Heads Up: The Fall 2018 network TV schedule is out

By Mona Austin

The fall television premieres will begin  next week. We have the schedule for your planning purposes with  a few assists with what's new and highly anticipated whether it is viewable on the tube or your digital device.

At the top of the month BET brings a new mini series, the Bobby Brown Story to its programming line up on of September 5 at 9/8 Central and of course Sunday Night Football is back on September 13.

LIST OF UPCMING FALL 2018 TV PREMIERE  DATES

College Gameday (ESPN, new season)
The Last Defense (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime series)
Baked (Food Network, new docuseries)
Twisted Sisters (Investigation Discovery, new docuseries)
Dr. Phil (syndication, Season 17)
The People’s Court (syndication, Season 22)
Judge Mathis (syndication, Season 20)
The View (ABC, Season 22)
Mayans M.C. (FX, new drama series)
The Purge (USA/Syfy, new drama series)
Model Squad (E! new docuseries)
Ellen (syndication, Season 16)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX, Season 13)
The Bobby Brown Story (BET, new miniseries)
What Lies Beneath (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
800 Words (Acorn TV, Season 3B; U.S. premiere)
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Season 13)
I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman (Hulu, Season 1B)
Bite Club (Food Network, new docuseries)
54 Hours (Sundance Now, new miniseries)
Marvel’s Iron Fist (Netflix, Season 2)
Atypical (Netflix, Season 2)
Cable Girls (Netflix, Season 3)
Stretch Armstrong & The Flex Fighters (Netflix, Season 2)
Bake It Like Buddy (Discovery Family, new baking competition series)
NFL Football (CBS, new season)
America’s Game of the Week (Fox, new season of NFL football)
Rel (Fox, new comedy series sneak preview; moves to regular slot on September 30)
The Deuce (HBO, Season 2)
Shameless (Showtime, Season 9)
Kidding (Showtime, new comedy series)
The Last Ship (TNT, Season 5; final season)
You (Lifetime, new drama series)
The Bad Seed (Lifetime, new drama series)
Scariest Night of My Life (Travel Channel, new docuseries)
Paranormal Survivor (Travel Channel, Season 5)
Ashlee+Evan (E!, new unscripted series)
Dr. K’s Exotic Animal ER (Nat Geo Wild, Season 6)
Monday Night Football (ESPN, Season 49)
Lock It In (FS1, new sports-gambling series)
Amanpour & Company (CNN, new public-affairs series)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (syndication, Season 17)
The Wendy Williams Show (syndication, Season 10)
Jack Irish (Acorn, Season 2, U.S. premiere)
American Horror Story (FX, Season 8)
Dopesick Nation (Viceland, new docuseries)
Thursday Night Football (NFL Network, Season 13; simulcast on Fox from September 27-December 13)
Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks(TruTV, Season 1B)
To Catch a Killer (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
Snatch (Sony Crackle, Season 2)
Norm Macdonald has a Show (Netflix, new talk show series)
American Vandal (Netflix, Season 2)
BoJack Horseman (Netflix, Season 5)
The Rise of Phoenixes (Netflix, new Mandarin drama series)
The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes (Netflix, Season 2A)
The First (Hulu, new drama series)
Forever (Amazon Prime, new comedy series)
Deadly Women (Investigation Discovery, Season 12)
In Plain Sight (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
World’s Most Evil Killers (Reelz, Season 1B)
Snake City (Nat Geo Wild, Season 5)
Mexico Untamed (Nat Geo Wild, new miniseries)
Haunted Live (Travel Channel, new docuseries)
Pupparazzi (Nat Geo Wild, new miniseries)
The Circus (Showtime, Season 3B)
Warriors of Liberty City (Starz, new docuseries)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nickelodeon, new animated series)
Page Six TV (syndication, Season 2)
Pickler & Ben (syndication, Season 2)
Total Divas (E!, Season 8)
The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold (Viceland, new docuseries)
Sorry for Your Loss (Facebook Watch, new drama series)
