TV Shows With Audio Description (Formerly Video Description) by Network

ABC (Broadcast, Mandated, 40 Series)

Schedule.  "(Saturdays)" after a title indicates it is part of Litton Weekend Adventure on Saturday mornings.  Most description is by VITAC and Audio Eyes.  You can also download the free WATCH ABC APP on various devices, where ABC is offering Description on most of the shows listed below.

• A Million Little Things
• America's Funniest Home Videos (Renewed through '21) *
• American Housewife
• Big Sky
• Black-ish
• Call Your Mother Jan 15 *
• Card Sharks *
• Celebrity Family Feud (Summer)
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune *
• Don't (Summer)
• Emergency Call
• For Life *
• Hearts of Heroes (Saturdays) *
• Holey Moley (Summer)
• Match Game (Summer)
• Mixed-ish
• Modern Family
• Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin (Saturdays) *
• Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin (Saturdays) *
• Oh Baby! (Saturdays)
• Outback Adventures with Tim Faulkner (Saturdays)
• Press Your Luck (Summer)
• Rock the Park (Saturdays) *
• Sea Rescue Jan 12 (Saturdays) *
• Sea Rescue With Matt Gutman (Saturdays)
• Shark Tank *
• Stumptown
• Supermarket Sweep
• The $100,000 Pyramid (In COVID-19 Suspension, Summer)
• The Bachelorette *
• The Chase *
• The Con
• The Conners *
• The Genetic Detective
• The Goldbergs
• The Good Doctor *
• The Hustler *
• The Rookie *
• To Tell the Truth (Summer)
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire *

CBS (Broadcast, Mandated, 16 Series)

Schedule.  Reference.  "(Saturdays)" after a title indicates it is part of The CBS Dream Team...It's Epic! on Saturday mornings.  You can also download the CBS All Access App ($6 or $10/month) on various devices.  CBS is offering description on an ever-increasing number of shows, including those unique to All Access like Star Trek Picard (see CBS All Access AD Titles).  Description by WGBH Media Access Group.

• All In With Laila Ali (Saturdays)
• Best Friends Furever with Kel Mitchell (Saturdays)
• Blue Bloods *
• Hope in the Wild (Saturdays) *
• Lucky Dog (Saturdays) *
• Mission Unstoppable (Saturdays) *
• NCIS *
• NCIS: Los Angeles *
• NCIS: New Orleans *
• Pet Vet Dream Team (Saturdays) *
• SEAL Team
• The Amazing Race
• The Greatest #AtHome Videos
• The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation (Saturdays) *
• The Neighborhood *
• Young Sheldon *

DISCOVERY (Non-Broadcast, Mandated, 25 Series)

Schedule.  Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description.  Please note that we are not able to track shows for this network well, so some may no longer be showing, and we are unable to track "active" status.  Please send us updates!

• Airplane Repo
• Alaska: The Last Frontier (Renewed through '21)
• 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

FOX (Broadcast, Mandated, 32 Series)

Reference (incomplete).  Description by various providers.

• 9-1-1 (Renewed through '21) *
• 9-1-1: Lone Star *
• Beat Shazam
• Bless the Harts
• Bob's Burgers (Renewed through '22) *
• Call Me Kat *
• Celebrity Watch Party
• Cosmos: Possible Worlds
• Duncanville (Renewed through '21)
• Family Guy (Renewed through '22) *
• Filthy Rich (Final Season)
• Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
• Hell's Kitchen (Renewed through '21, Summer) *
• I Can See Your Voice
• L.A.'s Finest
• Labor of Love (In Limbo, Summer)
• Last Man Standing (Final Season) *
• LEGO Masters (Renewed through '21)
• MasterChef (Summer)
• MasterChef Junior (Renewed through '21)
• Mental Samurai (Summer)
• Name That Tune *
• Next (Final Season)
• Prodigal Son *
• Spin the Wheel (In Limbo, Summer)
• The Great North *
• The Masked Dancer *
• The Masked Singer (Renewed through '21)
• The Moodys
• The Resident *
• The Simpsons
• Ultimate Tag

HGTV (Non-Broadcast, Mandated, 39 Series)

Schedule.  Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description.

