We are still over two months away from the start of the new season on network television. How do I know that? CBS announced when their old shows will be back and when their new ones will premiere.
Go get your calendars out because you are not going to miss your favorite programs’ premiere dates.
MONDAY, SEPT. 20
8:00-8:30 PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD (4th Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM BOB ♥ ABISHOLA (3rd Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS (NTP) (19th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM NCIS: HAWAII (SERIES DEBUT)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21
(Three-episode crossover event)
8:00-9:00 PM FBI (NTP) (4th Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM FBI: MOST WANTED (3rd Season Premiere at a special time)
10:00-11:00 PM FBI: INTERNATIONAL (SERIES DEBUT at a special time)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22
8:00-10:00 PM SURVIVOR (2-Hour 41st Season Premiere)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28
8:00-9:00 PM FBI
9:00-10:00 PM FBI: INTERNATIONAL (Regular Time Period)
10:00-11:00 PM FBI: MOST WANTED (Regular Time Period)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR (Regular Time Period)
9:00-11:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Live Season Finale)
FRIDAY, OCT. 1
8:00-9:00 PM S.W.A.T. (NTP) (5th Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM `13MAGNUM P.I. (4th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM BLUE BLOODS (12th Season Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR
9:00-10:00 PM TOUGH AS NAILS (NTP) (3rd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: VEGAS (SERIES DEBUT)
THURSDAY, OCT. 7
8:00-8:30 PM YOUNG SHELDON (5th Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM UNITED STATES OF AL (2nd Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM GHOSTS (SERIES DEBUT)
9:30-10:00 PM B POSITIVE (2nd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM BULL (NTP) (6th Season Premiere)
SUNDAY, OCT. 10
8:00-9:00 PM THE EQUALIZER (2nd Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (13th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM SEAL TEAM (NTP) (5th Season Premiere)
Mark Harmon is not getting any younger, and you can’t blame him for wanting to spend some time with his wife Pam Dawber instead of filming NCIS. After all, he has been doing the show nonstop since 2003.
Therefore, he signed on to do an 18th season. However, TV Line is reporting that he will only be doing a handful of episodes. When I say handful, a source told them, “It’s going to be in the low single digits.”
His lack of presence on the show is going to be felt big time. So how are they going to handle it? CBS has cast Gary Cole to join the procedural.
I love Cole, two words Office and Space, but this is not the right series for him. Like when Ted Danson and James Van Der Beek joined the CSI franchise. Between his casting and Vanessa Lachey leading NCIS: Hawaii, it is like CBS is ready to move away from NCIS and focus on the FBIs and the new CSI.
CBS is broken, and they are going to try to fix it next season by making a lot of changes to their lineup.
Mondays will start off with The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola. Then at 9p, they movie NCIS to a new night and time. What? That is a very risky move because it is their #1 rated show, and it might not do well on a new night at a new time.
What could get them to move the show? Or should I say who? Dick Wolf. He has three FBI shows, and they will all air on Tuesday. If CBS was smart, they would have done an all NCIS night. Instead, NCIS and NCIS: Hawaii will air on Monday and NCIS: LA on Sunday.
Wednesday states with Survivor goes to Tough as Nails and ends with the CSI: Vegas. Didn’t Survivor and CSI air on the same night years ago?
Wasn’t that night Thursday? It was and Thursdays this time around include three Chuck Lorre shows. Then at 9p, Rose McIver goes from being a Zombie to being surrounded by Ghosts. The night ends with a lot of Bull. Like it is Bull that show is still on the air. Did CBS not think it through when they put two rumored sex offenders back to back? But that’s what is happening this Fall by scheduling Thomas Middleditch and Michael Weatherly’s shows, one right after the other one.
Anyways, SWAT leads off Fridays, followed by Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods. Sundays start with The Equalizer and end with NCIS: LA and SEAL Team, which will movie to Paramount+
Now that CBS dramas are almost all initials like NCIS, FBI, CSI, Magnum PI, and SWAT, they don’t have as much room for shows that don’t have them. Therefore, they are getting rid of Unicorn, All Rise, Clarice, and SEAL Team. The latter two are moving Paramount+. This means that Boreanaz’s record of being on television since he started on Buffy the Vampire Slayer lives on. His career is like a Vampire’s; it just won’t die.
While they all got bad news, Chuck Lorre got good news. All four of his sitcoms, Bob Hearts Abishola, Young Sheldon, B Positive, and United States of Al will all be back next season.
It has been an interesting few months for the NCIS franchise. First, CBS canceled NCIS: NoLa. Then they were able to convince Mark Harmon to come back to do another season of the mothership.
Today, they announced that NCIS: LA will be back for lucky 13. If that is not enough good news for the fans, then they will be happy to know that they are getting another NCIS. This one will be based in Hawaii.
As we know from Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., the backdrop is stunning. To me, that is the only reason to watch those shows. Well, back when Five-0 was on the air.
Back to CBS, this means next season they will have three NCISes, Three FBIs, at least two Chuck Lorre comedies, and one CSI. Who says Hollywood can’t come up with original ideas any more?
