CBS today revealed its fall schedule, which features the final episodes of Blue Bloods’ 14th and final season, comedy Ghosts, the three FBI and two NCIS dramas, Survivor, the new Matlock reboot starring Kathy Bates.
Also slated are rookie comedies Poppa’s House and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and competition series The Summit and new seasons of Ghosts, S.W.A.T., Fire Country, Tracker, The Equalizer, The Neighborhood and others. See the full lineup below.
The remaining episodes of the long-popular generational New York cop drama Blue Bloods begin at 10 p.m. Friday, October 18, following the Season 8 premiere of rescued crime drama S.W.A.T. at 8 and third season of Fire Country at 9.
Tuesdays will look familiar to CBS viewers, with the FBI trio returning October 15. Season 7 of the mothership series launches as 8 p.m., followed by FBI: International‘s fourth season at 9 and FBI: Most Wanted‘s Season 6 at 10.
Beginning October 17, Thursday nights will include Season 4 of Ghosts and Season 2 of Elsbeth at 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., respectively, along with a pair of new shows: Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage at 8 p.m. and Matlock at 9. The latter will launch with a sneak peek on September 22.
Season 22 of NCIS begins at 9 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, followed by the series premiere of spinoff NCIS: Origins. The following week sees the Season 7 bow of The Neighborhood at 8 p.m., followed by the debut of father-son Wayans sitcom Poppa’s House at 8:30 p.m. NCIS: Origins moves into its regular time-slot premiere at 9:30 p.m. October 21.
Tracker returns for Season 2 on Sunday, October 27, followed by the fifth season of The Equalizer. Their start times likely will be affected by NFL overruns in the East, and both series will move to their respective regular slots at 8 and 9 p.m. PT/ET on November 3.
CBS will kick off its fall slate with new runs of three mega-veteran series: reality pioneer Survivor (Season 47 on September 18), true-crime stalwart 48 Hours (Season 37 on September 21) and newsmag granddaddy 60 Minutes (Season 57 on September 22).
New unscripted series The Summit will have a post-NFL sneak on September 28 before settling into its regular 9:30-11 p.m. slot on October 16.
Here are CBS’ fall premiere dates (all times ET/PT except where noted):
Wednesday, September 188-10 pm: Survivor (Season 47 premiere)
Saturday, September 219-11 pm: 48 Hours (Season 37 premiere)
Sunday, September 227-8 pm: 60 Minutes (Season 57 premiere)
8-9 pm: Matlock (sneak peek)
Wednesday, September 258-9:30 pm: Survivor (time slot premiere)
Saturday, September 2810-11 pm: 48 Hours (time slot premiere)
Sunday, September 298:30-10 pm PT: The Summit (sneak peek)
9-10:30 pm ET: The Summit (sneak peek)
Tuesday, October 148-9 pm: NCIS (22nd season premiere)
9-11 pm: NCIS: Origins (series premiere)
Tuesday, October 158-9 pm: FBI (Season 7 premiere)
9-10 pm: FBI: International (Season 4 premiere)
10-11 pm: FBI: Most Wanted (Season 6 premiere)
Wednesday, October 169:30-11 pm: The Summit (time slot premiere)
Thursday, October 178-8:30 pm: Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (series premiere)
8:30-9 pm: Ghosts (Season 4 premiere)
9-10 pm: Matlock (time slot premiere)
10-11 pm: Elsbeth (Season 2 premiere)
Friday, October 188-9 pm: S.W.A.T. (Season 8 premiere)
9-10 pm: Fire Country (Season 3 premiere)
10-11 pm: Blue Bloods (Season 14B premiere)
Monday, October 218-8:30 pm: The Neighborhood (Season 7 premiere)
8:30-9 pm: Poppa’s House (series premiere)
9-10 pm: NCIS (time slot premiere)
10-11 pm: NCIS: Origins (time slot premiere)
Sunday, October 278-9 pm PT: Tracker (Season 2 premiere)
8:30-9:30 pm ET: Tracker (Season 2 premiere)
9-10 pm PT: The Equalizer (Season 5 premiere)
9:30-10:30 pm ET: The Equalizer (Season 5 premiere)
Sunday, November 3:8-9 pm: Tracker (time slot premiere)
9-10 pm: The Equalizer (time slot premiere)
