Unique and Highly “Spirited” New Comedy
GHOSTS Takes Up Residence Thursday at 9:00 PM
Strategic Scheduling Moves for NCIS, BULL
and S.W.A.T. to Strengthen Key Nights
All-FBI Tuesday Includes Original FBI at
8:00 PM, New Drama FBI: INTERNATIONAL at 9:00 PM, and FBI:
MOST WANTED at 10:00 PM
The Tribe Has Spoken! SURVIVOR Returns to
Wednesday at 8:00 PM
New Drama GOOD SAM, New Comedy SMALLWOOD
and New Competition Series COME DANCE WITH ME to Debut
Mid-Season
Special-Event Programming Includes a New
Global Citizen Reality Series, THE ACTIVIST, and Two New CBS
Original Movies, A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL and CHRISTMAS TAKES
FLIGHT
CBS today announced its 2021-2022 primetime programming lineup
of CBS Originals, featuring the expansion of television’s biggest
franchises, the launch of a distinctive and highly “spirited” new
comedy, plus bold scheduling moves on key nights. The new schedule
includes four new dramas, two new comedies, special event
programming, and 22 returning series. For 2020-2021, the Network
finished #1 for the 13th straight season, winning 18 of the past 19
seasons.
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The three highly anticipated new dramas for fall with marquee
value and built-in viewer appeal include new chapters in the
Network’s most successful brands: NCIS: HAWAI ' I, starring Vanessa
Lachey as the first female Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS
Pearl Harbor field office; FBI: INTERNATIONAL, from Emmy
Award-winning producer Dick Wolf; and CSI: VEGAS, the sequel to the
Network’s global hit “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” with
original cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox joining forces
with the new team lead by Paula Newsome.
Fall’s distinctive new comedy is GHOSTS, based on the critically
acclaimed BBC series, starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as
the new owners of a country estate inhabited by an eclectic group
of deceased residents.
The fall schedule also includes the return of #1 Series NCIS, #1
comedy YOUNG SHELDON, #1 new comedy UNITED STATES OF AL, #1 new
series THE EQUALIZER, and the #1 news program 60 MINUTES. In
addition, the groundbreaking reality show SURVIVOR returns with new
editions in the fall and spring.
New series debuting later in the season include the medical
drama GOOD SAM, starring Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs; SMALLWOOD, a
comedy based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life, starring
Pete Holmes, Katie Lowes and Chi McBride; and the family
competition series executive produced by LL COOL J and Chris
O’Donnell, COME DANCE WITH ME, hosted by Philip Lawrence. Returning
shows include the Emmy Award-winning UNDERCOVER BOSS, Emmy
Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE (pending its return to production),
and the action-adventure drama BLOOD & TREASURE.
Also this season, CBS will feature special-event programming,
including THE ACTIVIST, a competition series aimed at bringing
change to important world causes; and two CBS Original Movies: A
CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL, starring Adam Rodriguez and Jessica Camacho;
and CHRISTMAS TAKES FLIGHT.
“This season, we proved we could create a winning schedule
against seemingly insurmountable odds,” said Kelly Kahl, President,
CBS Entertainment. “Next season, we aim to repeat that success with
bold, strategic scheduling moves designed to strengthen nights and
maximize flow across the week. We’re expanding three of our
biggest, globally popular franchises, returning 22 fan favorites
while nurturing our newer rising hits, and adding a host of
year-round original programming that will appeal to viewers and
advertisers alike.”
CBS’ fall schedule highlights include NCIS: HAWAI ' I paired
with NCIS on Monday; FBI: INTERNATIONAL on Tuesday, between FBI and
FBI: MOST WANTED; CSI: VEGAS on Wednesday, following SURVIVOR and
TOUGH AS NAILS; and on Thursday, GHOSTS joins the night’s solid
two-hour comedy block, with top performer BULL capping the night.
Also, SEAL TEAM will have a four-episode special event on Sunday
before it moves to Paramount+, with S.W.A.T. taking the 10:00 PM
slot later in the season.
MONDAYS – A bold scheduling
move and a high-profile new series highlight CBS’ Monday. The
successful one-hour comedy block of TV’s #2 and #3 returning
comedies, THE NEIGHBORHOOD and BOB ♥ ABISHOLA, opens the night from
8:00-9:00 PM. At 9:00 PM, television’s #1 scripted series, NCIS,
moves to its new night for season 19, providing a potent launch pad
and creating a compelling two-hour drama block with the newest
iteration in the NCIS franchise, NCIS: HAWAI ' I, at 10:00 PM.
