Television lovers, get ready! CBS has finally unveiled its much-anticipated Fall 2025 TV schedule, and it’s packed with new series debuts, fan-favorite returns, and a few surprising time slot shakeups. Whether you’re a die-hard NCIS fan or you’ve been waiting for a fresh drama to dive into, CBS’s lineup this year promises something for everyone.
In this ultimate guide, we’ll walk you through the complete CBS fall schedule, including premiere dates, returning shows, brand-new series, and what to expect from the network’s programming strategy this season.
CBS Fall 2025: Quick Overview
CBS is bringing back its signature franchises while also pushing into new creative territory. You’ll see procedural staples like FBI and NCIS alongside exciting newcomers hoping to become the next big thing. Let’s break it all down day by day, show by show.
CBS Primetime Schedule — Fall 2025 (All Times ET/PT)
Monday Nights
8:00 PM – The Neighborhood (Season 7)
8:30 PM – Bob Hearts Abishola (Final Season)
9:00 PM – NCIS (Season 23)
10:00 PM – NCIS: Sydney (Season 3)
👉 Mondays kick off strong with two comedy staples, followed by the return of NCIS, which continues to be CBS’s Monday crown jewel.
Tuesday Nights
8:00 PM – FBI (Season 8)
9:00 PM – FBI: International (Season 5)
10:00 PM – FBI: Most Wanted (Season 6)
This is your action-packed procedural night. The FBI franchise dominates Tuesdays, making it must-see viewing for crime drama fans.
Wednesday Nights
8:00 PM – Survivor (Season 47)
9:30 PM – The Amazing Race (Season 38)
CBS keeps reality TV alive and well on Wednesdays with back-to-back Survivor and The Amazing Race, still holding strong after decades on air.
Thursday Nights
8:00 PM – Young Sheldon: The College Years (NEW)
8:30 PM – Ghosts (Season 4)
9:00 PM – Elsbeth (Season 2)
10:00 PM – So Help Me Todd (Season 3)
The big story? Young Sheldon lives on in a spin-off — this time focusing on Sheldon’s adventures in college. Ghosts and Elsbeth anchor the comedy-drama mix.
Friday Nights
8:00 PM – S.W.A.T. (Final Season)
9:00 PM – Fire Country (Season 3)
10:00 PM – Blue Bloods (Final Episodes)
Fridays are for fans of high-stakes heroism, with shows that center around first responders and law enforcement.
Saturday Nights
8:00 PM – Repeats & Encores
9:00 PM – 48 Hours (Season 38)
CBS keeps it low-key on Saturdays with reruns and true crime.
Sunday Nights
7:00 PM – 60 Minutes (Season 58)
8:00 PM – The Equalizer (Season 5)
9:00 PM – Tracker (Season 2)
10:00 PM – CSI: Vegas (Season 4)
Sundays remain CBS’s crime-solving zone, with Queen Latifah returning as The Equalizer and Justin Hartley leading Tracker, a breakout hit from 2024.
Looking at CBS’s fall TV schedule for the 2025-2026 season, one of the first things you’ll notice is that The Eye is losing three of its acronymic TV shows — the network’s trademark TV titling style choice that really kicked into gear with 1995’s JAG and continued with CSI, NCIS, and their legions of spin-offs. Gone are FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, and S.W.A.T., all of which were canceled. But fans of ALL CAPS shouldn’t worry, because CBS is adding three new shows, all with big, capital letters: CIA, DMV, and Y: Marshals. P.H.E.W.!
One of those shows will be slotted on Mondays, with new comedy DMV following the latest season of The Neighborhood, and sophomore drama Watson following FBI to cap off the evening when CBS kicks off its premiere week starting Oct. 13. DMV stars Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, and Tony Cavalero, and is set at a Department of Motor Vehicles office.
With the cancellation of two FBI series, Tuesdays are taken over by a trio of NCIS shows: NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney, beginning Oct. 14. Wednesdays feature the familiar pairing of Survivor and The Amazing Race (they get an earlier start in late September), with game shows and the new true crime series Harlan Coben’s Final Twist taking over in mid-winter. In it, the popular author will present criminal cases with unusual twists. Come spring, Survivor returns for its 50th season, and will be followed by the new reality cooking series America’s Culinary Cup, hosted by Padma Lakshmi.
Thursdays remain unchanged with Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Ghosts, Matlock, and Elsbeth, but Friday has a mostly new look — but with familiar faces. Starting the evening at 8/7c is a new drama, the Fire Country spin-off Sheriff Country, starring Morena Baccarin as the keeper of laws in Edgewater, the small California town where Fire Country takes place. (Could Doctor Country be coming next year!?!?) A new season of Fire Country airs at 9/8c, followed by Boston Blue, a spin-off of the canceled Blue Bloods that follows Donnie Wahlberg’s cop Danny Reagan as he moves from the Big Apple to Beantown. However, for their premieres on Oct. 17, Fire Country and Sheriff Country will swap spots, likely to ease new fans into Sheriff Country with a Fire Country lead-in.
Sundays are once again anchored by Tracker, which enters its third season. In the fall, it will be followed by The Road, a new music competition series produced by Taylor Sheridan. In the spring, Tracker will lead into the new series Y: Marshals (working title), a spin-off of Yellowstone starring Luke Grimes, whose Yellowstone character Kayce Dutton joins the U.S. Marshals in Montana.
CIA was originally scheduled to premiere in the fall on Monday, but in July was moved to the spring while it undergoes a showrunner switcheroo. CIA is a spin-off of FBI, or, if you ask CBS, it’s a “universe expansion of the FBI series,” and stars Lucifer’s Tom Ellis as a reckless CIA agent partnered with a by-the-book FBI agent who is yet to be cast.
