'Voice,' 'Heroes' get fall premiere dates

Bill Keveney | USA TODAY

The Voice, Heroes and Neil Patrick Harris fans can start planning their fall viewing schedules, as NBC Monday announced premiere dates for new and returning shows.

Sunday Night Football premieres on a Thursday, Sept. 10, with a matchup between the Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Neil Patrick Harris gets the honor of kicking off NBC's entertainment slate with the Sept. 15 premiere of his variety series, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (10 p.m. ET/PT), after the season finale of America's Got Talent.

Many of NBC's shows will open during broadcast TV's traditional fall premiere week, led by Season 9 of The Voice, with coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani, on Sept. 21 (8 p.m. ET/PT). The Blindspot, a new drama, will premiere that night at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Heroes reboot Heroes Reborn premieres Sept. 24 (8 p.m. ET/PT), followed by the season premiere of The Blacklist (9 p.m. ET/PT), which stars James Spader, and the opening of another new drama, The Player (10 p.m. ET/PT).

The comedy Undateable will return with live episodes on Fridays, beginning Oct. 9 (8 p.m. ET/PT), with a new comedy, People Are Talking, premiering Oct. 16 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT).

Other season premieres include The Mysteries of Laura (Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ET/PT); Law & Order: SVU (Sept. 23, 9 p.m. ET/PT); Chicago P.D. (Sept. 30, 10 p.m. ET/PT); Chicago Fire (Oct. 13, 10 p.m. ET/PT); and Grimm (Oct. 30, 9 p.m. ET/PT).

Chicago Med, the latest Windy City drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, will open Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, before moving to 9 p.m. ET/PT on the following Tuesday.