TV Premiere Dates 2021

Rotten Tomatoes’ premiere dates calendar keeps track of the most anticipated new 2021 TV premieres and your favorite returning shows. Bookmark this page to get updates on network schedules, when the latest Netflix series launch, when Disney+ shows will premiere, what films and specials are coming your way, and more. 

This list also includes titles with vague premiere dates for 2021, either because of the coronavirus-related Hollywood shutdown in the spring and summer of 2020 or because some titles — like director Zack Snyder’s eagerly awaited take on Justice League — enjoy reveling in our anticipation.

January | February | March | April | TBD

Also: Renewed & Cancelled


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Batwoman is back and she has a whole new look. Javicia Leslie joins the show for the second season as Ryan Wilder, a new character who will rise to don the infamous bat suit (Ruby Rose, who played Kate Kane and the show’s original Batwoman, left the series last season). Batwoman returns January 17.


Game of Thrones alum Richard Dormer stars in punk-rock fantasy adaptation The Watch, premiering January 3 on BBC America. Inspired by the characters created by Terry Pratchett’s famous Discworld fantasy novels, The Watch follows an unlikely group of misfits, The City Watch, forced to save the world.


Get ready for more cultural anachronisms in the name of poetry! The second season of Apple TV+’s Dickinson premieres January 8. The biographical dramedy, which stars Hailee Steinfeld, uses modern-day language and (ahem) dance moves, to tell the story of poet Emily Dickinson.

Just added: Batwoman (Jan. 17), Superman & Lois (Feb. 23), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TBD 2021), Walker (Jan. 21), Riverdale (Jan. 20), American Gods (Jan. 10).


January


Sunday, Jan. 3
The Watch, 8 p.m., BBC America
Elizabeth Is Missing, 9 p.m., PBS

Friday, Jan. 8
Dickinson: Season 2, Apple TV+
Cobra Kai: Season 3, Netflix
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, 8 p.m., The CW
Penn & Teller: Fool Us, 9 p.m., The CW

Saturday, Jan. 9
A Discovery of Witches: Season 2, Sundance Now

Sunday, Jan. 10
American Gods: Season 3, 8 p.m., Starz
Critics Choice Super Awards, 8 p.m., The CW
All Creatures Great and Small, 9 p.m., PBS

Tuesday, Jan. 12
Two Sentence Horror Stories: Season 2, 8 p.m., The CW
Trickster: Season 1, 9 p.m., The CW

Friday, Jan. 15
One Night in Miami, Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Servant: Season 2, Apple TV+

Sunday, Jan. 17
Miss Scarlet & The Duke, 8 p.m., PBS
Batwoman: Season 2, 8 p.m., The CW
Charmed: Season 3, 9 p.m., The CW

Monday, Jan. 18
All American: Season 3, 8 p.m., The CW

Tuesday, Jan. 19
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Season 7, PBS

Wednesday, Jan. 20
Riverdale: Season 5, 8 p.m., The CW
Nancy Drew: Season 2, 9 p.m., The CW

Thursday, Jan. 21
Walker: Season 1, 8 p.m., The CW
Legacies: Season 3, 9 p.m., The CW

Friday, Jan. 22
The White Tiger, Netflix [movie]

Sunday, Jan. 24
Bridge and Tunnel, Epix


Monday, Jan. 25
Snowpiercer: Season 2 9 p.m., TNT

Sunday, Jan. 31
Grammy Awards, 8 p.m., CBS
The Long Song, 10 p.m., PBS


February


Golden Globe award

Friday, Feb. 5
The Snoopy Show, Apple TV+

Monday, Feb. 8
Black Lightning: Season 4, 9 p.m., The CW

Tuesday, Feb. 16
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, 9 p.m., PBS

Tuesday, Feb. 23
The Flash: Season 7, 8 p.m., The CW
Superman & Lois: Season 1, 9 p.m., The CW

Sunday, Feb. 28
Golden Globes, NBC


March


Sunday, Mar. 7
Critics Choice Awards, The CW

Winter 2021
Torn, Nat Geo [movie]
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Seasons 18, Nat Geo Wild
Dog: Impossible: Season 2, Nat Geo Wild
9-1-1: Season 4, Fox
American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free, PBS
Independent Lens: Mr. SOUL!, PBS
9-1-1: Lone Star: Season 2, Fox


