10 Community TV Reveals We're Most Excited About For The 2025-26 Season

The 2025-2026 network TV season has formally kicked off with the debut of NCIS spinoff collection NCIS: Tony & Ziva. Over the subsequent two months, most community TV reveals may have their season premieres, each returning favorites and brand-new collection.

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For a TV fan, that is probably the most thrilling time of 12 months aside from season finales within the spring. Cliffhangers are about to be resolved, fan-favorite characters are about to return, and a few reveals can be readying their swan songs. These community TV reveals are those we’re most excited to see throughout the 2025-2026 TV season.

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The Neighborhood (CBS)

Season 8 Will Premiere On October 13, 2025

The main cast of The Neighborhood stand on a lawn in a row — The principle forged of The Neighborhood stand on a garden in a row

The Neighborhood is a sitcom that may be very humorous, capitalizing on the chemistry amongst its essential forged very effectively. Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs play a white Midwestern couple who transfer to a predominantly Black neighborhood in California within the first season. The present makes use of the fish-out-of-water method and a tradition class to carry on the hilarity.

Although The Neighborhood has not been a scores powerhouse previously, it has a decent seven seasons underneath its belt, and a derivative from the present was thought-about. When season 8 of The Neighborhood was introduced, it was additionally introduced because the present’s final.

Going into this season can be bittersweet, then. The writers, forged, and crew all know that that is their final probability to inform their tales and make the viewers snigger. It’s the final probability for any storylines the writers may need been saving up for a wet day, which is what makes it so thrilling.

Season 8 is an opportunity for the characters and the viewers to get closure on any remaining plot threads and have fun an underrated comedy.

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Reminiscence Of A Killer (FOX)

Season 1 Does Not But Have A Premiere Date

Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy season 11 episode 21 — Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd in a nonetheless from Gray’s Anatomy season 11 episode 21.

Reminiscence of a Killer is among the most enjoyable reveals in improvement for the 2025 TV season. Although it doesn’t have a premiere date but, it’s anticipated to premiere within the spring of 2026.

The premise for the brand new collection is that the primary character lives a double life, however the life he is aware of is all of a sudden in bother. That’s as a result of that double life is that of a household man and an murderer. Placing him in peril is the early onset of Alzheimer’s illness, making his personal reminiscence the hazard.

It is a very distinctive premise for a community tv present, and it might actually be one thing extra usually seen in a film or miniseries. Fleshing out the complete story for a daily tv season can be a feat that can curiosity seasoned TV followers.

The forged of the collection can also be set to be a powerful one. Patrick Dempsey is the person main a double life, with Michael Imperioli as his connection to his life as an murderer. It will likely be a enjoyable and dramatic time watching these two TV drama vets in scenes collectively.

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9-1-1 (ABC)

Season 9 Will Premiere On October 9, 2025

Group salute at Bobby's funeral in 9-1-1 — Group salute at Bobby’s funeral in 9-1-1

9-1-1 is already on its second life. The collection was initially on FOX earlier than the community determined to let the collection go. Fortunately for followers and the franchise as a complete, ABC picked the present up.

In some methods, 9-1-1 is a simple procedural. The present does, in spite of everything, comply with a bunch of first responders as they head out on calls in each episode. It has a case-of-the-week format, nevertheless it additionally delves into the non-public lives of its characters, which is a part of what makes it so nice.

Followers have been capable of get to know the massive ensemble of characters over the course of 8 seasons. Season 8 noticed the present lose a serious character in Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) as he died within the line of responsibility.

Whereas it’s all the time tragic for a long-running drama to kill off a beloved character, it additionally serves to present the writers and the forged emotional storylines, from the fallout of grief to the brand new chapters began by transferring on. Season 9 of 9-1-1 should transfer ahead after shedding such an enormous a part of the present.

It’s bittersweet, nevertheless it’s an thrilling step ahead for the present as new character dynamics and story arcs will come into play in an enormous means on account of that loss.

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Finest Drugs (FOX)

Season 1 Does Not But Have A Premiere Date

Commander Wharton (Josh Charles) in The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 Ep 9 — Commander Wharton (Josh Charles) in The Handmaid’s Story Season 6 Ep 9

Like FOX’s upcoming Reminiscence Of A Killer, Finest Drugs nonetheless doesn’t have a agency spot on the TV schedule. It’ll possible find yourself premiering on the community in 2026.

