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.
