Audio Description Project
Audio Description Project
LAST TITLE UPDATE: Jan 21, 2020; newest shows in bold text, some updates are deletions or Renew/Cancel notes. "Specials" and movies are not included. If a reasonably accessible schedule of described programs is available, we provide a link labeled Schedule below; alternatively we try to provide a network's Reference to a list of described shows. If there is a phone number available for listings of described shows or questions for a particular network, we list it. Remember, some of these are for NEW SEASON only, so reruns might not have description. Reruns may or may not occur, and perhaps on a different network. "Not mandated" means the station is not required by the FCC to provide description. When we hear that a show has been renewed or canceled for the NEXT season, we mark it (for your reference as well as ours). You can check the TV Scorecard yourself. Please report errors and omissions to the Webmaster!
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Daily Listing of Described TV Programs or a List of Previously Described TV Programs or the ACB's Resolution to the FCC re AD Listings Ren19/20 = Known to be renewed for that season Can19/20 = Known to be canceled for that season Summer = runs between March and October In Limbo = neither renewed nor canceled yet |
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Network, Schedule Link, Contact# |
Series - Current (new ones highlighted) |
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BROADCAST NETWORKS (Received Over-the-Air or via Cable/Satellite) |
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America's Funniest Home Videos (Ren19);
American Housewife (Ren19); black-ish (Ren19); Bless This Mess
(Ren19, AD ?); Card Sharks (summer, in limbo); Celebrity Family
Feud (Ren19, summer); CMA Fest (summer);
Emergence; Fresh Off the Boat (Can20 - ends Feb 21); Holey Moley
(summer, R20); Kids Say the Darndest Things; Litton Weekend Adventure (see below); Marvel's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ren20 for final season); Match Game
(R20, summer); mixed-ish; Modern Family (Ren19 for Final
Season); Press Your Luck (summer, in limbo); Schooled (Ren19); Shark Tank (Ren19);
Single Parents (Ren19); Stumptown; The $100,000 Pyramid (summer,
Ren20); The
Conners (Ren19);
The Goldbergs (Ren19); The Rookie (Ren19); To Tell the Truth (summer,
R20); Videos After Dark (summer, R20). Description by VITAC and Audio Eyes. SATURDAY MORNINGS: Litton Weekend Adventure, consisting of: Hearts of Heroes; Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown; Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin; Rock the Park. NOTE: You can also download the free WATCH ABC APP on various devices. ABC is offering Description on most of the shows listed above. |
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Blue Bloods (Ren19); Criminal Minds (Ren20 for
Final Season); NCIS (Ren19); NCIS: Los Angeles (Ren19);
NCIS: New Orleans (Ren19); SEAL Team; The CBS Dream
Team...It's Epic! (see below); The
Neighborhood; Young Sheldon (Ren19). Description by WGBH Media Access Group. SATURDAY MORNINGS: CBS Dream Team, consisting of: Best Friends Furever with Kel Mitchell; Hope in the Wild; Lucky Dog; Mission Unstoppable; Pet Vet Dream Team; The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation. Note, some CBS stations reportedly carry a different block of Litton's programs. |
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9-1-1 (Ren19); 9-1-1: Lone Star; Almost Family; Beat Shazam (summer, in limbo); Bless the Harts (R20, but AD ?); Bob's Burgers (Ren19); Deputy; Empire (Ren19 for final season); Family Guy (Ren19); Flirty Dancing; Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (Ren19); Hell's Kitchen (Ren19); Last Man Standing (Ren19); MasterChef (summer, in limbo); MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown; MasterChef Junior (Ren19); Mental Samurai (summer, in limbo); Prodigal Son; So You Think You Can Dance (summer; partially described, in limbo); Spin the Wheel (in limbo); The Four: Battle for Stardom (Ren19); The Masked Singer (Ren19); The Orville (Ren19); The Resident (Ren19); The Simpsons (Ren19); WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Description by various providers. |
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A New Leaf; American Ninja Warrior; Bluff City Law;
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Ren19); Chicago Fire (Ren19); Chicago Med
(Ren19); Chicago PD (Ren19); Good Girls (Ren19); Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit (Ren19); New Amsterdam (Ren19); Sunnyside;
Superstore (Ren19); The Good Place (Ren19 for final season); The
More You Know (see below); This Is Us; Will & Grace
(Ren19 for final season).