The Real (syndication, Season 5)
Bug Bites (Food Network, new docuseries)
Arizona Circle (Rooster Teeth, new sketch-comedy series)
GMA Day (ABC, new daily infotainment show)
Dead Lucky (Sundance Now, North American premiere of Australian drama series)
The Good Cop (Netflix, new drama series)
Maniac (Netflix, new dark comedy series)
Dragon Pilot (Netflix, new animated series)
Pete the Cat (Amazon Prime, new animated series)
9-1-1 (Fox, Season 2; moves to regular slot on September 24)
This Is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN, Season 5)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, Season 27)
The Good Doctor (ABC, Season 2)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Season 12; moves to regular slot September 27)
Young Sheldon (CBS, Season 2; moves to regular slot September 27)
Magnum P.I. (CBS, new drama series revival)
Bull (CBS, Season 2)
The Voice (NBC, Season 15)
Manifest (NBC, new drama series)
The Resident (Fox, Season 2)
9-1-1 (Fox, Season 2; time-slot premiere)
Halloween Baking Championship (Food Network, Season 4)
Ackley Bridge (Acorn, Season 2, U.S. premiere)
NCIS (CBS, Season 16)
FBI (CBS, new drama series)
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, Season 5)
This Is Us (NBC, Season 3)
New Amsterdam (NBC, new drama series)
The Gifted (Fox, Season 2)
Lethal Weapon (Fox, Season 3)
Mr Inbetween (FX, new drama series)
Life Below Zero (National Geographic Channel, Season 11)
Will Smith:L (YouTube, new drama series)
The Goldbergs (ABC, Season 5)
American Housewife (ABC, Season 3)
Modern Family (ABC, Season 10)
A Million Little Things (ABC, new drama series)
Single Parents (ABC, new comedy series)
Survivor (CBS, Season 37; moves to regular time slot October 3)
Chicago Med (NBC, Season 4)
Chicago Fire (NBC, Season 7)
Chicago P.D. (NBC, Season 6)
Empire (Fox, Season 5)
Star (Fox, Season 3)
South Park (Comedy Central, Season 22)
Norsemen (Netflix, Season 2)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, Season 15)
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Season 5)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Season 12; time slot premiere)
Young Sheldon (CBS, Season 2; time slot premiere)
Mom (CBS, Season 6)
Murphy Brown (CBS, new comedy series revival)
S.W.A.T. (CBS, Season 2)
The Good Place (NBC, Season 3; moves to regular slot October 4)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, Season 19; moves to regular slot October 4)
Thursday Night Football (Fox, network premiere; simulcast on NFL Network)
The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Cooking Channel, Season 9)
McGyver (CBS, Season 3)
Hawaii Five-O (CBS, Season 9)
Blue Bloods (CBS, Season 9)
Dateline NBC (NBC, Season 27)
Last Man Standing (Fox, Season 7; new network)
The Cool Kids (Fox, new comedy series)
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, Season 18)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO, Season 3)
Chef’s Table (Netflix, Season 5)
Made in Mexico (Netflix, new unscripted series)
El Marginal (Netflix, Season 2)
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix, Season 2)
Reboot: The Guardian Code (Netflix, Season 2)
Skylanders Academy (Netflix, Season 3)
48 Hours (CBS, Season 31; moves to regular slot October 3)
Lucky Dog (CBS, Season 6)
Dr. Chris Pet Vet (CBS, Season 6)
The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS, Season 5)
The Inspectors (CBS, Season 4)
Hope in the Wild (CBS, new docuseries)
Pet Vet Dream Team (CBS, Season 2)
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, Season 29)
60 Minutes (CBS, Season 51; moves to regular slot October 7)
God Friended Me (CBS, new drama series; moves to regular slot October 7)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Season 10 premiere; moves to regular slot October 7)
The Simpsons (Fox, Season 30)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox, Season 9)
Family Guy (Fox, Season 16)
Rel (Fox, new comedy series; slot premiere)
Poldark (PBS, Season 4)
