Friday, March 25, 2016

RENEWAL ALERT: NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Los Angeles, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Scorpion, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, Survivor, The Amazing Race

CBS handed out a flurry of renewals today to veteran shows, joining The Big Bang Theory and NCIS, which were already renewed for 2016-17.

Now on the renewal list is dramas NCIS: New Orleans (season 3), NCIS: Los Angeles (season 8), Blue Bloods (season 7), Hawaii Five-0 (season 7), Madam Secretary (season 3), Elementary (season 5), and Scorpion (season 3). Of those dramas, only Hawaii Five-0 and Elementary seemed to possibly be on the bubble but they are part of the CBS syndication factory so the renewal was never much in doubt. Also renewed were comedies 2 Broke Girls (season 6) and Mom (season 4) and long time reality shows Survivor (33rd/34th editions) and The Amazing Race (29th/30th editions).

More notable is what was missing from the CBS renewal list: veteran Criminal Minds, bubble show CSI: Cyber, and all their freshman shows: Supergirl, Limitless, Code Black, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, and Life in Pieces. Les Moonves hinted most of the freshmen will come back and Minds will certainly return unless there are contractual breakdowns. It always seems to go down to the wire for that show. Cyber could go either way: it's ratings aren't very strong but it's a better international player for CBS and part of a long time hit franchise for CBS.

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