Most description by Caption Max. SATURDAY MORNINGS: The More You Know, consisting of: A New Leaf; Consumer 101; Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer; The Champion Within; Vets Saving Pets. |
[not mandated] |
NOTE: We are unable to provide an
accurate listing of PBS described shows because PBS does not
publish such a listing, AND the schedule varies by your
location. We suggest that
Zap2It.com may
be a helpful resource for finding described shows on PBS in your
area. Look for the "DVS" notation in the show details.
That said, here is what we can generalize ... Offers description of many children's shows (like NatureCat; WordGirl; 1001 Nights; Cyberchase; Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood; Let's Go Luna!; Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Peg + Cat; Pinkalicious & Peterrific; Ready Jet Go!; and Super Why) and some adult programming (like American Experience; American Masters; Animals With Cameras: A Nature Miniseries; Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise; Independent Lens; Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope; Prohibition; most Masterpiece Mystery; The Himalaya Connection; The Perfect Crime; The Vietnam War; and Travel Detective). Description by various providers. 
See our
Partial list of PBS described shows. |
[not mandated] |
In the Dark (Ren19); One Magnificent
Morning (see below). NOTE: Since The CW is not a
mandated network for description, your local service may or may
not include description. If you find other shows are
described, please notify the webmaster. SATURDAY MORNINGS: One Magnificent Morning, consisting of: Chicken Soup Animal Tales; Did I Mention Invention?; Ready, Set, Pet; The Wildlife Docs; This Old House: Trade School; Welcome Home. [Note: This series was renewed for FIVE YEARS in January 2016, though year-to-year content may vary. Titles updated October 2019.] |
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Independent Stations |
Litton Entertainment, who produces the Saturday Morning series for four of the networks above, also produces what is called the Go Time block of children's programming with audio description for syndication, primarily to independent stations. This block includes the following programming (subject to change): Jewels of the Natural World; Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin (X2); Outback Adventures With Tim Faulkner; Rock the Park (X2). |
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NONBROADCAST NETWORKS (Available via Cable, Satellite, or Internet Only) |
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs; Total Drama
Presents: The Ridonculous Race; Supernoobs. We believe there are more shows but they haven't told us. If you can supply us with additional confirmed names, we will list them here! |
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Airplane Repo; Alaska: The Last Frontier; Alaskan Bush People; BattleBots; Brake Room; Cooper's Treasure; Deadliest Catch; Diesel Brothers; Expedition Unknown; Gold Rush; Hard to Kill; Homestead Rescue; Mad Dog Made; Master of Arms; Misfit Garage; Naked and Afraid; Street Outlaws; The Last Alaskans; Tougher Than It Looks; Treasure Quest; Ultimate Ninja Challenge; Vegas Hot Rods; Vegas Rat Rods; Vegas Rat Rods Resurrected; Vegas Rat Rods: Supercharged. Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description. |
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NOTICE: On July 1, 2018, Disney dropped their Schedule of "Descriptive Video Services," and it appears that they are no longer offering described programming. We wrote them, but they did not reply. If you can confirm the existence of description on any Disney shows, please notify the ADP webmaster! |
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A viewer has reported receiving audio description on a movie on this network; if you can confirm this, please email the webmaster. |
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A Very Brady Renovation; Bahamas Life; Beach Hunters; Beachfront Bargain Hunt; Caribbean Life; Christina on the Coast; Fixer to Fabulous; Fixer Upper; Flip or Flop; House Hunters; House Hunters Family; House Hunters International; Island Life; Lakefront Bargain Hunt; Love It Or List It; Mexico Life; My Lottery Dream Home; Property Brothers: Buying and Selling; Property Brothers: Forever Home; Say Yes to the Nest. Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description. |
