FOX Reveals Winter 2026 Premiere Dates
FOX has announced its upcoming premiere dates for the Winter 2026 season, featuring an ambitious lineup that blends powerfully gripping new dramas, extreme unscripted adventures, and comedies bursting with high-stakes hilarity. From heart and humour to heart-pounding storytelling in all-new series “Best Medicine” and “Memory of a Killer”, to the daring, reimagined “Fear Factor: House of Fear”, FOX delivers a bold mix of tension, comicality, and humanity. Returning favourites “Doc”, “Animal Control”, “Going Dutch”, “The Masked Singer”, “Extracted”, “Next Level Chef”, “Family Guy” and “American Dad” round out a schedule packed with energy, emotion and attitude across every genre.
These shows will also be available to stream on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States the following day, as part of a multi-year deal. This release schedule should also give international Disney+ subscribers an idea of when some of the 20th Television Animation shows might be hitting our screens.
The Winter schedule begins Tuesday, January with the series premiere of FOX’s new wholly owned series “Best Medicine” (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra and Annie Potts followed by all new episodes of hit medical drama “Doc” (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) starring Molly Parker and Felicity Huffman and featuring the return of fan favorite Scott Wolf.
The following night, Wednesday, January marks the much-anticipated return of “The Masked Singer” in a special two-hour Season 14 premiere featuring a double unmasking (8:00-10:00PM ET/PT). One week later on Wednesday, January, “The Masked Singer” will move to its regular time-period (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) ahead of the series premiere of “Fear Factor: House of Fear” (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) hosted by Johnny Knoxville.
Following a new episode of “Hell’s Kitchen” (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), live-action comedies return starting Thursday, January with the Season 4 premiere of “Animal Control”, starring Joel McHale (9:00-9:30PM ET/PT) and the Season 2 premiere of “Going Dutch”, starring Denis Leary (9:30-10:00PM ET/PT). “Hell’s Kitchen” will have its season 24 finale on Thursday, January (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Beginning Thursday, January, “Next Level Chef” will have its season 5 premiere (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Extreme survival series “Extracted” launches Monday, January, (8:00-9:00PM ET/PT) leading into the series premiere of powerful new dramatic thriller “Memory of a Killer” (9:00-10:00PM ET/PT), featuring Patrick Dempsey’s return to broadcast television alongside Michael Imperioli and Gina Torres.
“The Simpsons” will celebrate its landmark 800th episode on Sunday, February (8:00-8:30PM ET/PT), followed by its season finale episode (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) and “Family Guy” will have its Season 24 premiere and 450th episode airing later that evening (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Beginning Sunday, February, “Family Guy” will air new episodes (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT and 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Seth MacFarlane’s “American Dad!” returns to FOX and the iconic “Animation Domination” lineup with its Season 20 premiere (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT).
Biblical Event Series “The Faithful” will air for three consecutive Sundays (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) beginning Sunday, March, continuing on Sunday, March and concluding on Easter Sunday, April.
FOX winter premieres of new and returning series are listed below in chronological order:
(All Times ET/PT Except as Noted)
Thursday, Jan. 1
- 8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen (New Episode)
Monday, Jan. 5
- 8:00-9:00 PM Celebrity Name That Tune (Season Finale)
Tuesday, Jan. 6
- 8:00-9:00 PM Best Medicine (Series Premiere)
- 9:00-10:00 PM Doc (Winter Premiere)
Wednesday, Jan. 7
- 8:00-10:00 PM The Masked Singer (Special Two-Hour Season 14 Premiere)
Wednesday, Jan. 14
- 8:00-9:00 PM The Masked Singer (Time Period Premiere)
- 9:00-10:00 PM Fear Factor: House of Fear (Series Premiere)
Thursday, Jan. 15
- 8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen (New Episode)
- 9:00-9:30 PM Animal Control (Season 4 Premiere)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Going Dutch (Season 2 Premiere)
Thursday, Jan. 22
- 8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen (Season 24 Finale)
- 9:00-9:30 PM Animal Control (New Episode)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Going Dutch (New Episode)
Monday, Jan. 26
- 8:00-9:00 PM Extracted (Season 2 Premiere)
- 9:00-10:00 PM Memory of a Killer (Series Premiere)
Thursday, Jan. 29
- 8:00-9:00 PM Next Level Chef (Season 5 Premiere)
- 9:00-9:30 PM Animal Control (New Episode)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Going Dutch (New Episode)
Fridays (On Going)
- 8:00 PM-CC ET/5:00 PM-CC PT Fox Sports Friday
Saturdays (On Going)
- 8:00 PM-CC ET/5:00 PM-CC PT Fox Sports Saturday
Sunday, Feb. 15
- 8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons (Special 800th Episode)
- 8:30-9:00 PM The Simpsons (New Episode, Season Finale)
- 9:00-9:30 PM Universal Basic Guys (New Episode)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Family Guy (Season 24 Premiere, 450th Episode)
Sunday, Feb. 22
- 8:00-8:30 PM Family Guy (Time Period Premiere)
- 8:30-9:00 PM Universal Basic Guys (New Episode)
- 9:00-9:30 PM American Dad! (Season 20 Premiere)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Family Guy (New Episode)
Sundays, Mar. 22, 29 and Apr. 5 (Easter Sunday)
- 8:00-10:00 PM The Faithful (New Event Series)
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