CBS announced today when their new and old shows are debuting and I feel scatterbrained trying to figure out their schedule. That is because they are scattered over a month.
Even though CBS added more comedies, they are burying them in October because of Thursday Night Football. Meaning their odds of getting another season are greatly reduced. Most shows that don’t debut in September get cancelled. Which is sad because I thought that The Great Indoors was the Fall’s best new Comedy. (Granted Fox hasn’t sent out the Son of Zorn pilot.)
Basically, if you want to know when your CBS will air, just let your DVR do the recording.
Monday, Sept. 19
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (10th Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT (SERIES DEBUT)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS (14th Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM BULL (SERIES DEBUT)
10:00-11:00 PM NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (3rd Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 21
8:00-9:30 PM SURVIVOR (90-Minute 33rd Season Premiere)
Friday, Sept. 23
8:00-9:00 PM MACGYVER (SERIES DEBUT)
9:00-10:00 PM HAWAII FIVE-0 (7th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM BLUE BLOODS (7th Season Premiere)
*Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30-8:30 PM 60 MINUTES (49th Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 28
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS (12th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM CODE BLACK (2nd Season Premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 2
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (8th Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM MADAM SECRETARY (3rd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY (5th Season Premiere)
Monday, Oct. 3
9:00-11:00 PM SCORPION (2-Hour 3rd Season Premiere)
Monday, Oct. 10
9:00-10:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS (1-Hour 6th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM SCORPION (regular time period)
Monday, Oct. 17
9:30-10:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE (3rd Season Premiere)
Monday, Oct. 24
8:00-8:30 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT (New Time Period)
8:30-9:00 PM MAN WITH A PLAN (SERIES DEBUT)
Thursday, Oct. 27
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (Regular Time Period)
8:30-9:00 PM THE GREAT INDOORS (SERIES DEBUT)
9:00-9:30 PM MOM (4th Season Premiere)
9:30 -10:00 PM LIFE IN PIECES (2nd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM PURE GENIUS (SERIES DEBUT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMnhLfaWUo8
What if a meteorite came crashing down to Earth, landed in Russia, got transported to DC and the creepy crawlies inside of it starting taking over the brains of the people who work in Politics. That is the premise of BrainDead that debuts on CBS tonight at 10p. Even though ants and politicians are two of the things I hate most, I thoroughly enjoyed this campy drama.
Laurel Healy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a documentary filmmaker, who needs money to finish her film. Her father (Zach Grenier) offers her the money, only if she is works for her brother, who is a US Democratic Senator (Danny Pino). She eventually agrees to work with for Luke as his Constituent Representative. Her first day seems to start off normally enough, even though the Government is set to shut down when the work day ends. But then the last person waiting to talk to her, will ask for her assistance on something that will change her life and everyone elses in DC.
The woman tells Laurel that her husband comes back from an expedition in Russia a changed man. He no longer drinks and he was an alcoholic before the long trip. Plus, she found a strange video on his phone, she can’t explain. When Laurel asks why she came to her for assistance, the woman says the Senator’s office signed off on it. Now Laurel will try to find out what happened on that boat and to its cargo that is now at the Smithsonian.
Although Laurel has a much more pressing issue to deal with first. Gareth Ritter (Aaron Tveit) comes to her and tells her that his boss Republican Senator Red Wheatus (Tony Shalhoub) will strike a deal with her brother, so that US Government won’t shut down, and she has just 90 minutes to find her brother and tell him that. She finds him just in the nick of time, he talks to Democratic Senators and they don’t agree to the offer.
Now 100,000 people are out of work including the Smithsonian. That means the meteorite is left alone and now the aliants (alien ants) have escaped. Their first target is Gareth’s boss. Once they enter his head, you will get to see what they do to you after they crawl inside your ear.
These aliants don’t only go after just Politicians, they have embedded themselves into the man, who is watching after their home aka the meteorite. When Laurel finds him, he is in extreme pain so she calls an ambulance. She travels with him to the hospital but he never makes it there. That’s because his head exploded all over her and the two EMTs.
