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CBS Upfronts

For reasons I don’t entirely understand, CBS unveiled their plans for the 2026-2027 season this week, well ahead of the traditional May timeframe for their upfront presentation.  The week starts with a revamped Monday without the familiar comedy block starting out the night.  FBI and its spinoff CIA both move up an hour, followed by Harlan Coben’s Final Twist, a true crime series hosted by the best-selling author.  Tuesday gets turned over to the NCIS franchise, with the original version leading off the night, followed by the new NCIS: New York and the returning NCIS: Origins.

Wednesday continues as all reality, with extra-long episodes of Survivor followed by The Amazing Race.  Thursday has the network’s only remaining comedies, with Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage followed by Eternally Yours, about a vampire couple whose 500-year marriage has grown stale.  Another installment of Elsbeth and the new Cupertino, a legal drama set in Silicon Valley, finish out the night.  Friday remains the same, with Sheriff Country followed by Fire Country and Boston Blue.  Sunday kicks off with 60 Minutes, followed by Marshalls, Tracker, and reruns.

On tap for midseason on Wednesdays are the returning NCIS: Sydney, Ghosts, and Matlock, along with Einstein, starring Matthew Gray Gubler as the great grandson of Albert Einstein who is forced to help the police solve their toughest cases.

Gone and never to be seen again are The Neighborhood, DMV, and Watson.

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Post Mortem – Criminal Minds

Premiering on CBS on September 22, 2005, Criminal Minds ran for 324 episodes over 15 seasons, wrapping up its run in February with a 2 hour finale.  16 different agents served with the BAU over that time, with Matthew Gray Gubler’s Spencer Reid being the only constant for all 15 seasons.  The show somehow also managed to outlast both of its spinoffs.

The show had obviously run its course, but I’m still kind of sad to see it go.  15 years is a long time and I’m not sure there will be much coming to replace it on my schedule.

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

old-tv-set1We have reached the half way point of our look back at the offerings for the new fall season.  Here’s what Wednesdays had on tap for the fall.

7:00

Arrow – After a dark third season, Arrow returns for more angtsy fun.  The plan seems to be to bring Oliver Queen more in line with his comic book persona, so the tone may lighten up a little.

A bit of a lighter tone in the first half of the season ended with Felicity paralyzed and the gang on the hunt for Damien Darhk.

8:00

Modern Family – The comedy, entering its seventh season, is really starting to show its age.  It’s still fun, but the plots are starting to get a little out there.  Maybe sending Ariel Winter off to college will breathe some new life into the show.

I’m still entertained by the show, but it isn’t the must see it once was.  It’s probably closer to the end than it is to the beginning.

Criminal Minds – The show returns for its eleventh season minus Jennifer Love Hewitt and, for a bit, AJ Cook.  Aisha Tyler steps in for a recurring role, which should be fun, or at least what passes for fun on this show.

With both AJ Cook and Matthew Gray Gubler missing time for maternity leave and outside projects, Aisha Tyler played an important role in the first half of the season.  Now that both are back, it will be interesting to see how often she appears the rest of the way.

Supernatural – I fell completely off the Supernatural bandwagon last year, only seeing a few episodes, and I don’t think I’ll be jumping back in here for its 11th season.

Nope, I think I’m officially done with the Winchester brothers.

8:30

Black-ish – A somewhat surprising hit last season, I’m looking forward to more of the same this year.

Probably the funniest show of the night, surpassing its lead in.

9:00

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