UPFRONTS: CBS 2021-22 Schedule

Here's a look at the CBS schedule in 2021-22!

MONDAYS

8:00 The Neighborhood (4th season)

8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola (3rd season)

9:00 NCIS (19th season)

10:00 NCIS: HAWAII

CBS had probably the biggest schedule move of the broadcast networks as they are sending NCIS to Mondays at 9pm after the series spent 18 years on Tuesdays at 8pm. This comes as renewal was a little trickier with series star Mark Harmon indicating he is ready to be done but ultimately agreeing to come back to keep the show on the air. This move seems to indicate that CBS is preparing for life after NCIS. To that end, they are also hoping the mothership can launch the newest spinoff, NCIS: Hawaii which stars Vanessa Lachey among others. If the NCIS audience follows it to Mondays, enough of them should stick around for Hawaii. The comedy hour of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola continues at 8pm.

TUESDAYS

8:00 FBI (4th season)

9:00 FBI: INTERNATIONAL

10:00 FBI: Most Wanted (3rd season)

Dick Wolf is taking over all corners of broadcast TV. The megaproducer already owns Chicago Wednesdays on NBC. That network announced a trio of Law & Order shows on Thursdays as well and now CBS will follow suit with three FBI shows on Tuesdays. The original FBI slides up to 8pm and takes a slot that hasn't seen a show other than NCIS since 2003. The new member of the FBI franchise is FBI: International, which will take over at 9pm and hope things go better than Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. FBI: Most Wanted continues at 10pm.

WEDNESDAYS

8:00 Survivor (41st edition)

9:00 Tough As Nails (3rd season)

10:00 CSI: VEGAS

Wednesday nights will mark the return of Survivor after a year-long hiatus thanks to COVID. The long-running reality show will return to its familiar 8pm slot. Tough As Nails has been a filler the last couple years and most thought it would serve as winter filler. However, it gets a fall berth after Survivor and a chance to become a new reliable unscripted property for CBS. It is already renewed for a fourth edition as well. At 10pm is CSI: Vegas, returning to one of the slots of the original CSI. Originally eyed as a limited series, the CSI revival will instead be a potentially on-going series and several original stars are coming back. While I think some of the CBS pickups will do well, it's pretty sad to see three of the four new shows being franchise dramas. That being said, I'm surprised CSI: Vegas didn't get the 9pm slot.

THURSDAYS

8:00 Young Sheldon (5th season)

8:30 United States of Al (2nd season)

9:00 GHOSTS
9:30 B Positive (2nd season)

10:00 Bull (6th season)

CBS is keeping its comedy numbers in tact, which stands in contrast to FOX and NBC (no live action comedies) and ABC (eliminating the Tuesday block). The comedy block on CBS will remain the same as this spring except for 9pm where Ghosts will replace the departed Mom. Ghosts is an interesting premise about a couple that moves into a house inhabited by, you guessed it, ghosts. But it's a comedy so it'll be a little different than most recent ghost story shows. Young Sheldon remains at 8pm while United States of Al gets a show of support from CBS by getting to keep its 8:30pm slot instead of moving out of the way for Ghosts. B Positive continues at 9:30pm, the slot it took over when Al launched. Bull makes its way to its third night in its six year run and will air at 10pm which will probably be enough to keep the lights on and an improvement over Clarice.

FRIDAYS

8:00 S.W.A.T. (5th season)/Unscripted Programming

9:00 Magnum P.I. (4th season)

10:00 Blue Bloods (12th season)

Friday nights seem Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods continuing in their current slots and it could be the final season for Bloods but nothing has been determined. S.W.A.T. will start at 8pm before it heads to Sundays at which point it will be replaced by unscripted programming, perhaps something like The Amazing Race or Undercover Boss.

SATURDAYS

8:00 Encores

10:00 48 Hours (35th season)

SUNDAYS

7:00 60 Minutes (54th season)

8:00 The Equalizer (2nd season)

9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (13th season)

10:00 SEAL Team (5th season)/S.W.A.T. (5th season)

CBS is keeping things status quo from 7-10pm with 60 Minutes, The Equalizer, and NCIS: Los Angeles. The Equalizer was a solid performer since its post-Super Bowl debut and Los Angeles will celebrate its 300th episode next season. CBS will be giving SEAL Team a send-off to Paramount Plus by running four episodes on Sunday nights that could be broken up due to NFL overrun Sundays. At some point, perhaps in January, S.W.A.T. will move to the 10pm slot.

MIDSEASON: THE ACTIVIST, COME DANCE WITH ME, GOOD SAM, SMALLWOOD, The Amazing Race, Blood & Treasure, Undercover Boss

CBS has a decent amount on the bench including four newbies: Sophia Bush drama Good Sam, bowling comedy Smallwood and unscripted offerings The Activist and Come Dance with Me. At some point, they will bring back Blood & Treasure too but that could be Summer 2022.

CANCELLED/ENDED: All Rise, MacGyver, Mom, NCIS: New Orleans, The Unicorn

MOVING TO PARAMOUNT PLUS: Evil, SEAL Team

Evil and SEAL Team are officially moving to Paramount Plus in the latest move of streaming synergy.

TBD: Clarice

Nothing has been decided yet for Clarice but if it does get renewed, it appears headed to Paramount Plus as well.