Fall Schedule

Sundays
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Tracker
9:00 The Road- new reality show
10:00 Repeats

Mondays
8:00 The Neighborhood final season
8:30 DMV- new sitcom
9:00 FBI- new night and time
10:00 Watson- new night and time

Tuesdays
8:00 NCIS- new night and time
9:00 NCIS: Origins- new night and time
10:00 NCIS: Sydney- new night and time

Wednesdays
8:00 Survivor
9:30 The Amazing Race

Thursdays
8:00 Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
8:30 Ghosts
9:00 Matlock
10:00 Elsbeth

Fridays
8:00 Sheriff Country- new spin-off of Fire Country
9:00 Fire Country
10:00 Boston Blue- new spin-off of Blue Bloods starring Donnie Wahlberg

Saturdays
8:00 Repeats
10:00 48 Hours

https://tvline.com/news/cbs-fall-schedule-2025-lineup-ncis-tuesdays-blue-bloods-spinoff-1235446044/

Midseason

TBA- CIA new drama (delayed from original fall launch)

Wednesdays Winter
8:00 Hollywood Squares
9:00 The Price is Right
10:00 Harlan Coben's Final Twist- new reality show

Wednesdays Spring
8:00 Survivor
9:30 America's Culinary Cup- new reality show
10:30 Hollywood Squares

Sundays Spring
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Tracker
9:00 Y: Marshals- new Yellowstone spin-off
10:00 TBA where Watson originally would have been

I don't like overrun Sundays, but since I already watch Tracker would have been nice to get Einstein right after instead of being delayed a full year, not interested in The Road or a stupid Yellowstone spin-off. Was not expecting an FBI move, I won't be able to watch it live most weeks now (although a lot of times Suits on My Network TV was my live choice on Tuesdays anyway). I am looking forward to Boston Blue. Full night of NCIS, but Tony and Ziva should have been here instead of mediocre Sydney. Parent NCIS long past its prime but will seemingly never die. :wallbang
I will miss FBI: Most Wanted the most, followed by S.W.A.T.
FBI: International I won't miss much.

Blog story: https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2025/05/cbs-2025-26-schedule-animal-control-and.html

2025–26 United States network television schedule - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_United_States_network_television_schedule

New Series Order: “Y: Marshals (Working Title),” a Drama Starring Luke Grimes Reprising His Role as Kayce Dutton

New Series Order: First-Ever True-Crime Series from Bestselling Mystery Author Harlan Coben, “Harlan Coben’s Final Twist”

Previously Announced New Dramas “Boston Blue,” “Sheriff Country,” “CIA” and New Comedy “DMV” Join 18 Returning Shows

New Singing Competition Series “The Road” Executive Produced by Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban Featuring Gretchen Wilson to Premiere After “Tracker” on Sundays This Fall

New Cooking Competition Series “America’s Culinary Cup,” Hosted and Executive Produced by Padma Lakshmi, to Debut After “Survivor 50” in Spring

FOR 2026-2027 SEASON

“Einstein,” a New Drama Starring Matthew Gray Gubler

“Cupertino” from Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producers Robert and Michelle King Ordered to Writers Room for 12 Episode Scripts

CBS, which is on track to win its 17th consecutive season as the most-watched network, today announced its 2025-2026 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring one new comedy, four action-packed dramas, three unscripted series, 18 returning series, sports and special event programming. It also revealed new series orders for Y: MARSHALS and HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST.

The 2025-2026 schedule reflects significant programming moves:

Mondays launch a powerful new Dick Wolf drama block from 9:00-11:00 PM with FBI and CIA and offbeat new comedy DMV at 8:30 PM.

Tuesdays introduce the first-ever all NCIS night featuring the #1 global franchise from 8:00-11:00 PM.

Wednesdays add two big names for midseason and spring with HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST true-crime series and Padma Lakshmi’s cooking competition series AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP airing after the highly anticipated SURVIVOR 50.

Fridays package three compelling Jerry Bruckheimer Television-produced dramas: SHERIFF COUNTRY, FIRE COUNTRY and BOSTON BLUE.

Sundays present two Taylor Sheridan-produced series, beginning with the singing competition series THE ROAD, featuring Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson, for fall, and in midseason, the one-hour drama Y: MARSHALS (working title), starring Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton.

