ABC TV schedule: what's on ABC this week?

Ken Jennings on Celebrity Jeopardy
(Image credit: ABC/Eric McCandless)

Want to know what's part of the ABC TV schedule this week? Well, look no further, as you can catch up on the full primetime TV schedule for ABC right here.

Watching TV these days means watching different streaming shows and services as much as anything, but just as they always have, ABC and the other four major networks in the US (CBS, Fox and NBC) continue to have TV schedules that are worth keeping an eye on with things like hit dramas and comedies, live sports and other special broadcasts.

Their ease of access is also huge, as anyone with a traditional pay-TV service or a TV antenna automatically can access their local stations. Most live TV streaming services also carry local networks; in the case of ABC, Fubo, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV are among the major platforms offering the network.

Check out ABC's TV schedule for this week directly below, as well as what the network's official fall TV lineup is generally going to look like week in and week out.

ABC TV schedule: October 2-8

Here is the ABC TV primetime schedule for the week of Monday, October 2, to Sunday, October 8:

Monday, October 2

*Viewers outside the Eastern time zone may have more local programming or ABC reruns in between Monday Night Football and their local news.

Tuesday, October 3

Tampa Bay Rays Randy Arozarena

Tampa Bay Rays Randy Arozarena (Image credit: Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

Wednesday, October 4

Thursday, October 5

Patty talks to Gerry in The Golden Bachelor

(Image credit: ABC/Craig Sjodin)

Friday, October 6

  • 8-9 pm ET/PT: Shark Tank season 15
  • 9-11 pm ET/PT: 20/20
  • 11-11:35 pm ET/PT: Local news
  • 11:35 pm ET/PT: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (rerun)

Saturday, October 7

  • Noon-3 pm ET/9 am-noon PT: College Football (Oklahoma vs Texas)
  • 3-3:30 pm ET/noon-12:30 pm PT: College Football Scoreboard
  • 3:30-6:30 pm ET/12:30-3:30 pm PT: College Football (Virginia Tech vs Florida State)
  • 6:30-7:30 pm ET/3:30-4:30 pm PT: College Football Scoreboard
  • 7:30-11 pm ET/4:30-8 pm PT: College Football (Notre Dame vs Louisville)

Sunday, October 8

Emma Stone as Cruella.

Emma Stone as Cruella (Image credit: Disney)
  • 3 pm ET/noon PT: WNBA Playoff
  • 7-8 pm ET/PT: America's Funniest Home Videos
  • 8-11 pm ET/PT: Cruella

ABC fall TV lineup 2023

ABC's weekly primetime fall lineup officially begins on Tuesday, September 26. Here is a breakdown of what the general schedule looks like: 

Mondays

  • 8-11 pm ET/5-8 pm PT: Monday Night Football

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Gerry Turner poses by a boat in promo image for The Golden Bachelor

Gerry Turner on The Golden Bachelor (Image credit: ABC/Brian Bowen Smith)

Fridays

Sundays

  • 7-8 pm ET/PT: America's Funniest Home Videos
  • 8 pm ET/PT: The Wonderful World of Disney

At this time, ABC has not shared any information on what its standard Monday night and Tuesday night TV schedule is going to look like. It's possible that Mondays could feature Monday Night Football simulcasts. If not, hit ABC shows like The Good Doctor, The Rookie, Grey's Anatomy and more could fill those time slots.

Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.