CBS Upfront/General News and Discussion: 2023-24

[icecream]

I am surprised today's blog wasn't about this.

Sundays
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Matlock
9:00 The Equalizer
10:00 Drama Encores

Mondays
8:00 The Neighborhood
8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola
9:00 NCIS
10:00 NCIS: Hawaii

Tuesdays
8:00 FBI
9:00 FBI: International
10:00 FBI: Most Wanted

Wednesdays
8:00 Survivor 90 minute episodes
9:30 The Amazing Race 90 minute episodes

Thursdays
8:00 Young Sheldon
8:30 Ghosts
9:00 So Help Me Todd
10:00 Elsbeth

Fridays
8:00 S.W.A.T. final season
9:00 Fire Country
10:00 Blue Bloods

Saturdays
8:00 Repeats
10:00 48 Hours

Midseason
Tracker- premieres after the Super Bowl
CSI: Vegas
Poppa's House

I am glad S.W.A.T. isn't being sent to overrun Sundays. But what a bunch of bull saying there was only one spot available for East New York and S.W.A.T., 90 minute episodes of Survivor and The Amazing Race are so not needed.

https://tvline.com/2023/05/10/cbs-fa...nute-episodes/

[TJ]

2023–24 United States network television schedule - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E...ision_schedule

Blog story: https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2023/...-schedule.html

CBS announced its 2023-2024 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring three new dramas, one new comedy, special event programming and 22 returning series. CBS Sports will also present SUPER BOWL LVIII on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev.

The three new drama series include ELSBETH, starring Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce). Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson), a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways. ELSBETH is based on the character featured in THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT.

MATLOCK stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills. As Matty endeavors to establish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside the firm’s younger associates – the charismatic Billy (David Del Rio) and the uber ambitious Sarah (Leah Lewis). MATLOCK is inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

The previously announced drama TRACKER stars Justin Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family. TRACKER is set to premiere in the highly coveted post-Super Bowl timeslot on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

Also premiering later in the season is the new comedy POPPA’S HOUSE, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Wayans stars as legendary talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” who has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host (Essence Atkins) is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.

The new schedule of CBS Original series also includes the return of the #1 new broadcast series FIRE COUNTRY, #1 comedy YOUNG SHELDON, the #1 broadcast drama NCIS and #1 news program 60 MINUTES.

“CBS programming across entertainment, news and sports continues to appeal to audiences on all platforms, including Paramount+, the fastest-growing streaming service in the U.S.,” said George Cheeks, president and chief executive officer of CBS. “It all starts with a winning broadcast Network that has an undeniable track record for nurturing long-running franchises and launching new hits every year. The new shows and schedule set to launch next year, combined with the Super Bowl, NCAA Tournament, the GRAMMY Awards and other Network events will make America’s top-rated Network an even bigger force next year.”

“Along with our outstanding team at the Network, I am incredibly excited to introduce four new series with big-name talent portraying distinct, bold, engaging characters,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “These new shows from marquee auspices capture everything our viewers love about a CBS series – unique personalities, suspenseful drama, intrigue, high stakes, and relatable laugh-out-loud comedy with heart and humor. The new additions to our lineup are a stellar complement to our winning slate of returning series and we are confident they will resonate with our viewers on broadcast and streaming platforms.”

In addition to CBS’ new and returning top series, the Network’s year-round schedule of original programming also features annual high-profile events, including the prestigious Tony Awards, the GRAMMY Awards, the CMT Music Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors.

CBS Sports’ portfolio of marquee properties and championships will feature the NFL, with a schedule highlighted by the most-watched NFL window at 4:25 PM, ET on Sundays, as well as Wild Card and Divisional Playoff games plus the AFC Championship in January, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in March, the Masters Tournament in April, the PGA Championship in May, and the UEFA Champions League Final in June. This summer, CBS Sports will broadcast the PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, including the PGA TOUR Championship in August. Big Ten Football comes to CBS beginning this fall, along with the SEC ON CBS, including the championship game in December. CBS will also air the NWSL Championship game in primetime in November.

MONDAY – Monday’s winning slate returns intact with the popular comedies THE NEIGHBORHOOD and BOB ♥ ABISHOLA opening the night from 8:00-9:00 PM. At 9:00 PM, the #1 broadcast series, NCIS, returns for season 21, leading into the third season of NCIS: HAWAI`I at 10:00 PM.

TUESDAY – FBI Tuesday returns with the top-rated lineup of the night. FBI opens the night at 8:00 PM, followed by FBI: INTERNATIONAL at 9:00 PM and FBI: MOST WANTED concluding the block of heroic storytelling at 10:00 PM.

WEDNESDAY – Two iconic reality series will expand to 90 minutes each to deliver a full night of adventure and challenges. The groundbreaking broadcast hit and most-watched reality show on Paramount+, SURVIVOR, hosted by Jeff Probst, kicks off the night at 8:00 PM. At 9:30 PM, the globe-trotting, Emmy Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE hosted by Phil Keoghan returns, ending at 11:00 PM.