That is one collection that remake and revival skeptics won’t initially be inquisitive about since it’s a remake of a British collection. Finest Drugs is a remake of Doc Martin, which ran from 2004 to 2022. American remakes of British collection could be hit and miss, however reveals like The Workplace show that the appropriate writers and forged can pull it off.

Finest Drugs will see a health care provider transfer from the large metropolis to a small coastal city to observe drugs. On this case, it’s buying and selling in Boston for a fishing village the place the physician vacationed as a child.

The present has a stellar forged in place already with Josh Charles, a TV drama actor from the likes of The Good Spouse and The Handmaid’s Story, as the primary character. Supporting roles can be stuffed out by Abigail Spencer (Timeless), Josh Segarra (Abbott Elementary), Annie Potts (Younger Sheldon), and Cree (Twinless).

Finest Drugs will possible stand out from the group of medical procedurals by bringing small-town vibes of reveals like Gilmore Ladies or Virgin River again to community TV.

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Matlock (CBS)

Season 2 Will Premiere On October 12, 2025

Matty Kingston, Billy Martinez, Sarah Franklin, and Olympia Lawrence in Matlock

Matlock hit the bottom working within the first season, and regardless of its title, it stood out as a collection that isn’t precisely a remake of its predecessor. It additionally earned Kathy Bates an Emmy nomination.

The authorized drama sees Bates play the titular character as she will get again into the enterprise of legislation, making use of at a company legislation agency with the intention to dig up filth on the folks she believes are answerable for hiding info that would have prevented her daughter from dying of an overdose.

The most important thriller in season 1 was who hid the data. The season finale introduced that reply to the viewers, and it additionally noticed a minimum of one particular person discover out the reality about Matty’s investigation.

Fixing the large thriller within the first season implies that Matlock season 2 wants a complete new thriller to pursue. The present doesn’t have a totally clean slate, nevertheless it means we’re wanting ahead to only what’s subsequent for Matty. What’s the subsequent step for her?

A fan favourite character was additionally revealed as the one who hid the paperwork Matty was in search of, so simply how that reveal will play out for the present is one story all of us wish to see.

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NCIS: Tony & Ziva (Paramount+)

Season 1 Premiered On September 4, 2025

Boris is upset while Ziva and Tony look serious in NCIS: Tony & Ziva episode 4 — Boris is upset whereas Ziva and Tony look critical in NCIS: Tony & Ziva episode 4

Although NCIS: Tony & Ziva doesn’t presently air on community tv, it does present us with a long-awaited spinoff present from a community juggernaut of a procedural. NCIS: Tony & Ziva spins out of the CBS present NCIS, which was the most-watched present on community tv for years.

The brand new collection has a extra serialized format than the unique NCIS collection does. Whereas the unique relied on a case-of-the-week format, Tony & Ziva sees the titular characters on the run from Interpol and attempting to clear their names.

Not solely does Tony & Ziva really feel like an adrenaline-fueled spinoff of the flagship present, nevertheless it’s additionally centered round a fan-favorite pairing. Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) have been by no means paired collectively of their time on the collection, however they did have a daughter collectively, revealed when Tony left the present just a few years after Ziva.

The 2 of them coparenting their daughter and attempting to type out their sophisticated relationship gives the story that NCIS followers have been ready on for over twenty years. It’s not a matter of Tony and Ziva being a will-they-won’t-they pairing anymore, however a matter of how they may discover their means again to one another.

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9-1-1: Nashville (ABC)

Season 1 Will Premiere On October 9, 2025

Chris O'Donnell as Don Hart in 9-1-1: Nashville — Chris O’Donnell as Don Hart in 9-1-1: Nashville

9-1-1 and its latest spinoff collection can be paired collectively once they premiere for the 2025 TV season on ABC. That is excellent news for followers of the franchise as a complete since FOX canceled the opposite spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star final season.

9-1-1: Nashville will comply with the identical premise of the unique collection – following a bunch of first responders on the job. What is ready to make this chapter of the franchise distinctive, nonetheless, is its setting.

Nashville is a metropolis with a wealthy historical past of music, not simply nation, which it’s recognized for at the moment. There are iconic venues within the metropolis which gave many musicians their begin. That music and that historical past will possible play a job within the extra private storylines of the collection.

The forged consists of NCIS franchise veteran Chris O’Donnell in addition to former Gray’s Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw. It additionally, nonetheless, consists of established singers like LeAnn Rimes and Hailey Kilgore.