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Alone; American Pickers; American Restoration; Ancient Aliens; Ax Men; Billion Dollar Wreck; Counting Cars; Detroit Steel; Forged in Fire; Forged in Fire: Knife or Death; Love It or List It; Mountain Men; Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels; Pawn Stars; Project Blue Book; Road Hauks; Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry; Swamp People: Blood and Guts; The Curse of Oak Island; The Curse of Oak Island: Drilling Down; The Food That Built America; The Selection: Special Operations Experiment; The UnXplained; Top Gear; Vikings. Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description. Others have been deleted and may return in rerun status. |
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[We do not know if shows marked with a '?' are still current] Blaze and the Monster Machines; Dino Dan/Trek's Adventures (?); Dora the Explorer (?); iCarly (?); Max and Ruby (?); Mike the Knight (? on Nick Jr); PAW Patrol; Peppa Pig (?); Peter Rabbit (?); Shimmer and Shine; SpongeBob SquarePants; Team Umizoomi (?); Tickety Tock (?); Wallykazam. We believe that description will continue even though not mandated any more. Please give us updates! |
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A viewer has reported receiving audio description on shows on this network. Their schedule lists repeats from other networks with "DVS" noted. Some of the shows so-noted are: NCIS; NCIS Los Angeles; CSI; Criminal Minds. Please report other shows to the webmaster for listing here, along with your success or failure in receiving description on Oxygen. |
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Some movies are shown with AD (confirmed by viewer in March 2018), but this may vary by area, and whether or not the AD signal is passed through locally. |
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2 Broke Girls* (some episodes); American Dad; Bob's Burgers* (inconsistent AD); Brooklyn Nine-Nine*; Claws (R20); Counting Cars*; Family Guy*; Final Space (Ren19); Friends*; Miracle Workers (R20); NCIS: Los Angeles*; New Girl*; Search Party (Ren19); Seinfeld*; The Big Bang Theory*; The Cleveland Show*; The Last O.G. (summer, R20); The Misery Index. * = Reruns; not all episodes described. Many movies are also described. |
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Offers description of numerous old movies, those released prior to the advent of regular description. It is difficult to find a list of these movies, but the best way may be via the NFB Newsline, which you can receive via email or other means. You can also call the number listed to the left for a listing. |
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At this time no prime time shows are known to
be described on Spanish language network Telemundo. SATURDAY MORNINGS: Mi Telemundo, consisting of: El Viajero Con Josh Garcia; Salvando Animales; Aventuras Con Dylan Dreyer; Vivir Al Natural; Danny Seo; Una Mano Amiga; and El Campeón En Ti. |
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Animal Kingdom (R20); Bones*; Castle*; Claws (R20); Hawaii Five-O*; Law & Order*; NCIS: New Orleans*; Shatterbox (in limbo); The Big Bang Theory*; The Last O.G.*. * = Reruns. Many movies are also described. |
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Universal HD has reportedly offered some movies with description; if you can confirm this, please email the webmaster. |
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American Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja; Chicago PD*; Chrisley Knows Best (in limbo); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*; Dare Me; Growing Up Chrisley (Ren19); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*; Miz & Mrs (Ren19); Modern Family*; Mr. Robot (Ren 19 for final season); NCIS*; NCIS: Los Angeles*; Real Country (status pending); Straight Up Steve Austin; Suits (summer, final season); Temptation Island; The Cromarties; The Last O.G.*; The Radkes; The Sinner (Ren19, summer; reportedly also on the E! network); Treadstone; White Collar*. * = Reruns. |
LISTINGS of Described
Television Shows
View the ACB/ADP
Daily Listing of Described TV Programs!
 You may also use AFB's Described TV Listings service, or you can be informed of described shows via NFB's Newsline service. |
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STREAMING SERVICES (Available only via the Internet, including mobile devices, usually for a monthly fee) This information is available on our Streaming page and our Described Titles links |
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