• 100 Day Dream Home (Renewed through '21) *
• Bahamas Life
• Bargain Mansions *
• Beach Around the World
• Beachfront Bargain Hunt
• Brother vs. Brother
• Build Me Up
• Caribbean Life
• Celebrity IOU
• Christina on the Coast *
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Fixer to Fabulous *
• Fixer Upper
• Flip or Flop (Renewed through '21) *
• Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa
• Flipping Across America *
• Good Bones
• Help! I Wrecked My House Jan 15 *
• Home Town *
• Hot Properties: San Diego
• House Hunters *
• House Hunters International *
• House in a Hurry (Renewed through '21) *
• Island Life (In Limbo)
• Love It or List It *
• Mexico Life
• My Lottery Dream Home *
• Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House
• One of a Kind
• Property Brothers
• Property Brothers: Buying and Selling
• Property Brothers: Forever Home
• Say Yes to the Nest (In Limbo)
• Selling the Big Easy
• Should I Stay or Go
• Ty Breaker Jan 12 *
• Unsellable Houses
• Vacation House Rules
• Windy City Rehab *

HISTORY (Non-Broadcast, Mandated, 19 Series)

Schedule.  Some of the shows may be in rerun status, and not all reruns have description.

• Alone
• Alone: The Beast (In Limbo)
• American Pickers *
• Ancient Aliens *
• Beyond Oak Island
• Counting Cars *
• Forged in Fire *
• Forged in Fire: Beat the Judges
• House Hunters International
• Mountain Men *
• Pawn Stars *
• Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry
• Swamp People
• Swamp People: Serpent Invasion *
• The Curse of Oak Island *
• The Curse of Oak Island: Drilling Down
• The Food That Built America
• The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
• The UnXplained *

NBC (Broadcast, Mandated, 27 Series)

Schedule (must look for ); but the recorded phone message at 818-777-7030 is generally more accurate.  "(Saturdays)" after a title indicates it is part of The More You Know on Saturday mornings.  Description by Caption Max.

• A New Leaf (Saturdays)
• American Ninja Warrior *
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Renewed through '21)
• Chicago Fire (Renewed through '22)
• Chicago Med (Renewed through '22)
• Chicago PD (Renewed through '22) *
• Connecting...
• Consumer 101 (Saturdays)
• Days of Our Lives
• Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer (Saturdays) *
• Good Girls
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Renewed through '22) *
• Mr. Mayor *
• New Amsterdam (Renewed through '22)
• Nurses *
• One Team: The Power of Sports (Saturdays) *
• Roots Less Traveled (Saturdays) *
• Superstore (Final Season) *
• The Champion Within (Saturdays)
• The Titan Games
• The Voyager with Josh Garcia
• This Is Us (Renewed through '22) *
• Transplant (Renewed through '21)
• Vets Saving Pets (Saturdays)
• Weakest Link *
• Wild Child (Saturdays) *
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Jan 12 *

OXYGEN (NonBroadcast, Not Mandated, 4 Series)

• Chicago PD *
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• NCIS
• NCIS: Los Angeles *

SyFy (NonBroadcast, Not Mandated, 3 Series)

SyFy also broadcasts a lot of movies with audio description.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• NCIS: Los Angeles
• Need for Speed

TBS (Non-Broadcast, Mandated, 18 Series)

Schedule (look for DVS, not SAP, in the listings).  Many series are reruns with not all episodes described.  Many movies are also described.

• 2 Broke Girls *
• American Dad *
• Bob's Burgers
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Claws (Final Season, Summer)
• Family Guy *
• Final Space (Renewed through '21)
• Friends *
• Go-Big Show *
• Lost Resort
• Miracle Workers (Renewed through '21)
• New Girl *
• Seinfeld *
• Snowpiercer (Renewed through '21)
• The Big Bang Theory *
• The Bounty Hunter Jan 12
• The Last O.G. (Renewed through '21)
• The Misery Index (Renewed through '21, Summer) *

TELEMUNDO (Broadcast, Not Mandated, 5 Series)

"(Saturdays)" after a title indicates it is part of Mi Telemundo shown on Saturday mornings.  Active status is not tracked.

• Descubriendo Mis Raíer (Saturdays)
• El Campeón En Ti (Saturdays)
• El Viajero Con Josh Garcia (Saturdays)
• Exploración Planeta Tierra (Saturdays)
• Taller del Consumidor (Saturdays)

The CW (Broadcast, Not Mandated, 5 Series)

"(Saturdays)" after a title indicates it is part of One Magnificent Morning shown on Saturday mornings.  NOTICE:  There may be additional shows with AD on The CW, but we are unable to verify this with either The CW or users.  Please advise us of any additional shows you find.  Also note that many local CW stations do not pass through description.  We are unable to track "active" status.

• Chicken Soup Animal Tales (Saturdays)
• Did I Mention Invention? (Saturdays)
• In the Dark (unable to confirm continued description) (Renewed through '21)
• Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (Saturdays)
• This Old House: Trade School (Saturdays)

TNT (Non-Broadcast, Not Mandated, 14 Series)

Schedule (look for DVS, not SAP, in the listings).  Many series are reruns with not all episodes described.  Many movies are also described.