Halloween Wars (Food Network, Season 8)
Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel, Season 11)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN, Season 11B; final season)
Hit Properties with Nathan Morris (DIY, new docuseries)
The Neighborhood (CBS, new comedy series)
Happy Together (CBS, new comedy series)
Food: Fact or Fiction (Cooking Channel, Season 4)
Food: Fact or Fiction (Cooking Channel, Season 4)
Survivor (CBS, Season 37; time slot premiere)
SEAL Team (CBS, Season 2)
Criminal Minds (CBS, Season 14)
Station 19 (ABC, Season 2)
Superstore (NBC, Season 4)
The Good Place (NBC, Season 3; time slot premiere)
Will & Grace (NBC, Season 2)
I Feel Bad (NBC, new comedy series)
Law & Order: SVU  (NBC, Season 19; time slot premiere)
The Coroner: Speak for the Dead (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
Late Nite Eats (Cooking Channel, Season 2)
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Season 5)
Speechless (ABC, Season 3)
Child Support (ABC, Season 2)
The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime, Season 3)
Dancing Queen (Netflix, new docuseries)
Big Mouth (Netflix, Season 2)
Irreconcilable Differences (Reelz, new docuseries)
48 Hours (CBS, Season 31; time slot premiere)
The Voyager with Josh Garcia (NBC, Season 3)
Naturally, Danny Seo (NBC, Season 3)
The Champion Within (NBC, Season 3)
Consumer 101 (NBC, new docuseries)
Vets Saving Pets (NBC, new docuseries)
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild, Season 6)
Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (ABC, new dance competition series)
Shark Tank (ABC, Season 10)
60 Minutes (CBS, Season 51; time slot premiere)
God Friended Me (CBS, new drama series; time slot premiere)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Season 10 premiere; time slot premiere)
Madam Secretary (CBS, Season 5)
The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 9)
Star Wars: Resistance (Disney Channel, new animated series)
Haunted Gingerbread Showdown (Food Network, new baking competition series)
The Flash (The CW, Season 5)
Black Lightning (The CW, Season 2)
Riverdale (The CW, Season 2)
All American (The CW, new drama series)
Supernatural (The CW, Season 14)
Blindspot (NBC, Season 4)
Dynasty (The CW, Season 2)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW, Season 4; final season)
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix, new drama series)
The Romanoffs (Amazon Prime, new drama series)
Light as a Feather (Hulu, new drama series)
Gold Rush (Discovery, Season 9)
Coop and Cami Ask the World (Disney Channel, new comedy series)
Fish My City with Mike Iaconelli (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)
The Alec Baldwin Show (ABC, new talk show series)
Supergirl (The CW, Season 4)
Charmed (The CW, new drama series)
Camping (HBO, new comedy series)
AMC Visionaries: Eli Roth’s History of Horror (AMC, new documentary series)
Arrow (The CW, Season 5)
The Conners (ABC, new comedy series)
The Kids Are Alright (ABC, new comedy series)
Black-ish (ABC, Season 5)
Splitting Up Together (ABC, Season 2)
The Rookie (ABC, new drama series)
Man’s Greatest Food (Cooking Channel, Season 2)
Lore (Amazon Prime, Season 2)
The Haunting of Hill House
Salt, Fat, Acid Heat (Netflix, new travelogue series)
Wolf Creek (Pop, Season 2)
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, Season 4)
Legacies (The CW, new drama series)
Blood Runs cold (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
Deutschland 86 (Sundance TV, Season 2)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, new drama series)
Castlevania (Netflix, Season 2)
Salt, Fat, Acid Heat (Netflix, new travelogue series)
The Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix, new sketch-comedy series)
Busy Tonight (E!, new talk show series)
Amanda to the Rescue (Animal Planet, new docuseries)
Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access, new drama series; moves to Thursdays on November 8)
Big Cat Legacy (Animal Planet, new docuseries; working title)
