We conclude our look at the new fall season with Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
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Blue Bloods – The final eight episodes of its fourteenth season wrap up the long-running show.
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CBS Upfronts
We wrap up our looks at the network upfronts with CBS, who released their entire 2024-2025 plans. The week starts with Monday’s familiar comedy block, starting with The Neighborhood followed by Poppa’s House, a new comedy starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. That is followed by two entries in the NCIS franchise: the OG and the new NCIS: Origins, a prequel narrated by Mark Harmon. Tuesday remains the same, with different iterations of Dick Wolf’s FBI running all night.
Wednesday continues as all reality, with extra-long episodes of Survivor followed by The Summit, a new show featuring a team of strangers trying to climb a remote mountain in New Zealand. Thursday has another hour-long comedy block, with Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage taking over for its parent series Young Sheldon, followed by the returning Ghosts. A new version of Matlock, starring Kathy Bates, follows, and the night finishes with a second installment of Elsbeth. Friday remains the same, starting with S.W.A.T., followed by Fire Country and the final season of Blue Bloods. Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by Tracker, The Equalizer, and re-runs to protect against football overruns.
On tap for midseason on Wednesdays are game shows The Price is Right At Night, Raid the Cage, and an updated version of Hollywood Squares, featuring Drew Barrymore as the iconic middle square. NCIS: Sydney is on tap to replace Blue Bloods after it wraps up its run in the fall. Once football is over, Sunday re-runs will be replaced by Watson, a present day take on the literary character who returns to his medical career following the death of his partner Sherlock Holmes. Not slotted, but still planned for midseason, is the latest installment of The Amazing Race.
Gone and never to be seen again are Bob Hearts Abishola, CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawaii, So Help Me Todd, and Young Sheldon.
CBS Upfronts
Forgoing a traditional upfront presentation with an ongoing writer’s strike threatening the start of the fall season in September, CBS announced what they hope will be airing on their network this fall. With only two new shows on the schedule, things will look very familiar to viewers. The week starts with a stable Monday, with the comedy block of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola followed by two entries in the NCIS franchise: the OG and NCIS: Hawaii. Tuesday also stays the same, with Dick Wolf’s FBI running all night.
Wednesday goes all reality, with extra-long episodes of Survivor and The Amazing Race taking the entire night. Thursday has another hour-long comedy block, with Young Sheldon and Ghosts, followed by the returning So Help Me Todd and the new Elsbeth, a spinoff of The Good Wife starring Carrie Preston. Friday remains the same, starting with the final season of S.W.A.T., followed by Fire Country and Blue Bloods. Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by a new version of Matlock, starring Kathy Bates as the septuagenarian lawyer who rejoins the workforce to win cases and expose corruption from within, The Equalizer, and CSI: Vegas.
On tap for midseason are comedy Poppa’s House, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., and the Justin Hartley drama Tracker, based on the Jeffery Deaver books and which is slated to debut following the Super Bowl in February.
Gone and never to be seen again are NCIS: Los Angeles, East New York, and True Lies.
Midseason Review – Fridays
Our final look back at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
9:00
Blue Bloods – I imagine this show, entering season 13, will go on as long as Tom Selleck is willing.
After nearly thirteen years, what more can I say about this show?
2022 New Fall Season – Fridays
We conclude our look at the new fall season with Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
9:00
Blue Bloods – I imagine this show, entering season 13, will go on as long as Tom Selleck is willing.
CBS Upfronts
Things are going to be drama-heavy on CBS this fall, with comedies appearing on only two nights and no new comedies picked up for the schedule. The week starts with a stable Monday, with the comedy block of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola followed by two entries in the NCIS franchise: the OG and NCIS: Hawaii. Tuesday also stays the same, with Dick Wolf’s FBI running all night.
Wednesday goes all reality, with Survivor and The Amazing Race followed by The Real Love Boat, a dating show patterned on the 70s classic. Thursday has another hour-long comedy block, with Young Sheldon and Ghosts, followed by So Help Me Todd, a new legal drama starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skyler Astin, and CSI: Vegas. Friday starts with S.W.A.T., followed by Fire Country, starring Max Thieriot and inspired by his life growing up in California’s fire country. The 32nd season of Blue Bloods finishes off the night. Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by The Equalizer, East New York, a new police drama, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
On tap for midseason are reality shows Superfan, Lingo, the returning Tough as Nails, and Secret Celebrity Renovation.
Gone and never to be seen again are Bull, United States of Al, B Positive, Magnum P.I., Good Sam, and How We Roll.
Midseason Review – Fridays
Our final look back at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
9:00
Blue Bloods – I imagine this show, entering season 12, will go on as long as Tom Selleck is willing.
And willing he seems to be.
2021 New Fall Season – Fridays
Our final look at the pandemic-impacted new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
9:00
Blue Bloods – I imagine this show, entering season 12, will go on as long as Tom Selleck is willing.
CBS Upfront
Everything old is new this season at CBS, which brings 3 new entries from its collection of established procedural franchises along with 1 new comedy to the air this fall. The week starts a comedy block of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola, followed by 2 entries in the NCIS franchise: the OG, moving from its Tuesday timeslot for the first time in 18 years, and NCIS: Hawaii, where Vanessa Lachey stars as the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor. Tuesday, CBS follows NBC’s playbook by turning the entire night over to Dick Wolf for his FBI franchise, with the OG leading off the night, followed by FBI: International, the new iteration that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team, and FBI: Most Wanted.
Wednesday night leads off with Survivor, followed by Tough As Nails and the new CSI: Vegas, the “sequel” to the original which brings back William Petersen, Jorja Fox, and Wallace Langham. Thursday has another comedy block, starting with with Young Sheldon and United States of Al, followed by Ghosts, starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as a duo who decide to convert a huge rundown country estate into a bed & breakfast, only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home, and B Positive. Bull finishes off the night. Friday starts with S.W.A.T. for a month, before giving way to TBD unscripted programming, followed by Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods. Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by The Equalizer, NCIS: Los Angeles, and, for a month, SEAL Team before giving way to S.W.A.T.
On tap for midseason is Good Sam, starring Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs as doctors fighting for the same position, and Smallwood, based on the life of professional bowler Tom Smallwood.
Gone and never to be seen again are All Rise, MacGuyver, NCIS: New Orleans, Mom, and The Unicorn. Evil and SEAL Team will be moving to Paramount+.
Midseason Review – Fridays
Our final look back at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.
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The Blacklist – The show returns for an eighth season, which will need to pick up where the seventh was forced to leave off.
I’m about ready to move on, whenever they are.
In the spring, we can look forward to:
Blue Bloods – The 11th season keeps on keeping on, without addressing any of the problems with police that came to the forefront over the past year.