‘Bachelor’ Moves To Sundays As ABC Sets Midseason Dates For ‘High Potential,’ ‘Will Trent,’ ‘American Idol,’ ‘Shifting Gears’ & More

Halloween is over and the holidays are looming — that means it’s time to look ahead at TV’s midseason. ABC on Friday revealed winter 2027 dates for a number of its series including new seasons of High Potential, Will Trent, Abbott Elementary, Shifting Gears, American Idol, The Bachelor and others. See the full schedule below.

The net’s midseason sked kicks off with the Season 5 premiere of Will Trent on Tuesday, January 5, followed by the third-season arrival of High Potential, which leads in to new docuseries Surviving a Scandal. The Wednesday lineup bows January 6 with a two-episode Season 3 premiere of the Tim Allen-Kat Dennings sitcom Switching Gears. Fellow comedy Abbott Elementary‘s sixth session starts a week later on January 13

The network said last month that Season 9 of The Rookie and its new spinoff The Rookie: North will bow on January 6.

Popular dramas 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville and Grey’s Anatomy return to the Thursday night lineup with midseason premieres on Thursday, January 7. ABC’s untitled Grey’s Anatomy spinoff will debut during the 2027-28 TV season.

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On the unscripted front, American Idol will kick off its silver-anniversary season on Monday, February 8, one week after the special American Idol at 25 (working title) airs. Celebrity Jeopardy! returns for Season 5 on Friday, January 29.

Elsewhere, franchise godfather The Bachelor will return on Sunday, March 21, for its first installment since early 2025. Season 30 was ordered in June that year, three months after two of its top showrunners exited among allegations of a “toxic” workplace. Network brass said in April that The Bachelor would return in 2027.

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Bookending The Bachelor starting March 21 are America’s Funniest Home Videos and the Season 18 premiere of What Would You Do?

ABC also has a trio of previously announced one-night mega-specials with the 69th Grammy Awards ceremony February 9, Super Bowl LXI on February 14 and the 99th Academy Awards on March 14.

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Here are ABC’s midseason 2027 premiere dates (all times ET/PT unless noted):

Tuesday, January 5
8 p.m.: Will Trent (Season 5 premiere)
9 p.m.: High Potential (Season 3 premiere)
10 p.m.: Surviving a Scandal (Series premiere)

Wednesday, January 6
8 p.m.: Shifting Gears (Two-episode Season 3 premiere)
9 p.m.: The Rookie (Season 9 premiere)
10 p.m.: The Rookie North (Series premiere)

Thursday, January 7
8 p.m.: 9-1-1 (Season 10 midseason return)
9 p.m.: 9-1-1: Nashville (Season 2 midseason return)
10 p.m.: Grey’s Anatomy (Season 23 midseason return)

Wednesday, January 13
8:31 p.m.: Abbott Elementary (Season 6 midseason return)

Friday, January 29
8 p.m.: Celebrity Jeopardy! (Season 5 premiere)

Monday, February 1
8 p.m.: American Idol at 25 (w/t)

Sunday, February 7
7 p.m.: ET/4 p.m.: PT: Grammy Awards

Monday, February 8
8 p.m.: American Idol (Season 25 premiere)
10 p.m.: Shark Tank (New time period)

Sunday, February 14
6:30 p.m.: ET/3:30 p.m.: PT: Super Bowl LXI
10:15 p.m.: High Potential

Sunday, March 14
7 p.m.: ET/4 p.m.: PT: The Oscars

Sunday, March 21
7 p.m.: America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:01 p.m.: The Bachelor (Season 30 Premiere)
10:01 p.m.: What Would You Do? (Season 18 Premiere)