The original date for the State Of The Union Address was originally to be broadcasted Jan. 29th but due to the government shutdown, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi canceled the live broadcast. The government reopened on Jan. 25th, which lead to the announce of the new time for the broadcast.
The State Of The Union Address will be broadcasted live Feb. 5th at 9 p.m. on ABC, CBS, NBC. Certain television shows, including This Is Us, will reschedule and networks will replay episodes. The current television schedule, supplied by TVLine , is below:
NBC has confirmed that This Is Us next new episode won’t air until Feb. 12, pushing its season finale April 2. (In turn, the midseason drama The Village will claim This Is Us time slot as of April 9, after leading out of the hit drama March 12 through April 2 at 10/9c.) A new New Amsterdam will also be bumped on Feb. 5.
Over on ABC , new episodes of American Housewife and The Kids Are Alright will lead into the SOTU, which will preempt black-ish , Splitting Up Together and The Rookie .
Fox will lead into the SOTU with a Masked Singer rerun.