untitled Dean Georgaris/John Fox pilot ^[15]
• What the Dead Know ^[13]

Comedy

• Newlyweds ^[16]
• Untitled Dan Goor/Luke del Tredici pilot ^[17]
• Untitled Kari Lizer pilot ^[16]

Reality

• Love Takes a Village ^[18]

In development

Drama

Title	Genre
Duo [19]	Musical drama
Family Reservations [20]	Drama
Fire with Fire [21]	Police procedural
Look What You Made Me Do [22]	Drama
Keats [23]	Police procedural
Need to Know [24]	Crime drama
New Amsterdam: Tomorrow [25]	Medical drama
Nowhere [26]	Drama
Sky on Fire [27]	Political drama
Spotless [28]	Crime drama
Truth [29]	Crime drama
Untitled J.J. Bailey series [27]	Drama
Untitled Royal Pains reboot [30]	Medical comedy drama
Vacationland [31]	Police procedural

Comedy

Title	Genre
Car Wash [32]	Sitcom
Co-Dependents [33]	Sitcom
Foreign Service [34]	Sitcom
Forklift [35]	Sitcom
Hotel Sofia [36]	Sitcom
Last Chance Lawyer [37]	Comedy
Something Wicked [38]	Sitcom
Taste [39]	Sitcom
Untitled Alissa Neubauer series [40]	Sitcom
What Are the Odds? [41]	Sitcom

Game shows

Title	Genre
The Underdog [42]	Game show
Win Win! [43]	Game show

Notes

1. The series originally ended on May 24, 2010, but resumed on February 24, 2022.
2. On hiatus ^[4]
3. The first four seasons originally aired on NBC.
4. Episodes 1-6, 9-10 have aired, but it is currently unconfirmed whether episodes 7-8 will air.

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