As Fall TV Premieres Are Scrambled by COVID, Network Marketers Adjust Their Strategies

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorDr. Oz is returning for a new season today — and he’ll be back for at least two more.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has set fall premiere dates for its Wednesday night comedy block. The Goldbergs, The Conners and Black-ish will all premiere October 21 and American Housewife will join the lineup on October 28.The Goldbergs will premiere its eighth season at 8 p.m.

Keshia Knight Pulliam grow up right before their eyes. The 41-year-old actress is best known for her role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest daughter of Cliff and Clair Huxtable on .Knight Pulliam was and still is the youngest person ever nominated for an Emmy at six years old for her role in the NBC sitcom in 1986.

Chris Willman Music Writer“‘Forrest Gump’ with a mantra” — that’s the underlying premise, in a nutshell, of “Meeting the Beatles in India,” which has filmmaker Paul Saltzman recounting the week he spent hanging with the Beatles under the tutelage of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during their famous sojourn to the ashram in 1968.

HGTV and Food Network viewers should get set for a September full of new TV show premieres, Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels told an investor conference on Wednesday. "We're coming in locked and loaded," he told the Bank of America Securities 2020 Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference during a session that was webcast.

Peter White Television EditorThe courageous march, led by activist John Feal and helped by Jon Stewart, to ensure 9/11 first responders were able to pay for healthcare, is being explored in a new documentary that has just scored a significant international sales deal.Paradox Pictures is producing the 90-minute doc No Responders Left Behind, which will explore the long and arduous process of getting the U.S.

Will Thorne Staff WriterABC has called in Luke Wilson to save rescue its fall season.The Disney-owned network has announced a new unscripted series titled “Emergency Call,” which will be hosted and executive produced by Wilson, and will premiere Sept. 28 in the 10 p.m.

Transplant (Tuesday, 9/1, 10-11 PM)American Ninja Warrior (Monday, 9/7, 8-10 PM)NBC Sunday Night Football (Thursday, 9/10 and Sunday, 9/13, 8:20 PM ET)Weakest Link (Monday, 9/28, 10-11 PM)Dateline NBC (Friday, 9/25, 10-11 PM)Connecting … (Thursday, 10/1, 8:30-9 PM)Ellen’s Game of Games (Tuesday, 10/6, 8-10 PM, then shifting to 9-10 p.m.

9-10PM – Press Your Luck 10-11PM – Match Game8-10PM – “The Bachelorette”8-9PM – “Shark Tank”7-8PM – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” 8-9PM – “Supermarket Sweep” 9-10PM – “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” 10-11PM – “Card Sharks”

rejigger their fall schedules amid the pandemic, NBC has laid out a programming plan for the next several months, which includes a delayed roll-out for the majority of its scripted favorites. Many of its returning dramas -- and the OneChicago franchise among them -- will instead premiere in November following Election Day.  will return for season 5 on Tuesday, Nov.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Girls, Kenan, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Making It, Manifest, Mr.

fall premiere, the Christopher Meloni-led “SVU” spinoff “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will be held until 2021 along with the debut of the network’s other new series, “Kenan,” “Mr.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC is the latest broadcast network, which had announced a regular fall 2020 schedule, to make lineup changes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ground the majority of new and returning TV series.The peacock network is planning on returning scripted series to start rolling out in late October.

! After months of postponing filming due to the pandemic and after a major shakeup with and , we finally get to see how it all unfolded starting on October 13. This afternoon, the show's Instagram page dropped a new , and it offered literally no other information.

Will Thorne Staff WriterCBS has become the latest network to concede that its fall 2020 schedule will not look anything like normal.The network has unveiled premiere dates for September and October, none of which include the originals it touted in its previous schedule announcement just over three months ago.Instead, CBS has thrown the first season of “Star Trek: Discovery” and the fourth season of “One Day At a Time” into the broadcast mixer for the first time.In addition, “Big Brother” and

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWith Hollywood production sideswiped by the coronavirus pandemic for five months, TV networks and streamers’ pipeline is starting to dry up.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVUPDATED, 7:15 AM: Disney+ has set an October premiere date for National Geographic Channel’s The Right Stuff. The period drama, starring Patrick J.

Also Read: 'The Boys' Casts Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy for Season 3The CW originals “Pandora” and “Outpost” have their second and third season premieres on Oct. 4 and 8, respectively.The “iHeartRadio Music Festival” will premiere over two nights on Sept.