“Our 2025-2026 primetime schedule boasts a star-studded lineup of returning hit shows and new exciting series from top creators and producers,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “Coming off another winning season enabled us to make bold scheduling moves and fortify our strong lineup with thematically compatible programs every night of the week for strong viewer flow and to serve as a powerful launch pad for the new shows. Additionally, we’re appreciative of our loyal audiences who regularly watch on CBS and Paramount+ and to our creative partners who continue to deliver outstanding content.”

NEW 2025-2026 FALL SERIES:

THE ROAD, a new singing competition series from executive producers Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban trails GRAMMY Award winner Urban on his journey to discover the next big artist with the help of “tour manager,” GRAMMY Award-winning country artist Gretchen Wilson.

BOSTON BLUE stars Donnie Wahlberg reprising his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan and Sonequa Martin-Green as Danny’s new Boston PD partner, Lena Peters.

SHERIFF COUNTRY stars Morena Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox.

CIA stars Tom Ellis in a new crime drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf.

DMV, starring Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Molly Kearney, Gigi Zumbado and Alex Tarrant, is a single-camera workplace comedy set at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

NEW 2025-2026 MIDSEASON SERIES:

Y: MARSHALS (working title) is a new drama starring Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton.

HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST features best-selling author Coben, with over 90 million books sold globally and multiple scripted series, as he steps into the true-crime television genre for the first time.

AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP, hosted and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi, is a new cooking competition series featuring the most decorated chefs in America.

RETURNING #1 SERIES:

TRACKER – #1 series on television starring Justin Hartley

MATLOCK – #1 new series, starring Kathy Bates

NCIS – the world’s #1 TV franchise

GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE – #1 comedy

60 MINUTES – #1 news program

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES – #1 new unscripted series

EVENT PROGRAMMING:

77TH EMMY® AWARDS hosted by Nate Bargatze

83RD ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES hosted by Nikki Glaser

THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS hosted by Cynthia Erivo

NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE’S BIG BASH

2025 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (AMAs) hosted by Jennifer Lopez

MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)

THE 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®

THE 49TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

SPORTS PROGRAMMING:

CBS Sports’ portfolio of marquee properties and championships features the NFL, with a schedule highlighted by TV’s most-watched window at 4:25 PM, ET on Sundays along with a full playoff slate capped off by the AFC Championship; Big Ten football on Saturdays at 3:30 PM, ET; college basketball, led by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament; golf, including the PGA Tour, the Masters and the PGA Championship; as well as soccer with the UEFA Champions League Final and the NWSL Championship game, which will once again air in primetime.

FOR 2026-2027 SEASON:

EINSTEIN, a drama starring Matthew Gray Gubler

CUPERTINO, drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producers Robert and Michelle King ordered to writers room for 12 episode scripts

Below is the new CBS 2025-2026 schedule:

FALL 2025-2026 ADDITIONAL NEW SERIES INFO:

THE ROAD (Sundays, 9:00-10:00 PM)

THE ROAD offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring artist. With exclusive access to behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams. From executive producers Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton, David C. Glasser, Lee Metzger and Keith Urban, the docu-follow format trails GRAMMY Award winner Urban on his journey to discover the next big artist alongside GRAMMY Award winner Gretchen Wilson, who acts as the “tour manager.” Singers will join the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the country. They will compete to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour.

THE ROAD is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios with executive producers Taylor Sheridan (Bosque Ranch Productions), Blake Shelton (Lucky Horseshoe Productions), David C.Glasser (101 Studios), Lee Metzger (Lucky Horseshoe Productions) and Keith Urban.

DMV (Mondays, 8:30-9:00 PM)

DMV, based on award-winning author Katherine Heiny’s short story, is a single-camera workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the DMV. Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other.

DMV stars Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Molly Kearney, Gigi Zumbado and Alex Tarrant. Dana Klein will executive produce along with Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling and Robyn Meisinger. Trent O’Donnell executive produced and directed the pilot from a script written by Klein. The series is produced by CBS Studios and will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

CIA (Mondays, 10:00-11:00 PM)

CIA, starring Tom Ellis, is a one-hour crime drama centered on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength. CIA is a universe expansion of the FBI series.

