Certain American television events in 2025 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.

Future events

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January

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Date Event Ref.
5 The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will air on CBS with streaming on Paramount+. Nikki Glaser is set to host the ceremony. [1][2]

February

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Date Event Ref.
2 The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS with streaming on Paramount+ and be held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. [3]
9 Super Bowl LIX will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana and air on Fox along with Spanish language coverage on Fox Deportes. [4]
23 The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Netflix. [5]

March

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Date Event Ref.
2 The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC from the Dolby Theatre. [6]

April

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Date Event Ref.
19–20 WrestleMania 41 will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be airing on Peacock and pay-per-view. [7]

May

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Date Event Ref.
8 The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Amazon Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star with Reba McEntire as host. [8]
TBA The American Music Awards of 2025 will air on CBS for the first time after airing on ABC for nearly 50 years. [9]

Television shows

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Shows expected to debut in 2025

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First aired Title Channel Source
January The Gates CBS [10]
Watson [11][12]
February 23 The Americas NBC [13][14]
February Weather Hunters PBS Kids [15][16]
March 1 Daredevil: Born Again Disney+ [17][18]
Summer Dexter: Resurrection Paramount+ with Showtime [19]
Late A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms HBO [20]
TBA Skillsville PBS Kids [21][22][23]
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Netflix [24][25][26]
Our Water World [27]
Adolescence [28]
The Undertow [28]
The Choice [28]
The Witness [28]
Running Point [29]
Mermicorno: Starfall Max [30]
It: Welcome to Derry HBO [31][32]
Untitled Vince Gilligan TV series Apple TV+ [33][34]
Ironheart Disney+ [17]
Dream Productions [35]
Untitled Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel series Nickelodeon [36]
Happy Face Paramount+ [37]
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy [38]
Alien: Earth Hulu [39]
Chad Powers [40]
Destination X NBC [41]
Tracee Travels The Roku Channel [42]
Revival Syfy [43]
Iyanu Cartoon Network/Max [44]
Denise Richards and the Wild Things E! [45]
Anne Rice's The Talamasca AMC/AMC+ [46]
The Librarians: The Next Chapter TNT [47][48][49][50]

Shows expecting to change networks

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Show Moved from Moved to Source
WWE Raw USA Network Netflix [51]

Expected television films and specials

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First aired Title Channel Source
February 16 Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special NBC [52]
TBA Two untitled South Park films Paramount+ [53][54]
Community: The Movie Peacock [55][56][57]

Milestone episodes and anniversaries

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Show Network Episode # Episode title Episode airdate Source
Saturday Night Live NBC 50th anniversary TBA February 16 [52]

Shows expected to return in 2025

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Show Last aired Type of return Previous channel New/returning/same channel Return date Source
Tic-Tac-Dough 1990 Revival First-run syndication Game Show Network January [58]
Hollywood Squares 2004 CBS [59]
NBA on NBC 2002 NBC same TBA [60][61][62][63]
King of the Hill 2010 New season Fox Hulu [64]
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
(as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0)
2016 Reboot Playhouse Disney/Disney Jr. Disney Jr. [65]
The Terror
(as The Terror: Devil in Silver)
2019 New season AMC same [66]

Shows expected to end in 2025

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End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
TBA NBA on TNT TNT 1989 Ending [67][68][69][70]
Outlander Starz 2014 [71]
Stranger Things Netflix 2016 [72][73]
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu 2017 [74][75]
Big Mouth Netflix [76]
Cobra Kai 2018 [77][78]
You [79]
The Conners ABC [80]
The Witcher Netflix 2019 [81]
Blood of Zeus 2020 [82]
The Upshaws 2021 [83]
Andor Disney+ 2022 [84][85]

Entering syndication in 2025

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A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.

Show Seasons In Production Notes Source

Networks and services

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Expected to launch

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Network Type Launch date Notes Sources

Expected to convert and rebrand

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Old network
name
New network
name
Type Conversion date Notes Source

Expected to close

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Network/
service
Type Conversion date Notes Source

Television stations

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Expected subchannel launches

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Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes Source

Stations expected to change network affiliations

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Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source

Subchannels expected to change network affiliations

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Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source

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