FOX UNVEILS SPRING 2026 PREMIERE DATES, ANCHORED BY EVENTIZED STORYTELLING AND EPIC HIGH-PROFILE ADVENTURE

ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS MAKES ITS FOX DEBUT WITH AN ALL-NEW SEASON

FAITH-BASED EVENT SERIES THE FAITHFUL: WOMEN OF THE BIBLE, STARRING MINNIE DRIVER, JEFFREY DONOVAN AND NATACHA KARAM PREMIERES IN THREE SPECIAL INSTALLMENTS THIS EASTER SEASON BEGINNING MARCH 22

THE FLOOR, HOSTED BY ROB LOWE, RETURNS FOR SEASON FIVE WITH A TWO-HOUR PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

FAN FAVORITE GAME SHOWS THE 1% CLUB, HOSTED BY JOEL MCHALE, AND THE QUIZ WITH BALLS, HOSTED BY COMEDIAN JAY PHAROAH, RETURN MONDAY APRIL 13

THE HEAT IS ON AS MASTERCHEF, HOSTED BY GORDON RAMSAY, STARTS COOKING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 FOLLOWED BY THE TIME PERIOD PREMIERE OF THE FLOOR

ROMANCE GOES BACK TO ITS ROOTS AS FARMER WANTS A WIFE RETURNS TUESDAY, APRIL 21, FOLLOWED BY THE FOX SERIES PREMIERE OF RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS

Los Angeles, CA - February 17, 2026 - FOX today announced its Spring 2026 premiere dates, unveiling a dynamic slate of bold event programming, high-octane adventure and the return of proven hits. From high-stakes game shows and iconic culinary battles to heartfelt romance, immersive adventure, and epic event series, the spring lineup delivers must-watch programming anchored by familiar favorites and all-new original programming.

This Easter season, the powerful biblical event series The Faithful: Women of the Bible, starring Minnie Driver, Jeffrey Donovan, Natacha Karam and more, will air for three consecutive Sundays (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) beginning Sunday, Mar. 22, continuing on Sunday, Mar. 29 and concluding on Easter Sunday, Apr. 5.

Then, Rob Lowe returns as host of The Floor with a special two-hour season five premiere Wednesday, Apr. 8 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), where contestants compete in dynamic head-to-head battles of trivia and strategy.

Brains and the big yellow balls are back starting Monday, April 13 with host Joel McHale testing the nation's wits on The 1% Club (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the high-stakes, sink-or-swim quiz show The Quiz with Balls (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) hosted by Jay Pharoah.

The iconic culinary series MasterChef takes the competition worldwide as it returns for Season 16 Wednesday, Apr. 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), celebrating international cuisine with award-winning chef and executive producer Gordon Ramsay as host and judge, alongside renowned restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef and entrepreneur Tiffany Derry. Then, The Floor will make its time period premiere that evening (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

An all-new season of celebrity action-adventure series Running Wild with Bear Grylls will make its FOX debut Tuesday, April 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following the season four premiere of Farmer Wants a Wife (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). In the new season, hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley, three new salt-of-the-earth farmers search for their match in the countryside.

FOX spring premieres of new and returning series are listed below in chronological order:

FOX SPRING 2026 PREMIERE DATES RECAP
(All Times ET/PT Except as Noted)

Sundays, Mar. 22, 29 and Apr. 5 (Easter Sunday)
8:00-10:00 PM The Faithful: Women of the Bible (New Event Series)

Thursday, March 26
8:00-10:00 PM ET Live / PT Tape-Delayed 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Wednesday, Apr. 8
8:00-10:00 PM The Floor (Season 5 Premiere)

Monday, Apr. 13
8:00-9:00 PM The 1% Club (Season 2 Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM The Quiz with Balls (Season 3 Premiere)

Wednesday, Apr. 15
8:00-9:00 PM MasterChef (Season 16 Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM The Floor (Time Period Premiere)

Tuesday, Apr. 21
8:00-9:00 PM Farmer Wants a Wife (Season 4 Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM Running Wild with Bear Grylls (FOX Series Premiere)

Sunday, Apr. 12
8:00-8:30 PM Family Guy (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM Universal Basic Guys (Season Finale)
9:00-9:30 PM American Dad (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM Family Guy (All-New Episode)

Sunday, Apr. 26 - Sunday May 17
8:00-8:30 PM Family Guy (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM Bob's Burgers (All-New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM American Dad! (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM Animation Domination Encore

[EDITOR'S NOTE 2: Season finale dates for the following programs are as follows: Fear Factor: House of Fear (3/25); The Masked Singer (two-hour season finale 4/1); Extracted (4/6); Memory of a Killer (4/6); Best Medicine (4/7); Doc (4/14), Universal Basic Guys (4/12); Krapopolis (4/19); Animal Control and Going Dutch (4/23); Family Guy and Bob's Burgers (5/17); Next Level Chef (5/21)

ABOUT FOX'S NEW SERIES:

The Faithful: Women of the Bible

The Faithful: Women of the Bible is inspired by the best-selling book of all time, the Bible, and showcases a faithful dramatization of the Book of Genesis as told through the eyes of the courageous and passionate, yet flawed women whose descendants would shape the future of faith as we know it today. Dimensional, dramatic, intimate, even surprising, The Faithful is about discovering and losing love, the challenges of marriage, the joys and heartbreak of children, confronting temptation, and finding faith. Episodes of The Faithful will be told through the lens of five of The Old Testament's most legendary women: Sarah (Minnie Driver) and her maidservant Hagar (Natacha Karam), Sarah's great-niece Rebekah (Alexa Davalos), and Rebekah's nieces, sisters Leah (Millie Brady) and Rachel (Blu Hunt). The series also stars Jeffrey Donovan, Tom Mison, Tom Payne, Ben Robson, James Purefoy, Taylor Napier and Will Stevens. Owned by FOX Entertainment, The Faithful: Women of the Bible comes from FOX Entertainment Studios and is distributed by FOX Entertainment Global. Under her first-look broadcast direct deal with FOX, Carol Mendelsohn (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) serves as executive producer along with Julie Weitz (Game of Silence) and Rene Echevarria (Carnival Row, The 4400), who penned the pilot and also serves as showrunner.

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Running Wild with Bear Grylls follows legendary adventurer Bear Grylls as he takes some of the most famous people on the planet into the wild for a 48-hour journey of a lifetime. With thrilling action and revealing conversations, Bear takes his guests on unforgettable adventures in breath-taking wilderness and reveals a side of some of your favorite people like you've never seen before. This season, Bear Grylls leads cast members on a globe-spanning adventure through some of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes - from Norway's glacial wilderness to the legendary mountains of Eryri in Wales. The journeys cut through Arctic rainforest, vast canyonlands, and brutal desert terrain, pushing participants to their limits with glacier crossings, canyon descents, high-risk extractions, and an adrenaline-charged freefall from 11,000 feet, into an adventure along the Irish Sea. Running Wild with Bear Grylls is produced by Propagate Content and The Natural Studios. Executive producers are Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Drew Buckley, Chris Grant, Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman, Benjamin Simon and Derek Green from Everest Brand Group, and Robert Vanover who also serves as showrunner.

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