CIA is executive produced by Dick Wolf, David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman & David Chasteen and Peter Jankowski. Hudgins will showrun. Eriq La Salle is set as director and as executive producer of the first episode. The series is from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment and CBS Studios.

SHERIFF COUNTRY (Fridays, 8:00-9:00 PM)

SHERIFF COUNTRY stars Morena Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of FIRE COUNTRY). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter. SHERIFF COUNTRY is an expansion of the universe of the hit drama series FIRE COUNTRY.

SHERIFF COUNTRY stars Morena Baccarin, W. Earl Brown, Matt Lauria, Christopher Gorham and Michele Weaver. The initial episode is being written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater with story by Phelan, Rater and Max Thieriot. Executive producers are Thieriot, Phelan, Rater, Matt Lopez and Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed for JBTV. The series is produced by CBS Studios and will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

BOSTON BLUE (Fridays, 10:00-11:00 PM)

BOSTON BLUE stars Donnie Wahlberg as he reprises his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan in a universe expansion of the long-running top drama BLUE BLOODS. In the new drama, Reagan takes a position with Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with detective Lena Peters (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

BOSTON BLUE is produced by CBS Studios in association with JBTV. Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis will showrun and executive produce. Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed and Wahlberg will also serve as executive producers. The series is produced and will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

MIDSEASON 2025-2026 ADDITIONAL SERIES INFO:

Y: MARSHALS (Working Title) (Premieres Sundays, Midseason, 9:00-10:00 PM)

Y: MARSHALS (working title) stars Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton. With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.

Y: MARSHALS (working title) is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios with executive producer Taylor Sheridan along with David C. Glasser executive producing for 101 Studios as well as John Linson, Art Linson, Spencer Hudnut, Luke Grimes, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari. Hudnut will serve as executive producer and showrunner. The series will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST (Wednesdays, Midseason 10:00-11:00 PM, Between Fall and Spring Editions of SURVIVOR )

HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST brings the world’s best-selling mystery author into the true-crime television genre for the first time. With over 90 million books sold globally and scripted series (“Fool Me Once,” “Safe,” “The Innocent”), Harlan Coben is known for his twisting narratives and intricate plots. In each one-hour episode, Harlan will guide audiences through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies. With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, the series will provide an in-depth look at stories where nothing is as it seems.

HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST is executive produced by Harlan Coben, Ben Coben for Final Twist Productions with All Rise Films’ Jeff Zimbalist serving as executive producer and showrunner, Stu Schreiberg serves as executive producer for Triage Entertainment, and Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong serve as executive producers for See It Now Studios. Jess Philipps also serves as executive producer.

AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP (Wednesdays, in Spring after SURVIVOR, 9:30-10:30 PM)

AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP, from Emmy-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi (“Top Chef”) is a new cooking competition series. Lakshmi serves as creator and host of this new culinary showdown featuring a cast of the nation’s most decorated chefs as they embark on a one-of-a-kind, high-stakes competition designed to challenge their creativity, endurance, presentation, leadership and more.

AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP is executive produced by Lakshmi for Delicious Entertainment, Susan Rovner will executive produce for Aha Studios. Lakshmi serves as judge and host.

FOR 2026-2027 SEASON:

EINSTEIN

EINSTEIN is a drama with comedic undertones starring Matthew Gray Gubler as Lew Einstein. Brilliant but directionless, the great-grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve the most puzzling cases.

EINSTEIN is executive produced by Andy Breckman, Randy Zisk, Tariq Jalil, Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia and Laura Beetz for CBS Studios and will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

CUPERTINO (Writers Room for 12 episodes)

CUPERTINO is a David vs. Goliath legal show set in Silicon Valley. The series is executive produced by Emmy Award-winning producers Robert and Michelle King and Liz Glotzer for King Size Productions and CBS Studios.

So i take it Hollywood squares is going to be shrunk to an hour in the spring. Because local affiliates need to put on their newscasts.

It has been airing for an hour since it first debuted, but it's pretty much 2 episodes back-to-back, so it'll only be airing one episode for a half-hour moving forward.

How is season two of Watson going to be delayed until 2026?

