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July 27, 2026

ABC ANNOUNCES FALL 2026 PREMIERE DATES

After receiving the most Emmy® Award nominations across broadcast networks for a second consecutive year, ABC unveiled its fall 2026 premiere dates today, showcasing a lineup of hit reality shows, standout comedies and can’t-miss dramas. The news comes following a successful season where ABC delivered 10 of the Top 20 programs in the 2025-2026 broadcast season across Adults 18-49, more than any other broadcast network.* “Monday Night Football” returns on most Mondays beginning MONDAY, SEPT. 14 (Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs). The full ABC/ESPN “Monday Night Football” schedule can be found here. Coming off its epic Season 34, where it garnered a half billion votes from fans and scored its first Emmy nod for Outstanding Reality Competition Program in a decade, “Dancing with the Stars” kicks off a two-night premiere event TUESDAY, SEPT. 15, followed at 10 p.m. by the second season of “R.J. Decker.” Wednesday nights bring a two-episode premiere of “Scrubs” on SEPT. 30, followed by

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July 7, 2026

‘SHARK TANK’ RETURNS FOR SEASON 18 WITH A POWERHOUSE ROSTER OF GUEST SHARKS

“Shark Tank” features the Sharks — tough, self-made, multimillionaire and billionaire tycoons — as they invest in America’s best businesses and products. This season’s all-star lineup of guest Sharks includes: Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), creator of the YouTube channel MrBeast and founder of Beast Industries, and Jeffrey Housenbold, chief executive officer of Beast Industries Mindy Kaling, award-winning writer, producer, director, actor and author J.J. Watt, founder of the Justin J. Watt Foundation and former NFL defensive lineman Erin Foster and Sara Foster, co-founders of Favorite Daughter, producers and entrepreneurs Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur, investor, Dragon on “Dragons’ Den” (the U.K. version of “Shark Tank”) and host of “The Diary of a CEO,” the second-largest podcast in the world Additionally, Kendra Scott and Rashaun Williams have been elevated to permanent Sharks, joining Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky and Kevin O’Leary.

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