CBS Fall Schedule: Ghosts and NCIS: LA on the Move, S.W.A.T. Returns to Friday, Firefighters Claim Magnum‘s Spot
CBS on Wednesday morning became the third broadcast network to unveil an actual schedule for the Fall TV season, after NBC and ABC (but not quite Fox) did same. What favorite shows are on the move, where did new ones land, and what’s on hold until midseason?
♦ Steady Eddie S.W.A.T. is returning to its Friday leadoff spot, where it will tee up the new firefighter drama Fire Country (starring SEAL Team‘s Max Thieriot and Zoo‘s Billy Burke). NCIS: Los Angeles will in turn move an hour later on Sundays, making way for the freshman cop drama East New York.
♦ The Real Love Boat will close out a new, all-reality Wednesday slate, which is anchored by new seasons of Survivor and The Amazing Race.
♦ With only two Thursday sitcoms now in inventory, Young Sheldon and Ghosts (airing a half-hour earlier) will lead into the freshman dramedy So Help Me Todd, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin. (CSI: Vegas‘ sophomore season will close out that night.)
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MONDAY
8 pm The Neighborhood
8:30 pm Bob Hearts Abishola
9 pm NCIS
10 pm NCIS: Hawai’i
TUESDAY
8 pm FBI
9 pm FBI: International
10 pm FBI: Most Wanted
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Survivor
9 pm The Amazing Race
10 pm THE REAL LOVE BOAT
THURSDAY
8 pm Young Sheldon
8:30 pm Ghosts (new time slot)
9 pm SO HELP ME TODD
10 pm CSI: Vegas (new night)
FRIDAY
8 pm S.W.A.T. (“new” night)
9 pm FIRE COUNTRY
10 pm Blue Bloods
SATURDAY
8 pm Drama encores
9 pm Drama encores
10 pm 48 Hours
SUNDAY
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm The Equalizer
9 pm EAST NEW YORK
10 pm NCIS: Los Angeles (new time slot)
LINGO, Secret Celebrity Renovation, SUPERFAN, Tough as Nails, TRUE LIES
B Positive, Bull (ending May 26), How We Roll, Magnum P.I. and United States of Al (View our Renewal Scorecard for all pickup/cancellation data)
Just keep SWAT on fridays! It fits on that day!
Thursday are going to be crazy and I’m excited to see how the Sheldon & Ghosts power bloc works out. I see 0.7/0.6s for both. That and CSI Vegas moving away from Chicago PD is a great move and one that should help its numbers so much. Reality Wednesdays is also a plus.
“ With only two sitcoms in inventory” You May want to reword that to “With only two sitcoms (Young Sheldon and Ghosts) in inventory on Thursday’s”. The way it reads now makes it seem like CBS only 2 Comedies total on the entire schedule. Last I checked The Neighborhood and Bob ❤️ Abishola are still sitcoms as well.
Noted.
But not funny ones. Actually none of CBS’S sitcoms are funny. The only thing that is a joke is CBS. BRI G BACK Macgyver & Magnum & NCIS NOLA. And get rid of that horrible Hawaii one fot the love all thats holy.
I’m with you on NOLA and Magnum, but the Ghosts sitcom is actually quite enjoyable
In5bink neighborhood is very f7nn6 and bob loves abishola shoulD bring back magnumpin
I agree! Bring back Magnum, Macgyver, and NOLA!
Yes!!! Prefer SWAT on Fridays
Wow, no network really wants to program comedies anymore, so, after this season ends, they just won’t be any presence for awards shows, except for maybe the Critics’ Choice Awards.
I mean broadcast network.
Award shows favor drama.
They also favor reality shows. I watched a couple in the beginning. Now they’re all the same. BORING!
Bring back Magnum PI. I absolutely love the show. As a matter of fact the whole family loves the show
Agree 100%. Blue Bloods is the only show I will watch on CBS Fridays.
Agree
They can’t. I love it too, but unless CBS is willing to pay the licensing fee to Universal, they’re at an impasse.
I liked Magnum PI also. It was really a great show
I agree, every show that was worth watching gets cancelled. My husband and I enjoyed watching Magnum on Fridays. Reconsider cancelling the show.