THURSDAY – Thursdays kick off with the top two comedies on television. The #1 comedy, YOUNG SHELDON, anchors the night at 8:00 PM, leading into the #2 comedy series, GHOSTS, at 8:30 PM. At 9:00 PM, the witty drama SO HELP ME TODD, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin, returns and serves as a perfect pairing with the humorous new drama ELSBETH, starring Carrie Preston, at 10:00 PM.

FRIDAY – CBS’ most dominant night will feature the return of S.W.A.T. at 8:00 PM followed at 9:00 PM with television’s #1 new series and CBS’ #1 streaming series on Paramount+, FIRE COUNTRY. At 10:00 PM, Friday’s consistent winner, BLUE BLOODS starring Tom Selleck, closes out one of television’s strongest nights as it returns for its 14th season.

SATURDAY – CBS’ Saturday night lineup features encore broadcasts of the Network’s popular dramas at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, followed at 10:00 PM by the true crime docuseries 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports primetime series.

SUNDAY –As always, CBS’ Sunday night starts at 7:00 PM with 60 MINUTES, television’s acclaimed #1 news program, followed at 8:00 PM by the new legal drama MATLOCK, starring Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates. At 9:00 PM, one of television’s top shows, averaging over 10 million multiplatform viewers a week and reigning as the most-watched drama among African American viewers, THE EQUALIZER, starring Queen Latifah, returns for a fourth season. During the first half of the season, when the CBS Sunday primetime lineup often starts later due to late afternoon NFL broadcasts, the 10:00 PM slot will feature encore broadcasts of popular Network dramas. CSI: VEGAS returns for its third season to anchor the 10:00 PM slot later in the year.

THE NEW FALL DRAMAS:

ELSBETH (Thursday, 10:00-11:00 PM)

ELSBETH stars Carrie Preston (THE GOOD WIFE) as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who, after her successful career in Chicago, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. Based on the character featured in THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT.

ELSBETH stars Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, Wendell Pierce as Captain C.W. Wagner and Carra Patterson as Officer Kaya Blanke. Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer and Jonathan Tolins are executive producers. Tolins will serve as showrunner. Robert King directed the pilot from a script he wrote with Michelle King. The series is produced by CBS Studios.

MATLOCK (Sunday, 8:00-9:00 PM)

MATLOCK stars Kathy Bates as the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline “Matty” Matlock, who achieved success in her younger years, and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

MATLOCK stars Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, Skye P. Marshall as Olympia, Jason Ritter as Julian, David Del Rio as Billy and Leah Lewis as Sarah. Bates, Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen and John Will are executive producers. Kat Coiro directed the pilot from a script written by Urman. The series is produced by CBS Studios.

TRACKER (Premieres after the Super Bowl 2024)

TRACKER stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family. The series is based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver.

TRACKER stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, Fiona Rene as Reenie, Robin Weigert as Teddi, Abby McEnany as Velma and Eric Graise as Bobby. Hartley, Ken Olin, Ben Winters, Hilary Weisman Graham and Jeffrey Deaver are executive producers. Olin directed the pilot from a script written by Winters. The series is produced by Twentieth Television.

NEW COMEDY FOR MID-SEASON:

POPPA’S HOUSE

POPPA’S HOUSE, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., features Wayans as legendary talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” who has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host (Essence Atkins) is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.

POPPA’S HOUSE stars Damon Wayans as Poppa, Damon Wayans Jr. as Damon, Essence Atkins as Ivy and Tetona Jackson as Nina. Wayans and Kevin Hench are executive producers. Andy Ackerman directed the pilot from a script written by Hench and Wayans. The series is produced by CBS Studios.

[icecream]

NCIS: Hawaii and CSI: Vegas did not deserve their renewals at all. They are consistently the weakest rated links of their nights and would/will do a lot worse than East New York did on overrun plagued Sundays. And it is another reason to hate streamers becoming so popular, CBS' unreasonable stacking demands for East New York that are more than the typical demands largely cost that brilliant show its renewal, along with being unowned.

[James28]

My thoughts on two scheduling decisions by CBS for next season (I tried submitting this comment on TVLine just hours after this Fall schedule was announced, but it just went unpublished):

1. I'm not happy about the Matlock reboot with Kathy Bates being ordered to series, let alone being slotted after 60 Minutes. I know the networks want to have as big an audience for their new shows as possible every year, and for them to become successes and long-term utility players over multiple seasons, but the 2023 version of Matlock being slotted after 60 Minutes will make it impossible to be a one-season failure. The first scheduling move I see is The Equalizer 2021 and Matlock 2023 swapping their Sunday-night timeslots at midseason.

