CBS Reveals Fall Premiere Dates for Tracker, NCIS, FBI, Matlock and More
CBS on Saturday became the fourth broadcast network (after ABC, The CW and NBC) to lock down premiere dates for the Fall TV season.
Survivor is first out the gate when it returns for Season 47 on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Meanwhile, two of the Eye network’s high-profile launches will receive “sneak peeks” later that month, with Kathy Bates’ Matlock reimagining premiering on a special night, Sunday, Sept. 22, followed by reality competition series The Summit, which will bow Sunday, Sept. 29.
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CBS Premiere Week then officially kicks off on Sunday, Oct. 13, with the Season 2 premiere of Tracker. The following night will feature the return of NCIS and the two-hour series premiere of the Gibbs-centric prequel series NCIS: Origins (narrated by Mark Harmon). That week will also include premieres for FBI, Ghosts, Elsbeth, S.W.A.T., Fire Country, Blue Bloods and The Equalizer, plus the debut of Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
A week later, The Neighborhood resurfaces on Mondays, where it will lead into new Wayans family comedy Poppa’s House.
All told, CBS’ primetime rollout looks like this (updated July 26):
THE SCHEDULE
NEW SHOWS IN CAPS; ALL TIMES ET UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
8 pm Survivor Season 47 premiere (two hours)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
9 pm 48 Hours Season 37 premiere (two hours)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
7 pm 60 Minutes Season 57 premiere
8 pm MATLOCK series premiere (special night and time)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 — following NFL doubleheader
7:30 pm ET/7 pm PT 60 Minutes (90 minutes)
9 pm ET/8:30 pm PT THE SUMMIT series premiere (special night and time)
10:30 pm ET/10 pm PT Big Brother (original episode)
SUNDAY, OCT. 6 — following NFL doubleheader
8 pm American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
10 pm Big Brother (original episode)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
8 pm Survivor (original episode)
9:30 pm The Summit (series premiere encore)
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
8 pm Big Brother (original episode)
9 pm Matlock (series premiere encore)
10 pm Elsbeth (repeat)
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm Tracker Season 2 premiere
9 pm Big Brother Season 26 finale
MONDAY, OCT. 14
8 pm NCIS Season 22 premiere (special time)
9 pm NCIS: ORIGINS series premiere (two hours)
TUESDAY, OCT. 15
8 pm FBI Season 7 premiere
9 pm FBI: International Season 4 premiere
10 pm FBI: Most Wanted Season 6 premiere
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
9:30 pm The Summit Episode 2
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
8 pm GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE series premiere (scoop)
8:30 pm Ghosts Season 4 premiere
9 pm Matlock Episode 2
10 pm Elsbeth Season 2 premiere
FRIDAY, OCT. 18
8 pm S.W.A.T. Season 8 premiere
9 pm Fire Country Season 3 premiere
10 pm Blue Bloods final/Season 14B premiere (first of eight remaining episodes)
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
7 pm 60 Minutes (90-minute episode)
8:30 pm Tracker Episode 2
9:30 pm The Equalizer Season 5 premiere
MONDAY, OCT. 21
8 pm The Neighborhood Season 7 premiere
8:30 pm POPPA’S HOUSE series premiere
9 pm NCIS (time period premiere)
10 pm NCIS: Origins (time period premiere)
SUNDAY, OCT. 27 (following NFL double-header)
7:30 pm 60 Minutes
8:30 pm Tracker Episode 3
9:30 pm The Equalizer Episode 2
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm Tracker Episode 4
9 pm The Equalizer Episode 3 (regular time period premiere)
HELD FOR MIDSEASON
The Amazing Race, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, NCIS: Sydney, The Price Is Right at Night, Raid the Cage, WATSON
PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED
Bob Hearts Abishola, CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawai’i, So Help Me Todd, Young Sheldon
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