Midseason Review – Fridays

Our final look back at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

9:00

Boston Blue – The Blue Bloods spinoff sends Donny Wahlberg to Boston for some reason.

I never managed to watch this.

Debuting this spring:

Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars – The latest installment of dumbed down Jeopardy! for mostly D-list celebrities to win money for charity.

Post Mortem – Blue Bloods

After fourteen seasons, CBS said goodbye to Blue Bloods last fall.  Thanks to the SAG-AFTRA strike, the final season was split between the spring of 2024 and the fall, with the final episode airing December 13th.

A spin-off, featuring Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan character and with the working title of Boston Blue, is on the schedule for this fall.

CBS Upfronts

We wrap up our looks at the network upfronts with CBS, who released their entire 2025-2026 plans.  The week starts with Monday’s familiar comedy block, starting with The Neighborhood followed by DMV, a new comedy starring based on a short story by Katherine Heiny.  That is followed by the OG FBI and its latest spinoff, CIA, starring Tom Ellis.  Tuesday gets turned over to the NCIS franchise, with the original version leading off the night, followed by NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney.

Wednesday continues as all reality, with extra-long episodes of Survivor followed by The Amazing Race.  Thursday has another hour-long comedy block, with Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage followed by Ghosts.  The new version of Matlock and another installment of Elsbeth finish out the night.  Friday starts with Sheriff Country, an expansion of the Fire Country universe starring Morena Baccarin, followed by the original Fire Country and Boston Blue, a spinoff of Blue Bloods, continuing the adventures of Donny Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan.  Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by Tracker, and The Road, giving viewers a “backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring artist.”

On tap for midseason on Wednesdays are game shows The Price is Right at Night and Hollywood Squares, followed by Harlan Coben’s Final Twist, a true crime series hosted by the best-selling author.  America’s Culinary Cup is a new cooking competition series hosted by Padma Lakshhi.  Y: Marshalls, a spinoff of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone sees Luke Grimes’ Kayce Dutton put the ranch behind him and join an elite unit of U.S. Marshals.  Last, but not least, is the second season of Watson.

Gone and never to be seen again are Blue Bloods, The Equalizer, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, Poppa’s House, The Summit, and S.W.A.T.