Amy Reisenbach, CBS's Entertainment President, admitted that that network's fall schedule is just too full for Watson to make a Fall-2025 return, with all those forthcoming spinoff shows, all of which have straight-to-series orders, which doesn't help matters for Watson. Ms. Reisenbach also claimed that Watson "does really, really well for us on streaming (specifically Paramount+) as well".

I'm going to make this retort right now: There goes any realistic shot at a good-sized syndication package for Watson, because it likely won't air a full-season of 20-plus episodes because of its slated midseason return. Deadline claimed that Watson is "not designed for limited-run seasons".

Source: Deadline. (https://deadline.com/2025/05/watson-season-2-delay-reasons-cbs-1236409994/)

I bet Watson is cancelled after two seasons, not only delayed til midseason but moving an hour later to the death slot. When moving there happened to The Equalizer it was also finished this year.

CBS has a possible new sitcom in development about a man whose biological clock is running out. It sounds bloody awful, get better sitcoms than that crap!

They shouldn't have cancelled FBI: Most Wanted. CIA will no longer be launching in the fall and has been delayed to midseason with a showrunner change. As a result, Watson will now air in the fall where CIA would have been Mondays at 10:00. :crazy:

https://deadline.com/2025/07/fbi-cia-pushed-warren-leight-showrunner-watson-season-2-cbs-1236454315/

CBS became the first network to announce their fall premiere dates (meanwhile the CW hasn't even announced their fall SCHEDULE :crazy:). Gone are the days of September premieres with cheapness not getting full 22 episode orders for most shows anymore. :( Matlock and Elsbeth will both have season premieres on a special night of Sunday after 60 Minutes. As a Tracker fan that is ok with me, Tracker will have its season premiere the next week with no national overrun. I was hoping Boston Blue would have a 2 hour premiere but it is just 1 hour.

https://tvline.com/news/cbs-fall-tv-premiere-dates-2025-matlock-ncis-tracker-1235466280/

They shouldn't have cancelled FBI: Most Wanted. CIA will no longer be launching in the fall and has been delayed to midseason with a showrunner change. As a result, Watson will now air in the fall where CIA would have been Mondays at 10:00. :crazy:

If this means that new CIA show ending up on Sundays after Tracker, I'd have to wonder how well this bodes for CIA's or Watson's chances for eventual good-sized syndication package levels. Generally, shows that launch midseason have less security these days than shows that launch in the fall and air full 20-plus-episode seasons.

Fall 2026 schedule prediction after The Neighborhood ends next Spring:

Ghosts moves to Mondays at 8, with DMV remaining at 8:30. And a new sitcom leads out of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage on Thursdays at 8:30.

If CBS picks up sitcom Eternally Yours which centers around vampires, I can see them pairing it with Ghosts. So Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage would be on the move to Monday paired with DMV.

CBS is going deep into the NCIS vault. They are airing a two parter from season 6 this coming Tuesday 8:00-10:00. The next week it is back to the recent post Mark and post Emily crap.

Ahead of its premiere on October 13, CBS has given a big vote of confidence to its new DMV sitcom, giving it a full-season order of 20 episodes. According to Deadline (https://deadline.com/2025/09/dmv-back-order-additional-episodes-1236546981/), this back-order decision is because the timpani network is pleased with output so far, and it comes as the single-cammer's original 13-episode order was nearing completion; CBS wants to keep the show in continuous production.

I'm also guessing the decision to give DMV, a new show, a full-season order was made easier because CBS doesn't have any other new sitcoms in the works for 2025-26 and the network's comedy schedule continuing to be limited to two hours per week.

Ugh, so many Blue Bloods fans that won't give Boston Blue a chance, it's all or nothing for them. Someone even said Donnie Wahlberg stabbed Tom Selleck in the back. :rolleyes:

CBS will air a new episode of DMV at a special time on November 24 at 9:30. DMV will follow the Everybody Loves Raymond 29th anniversary reunion. It is not the 30th anniversary morons! :rolleyes: Watson will still air a new episode at its regular time of 10:00 that night.

A few weeks later on December 15, FBI will air a 2 hour episode from 8:00-10:00, perfect week for that as I will be able to watch live.