TUESDAYS – Two established
hits bracket an exciting new series on a night of three Dick Wolf
dramas. A proven top performer, FBI takes the 8:00 PM mantel,
giving a dominant lead-in for the new series in the FBI brand, FBI:
INTERNATIONAL, at 9:00 PM. FBI: MOST WANTED remains in its winning
10:00 PM slot, bookending a formidable night of programming that
will launch with a three-hour crossover premiere event in the
fall.
WEDNESDAYS – SURVIVOR and
CSI are back on a night featuring masterful strategy and teamwork!
Drop your buffs! SURVIVOR, hosted by Jeff Probst, returns to
outwit, outplay and outlast, kicking off the night at 8:00 PM, with
two new seasons in fall and spring. At 9:00 PM, the torch is passed
to competition series TOUGH AS NAILS, which celebrates hardworking
everyday Americans who consider the calluses on their hands a badge
of honor, hosted by Phil Keoghan. Then, the new chapter of one of
the most-watched drama series of the 21st century, CSI: VEGAS, caps
the night at 10:00 PM.
THURSDAYS – Thursday’s
schedule adds a “high-spirited” comedy and BULL to its winning
lineup. YOUNG SHELDON, television’s #1 comedy, once again anchors
the night at 8:00 PM, leading into the #1 new comedy, UNITED STATES
OF AL, at 8:30 PM. Next, at 9:00 PM is GHOSTS, a unique
“extra-ordinary” new series, followed by the #2 new comedy, B
POSITIVE, at 9:30 PM. At 10:00 PM, an established top drama, BULL,
moves to Thursday to power the time period and the night.
FRIDAYS – CBS’ most dominant
night adds a top player. S.W.A.T. starts its fifth season on its
new night at 8:00 PM, with new unscripted programming coming later
in the season. Time-period winner MAGNUM P.I. returns for its
fourth season at 9:00 PM. Friday’s #1 program, BLUE BLOODS, returns
at 10:00 PM, where it will celebrate its 250th family dinner and
close out one of television’s strongest nights.
SATURDAYS – CBS’ Saturday
night lineup features encore broadcasts of the Network’s popular
dramas at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, followed at 10:00 PM by the true
crime docuseries 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports primetime
series.
SUNDAYS – CBS’ Sunday night
has been #1 for six of the last seven seasons with regularly
scheduled programming. 60 MINUTES, television’s acclaimed #1 news
program, returns at 7:00 PM, providing a dominant lead-in for
season two of television’s #1 new show, THE EQUALIZER, starring
Queen Latifah, at 8:00 PM, which is also TV’s top show among
African American viewers. At 9:00 PM, steady performer NCIS: LOS
ANGELES returns for its 13th season and 300th episode, followed by
the four-episode event of SEAL TEAM at 10:00 PM, before it moves to
Paramount+. S.W.A.T. takes over the 10:00 PM time period later in
the season.
THE NEW FALL DRAMAS:
NCIS: HAWAI ' I (Monday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
The world’s most successful television series continues on the
seductive shores of the Aloha State with NCIS: HAWAI '
I, where the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl
Harbor, Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey), has thrived and risen
through the ranks by equal parts confidence and strategy in a
system that has pushed back on her every step of the way. Together
with her unwavering team of specialists, they balance duty to
family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving
military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the
sun-drenched island paradise itself. Matt Bosack, Jan Nash and
Christopher Silber serve as executive producers for CBS Studios.
Larry Teng is an executive producer and directed (initial episode
only) from a script by Bosack, Nash and Silber.
NCIS: HAWAI ' I stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in
Charge Jane Tennant, Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy, Jason Antoon as
Ernie, and Noah Mills as Jesse.
FBI: INTERNATIONAL (Tuesday, 9:00-10:00
PM)
From Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf, fast-paced
drama FBI: INTERNATIONAL is the third iteration of the
successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team.
Headquartered in Prague, they travel the world with the mission of
tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens
wherever they may be. Not allowed to carry guns, the Fly Team
relies on intelligence, quick thinking and pure brawn as they put
their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people. Dick
Wolf, Derek Haas, Matt Olmstead, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski
are the executive producers. The series is produced by Universal
Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association
with CBS Studios.
CSI: VEGAS (Wednesday, 10:00-11:00
PM)
***William Petersen photo from “CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation” 2015 season
CSI: VEGAS, the sequel to the Network’s global hit “CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation,” opens a brand-new chapter in Las
Vegas—the city where it all began. Facing an existential threat
that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of
convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a
brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula
Newsome) must enlist the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William
Petersen), Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) and David Hodges (Wallace
Langham). This combined force will deploy the latest forensic
techniques to do what they do best—follow the evidence—in order to
preserve and serve justice in Sin City. Jason Tracey serves as
executive producer and showrunner; Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan
Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Anthony Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann
Donahue, Craig O’Neill, William Petersen and Cindy Chvatal are also
executive producers. Uta Briesewitz is an executive producer and
directed (initial episode only) from a script by Tracey. The series
is produced by CBS Studios in association with Jerry Bruckheimer
Television.
