The 2025-2026 network TV season has officially kicked off with the debut of NCIS spinoff series NCIS: Tony & Ziva. Over the next two months, most network TV shows will have their season premieres, both returning favorites and brand-new series.
For a TV fan, this is the most exciting time of year other than season finales in the spring. Cliffhangers are about to be resolved, fan-favorite characters are about to return, and some shows will be readying their swan songs. These network TV shows are the ones we are most excited to see during the 2025-2026 TV season.
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The Neighborhood (CBS)
Season 8 Will Premiere On October 13, 2025
The Neighborhood is a sitcom that is very funny, capitalizing on the chemistry among its main cast very well. Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs play a white Midwestern couple who move to a predominantly Black neighborhood in California in the first season. The show uses the fish-out-of-water approach and a culture clash to bring on the hilarity.
Though The Neighborhood has not been a ratings powerhouse in the past, it has a respectable seven seasons under its belt, and a spinoff from the show was considered. When season 8 of The Neighborhood was announced, it was also announced as the show’s last.
Going into this season will be bittersweet, then. The writers, cast, and crew all know that this is their last chance to tell their stories and make the audience laugh. It’s the last chance for any storylines the writers might have been saving up for a rainy day, which is what makes it so exciting.
Season 8 is a chance for the characters and the audience to get closure on any remaining plot threads and celebrate an underrated comedy.
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Memory Of A Killer (FOX)
Season 1 Does Not Yet Have A Premiere Date
Memory of a Killer is one of the most exciting shows in development for the 2025 TV season. Though it does not have a premiere date yet, it’s expected to premiere in the spring of 2026.
The premise for the new series is that the main character lives a double life, but the life he knows is suddenly in trouble. That’s because that double life is that of a family man and an assassin. Putting him in danger is the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease, making his own memory the danger.
This is a very unique premise for a network television show, and it would certainly be something more often seen in a movie or miniseries. Fleshing out the full story for a regular television season will be a feat that will interest seasoned TV fans.
The cast of the series is also set to be an impressive one. Patrick Dempsey is the man leading a double life, with Michael Imperioli as his connection to his life as an assassin. It will be a fun and dramatic time watching these two TV drama vets in scenes together.
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9-1-1 (ABC)
Season 9 Will Premiere On October 9, 2025
9 -1 -1 is already on its second life. The series was originally on FOX before the network decided to let the series go. Luckily for fans and the franchise as a whole, ABC picked up the show.
In some ways, 9 -1 -1 is a straightforward procedural. The show does follow a group of first responders as they head out on calls in every episode. It has a case-of-the-week format but also delves into its characters’ personal lives, which makes it so great.
Fans have gotten to know many ensemble characters over eight seasons. Season eight saw the show lose major character Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) as he died in duty.
While it’s always tragic for long-running dramas to kill off beloved characters, it also gives writers and cast emotional storylines from grief fallout to new chapters started by moving on. Season nine of9 -1 -1 will have to move forward after losing such an important part of the show.
It’s bittersweet but an exciting step forward for the show as new character dynamics and story arcs will come into play due to that loss.
