NBC maps out 2026 midseason with franchise returns and a revamped The Voice

NBC has locked its midseason 2026 rollout, pairing franchise staples with high-profile launches and a retooled The Voice to navigate a crowded February anchored by the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl. The network’s January openings begin Monday, January 5, with St. Denis Medical at 8 p.m., The Paper at 8:30, a new season of The Wall at 9, and Brilliant Minds at 10. One Chicago resumes Wednesday, January 7, across its usual 8–11 p.m. block. Thursdays reassemble Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU on January 8, followed at 10 p.m. by the return of The Hunting Party.

Comedy gets a marquee bow with The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, starring Tracy Morgan with Daniel Radcliffe and produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock; it joins the midseason slate as NBC spaces originals around live-sports preemptions. The Voice relaunches as Battle of Champions with a three-night kickoff on February 23, 25, and 26, then moves to Mondays at 9 p.m. in March alongside Brilliant Minds.

Scheduling reflects an unusual convergence of tentpole events. NBC carries the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics beginning February 6, Super Bowl LX on February 8, and the NBA All-Star Game on February 15, compressing primetime real estate and boosting promotional reach for entertainment premieres. The network’s sports calendar confirms All-Star details and airtimes, with coverage across NBC and Peacock.

The January grid keeps momentum from the fall’s franchise returns while holding some newcomers for cleaner launch pads. NBC previously set its fall slate and outlined the spring 2026 Voice format changes, signaling the midseason pivot to competition programming after the February sports window.