ABC Reveals 2025 Fall Schedule, Including Dancing with the Stars
ABC has announced its primetime lineup for Fall 2025, and while there are few surprises, the network’s strategy is clear: keep signature franchises in strong positions while leaning on live sports to anchor key nights. Dancing with the Stars returns to a familiar time slot on Tuesday nights, a move that follows several seasons in the same weekday. The long-running Monday evening slot that DWTS occupied for years is now dedicated to ESPN’s Monday Night Football, emphasizing ABC’s focus on live audience draws.
The network also confirmed the renewal of Dancing with the Stars for Season 34 and shared the first announced contestant, Robert Irwin, who joins the show following the earlier success of his sister, Bindi Irwin, a Season 21 winner. Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro are set to return as hosts. While not officially finalized, judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough are widely expected to reprise their roles, maintaining continuity for fans and judges’ chemistry that has defined recent seasons.
Friday nights will welcome a new iteration of a classic game show as Ryan Seacrest steps in to host Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, succeeding Pat Sajak. Seacrest, who has already been the daytime host for the program, will now front the celebrity edition while Vanna White remains the show’s letter-turner across both versions. This change signals ABC’s intent to refresh legacy formats while preserving the familiar elements viewers appreciate.
Another cornerstone of ABC’s reality and talent portfolio, American Idol, has been renewed for Season 24 and is slated to return midseason. The show’s history of midseason launches continues, allowing the network to spread premiere dates across the television year and maximize audience engagement when the schedule shifts between sports and scripted programming.
Overall, ABC’s 2025 fall slate balances live events, returning reality franchises, established dramas, and fan-favorite unscripted series. The lineup reflects traditional primetime priorities—sports and live competition to draw large audiences, comedies positioned to build audience flow, and dramas to anchor later hours. Below is ABC’s announced 2025 fall primetime schedule, organized by night and hour.
ABC 2025 Fall Primetime Schedule
MONDAY
8:00 p.m. – ESPN’s Monday Night Football
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. – Dancing with the Stars
10:00 p.m. – High Potential
WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. – Shifting Gears
8:30 p.m. – Abbott Elementary
9:00 p.m. – The Golden Bachelor
10:00 p.m. – Shark Tank
THURSDAY
8:00 p.m. – 9-1-1
9:00 p.m. – 9-1-1: Nashville
10:00 p.m. – Grey’s Anatomy
FRIDAY
8:00 p.m. – Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (hosted by Ryan Seacrest)
9:00 p.m. – 20/20 (two hours)
SATURDAY
7:30 p.m. – College Football
SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m. – The Wonderful World of Disney
This schedule shows ABC’s emphasis on appointment viewing—live sports, competitive reality, and trusted franchises—while keeping room for comedies and dramas to attract steady weeknight audiences. Dancing with the Stars’ move to Tuesdays may help the show consolidate its weekly audience and avoid direct sports competition, while Monday nights will rely on the broad reach of Monday Night Football. As always, ABC may make adjustments and announce additional casting or scheduling details as the fall season approaches.