There was some excellent early news about Found. The freshman drama was renewed for a second season at the end of 2023. Eyes were just on when that second season would premiere.
NBC has released the fall schedule, and we were happy to see that Found Season 2 has landed a fall slot. It is on the move from Tuesdays, though. It will actually air the night it was originally going to when the series was part of the 2023–2024 schedule!
Found will take over Law & Order: Organized Crime’s timeslot
Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 is happening, but not on NBC. The series will move to Peacock for its fifth season. That opens that Thursday night slot up, as there are no Law & Order spin-offs planned for the 2024–2025 season.
Found Season 2 will take over the 10 p.m. ET/PT timeslot on Thursdays. This was the slot that the series was originally going to get when NBC originally set a fall 2023 schedule. Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 4 was being pushed to the midseason and Found would premiere behind Law & Order: SVU.
In the end, the strike action changed everything. Found was still able to premiere in the fall, but the Law & Order shows couldn’t. So, Found was moved to Tuesday nights behind The Voice. This arguably gave the series a strong start during an unusual fall.
Found’s timeslot makes sense but it is a risk
I am worried about the series, though. Putting Found on after Law & Order: SVU does make sense. SVU focuses on some rather dark cases at times. There is a lot of focus on sexual assault, racial attacks, and murder. It makes sense to keep that theme going with one of the other darker shows on the network.
However, that Thursday night timeslot is a difficult one. The 10 p.m. ET/PT timeslot is a struggle for all networks. We saw Elsbeth struggle in the linear ratings on CBS. In previous years, the likes of Alaska Daily have failed to keep the audience numbers on ABC. People aren’t sticking around for that last hour of the night, which is why NBC was mulling over the idea of scrapping that last hour of the night.
Hopefully, NBC understands people aren’t staying up and the show continues to perform well in the delayed ratings on Peacock. We don’t want to lose the show just because of bad scheduling.