Note: On both CBS and NBC, Thursday Night Kickoff/Football Night in... started at 7:30 p.m. ET out of primetime depending on the network carrying the game, pre-empting local programming. NBC's scheduling for the NFL's and Thanksgiving night game was under the different Sunday Night Football package and game coverage filled the entirety of primetime.

Kickoff Game

Note: NBC carried primetime coverage of and NASCAR some Saturday evenings through the fall, along with one January NFL Wild Card game, while CBS carried one January primetime NFL divisional playoff game and one November primetime SEC college football game.^[9]

Notre Dame college football

Note: NBC carried primetime coverage of some games between February and June (including a regular-season Stadium Series game and some games in the Stanley Cup playoffs).

NHL

Note: NBC's Pacific and Mountain Time Zone affiliates, beginning April 15, 2017, carried in real time with the rest of the United States, placing its airtime within the prime time period; a re-air was broadcast after the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii and other Pacific islands carried the show on delay as usual.^[10]

Saturday Night Live

—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on November 4, 2016, an additional episode was ordered on December 13, 2016, totaling to 23 episodes.^[144][145]

American Housewife

—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on September 29, 2016.^[146]

Designated Survivor

—Picked up for an additional three episodes on November 4, 2016, bringing the episode count up to 16.^[144]

The Real O'Neals

—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on September 29, 2016, an additional episode was ordered on December 13, 2016, totaling to 23 episodes.^[146][145]

Speechless

2016–17 Canadian network television schedule

2016–17 United States network television schedule (daytime)

2016–17 United States network television schedule (late night)