I am glad to see the series premiere of The Road was a massive flop, 0.16 out of an 0.45 Tracker lead-in. :lol: What CBS gets for airing reality after Tracker and not another drama.

When CBS has the Sunday football doubleheader, first game is allotted more time, 3 hours and 25 minutes from 1:00-4:25. Second game only has 3 hours and 5 minutes from 4:25-7:30 which leads to inevitable long overruns. It would be a better move if they just scheduled football coverage until 8:00. Then the primetime lineup would start on time with 60 Minutes at 8:00, Tracker at 9:00, and The Road at 10:00. 10PM hour is just repeats anyway, and the local newscasts at 11:00 would like not having to wait for long delays.

Next Sunday's schedule is pathetic. DMV is airing with a starting time outside of primetime at 11:00 following Ghosts at 10:30. And those times will be even later when the overrun kicks in.

I think it's possible that CBS just airs the Ghosts repeat and cuts the DMV repeat entirely if the NFL overrun exceeds one hour (that way, viewers on the Eastern and Central time zones will see only the Ghosts repeat, anyway, and the DMV repeat will air only on the Mountain and Pacific time zones).

I remember over a decade ago, one episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's final season ("Girls Gone Wilder") ended up being delayed for two weeks straight (on October 26 and November 2 of 2014) due to the late-afternoon NFL overruns exceeding a full hour, even though it first aired on October 26 on CTV in Canada. The CSI airings on those days were dropped entirely on the East Coast, and replaced with repeats from its previous (fourteenth) season on the West Coast, and only 60 Minutes, Madam Seccretary, and The Good Wife were able to air.

Similarly, one episode from the second season of CSI: Cyber ("iWitness") was delayed for two weeks after its originally planned November 29 of 2015 airing due to an ultra-long NFL overrun (also exceeding a full hour) (December 6 had a two-hour Sinatra 100 All-Star Grammy Concert that started at 9, and all of MS, Good Wife, and CSI: Cyber were preempted that day). As was the case with "Girls Gone Wilder", only 60 Minutes, MS, and TGW were able to air.

CBS has way too many NFL doubleheader weeks. Tracker will start on time for the first time this season Sunday (season premiere was no national overrun but here in Colts country still got delayed). Then the next Sunday they have a doubleheader yet again. I don't care about FOX's Sunday lineup at all, give them a lot more doubleheader weeks and a lot less for CBS.

I wouldn't do that with The Simpsons still being in first-run right now (which it shouldn't). The Simpsons has already been getting way too many ratings boosts from those NFL doubleheaders, which has helped secure its repeated multi-year renewals. It would have been better if original episodes of Bob's Burgers, or Family Guy, or any of the younger FOX Entertainment shows aired after those NFL doubleheaders in the future instead.

Tracy Morgan has zero appeal as an actor. Crutch spinning off from The Neighborhood is a terrible idea, likely one season and done. And Tracy somehow is starring in an upcoming NBC sitcom as well, pass! The Malcolm and Marty backdoor pilot had terrible execution, but at least they are good actors.

The Paw Patrol CBS airing on Thanksgiving weekend has been advertised several times. But there is nothing yet for the Everybody Loves Raymond reunion.

CIA will air where it was originally announced Mondays at 10:00, when CBS lineup returns after the Olympics. Watson will then move back to Sundays at 10:00. A horrible move putting Y Marshals the stupid Yellowstone spin-off Sundays at 8:00, moving Tracker later to 9:00. Something advertised as TV's #1 show deserves a lot better treatment. :mad:

CBS’ midseason schedule includes Survivor 50 and Survivor repeats (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cbs-midseason-2026-tv-premiere-dates-1236428984/)

