ABC is making a resolution to hit 2027 hard with the season premieres of some of its biggest shows. Will Trent, The Rookie, High Potential, and Shifting Gears all return on the first Tuesday or Wednesday of the new year. And the following month, High Potential — one of ABC’s top-performing shows — gets the ultimate honor of airing a special episode after the Super Bowl.
Those series are bringing a few new shows with them, too. At 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5 after High Potential, ABC premieres Surviving a Scandal, an ABC News docuseries about celebrities who became headlines for the wrong reasons. The following day is the debut of The Rookie spin-off The Rookie: North, starring Jay Ellis as a man who joins a Washington state police department after a home invasion changes his life.
The biggest change on the schedule will be felt in March, when The Bachelor moves from its longtime night on Monday to Sundays at 8 p.m. between America’s Funniest Home Videos and What Would You Do?
Check out the full ABC winter TV schedule below. New shows are in bold. All times listed in Eastern Time.
ABC winter TV 2026 premiere dates
Tuesday, Jan. 5
8 p.m.: Will Trent (Season 5 premiere)
9 p.m.: High Potential (Season 3 premiere)
10 p.m.: Surviving a Scandal (series premiere)
Wednesday, Jan. 6
8 p.m.: Shifting Gears (two-episode Season 3 premiere)
9 p.m.: The Rookie (Season 9 premiere)
10 p.m.: The Rookie North (series premiere)
Thursday, Jan. 7
8 p.m.: 9-1-1 (Season 10 midseason return)
9 p.m.: 9-1-1: Nashville (Season 2 midseason return)
10 p.m.: Grey’s Anatomy (Season 23 midseason return)
Wednesday, Jan. 13
8:31 p.m.: Abbott Elementary (Season 6 midseason return)
Friday, Jan. 29
8 p.m.: Celebrity Jeopardy! (Season 5 premiere)
Monday, Feb. 1
8 p.m.: American Idol at 25 (w/t)
Sunday, Feb. 7
7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT: The Grammy Awards
Monday, Feb. 8
8 p.m.: American Idol (Season 25 premiere)
10 p.m.: Shark Tank (new time period)
Sunday, Feb. 14
6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT: Super Bowl LXI
10:15 p.m.: High Potential (special post-Super Bowl airing)
Sunday, March 14
7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT: The Oscars
Sunday, March 21
7 p.m.: America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:01 p.m.: The Bachelor (Season 30 premiere)
10:01 p.m.: What Would You Do? (Season 18 premiere)