April


Monday, Apr. 5
Hemingway, 8 p.m., PBS

Thursday, Apr. 22
Secrets of the Whales, Nat Geo

Sunday, Apr. 25
93rd Academy Awards, ABC

April TBD
Planet of the Whales, Nat Geo


Dexter title sequence video screencap

Spring 2021

Cesar’s Way, Nat Geo Wild
Heartland Docs, DVM, Nat Geo Wild
Critter Fixers: Season 2, Nat Geo Wild
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet: Season 7, Nat Geo Wild
The Puppy Draft, Nat Geo Wild

Summer 2021
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Seasons 19, Nat Geo Wild
Pol-ympics, Nat Geo Wild
Firefly Lane, Netflix
30 Coins, HBO
Beartown, HBO
The Harper House, CBS All Access
Untitled WeWork Documentary, Hulu
The End, Showtime
Dexter revival, Showtime
Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Starz
Assembly Require (w.t.), History
Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Disney+


TBD


Zack Snyder's Justice League

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Justice League – Zack Snyder Cut, HBO Max [movie]
Supervillain, Showtime
La Fortuna, AMC
Survivor: Season 41, CBS
9/11, Nat Geo
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 2, Nickelodeon
Tuca & Bertie: Season 2, Adult Swim
Cruel Summer, Freeform
Kung Fu: Season 1, The CW
The Republic of Sarah: Season 1, The CW
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 6, The CW
Dynasty: Season 4, The CW
In the Dark: Season 3, The CW
Roswell, New Mexico: Season 3, The CW
Supergirl: Season 6, The CW
Attica, Showtime [movie]
The Bachelor: Season 25, ABC
Dopesick, Hulu
Foundation, Apple TV+
Last Chance U: Basketball, Netflix
Better Things: Season 5, FX
Duncanville: Season 2, Fox
Fixer Upper Reboot, Magnolia Network
Sneakerella, Disney+
The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 4, Hulu
Sherman’s Showcase: Season 2, IFC and AMC
grown-ish: Season 3, Freeform (returning from hiatus)
Good Trouble: Season 3, Freeform
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, CBS All Access [movie]
My Life is Murder, Acorn TV
Dalgliesh, Acorn TV
Whitstable Pearl, Acorn TV


The Falcon and the Winter Soldier trailer screencap

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Season 1, Disney+
Pennyworth: Season 2, Epix
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous: Season 2, Netflix
History’s Greatest Mysteries, History
Could You Survive The Movies?: Season 2, YouTube Originals
Audible, Netflix [movie]
Ozark: Season 4, Netflix
Colin in Black & White, Netflix
Little Big Shots, NBC


The Orville

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The Orville: Season 3
(2019)
 Hulu

Impeachment: American Crime Story, FX
The Kenan Show: Season 1, NBC
Good Girls: Season 4, NBC
Making It: Season 3, NBC
Law & Order Hate Crimes: Season 1, Peacock
Mr. Mayor: Season 1, NBC
Young Rock: Season 1, NBC
Untitled Friends Reunion Special, HBO Max
Breaking Bobby Bones (wt), Nat Geo
Explorer, Nat Geo
Brain Games with Keegan-Michael Key: Season 2, Nat Geo
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted: Season 3, Nat Geo
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: Season 2, Nat Geo
Wicked Tuna: Season 10, Nat Geo
American Horror Stories, Hulu
American Horror Story: Season 10, FX


Atlanta episode 201

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Atlanta: Season 3, FX
Breeders: Season 2, FX
What We Do In the Shadows: Season 3, FX
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 15, FXX
Pose: Season 3, FX
Mayans M.C.: Season 3, FX
Mr. Inbetween: Season 3, FX
Snowfall: Season 4, FX
Dave: Season 2, FX
The Old Man, FX
Y: The Last Man, FX on Hulu
Untitled B.J. Novak Anthology Series, FX
Hip Hop Untold, FX
Hysterical, FX
Pride, FX
American Idol: Season 4, ABC
Mixed-ish: Season 2, ABC
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham, Starz


Resident Alien: Season 1, Syfy
Coyote: Season 1, Paramount Network
So You Think You Can Dance: Season 17, Fox
Young Love, HBO Max
Call Your Mother: Season 1, ABC
The Rookie: Season 3, ABC
Manifest: Season 3, NBC
New Amsterdam: Season 3, NBC
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 8, NBC
Law & Order Organized Crime: Season 1, NBC


Evil keyart (CBS)

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Evil: Season 2, CBS
MacGyver: Season 5, CBS
Magnum P.I.: Season 3, CBS
Blue Bloods: Season 11, CBS
The Equalizer: Season 1, CBS


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