{"id":934939,"date":"2026-07-14T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/934939\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:27:13","slug":"fox-fall-2026-premiere-dates-best-medicine-animation-block-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/934939\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Fall 2026 Premiere Dates: ‘Best Medicine,’ Animation Block, NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As we head into midsummer, Fox<\/a> is looking to autumn. The network on Tuesday released its fall 2026 schedule for drama, comedy, toon, reality and game shows, starting with the September 21-27 premiere week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are no new series on the network\u2019s fall sked, but three are slated for 2026-27: the Baywatch reboot, drama The Interrogator and dating show Marriage Market. See the rest of its midseason slate and the full fall schedule below.<\/p>\n

\n\tSunday remains mostly a toon night on Fox, but a live-action comedy is joining the lineup in Season 5 of Animal Control. It will follow the new seasons of The Simpsons<\/a> and precede Universal Basic Guys and Grimsburg in the Animation Domination block. The Animal Control move was announced at the net\u2019s upfront<\/a> in May. <\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 2026-27 Fox New Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the season bows of star-fueled game shows Celebrity Name That Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link on Monday, September 21, the following night will see the respective sophomore and Season 3 premieres of dramas Best Medicine<\/a> at 8 p.m. and Doc<\/a> at 9. <\/p>\n

\n\tIts another game show night on Wednesdays starting September 23, with The Floor at 8 and 99 to Beat at 9. Thursday, September 24, will see new seasons on unscripted staples Hell\u2019s Kitchen at 8 \u2014 with its 25th season featuring all chefs under 25 years old \u2014 followed by Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test. <\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: <\/strong>2026 TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Series Ending This Year & Beyond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tA new year of Fox College Football Friday kicks off September 4, and Fox Sports Saturday continues on that weekend night.<\/p>\n

\n\tA number of other Fox series are slated to\u00a0premiere\u00a0during the upcoming 2026-27\u00a0season including the new\u00a0Baywatch reboot and first-year drama The Interrogator; returning dramas Memory of a Killer and Murder in a Small Town; half-hour animated comedies\u00a0Bob\u2019s Burgers, Family Guy, American Dad! and\u00a0Krapopolis; and The Masked Singer and fellow unscripted shows Crime Scene Kitchen, Don\u2019t Forget the Lyrics,\u00a0Extracted, Fear Factor: House of Fear, Gordon Ramsay\u2019s Secret Service, Lego Masters,\u00a0Marriage Market, Next Level Baker and Next Level Chef.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: <\/strong>NFL<\/a> 2026 Schedule With Time, Dates & Where To Watch & Livestream All Football Games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tHere is Fox fall premiere dates<\/a> schedule: <\/p>\n

\n\tMonday, September 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t8-9 PM: Celebrity Name That Tune (Season 6 premiere)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\\
9-10 PM: Celebrity Weakest Link\u00a0(Season 2 premiere)<\/p>\n

\n\tTuesday, September 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t8-9 PM: Best Medicine (Season 2 premiere)
9-10 PM: Doc (Season 3 premiere)<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday, September 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t8-9 PM: The Floor\u00a0(Season 6 premiere)
9-10 PM: 99 to Beat\u00a0(Season 2 premiere)<\/p>\n

\n\tThursday, September 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t8-9 PM: Hell\u2019s Kitchen (Season 25\u00a0premiere)
9-10 PM: Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test (Season 5 premiere)<\/p>\n

\n\tFridays\u00a0(Beginning September 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t8 PM ET\/5 PM PT: Fox College Football Friday\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSunday, September 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t7-7:30 PM: NFL on Fox
7:30-8 PM: The OT\/Fox Animation Encores
8-8:30 PM: The Simpsons\u00a0(Season 38\u00a0premiere)
8:30-9 PM: Animal Control (Season 5 premiere)
9-9:30 PM: Universal Basic Guys (Season 3 premiere)
9:30-10 PM: Grimsburg (Season 3 premiere)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we head into midsummer, Fox is looking to autumn. The network on Tuesday released its fall 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":934940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[215123,104008,171,623,1232,65609,76680,29142,173,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-934939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-best-medicine","tag-doc","tag-entertainment","tag-fox","tag-nfl","tag-premiere-dates","tag-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test","tag-the-simpsons","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116919982403944833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}