2. CBS once again blows yet another opportunity to air one of their comedies after the Super Bowl. It should've been Poppa's House premiering after Super Bowl LVIII instead of that new Tracker show. Why waste the post-SB slot on an unowned drama show? I have a feeling that the post-Super Bowl slot is losing prestige each and every year because of decisions like this. I always feel it's time for the networks to just stop pushing unowned shows altogether because of what happened with East New York.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by James28

My thoughts on two scheduling decisions by CBS for next season (I tried submitting this comment on TVLine just hours after this Fall schedule was announced, but it just went unpublished):

1. I'm not happy about the Matlock reboot with Kathy Bates being ordered to series, let alone being slotted after 60 Minutes. I know the networks want to have as big an audience for their new shows as possible every year, and for them to become successes and long-term utility players over multiple seasons, but the 2023 version of Matlock being slotted after 60 Minutes will make it impossible to be a one-season failure. The first scheduling move I see is The Equalizer 2021 and Matlock 2023 swapping their Sunday-night timeslots at midseason.
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Matlock will probably get strong premiere ratings, but hopefully tumbles sharply from that like Bionic Woman's freefall. Wisdom of the Crowd aired Sundays at 8:00 and was a failure, being cancelled after one season with no back order. Instinct got a 2nd season that received burn-off treatment and was gone for good after that. God Friended Me was cancelled after just two seasons with the direct 60 Minutes lead-in.

[TMC]

CBS Considering Airing Paramount Plus Originals In The Fall Amid Writers Strike

In case the ongoing WGA strike continues into the fall, CBS is exploring the possibility of airing Paramount+ Originals on their network.

[icecream]

Two repeats of Ghosts are kicking off primetime tonight (Wednesday) in the 8PM hour. Both my guide and online listings incorrectly say both episodes are new. Really now CBS, this isn't even a network premiere on a cable channel.

[scotchnh2o]

Originally Posted by icecream

Two repeats of Ghosts are kicking off primetime tonight (Wednesday) in the 8PM hour. Both my guide and online listings incorrectly say both episodes are new. Really now CBS, this isn't even a network premiere on a cable channel.

My guide (TITAN TV) clearly stated they were repeats...

[TMC]

New CBS fall schedule

SUNDAYS (with NFL single-header)
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm Yellowstone (beginning with Season 1)
9 pm Yellowstone
10 pm Big Brother (Season 25 premieres Wednesday, Aug. 2)
SUNDAYS (with NFL double-header)
7 pm NFL overrun + 60 Minutes
9 pm Yellowstone
10 pm Big Brother

MONDAYS
8 pm Lotería Loca
9 pm NCIS (reruns)
10 pm Paramount+ Original TBA

TUESDAYS
8 pm Big Brother
9 pm FBI TRUE (Paramount+ docuseries)
10 pm FBI (reruns)

WEDNESDAYS
8 pm Survivor (90 minutes weekly)
9:30 pm The Amazing Race (90 minutes weekly)

THURSDAYS
8 pm Big Brother
9 pm Buddy Games
10 pm The Challenge: USA
THURSDAYS (after Buddy Games and The Challenge: USA conclude)
8 pm Young Sheldon (reruns)
8:30 pm Ghosts (reruns)
9 pm UK: Ghosts (beginning with Season 1)
9:30 pm UK: Ghosts
10 pm SEAL Team (beginning with Season 5)

FRIDAYS
8 pm The Price Is Right at Night/Let’s Make a Deal Primetime
9 pm Raid the Cage
10 pm Curated Blue Bloods “classics”

SATURDAYS
8 pm Drama encores and sports
10 pm 48 Hours

[icecream]

Today's blog has premiere dates for the revised fall lineup. Even with the irritating strike, there is too much reality garbage. Thursday is the night Big Barfer should have moved to 10:00, would have been nice to get the hour of UK Ghosts starting in traditional premiere week instead of waiting til the week before Thanksgiving.

https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2023/...es-comedy.html

[icecream]

Also, I would have tried Star Trek: Picard if they aired it instead of Yellowstone. But I wouldn't have liked the overruns anyway.

[icecream]

First two episodes of Frasier's revival will air on CBS Tuesday, October 17 starting at 9:15/8:15 following a supersized Big Brother.

https://tvline.com/news/frasier-rebo...nt-1235031691/

[MA]

CBS Pulls ‘Loteria Loca’ From November Schedule, Expands ‘NCIS’ Repeats Ahead of ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Premiere

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/lot...ts-1235775634/

[MA]

CBS Sets 2023 Holiday Programming: Christmas ‘The Price Is Right,’ Classic Faves & More

https://www.tvinsider.com/1108751/cb...schedule-2023/

[icecream]

CBS is the first network to announce when their scripted shows return. Tracker will still premiere after the Super Bowl, then the next day their veteran shows start with season premieres. It is the same as the original fall schedule announced with one difference: Matlock remake has been pushed to fall 2024. Sunday lineup will be 60 Minutes at 7:00, The Equalizer staying at 8:00 instead of moving an hour later, Tracker in its regular time at 9:00, and CSI: Vegas at 10:00. Monday-Friday is the same as the original fall schedule, which includes new series Elsbeth on Thursdays. Poppa's House which would have been midseason this year has also been pushed to the 2024-2025 season.

https://tvline.com/news/cbs-premiere...st-1235078886/