It will likely be a refreshing change of tempo for a primary responder procedural if music is as a lot a personality because the forged is.

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Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Season 5 Will Premiere On October 1, 2025

Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) talking in an empty classroom in Abbott Elementary — Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) speaking in an empty classroom in Abbott Elementary

Abbott Elementary is one of the best sitcom presently on community tv. So many sitcoms of the previous 30 years have relied on good friend teams residing collectively, exploring the comedy that comes from their private lives. The previous few years have seen a shift in sitcom topics, and Abbott Elementary makes probably the most of that shift.

Set in an underfunded Philadelphia college, the collection is a mockumentary, following a handful of the lecturers who work for the college. Whereas a lot of the present is ready up as a office comedy, counting on the conditions the lecturers find yourself in due to an absence of funding or the antics of their college students, their private lives additionally intersect.

Abbott Elementary has discovered the right stability between work and private lives. It additionally has laugh-out-loud humor that retains the viewers tuning in and clamoring for extra. Whereas it doesn’t have any cliffhangers on the finish of season 4, that doesn’t imply the present’s return is just not extremely anticipated.

Abbott Elementary has two profitable {couples}, lecturers shifting to new jobs, and, in accordance with Quinta Brunson, will movie at a dwell occasion in season 5. That each one simply means the viewers is prepared for brand new episodes.

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Regulation & Order: SVU (NBC)

Season 27 Will Premiere On September 25

Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T stand next to each other in Law and Order SVU — Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T stand subsequent to one another in Regulation and Order SVU

Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit is the longest-running drama on primetime tv now. Mariska Hargitay has additionally performed the identical character for longer than another primetime tv actor. The present has endurance, however it may be exhausting to maintain a long-running present thrilling for audiences.

The identical individuals who first tuned into the Regulation & Order spinoff in 1999 won’t be the identical viewers the present has at the moment, however season 27 simply would possibly carry these unique viewers again to the present.

A part of the joy heading into season 27 is the return of a number of traditional characters from the early seasons of the present. Christopher Meloni, BD Wong, and Dean Winters are all set to return to the present in season 27.

Whereas Meloni has been steadily visitor starring within the present as a result of he additionally leads the Regulation & Order: Organized Crime collection, the opposite two haven’t been on SVU in years. Dann Florek, who starred as Captain Cragen for 15 years, additionally stopped by the set, fueling rumors that he may even return.

The return of so many acquainted faces has fueled SVU fan theories of a looming tragedy in season 27. Whereas a tragedy in a collection that’s already so darkish may be exhausting for followers who’ve caught with the present, seeing so many beloved characters from the previous is welcome in a present that has been flooded with new faces lately.

The primary 12 seasons of Regulation & Order: SVU are sometimes acknowledged as one of the best by followers, so it’s additionally nice to know that Michelle Fazekas would be the new showrunner. Fazekas beforehand wrote for the collection throughout that period of the present’s run.

It actually seems like SVU season 27 may have a return to its greatest years.

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Excessive Potential (ABC)

Season 2 Will Premiere On September 16, 2025

Karadec and Morgan in High Potential — Karadec and Morgan in Excessive Potential

Excessive Potential achieved a uncommon feat throughout its freshman season on ABC: the collection really grew its viewers all through. It additionally climbed the streaming charts as curiosity within the present grew – and it continues to take action as TV followers look ahead to season 2 to premiere.

Excessive Potential is impressed by the French collection of the identical title, however the first season already made sufficient modifications that it’s not merely a carbon copy of the unique. It nonetheless incorporates a enjoyable dynamic among the many ensemble and compelling homicide mysteries, although.

It additionally incorporates a distinctive protagonist in Morgan (Kaitlin Olson), since she is heat and empathetic, however struggles to take care of relationships due to her mind and hyper commentary expertise. In different collection, leads in that vein are typically chilly and off-putting for the remainder of the ensemble.

Season 1 additionally left the viewers with two main cliffhangers to resolve – what occurred to the daddy of Morgan’s first little one, and can she catch the Recreation Maker who has focused her due to her mind?

The enjoyable of the mysteries is an enormous hook for Excessive Potential. It will likely be fascinating to see if it will possibly keep these artful mysteries and its big viewers in season 2, making it one of the crucial anticipated returns for the brand new community TV season.