CBS' 2016-17 Television Schedule Revealed

[only1moore]

Expect this lineup to be official, but subject to change


Monday
8 p.m. — The Big Bang Theory/KEVIN CAN WAIT (Kevin James as a retired cop turned full time family man)
8:30 p.m. — Kevin Can Wait/MAN WITH THE PLAN (Matt LeBlanc as a contractor has to step in and take care of the kids when his wife returns to the workplace) (October)
9 p.m. — 2 Broke Girls (New night)
9:30 p.m. — The Odd Couple (New night)
10 p.m. — Scorpion (New time)

Tuesday
8 p.m. — NCIS
9 p.m. — BULL (Drama about a brilliant trial consultant, loosely based on Dr. Phil's pre-talk show life)
10 p.m. — NCIS: New Orleans (New time)

Wednesday
8 p.m. — Survivor
9 p.m. — Criminal Minds
10 p.m. — Code Black

Thursday (through Oct. 20)
8 p.m. — Thursday Night Football

Thursday (starting Oct. 27)
8 p.m. — The Big Bang Theory
8:30 p.m. — THE GREAT INDOORS (Joel McHale as a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of eager millennials in the publication's digital edition)
9 p.m. — Mom
9:30 p.m. — Life in Pieces (New time)
10 p.m. — PURE GENIUS (A Silicon Valley billionaire who enlists the world's best medical minds to work in his state-of-the-art hospital)


Friday
8 p.m. — MACGYVER (Rebooted version of the original series)
9 p.m. — Hawaii Five-0
10 p.m. — Blue Bloods

Saturday
8 p.m. — Crimetime Saturday

Sunday
7 p.m. — 60 Minutes
8 p.m. — NCIS: Los Angeles (New night)
9 p.m. — Madam Secretary (New time)
10 p.m — Elementary

Midseason/Backups
TRAINING DAY (based on the film, set 15 years later)
DOUBT (Katherine Heigl heads the legal drama, with Laverne Cox expected to make history as the first transgendered person to star in a network TV series)

 

[vchimpanzee]

"Man with the Plan" should be paired with "The Odd Couple". "Friends" fans (I am not one) would have a reason to watch both shows.

Then again, the 2 Broke Girls are sort of an odd couple themselves.

 

[umfan]

I like that Kevin James is coming back to TV and the rebooted MacGyver looks interesting.

Friday will remain my CBS day, but I might start watching Monday as well.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I'm glad CBS is going to having sitcoms on Monday nights from 8 to 10 PM ET. That was always my main night for prime time network TV, along with Thursday nights on NBC until sitcoms were cut back there.

 

[only1moore]

I saw the previews for the new CBS shows. "Kevin Can Wait" and "Man With The Plan" does show promise as does the "MacGyver" reboot, the latter fitting in with the Friday Night lineup. However I wish they gave "The Great Indoors" a better time slot where it could do better. On the other hand the Sunday schedule is a hit and miss with a weak lineup.

 

[LKellerIII]

the Sunday schedule is a hit and miss with a weak lineup.

Yeah - what's with that? NCIS LA in the old Good Wife slot? <Yawn> Since that's a prestigious time slot with one of the week's highest potential viewer bases, I was expecting them to put in a drama with a better pedigree - or perhaps something new and a bit daring, like A Good Wife was in its first year. Instead, they slot in a typical and mundane police procedural.

I guess I'll be watching HBO exclusively on Sunday nights.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I saw the previews for the new CBS shows. "Kevin Can Wait" and "Man With The Plan" does show promise as does the "MacGyver" reboot, the latter fitting in with the Friday Night lineup. However I wish they gave "The Great Indoors" a better time slot where it could do better. On the other hand the Sunday schedule is a hit and miss with a weak lineup.

A "MacGyver" reboot should be paired with "Scorpion".

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I think they put shows they want to kill off on Sunday nights. Interference from football overruns plays havoc with start times, and destroys ratings - especially for unsuspecting people who set up a DVR based on the scheduled start time.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I think they put shows they want to kill off on Sunday nights. Interference from football overruns plays havoc with start times, and destroys ratings - especially for unsuspecting people who set up a DVR based on the scheduled start time.

Have you ever seen the Nielsen ratings for Sundays? CBS is putting shows on that night that can survive anything.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Friday is now the night for killing off shows on most networks, since Saturdays are now mostly repeats and sports.

 

[Bob Eubanks]

I think they put shows they want to kill off on Sunday nights. Interference from football overruns plays havoc with start times, and destroys ratings - especially for unsuspecting people who set up a DVR based on the scheduled start time.

What do they do with shows they want to kill off? They kill them off. (Almost) Nobody in any business roots for or tries achieve failure. They may invest less on a given night, that's not trying to kill something. You still want to make a good buck.

 

[LKellerIII]

I think they put shows they want to kill off on Sunday nights. Interference from football overruns plays havoc with start times, and destroys ratings - especially for unsuspecting people who set up a DVR based on the scheduled start time.

Last I heard, Sunday is the most watched night for television. Viewers have been out playing Friday and/or Saturday night, and want to relax and prepare for the week ahead. Some of CBS most acclaimed and popular shows are and were on Sunday night - 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote., The Good Wife. Even basic cable recognizes this, and puts the new episodes of their acclaimed series on Sunday nights - The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead...

The only thing that's odd to me is that CBS is not premiering a new show with promise in the Sunday 9:00 slot, but instead is parking the cookie-cutter procedural NCIS LA there.

 

[kenrayc]

I don't see the Criminal Minds spin-off Beyond Borders, was it cancelled?

 

[only1moore]

Beyond Borders will return in mid season.