CBS' midseason schedule includes (https://www.google.com/search?q=CBS%E2%80%99+midseason+schedule+includes+Survivor+50+and+Survivor+repeats&sca_esv=1bab67044c4ee1f2&sxsrf=AE3TifMqfScdrsPEWiP428dKxh8gye2CLQ%3A1763426685076&ei=fcEbafa0BLGo0PEP1qWD2QQ&ved=0ahUKEwi255qpvPqQAxUxFDQIHdbSIEsQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=CBS%E2%80%99+midseason+schedule+includes+Survivor+50+and+Survivor+repeats&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiQ0NCU-KAmSBtaWRzZWFzb24gc2NoZWR1bGUgaW5jbHVkZXMgU3Vydml2b3IgNTAgYW5kIFN1cnZpdm9yIHJlcGVhdHNIgg1Q3gFY3gFwAXgBkAEAmAFToAFTqgEBMbgBA8gBAPgBAfgBApgCAaACCKgCEMICDRAuGIAEGCcYigUY6gLCAg0QIxiABBgnGIoFGOoCwgIHECMYJxjqAsICFBAAGIAEGJECGLQCGIoFGOoC2AEBwgIaEC4YgAQYkQIY0QMYtAIYxwEYigUY6gLYAQGYAwjxBVZJPuYCp0lvugYGCAEQARgBkgcBMaAHerIHALgHAMIHAzItMcgHBQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp) the premiere of Survivor 50 on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET, preceded by a two-week event featuring 10 encore episodes from the show's history. These repeats will highlight players from the new 50th season to build anticipation for the three-hour premiere event.

A horrible move putting Y Marshals the stupid Yellowstone spin-off Sundays at 8:00, moving Tracker later to 9:00.

Is it stupid just because you have no interest in it?

CIA will air where it was originally announced Mondays at 10:00, when CBS lineup returns after the Olympics. Watson will then move back to Sundays at 10:00. A horrible move putting Y Marshals the stupid Yellowstone spin-off Sundays at 8:00, moving Tracker later to 9:00. Something advertised as TV's #1 show deserves a lot better treatment. :mad:

I'm not sure if Y: Marshals really needs the post-60 Minutes timeslot (IIRC, it was originally announced for Sundays at 9 once The Road finished airing). I'm not happy about Tracker being bumped off that timeslot at all. Is CBS trying to force a ratings decline for Tracker so it stops beating 60 Minutes in viewership? I wish this were just for Y: Marshals's premiere, and they swap timeslots the following week. I hope such a swap happens before the end of this season, probably after March Madness ends.

Also, shame on CBS for being so cheap not to order full 20-24 episode seasons of scripted shows. Taking off February against the Olympics is understandable. But no new episodes of scripted shows at all in January is a horrible new low. Poorly run Paramount never should have taken over CBS.

DMV has lousy writing. It is removed from my schedule.

Everybody Loves Raymond was a TV-PG show with some G rated episodes. The reunion airing Monday is TV-14. :rolleyes:

Everybody Loves Raymond was a TV-PG show with some G rated episodes. The reunion airing Monday is TV-14. :rolleyes:

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So much for The Neighborhood staying in one leadoff slot all 8 seasons. On December 1 and December 8 it will switch places with DMV, which will air at 8:00 with The Neighborhood at 8:30. Futon Critic says they are special times, but I could see CBS making it permanent. Lack of advertising for The Neighborhood is pathetic, it doesn't even air scenes from next week at the end of itself anymore.

So much for The Neighborhood staying in one leadoff slot all 8 seasons. On December 1 and December 8 it will switch places with DMV, which will air at 8:00 with The Neighborhood at 8:30. Futon Critic says they are special times, but I could see CBS making it permanent. Lack of advertising for The Neighborhood is pathetic, it doesn't even air scenes from next week at the end of itself anymore.

No, they can't, and why do they need or have to? Don't you think The Neighborhood has had enough bad luck (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=488989) during its run as it is? With the belief that freshman shows shouldn't get anchor slots until they become proven successes and renewed for a second season and beyond, I want to see The Neighborhood stay in that lead-off slot for its final episodes, because a swap with DMV (a freshman sitcom) shouldn't even be thought of. For 2026-27, I want to see Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage and the U.S. version of Ghosts in the 8 pm leadoff slots on separate nights (Monday and Thursday, respectively). DMV can't get an anchor slot at all for the time being if CBS's comedy schedule is going to remain restricted to two hours next season.

I think they should try to restore a 2 hour comedy block on Thursdays next fall, sad that no broadcast network has a 2 hour live action sitcom block anymore. Matlock could move to Mondays at 8:00 then.

