CBS Sets Fall 2016 Premiere Dates, Slates JonBenet Ramsey Limited Series
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After kicking off the 2015-16 TV season with the two-hour CSI movie/finale,CBS again is opting for event programming in September. The network has slated its three-part, six-hour unscripted true-crime limited seriesCase Closed, revisiting the JonBenet Ramsey murder on its 20th anniversary, for the Sunday before the start of the season, the first Monday and the first Sunday of the fall season. CBS has football double headers on the two Sundays whenCase Closed airs, so the event series will help the network roll out its regular Sunday lineup on Oct. 2 as scheduled, without football-related delays. On its opening night, Case Closed will face the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast on ABC.
Beyond that, CBS is sticking to its regular fall launch pattern since acquiringThursday Night Football, with the bulk of the early fall lineup debuting during the traditional premiere week, except for the first Wednesday night of the season, which once again will be all-reality, featuring the supersized season premiere ofSurvivor and season finale ofBig Brother.
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Here is the CBS fall schedule with premiere dates:
Thursday, Sept. 15
7:30 PM, ET THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PRE-GAME SHOW
8:25 PM, ET THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (NY Jets @ Buffalo Bills)
Sunday, Sept. 18
8:30-10:30 PM CASE CLOSED (LIMITED SERIES, PART 1)
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)
9:00-11:00 PM CASE CLOSED (Part 2)
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)
9:30-11:00 PM BIG BROTHER (90-Minute Season Finale)
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)
Saturday, Sept. 24
10:00-11:00 PM 48 HOURS (29th Season Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 25
7:30-8:30 PM 60 MINUTES (49th Season Premiere)
8:30-10:30 PM CASE CLOSED (Part 3)
Monday, Sept. 26
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT
9:00-11:00 PM Presidential Debate
Wednesday, Sept. 28
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR (Regular Time Period)
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
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT
9:00-11:00 PM SCORPION (2-Hour 3rd Season Premiere)
Monday, Oct. 10
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT
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
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM KEVIN CAN WAIT
9:00-9:30 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS (regular time period)
9:30-10:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE (3rd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM SCORPION
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)
9:00-9:30 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:30-10:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE
10:00-11:00 PM SCORPION
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)
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13 Comments
- Mikael
There is not one new CBS show i am interested in watching. Their stuff is so boring.
- Anonymous
Madame sec?? so Boring – so hard to watch – what are the demos like – do people in their 60’s watching ?
- Nero tTVFiddler
Interesting to see how CBS is carefully trying to debut each new series in the best possible time slot and light. That makes sense. I think one day we’ll look back at the fall 2016 CBS schedule, and see that the network was trying to develop their future comedy lineup in a post-TBBT world, whether that is the 2018-19 season, or a bit beyond.
But at some point, TBBT will no longer be around, and my hunch is CBS is betting that one of the following might be that next big ‘tent pole’ comedy: Kevin Can Wait, Man With a Plan, or The Great Indoors. If all three turn out to be failures (unlikely), CBS is in big trouble, and they know it. But my guess is at least one, maybe two, of the three go on to become the next foundation for comedy on the CBS schedule after TBBT is gone. If that is the case, CBS will be in a good position moving forward, both on the Primetime schedule and in the future revenue generating syndication market.
Man, i can’t believe the long way down to badness CBS went. It used to be one of my favorite networks, now don’t even care about them. Only Criminal Minds and Hawaii is what interested me in their whole line-up. And I wouldn’t even mind if Hawaii ends with this season. All bad shows after a bad show on that network last two years.
i so wish someone would bring back American Idol!!!
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