Boomtown Builder (DIY, new docuseries)
Best House on the Block (HGTV, new docuseries)
Bang (Acorn, Season 1, U.S. premiere)
Startup (Sony Crackle, Season 3)
House of Cards (Netflix, Season 6)
Homecoming (Amazon Prime, new drama series)
Murder in the Family with Geraldo Rivera (Reelz, new docuseries)
Murder Made Me Famous (Reelz, Season 6B)
Outlander (Starz, Season 4)
Clique (Pop TV, new drama series)
Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access, new drama series; time slot premiere)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic Channel, Season 4)
Mars (National Geographic Channel, Season 2)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix, new comedy series)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix, new animated series)
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (Sundance TV, new documentary miniseries)
Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI (Showtime, new documentary series; working title)
The Little Drummer Girl (AMC, new miniseries)
Vikings (History, Season 5B)
Agatha Raisin (Acorn, Season 2, U.S. premiere)
The Heart Guy (Acorn, Season 3, U.S. premiere)
Deal or No Deal (CNBC, new game show revival)
The Price of Fame (Reelz, Season 1B)
Marvel’s Runaways (Hulu, Season 2)
Hollywood Game Night (NBC, Season 6)
Narcos: Mexico (Netflix, new drama series)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix, new drama series)
Dogs of Berlin (Netflix, new drama series)
Kiss Me First (Netflix, new drama series)
Money Heist (Netflix, new drama series)
O Mecanismo (Netflix, new drama series)
Plan Coeur (Netflix, new drama series)
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix, new drama series)
Osmosis (Netflix, Season 8)
Samantha! (Netflix, new comedy series)
Green Eggs and Ham (Netflix, new animated series)
Harvey Street Kids (Netflix, new animated series)
Doctor Who (BBC America, Season 11)
Mythbusters Jr. (Science Channel, new docuseries)
Mysteries and Myths with Megan Fox  (Travel Channel, new docuseries)
Scream (MTV, Season 3)
Real Country (USA Network, new docuseries)
Married at First Sight: Honeymoon Island (Lifetime, new unscripted series)
Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After (Lifetime, new unscripted series)
The Shivering Truth (Adult Swim, new animated shortform series)
Tigtone (Adult Swim, new animated shortform series)
Home Suite Home (HGTV, new docuseries)
Origin (YouTube, new drama series)
Queen America (Facebook Watch, new comedy series)
You Kiddin’ Me?! (Facebook Watch, new prank-show series)
Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch, Season 1B)
54 Hours (Sundance Now, North American premiere of German drama series)
The Bureau (Sundance Now, North American premiere of French drama series)
Finding Joy (Acorn, new Irish comedy series)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (Acorn, Season 5, U.S. premiere)
Your Food’s Roots with Zooey Deschanel (ATTN, Season 2)

There have been major changes at ABC. Two beloved shows, Scandal  and The Middle are gone.  The spin-off of Roseanne, The Connors  is a go.  It will air in October 16 at 8 p.m., EST.  It is going to be interesting to see how writers account for the disappearance of the former star of the show, Rosseanne Barr.  In real life, Barr was fired for referring to former aide to Pres. Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett as looking like a monkey in a tweet, a term that is historically offensive to Blacks.

The Voice and Dancing With the Stars will once again fill your evenings with performances at their usual times.

Black Lighting has been renewed on the CW for its second season.  Superhero Jefferson Pierce will jump on to screens on October 9 at 9 p.m.,EST following the season premiere of The Flash.  The superhero trend continues on Netflix with Marvel Agents of coming back 

Check back with The Slice in the coming month for news on late fall premiere dates which are highlighted on the broadcasting schedule below.