UPFRONTS: CBS 2022-23 Schedule

Here's a look at the CBS schedule for 2022-23!

MONDAYS
8:00 The Neighborhood (5th season)

8:30 Bob Hearts Abishola (4th season)

9:00 NCIS (20th season)

10:00 NCIS: Hawaii (2nd season)

CBS is keeping this status quo on Monday nights with a comedy block leading into a pair of NCIS shows. The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola have turned into a solid comedy block and stay together for a fourth straight season. NCIS left its longtime home of Tuesdays at 8pm and lost star Mark Harmon but has held it together on Monday nights and will be back for a landmark 20th season. It will be followed by the newest NCIS spinoff, NCIS: Hawaii, which has only done ok this season. CBS is down to just one show filming in Hawaii this season with the cancellation of Magnum P.I.. 

TUESDAYS

8:00 FBI (5th season)

9:00 FBI: International (2nd season)

10:00 FBI: Most Wanted (4th season)

Dick Wolf has two nights fully devoted to his shows on NBC and one night on CBS. The FBI trio including the newest entry, FBI: International, have been stable performers for the network this season and they fit right into the safe broadcast mentality that is permeating all broadcast networks at this point. It's a night that CBS can just leave alone and not worry about like One Chicago Wednesday and Law & Order Thursday on NBC.

WEDNESDAYS

8:00 Survivor (43rd edition)

9:00 The Amazing Race (34th edition)

10:00 THE REAL LOVE BOAT

CBS is going full unscripted on Wednesday nights with the return of venerable tentpoles Survivor and The Amazing Race taking up the first two hours. A new unscripted show arrives at 10pm: The Real Love Boat, a series that seems to be a little bit of a mix of The Bachelor and The Amazing Race. 10pm is a tough time to launch an unscripted show but it is following two very reliable ones.

THURSDAYS

8:00 Young Sheldon (6th season)

8:30 Ghosts (2nd season)

9:00 SO HELP ME TODD
10:00 CSI: Vegas (2nd season)

CBS famously expanded to two hours of comedies on Thursday nights back in 2013 and now they are going back to one hour after the cancellations of B Positive, United States of Al and How We Roll. Young Sheldon continues at 8pm and it will be followed by Ghosts, which was a surprise breakout for the network airing at 9pm this season. CBS did not pick up any comedy pilots and seemed much more intent on keeping Ghosts strong. A new legal/crime drama follows at 9pm. So Help Me Todd stars Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin and has some comedic overtones that might make it a good fit out of the comedy hour. It looks a little more interesting than their other two new dramas. CSI: Vegas moves from Wednesday to Thursday for its second season. It's a night where the original CSI dominated for years but there will not be domination this time around.

FRIDAYS

8:00 S.W.A.T. (6th season)

9:00 FIRE COUNTRY

10:00 Blue Bloods (13th season)

The biggest surprise cancellation this upfront season was Magnum P.I., which had been doing pretty well for itself on Fridays. It will be replaced by the new Fire Country, a show that will certainly draw comparisons to Chicago Fire. The drama, starring Max Thieriot, could be a good fit on the night for CBS but it's been awhile since they've launched a new drama on Friday. It used to be a challenge but the landscape has changed and Friday ratings are not that much worse than the rest of the week at this point. S.W.A.T. returns to the night at 8pm after airing for a short time (and doing well) in this slot last fall before moving to Sundays. And for a 13th straight season, Blue Bloods will hold down the fort at 10pm. I can't imagine Tom Selleck will want to do this show much longer but you never know.

SATURDAYS

8:00 Drama Encores

10:00 48 Hours (36th season)

SUNDAYS

7:00 60 Minutes (55th season)

8:00 The Equalizer (3rd season)

9:00 EAST NEW YORK
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (14th season)

CBS has a trio of dramas on Sunday night following the stalwart 60 Minutes. The Equalizer has proven to be a solid Sunday night performer and has been renewed for two additional season. It is followed by new cop drama East New York, starring Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smits. I want to give CBS credit for launching more new shows than NBC or ABC but all three of the new dramas definitely seem like they could have debuted on the network any time in the last fifteen years. They are as safe and generic as they come. NCIS: Los Angeles slides back an hour to 10pm in a slot that has often been the final resting place for veteran dramas ending their run.

MIDSEASON: LINGO, SUPERFAN, TRUE LIES, Secret Celebrity Renovation, Tough As Nails

CBS doesn't have much on the docket for midseason. They usually don't have a ton but they also could add to the list. The only scripted show on the bench is McG's long gestating True Lies drama. Other new shows include musical/game show Superfan and the RuPaul hosted Lingo along with other returning unscripted fare.

CANCELLED/ENDED: B Positive, Bull, Good Sam, How We Roll, Magnum P.I., United States of Al