CBS picked up ten of their shows for next season today, but Watson and DMZ were not two of them.
What did they pick up? Tracker, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Matlock, Elsbeth, Fire Country, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney, Survivor, and The Amazing Race. They join the series that were already picked up for the 2026=2027 season: Boston Blue, Sheriff Country, FBI, Ghosts, and two new series, Cupertino and Einstein.
CBS also had not made a decision on the upcoming scripted originals, CIA and Marshalls, and Hollywood Squares and The Road.
With all of that, there is not a lot of room for anything else, like a potential Tracker or Ghosts spinoff.
Back in October, David Del Rio was let go from Matlock after an investigation that he allegedly sexually assaulted his co-star, Leah Lewis, on the set.
Since then, we wanted to know how his character will be written out of the legal drama. Today, we found out.
Deadline spoke with the show’s creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, who revealed that his episode had already aired.
“I’m not going to discuss details, but what I can talk about is in terms of the show,” Snyder Urman told the site. “The last episode you see him is in 7, and then you find out how Billy’s story ends, which is in a very organic way that has to do with our whole office and how things are being shaped in this merger.”
Yesterday, TMZ reported that CBS reopened the complaint and interviewed the actor and a few others about the incident. Del Rio is said to have denied the allegations.
Back in October, David Del Rio was fired from Matlock because he allegedly sexually assaulted his Matlock co-star, Leah Lewis.
There was an investigation conducted as soon as Lewis reported the alleged September incident on the Paramount lot, resulting in his immediate dismissal.
Neither actor has addressed the allegations publicly, but he has denied the allegations.
But today, TMZ is reporting that CBS reopened the case and has heard from several witnesses, including Del Rio, whose high-powered attorney was by his side.
Matlock resumed filming last week after a planned hiatus, which began shortly after the incident.
There have been reports that his character was written off of the series. But CBS has not said if that episode has been filmed yet.
Tonight at 9:30p on CBS, DMV gets a special episode after the Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion.
Did you know the DMV has a magazine that celebrates the best of the DMV, and that for the third year in a row, Beau (Randall Park) and his North Hollywood DMV are on the cover?
As soon as Barb (Molly Kearney), the gullible, pushover manager of East Hollywood DMV, sees that, she gets her workers together and suggests they go there on their lunch break to see what NoHo is doing that Least Hollywood (Beau’s words, not mine) isn’t doing.
What could go wrong when our lovable, dysfunctional E-Ho workers, goody two shoes Collette (Harriet Dyer), troublemaker Vic (Tony Cavalero), sexy newbie Noa (Alex Tarrant), and over-it Gregg (Tim Meadows), show up at their competing DMV that has everything they don’t? Just what you think will happen, but only worse.
And that is why I have been enjoying DMV so much. I went in with low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it is.
Yes, they suck at their jobs. But would you expect any less from DMV employees? Nope! Everyone hates the DMV, but this show almost makes me want to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
If only they had one in North Hollywood like the one they have on tonight’s episode, I would go. But just like the show, that office is fiction. Our closest office is in Glendale, and it is nowhere as nice as East Hollywood. And yes, there is only a Hollywood DMV, and not one E-Ho. There is a lot of lying going on at CBS when it comes to the DMV.
Back to the sitcom. If you have never seen it, tonight is a great episode to start with. And then you can see why I am loving and not hating the show about one of the universally most-hated places in the United States.
In March, CBS announced that Dick Wolf’s FBI is getting another spinoff with a straight-to-series order. This one is based CIA. And that was the last positive thing we heard about it.
The backdoor pilot was supposed to air during FBI at the end of last season, but it was not ready. Since then, the show has been pushed to midseason and has lost two EPs and actors. Therefore, you would think that would be a sign to scrap the series. But it is not. So today, CBS announced it will debut on February 23rd.
The network also announced the rest of their midseason lineup, including Survivor 50:
SERIES ORIGINAL EPISODES, RETURNS AND MIDSEASON PREMIERES
Wednesday, Jan. 7
8:00-9:00 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
9:00-10:00 PM THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT
10:00-11:00 PM HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST (series premiere)
Monday, Feb. 23
8:00-8:30 PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:30-9:00 PM DMV (#1 new comedy)
9:00-10:00 PM FBI
10:00-11:00 PM CIA (series premiere)
Wednesday, Feb. 25
8:00-11:00 PM SURVIVOR 50 (new season premiere)
Thursday, Feb. 26
8:00-8:30 PM GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE
8:30-9:00 PM GHOSTS
9:00-10:00 PM MATLOCK
10:00-11:00 PM ELSBETH
Friday, Feb. 27
8:00-9:00 PM SHERIFF COUNTRY (#2 new series)
9:00-10:00 PM FIRE COUNTRY
10:00-11:00 PM BOSTON BLUE (#1 new series)
Sunday, March 1
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM Y: MARSHALS (series premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM TRACKER (#1 series, new time period)
10:00-11:00 PM WATSON (new night and time period)
Wednesday, March 4
8:00-9:30 PM SURVIVOR (regular time period)
9:30-10:30 PM AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP (series premiere)
10:30-11:00 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