Thursdays
8:00 Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
8:30 New family friendly sitcom
9:00 Ghosts
9:30 New sitcom

If DMV is renewed it can be held for midseason.

The sooner NCIS ends the better. It cheapens their syndication package, ION is airing NCIS today but in worthless season 22. I did watch the conclusion of the crossover with Origins. Gary Cole is the same milquetoast lead actor he was when first replacing Mark Harmon. :yousuck:

Boston Blue :clap: and Sheriff Country have both been renewed for season 2. It is funny to see Fire Country is now the least advertised Friday show. The Road is surely a goner with its terrible retention from Tracker.

From today's blog: "CBS is developing Auntie Supreme, a new comedy about a life coach who decides to co-parent her nieces with her brother-in-law." Auntie Supreme sounds a lot better than that vampire sitcom.

CBS had technical difficulties during their New Year's Eve broadcast. They switched to a Matlock repeat for 15 minutes because of it. Glitch started in the middle of a song Lainey Wilson was performing. :crazy:

https://deadline.com/2026/01/cbs-nye-special-nashvilles-big-bash-tech-issues-matlock-1236659616/

Harlan Coben's Final Twist (new reality show) was DOA in its series premiere. CBS is moving it to Tuesdays at 8:00 starting tonight. And Harlan Coben will repeat twice a week, Wednesdays at 10:00 where it started out and Sundays at 8:00. Do lousy in your premiere, so expand to numerous airings a week. :crazy: ABC, NBC, and FOX are all airing new episodes of scripted shows in January. CBS is the only major network not to, better rethink that and not so be cheap with episode count next season. :rolleyes:

CBS made a mass renewal announcement today. All their scripted shows (besides the new ones yet to premiere) are now returning for new seasons except for DMV and Watson. I will actually be sad to see Watson go since I started watching it now, glad NCIS: Origins is safe. Survivor and The Amazing Race are also renewed.

https://www.tvline.com/2082448/cbs-renewed-shows-2026-matlock-ncis-tracker-full-list/

CBS renews 10 shows, including Fire Country, Matlock, Survivor and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tracker-matlock-8-more-cbs-shows-renewed-2026-27-1236481746/)

The network has picked up a slew of shows for the 2026-2027 season. The Amazing Race will return for Season 39; Elsbeth, NCIS: Sydney and Tracker have been renewed for a fourth season; Fire Country for Season 5; Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Matlock and NCIS: Origins for Season 3; NCIS for Season 24; and, assuming the usual two cycles per TV season in 2026-27, Survivor for its 51st and 52nd installments. CBS previously renewed Sheriff Country and Boston Blue, FBI and Ghosts. “None of the 10 renewals comes as a particular surprise,” says The Hollywood Reporter’s Rick Porter. “Tracker is on pace to be the most watched network entertainment series for the third season in a row, Georgie & Mandy is the most watched comedy and the others have all performed solidly so far this season (CBS has its scripted shows on hiatus currently through the end of the Winter Olympics in late February). With 16 hours of shows locked in for next season, the list of series CBS hasn’t picked up yet is considerably shorter than the list of returnees.” CBS has yet to make a decision on first-year comedy DMV, drama series Watson and the music competition show The Road.

CBS will be announcing their fall 2026 schedule a month earlier than usual on April 15. :eek:

https://deadline.com/2026/02/cbs-2026-27-schedule-reveal-date-pickups-cancellatiions-1236710352/

Also, shame on CBS for being so cheap not to order full 20-24 episode seasons of scripted shows. Taking off February against the Olympics is understandable. But no new episodes of scripted shows at all in January is a horrible new low. Poorly run Paramount never should have taken over CBS.

Well, from time to time, I have thought about CBS's current and future procedural drama shows working between 16 and 20 episodes per season, simply because they are just too formulaic, boring, and cliched. However, if sitcoms were to work fewer than 20 episodes for each of their seasons, that will be detrimental to their syndication packages. For example, the third season of the American version of Ghosts being hindered by Strikemageddon is why it couldn't launch in broadcast syndication in Fall 2025. And why just 16 episodes for the second season of the 2024 version of Matlock (which had 19 in its first season)? Its star's demands or something else? Also, how many times is CBS, or any broadcast network, going to rerun the exact same episode of a particular scripted TV show following that episode's original airing before that scripted show's next season starts? That show is easily going to run out of episodes to rerun because of those reduced episode orders for its seasons and increased hiatuses between episodes' original airings.