Agree! Bring back Magnum
Bring back Magnum love that show
yesssssssssssssssssssssssss
Please keep Magnum PI on tv!!!!
yes
I agree. Best show ever
Licensing fee issue between CBS and Universal. They couldn’t agree to a deal.
See how long swat lasts on fridays this time….
The whole year. last year it was always planned to go to Sunday as soon as Seal Team had finished its run. Normally it wasn’t even supposed to stay that long on Friday, but as their first reality TV was canceled before it started CBS kept it there as SWAT’s performance was good.
SWAT should be on Sunday because that’s the best time slot, I didn’t get to watch it on Fridays because of work. Maybe if it was on right before Blue Bloods it could work, but Sunday is best.
Done with CBS. They’ve cancelled too many of my favorites to makes way for their trilogies.
Bring back Magnum P.I.and CSI:Vegas,
CSI:Vegas will be on Thursdays at 10pm.
I totally agree with you!
I don’t believe taking Magnum off for a similar show like so help me Todd was a wise decision. And putting a show like East New York on Sunday I am already planning to skip it and wait for NCIS LA which will now lose viewers because the lead in is very very very weak. They should put all NCIS on the same night like they did FBI
East New York will benefit from a football inflated night as CBS Sunday shows always do in the fall. This is why a lot of people always complain about late starts if they DVR. The show won’t be pulling weak numbers thats for sure.
I always add 90 minutes to the DVR’s programming for any CBS shows I watch on Sunday — between football in the fall and golf in the spring and summer, I’d rather be safe than sorry.
Too many NCIS and FBI shows. Magnum was much better. Wednesdays are a bust. Survivor and Amazing Race just aren’t my thing. Need more comedies, I want to laugh again.
Magnum was a good reboot, but it wasn’t better than the FBIs or NCIS. Also, it’s cancellation had nothing to do with those shows. It had to do with the licensing fee. Magnum and all three FBIs are co-produced with NBC Universal. The FBI shows’ ratings warrant paying the licensing fee. Magnum’s ratings didn’t. CBS wasn’t willing to pay the fee for lower ratings. They couldn’t come to a deal with Universal. It ultimately came down to money.
It will surprise me if swat doesn’t perform slightly better, and fire country doesn’t at least match mpi, their is nothing on Fri night, should be easy wins for cbs, the cbs
Can’t believe you cancelled Magnum PI and Bull and left Ghosts, Survivor, The Amazing Race. Guess you really don’t care what the consumer wants to watch!
I heard Bull left because he wanted to do other things. They should bring back Magnum for Wednesdays and get rid of Survivor or Amazing Race.
Yes they should totally get rid of Survivor, their #1 rated show and one of the highest rated shows on broadcast television.
you do know tar has won emmy’s and i think it won the competion emmy 5 years in a row and oh cycle 34 unlike the last two cycles won’t premire like 2 years after they filmed it, as tar 32 they waited like a year and a half after they were done with production and we all know what happened last cycle and i do hope they got rid of both the u-turn and fast foward as last year it went back to what the race was before that teams were competeing and also working with each other
Consumers prefer ghosts to bull
Ghosts and Survivor outperform Magnum and Bull in the demo and overall viewers.
Amazing Race outperforms both in the demo.
So yes they are about what the consumers want. You are making the error of assuming what YOU want is what everyone wants.
+1 These three shows are massive performers compared to the examples they listed lol
“So yes they are about what the consumers want. You are making the error of assuming what YOU want is what everyone wants.”
THANK YOU. I’ll miss Magnum too, but ratings had been deteriorating as of late. It was a co-production with NBC Universal, just like the FBIs. The difference is the ratings for all three FBIs justifies paying the licensing fee to Universal. That wasn’t the case with Magnum. CBS wasn’t willing to pay a steep licensing fee to Universal for lower ratings. It all comes down to money. Bottom line: people can complain about “too many NCISes and FBIs” all they want, but those are the shows people are watching. The ratings reflect that. Strong ratings = more advertising money = more profit. It’s a business decision. This is a business, not a charity. It’s not personal when they cancel shows. People need to chill.
lmao says who?? I LOVE Ghosts and Survivor! Glad that Fire Country took MPI’s spot actually
The first announcement that Bull was going to end this Season was actually made months ago by its titular star ,Michael Weatherly(Bull) , on his own verified twitter account in which he claimed the decision was his own choice and he was ready to move on to seek other projects.