His head is only the first one to explode, in the coming weeks more people will be splattered with brain matter. But not everyone’s head will explode, others will be willing to accept the aliants. What do the aliants want? Laurel and Gareth will work together to find out. Maybe they can also figure out why everyone, who is infected by the aliants, can’t stop listening to The Cars’ You Might Think.
Not only won’t you be able to get that song out of your head like the aliants, you won’t be able to get this campy drama out of your mind too. BrainDead is unlike anything else on CBS, it is like a ’60s B horror movie. It has a comedic feel even though it is a drama. And wait until next week, when they start off each episode with the most original and brilliant episode recaps.
Now when it comes to the political side of the show, I wonder if The Kings aka Robert and Michelle King, who gave us The Good Wife, knew how crazy our Presidential race would be when they pitched this show a year ago. As crazy as BrainDead is, it is not as crazy as the Presidential Race. Close, but no cigar.
Watch how close they have nailed politics with a Summer show that will enjoyably snatch up your Monday nights!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnCxzfJdDIY
A week after the networks announced their schedules for next season, the one show that was still awaiting its fate found out its future today. Limitless’ Producer Craig Sweeny Tweeted, “I’m truly sad to report that #Limitless will not continue on any platform. Thanks so much to everyone who watched.”
You didn’t need to take a magic pill to figure out that even though CBS tried to shop Limitless around, no one was going to buy it. It had a loyal fan base, just not enough of one.
I could never get into the show because of the show’s lead. I know this is a stupid reason not to like an actor, but Jake McDorman’s beard drives me crazy. It is so light you can’t tell if he has one or he doesn’t; so I would fixate on this and couldn’t get past it. It drives me crazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pS39X658Vw CBS might be the #1 network, but is broken. Since it is broken, they decided to fix it.
They decided to go back to comedies on Monday after taking a season off. Plus, they are going back to 2 hours of sitcoms after taking 2 seasons off. Long live sitcoms.
Sad news is NCIS: LA is moving to Sundays at 8p. I think that is a bad slot for the show. The other NCIS spinoff NCIS: NoLA is moving to 10p on Tuesdays to make room for an NCIS original who left the show. Wednesdays remains the same. Thursdays, watch Life in Pieces fall hard without the help of The Big Bang Theory. On Fridays, they are giving up on reality at 8p and putting MacGuyver there. Sundays is just there.
I don’t think is a fix, but we shall see.
MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT (N)
8:00-8:30 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT (RTP)(Starting in October)
8:30-9:00 PM MAN WITH A PLAN (N) (Starting in October)
9:00-9:30 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS (NTP)
9:30-10:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE (NTP)
10:00-11:00 PM SCORPION (NTP)
THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (RTP) (Starting Oct. 27)
8:30-9:00 PM THE GREAT INDOORS (N) (Starting Oct. 27)
9:00-9:30 PM MOM (Starting Oct. 27)
9:30-10:00 PM LIFE IN PIECES (NTP) (Starting Oct. 27)
10:00-11:00 PM PURE GENIUS (N) (Starting Oct. 27)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM MACGYVER (N)
9:00-10:00 PM HAWAII FIVE-0
10:00-11:00 PM BLUE BLOODS
SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (NTP)
9:00-10:00 PM MADAM SECRETARY (NTP)
10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY
To read descriptions of the news shows and trailers, then click here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRk6CB8llII
CBS is the only network with shows in limbo and today they crossed 4 of them off of their list. The Eye renewed The Odd Couple, Undercover Boss, Code Black and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
I am really happy that The Odd Couple is coming back because it so funny and had a much a stronger second season. Plus, did well in the ratings without any promotion. It’s their new Yes Dear, Still Standing and Rules of Engagement. In other words, their safety sitcom that never seems to get cancelled. I am also glad that they bringing back Undercover Boss because it is the most positive show on television.
When it comes to the other dramas, they were so not for me.
The two shows we still don’t know about are Limitless and Rush Hour. There are rumors that Limitless is most likely going to be cancelled and the studio is shopping it around. I wonder if maybe CBS is thinking of switching the show over to their app where they be airing the new Star Trek series and possibly The Good Wife spinoff.