Because of too many showrunner changes and the lousy cheapness of CBS in general, the new CIA drama that will premiere Monday only has a 10 episode order for season 1.

This is not the news that fans of Tracker want to hear: On March 1, Marshals (the new Yellowstone spinoff), actually scored the biggest (same-day) premiere viewership without a football lead-in in over seven years: 9.52 million (vs. Tracker's 8.29 million).

Source: The Hollywood Reporter. (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marshals-premiere-ratings-cbs-1236520913/)

At least I saw all of Tracker. My CBS affiliate kept breaking in to Watson with weather coverage. Who knows what our ABC affiliate did with The Oscars. :lol:

The FBI quasi-spinoff CIA was renewed for a 2nd season: https://deadline.com/2026/03/cia-renewed-season-2-cbs-1236762981/

CBS just cancelled their newbie sitcom DMV and their sophomore series Watson, with their finale dates set to air on May 11th and May 3rd, respectively: https://deadline.com/2026/03/watson-dmv-canceled-cbs-series-finale-date-comedy-pilots-1236768077/

I must have missed when finale dates for CBS and other networks were announced.

Einstein should air Wednesdays at 9:00, where Matthew Gray Gubler's previous show Criminal Minds flourished. I would be ok with Tracker moving away from overrun plagued Sundays to Wednesdays at 10:00 following Survivor and Einstein. Wednesdays in general lacks good content, time for CBS to stop making it an all reality wasteland. If they did this then Cupertino could air Sundays at 9:00 after Marshals. But if we are stuck with reality Wednesdays Einstein could air in the vacant hour Mondays at 8:00. Thursdays could still expand to a 2 hour sitcom block with Matlock closing out the night and Elsbeth reduced to midseason. Cupertino could then air Tuesdays at 10:00 with NCIS: Sydney benched. That spin-off never gets advertised anyway. :lol: I do NOT want NCIS: Origins or Boston Blue reduced to midseason, give them as much episodes as possible. I know they wouldn't even consider removing FBI, Tracker, and the veteran Thursday sitcoms from the fall lineup. I watch CIA but wouldn't care if it was midseason again, actually prefer Watson which is sadly dead now.

CatsRule/IceCream, would you be happy about a huge ratings decline for Tracker if it did get off Sundays (unless it's a good option to attract viewers who have gotten bored with Chicago P.D.? I thought Einstein was going to be the right show to bump Tracker off the post-60 Minutes hour before Marshals debuted.

How is NCIS: Sydney working a full-season of 20 episodes this year?:shocked:confused:

Fans of Sheriff Country, Boston Blue, and CIA better hope they aren't deadlocked to cancellation after their sophomore seasons, even with CBS continuing to have Wednesdays be an all-reality night next year.

Lastly, Super Bowl LXII is coming up, and CBS needs to think of something for its lead-out program. I don't know how many chances I'll give them to air a sitcom after that SB instead of yet another drama.

From today's blog: "CBS is developing Auntie Supreme, a new comedy about a life coach who decides to co-parent her nieces with her brother-in-law." Auntie Supreme sounds a lot better than that vampire sitcom.
What happened to Auntie Supreme? Yesterday news came that The Tillbrooks, a sitcom set in 19th century high society England, had been passed on and they were only picking up the vampire themed Eternally Yours. I haven't heard anything about Auntie Supreme since the blog here a few months ago. Eternally Yours sounds by far the least interesting of the three. :(

I was going to watch The Neighborhood's farewell special that aired four days ago along with the new episode. But the special wasn't available on demand, grrr! I sent Cedric the Entertainer a message about this saying I hope it will be put on soon. But who knows how often he checks his messages.

Is CBS still announcing their fall schedule today? The blog was about something else.

The series finale of Watson will have a rare overrun, it will start at 9:59. As a result, Tracker will also start a minute earlier at 8:59 on May 3. :lol: Marshals will still start at 8:00.

I wish Tracker had a 2 hour season finale on May 17. May 24 it will be on against the annual Memorial Day Concert on PBS which is very important to my mom.