Very happy to see S.W.A.T. back on Fridays where its ratings were better and it fit so well. And I’m certainly willing to give So Help Me Todd a chance, even with that subpar pun title.
Agree putting SWAT back on Friday. Moving NCISLA to a later hour is a mistake number one because during football season the entire schedule moves later. Its possible NCISLA wouldn’t start until well after 10:00 and ending late.
I like Max Theriot but not sure I will stay tuned after Equalizer in order to watch NCISLA whenever. Might be taping it for viewing.
Oh, and like everyone else, big mistake cancelling Magnum.
Well
Not mentioned — or maybe I missed it: Undercover Boss
Maybe had you led into magnum pi with a show like S.W.A.T. it would have gotten better ratings.
Yea Macgyver.Another show that should not have been cancelled.
Nice to see SWAT back on Fridays.
Big Mistake to cancel Magrum P I So far it has been the only show without all the WOKE bs It was about entertaiment period
Why not move NCISLA to Mondays between NCIS and NCIS HI and have NCIS Monday like it was on Tuesday. Move NCIS to 8 NCIS LA 9 and NCIS HI to 10 stop moving good shows around.
I just wish they would move it away from Sunday nights. I added 90 minutes extrato the dvr recording because you never know when it’ll start due to sports overruns.
You are making a big mistake buy canceling Magmun Pl
Another firefighter show? So all of the networks have a firefighter show? This just seems lazy.
Or… firefighter shows do well (#1 Fox show, #1 NBC show, #2 ABC show…).
of course. i love firefighters and will watch. anyone trying to replace Tom Selleck, who is actually on later that night, was likely doomed among my age cohort. I did not even bother to try to watch. Likewise, McGyver. Younger people who did not watch the original series, long before DVRs existed, may be mourning their version of these series. Not I.
Very disappointed with decision to cancel Magnum P.I. It was one of my favorites.
Totally agree, Magnum was a good show, the cast and story lines were entertaining. Bring ig back.
SWAT on Fridays is a good move, maybe move Magnum to Sundays after Equalizer, fantastic show… Stop moving shows to other networks that consumers have to pay for wd pay enough now to watch TV.
Cannot, in my wildest dreams imagine why you canceled Magnum PI. One of the best, warmest and best cast interactions of any show on TV. I will not personally watch Friday nite tv and a abundance of friends and acquaintances feel exactly as I do. Shame on you CBS. YOU SUCK!!!!!
NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN CBS LINEUP. WONT BE WATCHING IT. MAGNUM WILL BE MISSED BY THOUSANDS. THE REAL LIVE BOAT, REALLY?
Did I read Magnum out, Love Boat in
???Love Boat?.Holy baloney
Da Plane! Da Plane!
Wow, I am not watching much TV next season at all. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. So far not a single new show on any network appeals to me.
Annnd bring on all the junk that LA might be in it’s last Season from all kinds of fans. 🙄
Many people don’t understand it’s not just a matter of bean-counting ratings numbers. If a show can get decent ratings/viewers in a timeslot better than other shows tried have been able to it’s a successful move for the network. Sunday nights were considered notoriously troublesome for CBS until NCIS LA moved and it’s kept stable through the different time shifts. Would NCIS (O) been doing better in ratings/viewers if it stayed at 8:00 on Tuesdays? Of course—but CBS ha a major problem with drawing viewers after the Monday 8:00 -9:00 comedies. NCIS solved that problem .
Not necessarily the last but likely winding down. The original CSI lasted one season in that time slot, CSI Miami, Madam Secretary and The Mentalist around 2. Given that NCIS LA has a lot of new characters and O’Donnell and LL Cool J haven’t been around so much anymore, it’s not unlikely that the show’s nearing its end in a season or two.