• Animal Kingdom (Final Season, Summer)
• Bones *
• Castle
• Claws (Final Season, Summer)
• Flight
• Go-Big Show Jan 15 *
• Lost Resort
• Miracle Workers (Renewed through '21)
• NCIS: New Orleans *
• Snowpiercer (Renewed through '21) *
• Tacoma FD
• The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
• The Last O.G.
• The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

USA (Non-Broadcast, Mandated, 22 Series)

Schedule.  Or call 212-664-7010 for the Schedule.  Many series are reruns with not all episodes described.  Some movies are also described.

• Cannonball (Summer)
• Celebrity Game Face
• Chicago PD *
• Chrisley Knows Best (Renewed through '21) *
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Dirty John
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit *
• Miz & Mrs
• Modern Family *
• NCIS *
• NCIS: Los Angeles *
• New Amsterdam
• Nurses
• Queen of the South (Renewed through '21, Summer)
• She's the Boss
• Straight Up Steve Austin (Renewed through '21) *
• Temptation Island (Renewed through '21)
• The Biggest Loser (In Limbo)
• The Last O.G. (Renewed through '21)
• The Radkes (In Limbo)
• The Sinner (Renewed through '21)
• Transplant *

SUMMARY:  269 series titles for networks.

Notes

• Parenthetical Notations:
  • Broadcast = Over-the-Air Antenna transmission
  • Non-Broadcast = No Antenna transmission; Cable, Satellite, or Internet reception only
  • Mandated = FCC mandate to supply audio description
  • Not Mandated = No FCC mandate to supply audio description, but do anyways
  • Saturdays = Saturday morning educational show typically oriented towards children
  • Summer = Typically runs between March and October (i.e., not fall/winter)
  • Final Season = Show announced that this year is the final season
  • In Limbo = Neither renewed nor canceled yet, so it may or may not be returning -- let us know if you know differently!
  • In COVID-19 Suspension = renewed show, but haven't been able to film due to COVID-19; will probably return in 2021
  • * = The show is currently "active," as it is showing up in the daily schedule
• For general information on audio description on TV, including providers and how-to information, please see our TV General Information page.
• On October 27, 2020, the FCC formally retired the term "video description" in favor of the universal term "audio description."
• Networks may also provide description for some movies and specials, especially during the Christmas holidays.
• Networks may also offer limited access online to their series after initial airing, in some cases with AD available.  Comcast also provides such access via their Xfinity boxes.
• Please notify the webmaster of additional series that you find described or if you locate schedules exclusively for described shows.
• Go Time Block:  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 described programming (subject to change and varies by location):  Hearts of Heroes; Jewels of the Natural World; Ocean Mysteries With Jeff Corwin (X2); Outback Adventures With Tim Faulkner; Rock the Park (X2); The Great Dr. Scott.  Check your local schedule for Go Time.
• Bravo TV, Cartoon Network, E! Network, and UNIVHD have reportedly offered a few shows with audio description.  Let us know what you find.
• Disney used to offer a lot of described programming, but when they were no longer mandated to do so by the FCC in 2018, they stopped completely.
• Nickelodeon and Nick Jr used to offer a lot of described program, but they are no longer mandated to do so, and they have told us they no longer do (checked Feb 2020).
• PBS offers a huge number of described shows, but we can't list them 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.  See our Partial list of PBS described shows.
• TCM (Turner Classic Movies) offers many audio described movies, but they do not publish a list, and the phone number they used to operate no longer lists titles.  Your best bet for finding them is the NFB Newsline, which you can receive via email or other means. You can also call for a listing.
• The FCC reviews the list of stations to be mandated every three years and selects the top five nonbroadcast networks based on Neilson reports from the previous two years, taking into consideration exemptions granted based on the nature of programming.  Current exemptions include Fox News, ESPN, and MSNBC.
  • In 2015, The History Channel was substituted for Nickelodeon by the FCC as a mandated network
  • In mid-2018, the FCC mandated substitution of HGTV and the Discovery Channel for Disney and TNT as mandated networks, plus increased the minimum amount of programming per quarter to 87.5 hours, with limited credit for repeats.  USA Network gained an exception regarding repeats, but still has the most described shows.  See our chart of How Much Description Are Networks Providing?.
  • On November 2, 2020, the FCC released a Public Notice listing the top 10 nonbroadcast networks, the first four of which are News or Sports which will undoubtedly ask for and be granted an exception.  By our analysis, these are the most likely networks to be required to offer audio description starting July 1, 2021:  Hallmark, HGTV, History, TBS, and TLC.  Hallmark and TLC would be new.  Discovery and USA would be dropped.