CSI: VEGAS stars original “CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation” cast members William Petersen, Jorja Fox and Wallace
Langham, who will reprise their roles as Gil Grissom, Sara Sidle
and David Hodges, respectively; Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby; Matt
Lauria as Joshua Folsom; Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan; and Mel
Rodriguez as Hugo Ramirez.
NEW FALL COMEDY
GHOSTS (Thursday, 9:00-9:30
PM)
GHOSTS is a single-camera comedy about Samantha (Rose
McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a cheerful freelance journalist
and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who throw both
caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge
rundown country estate they inherited into a bed &
breakfast—only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of
deceased residents who now call it home. The departed souls are a
close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era
lounge singer, a pompous 1700’s Militiaman, a ‘60s hippie fond of
hallucinogens, an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader, a
cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009, a slick ‘90s finance bro, a
sarcastic and witty Native from the 1500s, and a society woman and
wife of an 1800’s robber baron who is Samantha’s ancestor, to name
a few. If the spirits were anxious about the commotion a renovation
and B&B will create in their home, it’s nothing compared to
when they realize Samantha is the first live person who can see and
hear them. Joe Port & Joe Wiseman, Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick,
Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Martha
Howe-Douglas; Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward, and Alison Owen
(Monumental Television); and Angie Stephenson (BBC Studios) are the
executive producers for CBS Studios in association with Lionsgate
Television and BBC Studios’ Los Angeles production arm. Trent
O’Donnell is an executive producer (pilot only) and directed the
pilot from a script by Port & Wiseman. Based on the BBC Studios
distributed format.
GHOSTS stars Rose McIver as Samantha, Utkarsh Ambudkar as
Jay, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac,
Richie Moriarty as Pete, Asher Grodman as Trevor, Sheila Carrasco
as Flower, Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Devan Chandler Long as
Thorfinn, and Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty.
NEW COMEDY FOR
MID-SEASON
SMALLWOOD
SMALLWOOD, based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s
life, stars Pete Holmes as Tom, a stoic Midwest husband and dad who
gets laid off from a car assembly line and makes the extraordinary
decision to provide for his family by following his dream of
becoming a professional bowler. As a skilled player, Tom knows that
in bowling you get two chances; no matter what you do with the
first ball, you get another one to make it right—the ultimate
second chance. Keeping that in mind, Tom begins his new career with
the loving okay from his wife, Jen (Katie Lowes), and the
unfaltering support of Archie (Chi McBride), his mentor and the
proud owner of Archie’s Lanes: Home of the Curly Fry. It remains to
be seen if Tom will strike it big on the Pro Bowler circuit, but
right now, the pins are set, he’s taking his second shot and it’s
300 or bust! Mark Gross, David Hollander and Brian D’Arcy James
serve as executive producers for CBS Studios. Mark Cendrowski
directed the pilot from a script by Gross.
SMALLWOOD stars Pete Holmes as Tom, Chi McBride as
Archie, and Katie Lowes as Jen.
NEW DRAMA FOR
MID-SEASON:
GOOD SAM
GOOD SAM stars Sophia Bush (“Chicago” franchise, “One
Tree Hill”) and Jason Isaacs (STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, “Harry Potter”
films) in a drama about Dr. Sam Griffith (Bush), a gifted heart
surgeon who excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery
after her renowned boss falls into a coma. When her former boss
wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked
with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never
acknowledged her stellar talent. Complicating matters is that the
caustic and arrogant Dr. Rob “Griff” Griffith (Isaacs) also happens
to be her father. As Griff defies Sam’s authority and challenges
her medical expertise, the big question becomes whether this father
and daughter will ever be able to mend their own relationship as
expertly as they heal the hearts of their patients. Katie Wech,
Jennie Snyder Urman and Joanna Klein serve as executive producers
for CBS Studios. Tamra Davis is an executive producer (pilot only)
and directed the pilot from a script by Wech.
GOOD SAM stars Sophia Bush as Dr. Sam Griffith, Jason
Isaacs as Dr. Rob “Griff” Griffith, Skye P. Marshall as Dr. Lex
Trulie, Michael Stahl-David as Dr. Caleb Tucker, Davi Santos as Dr.
Joey Costa, Omar Maskati as Dr. Isan M. Shah, Wendy Crewson as
Vivian Katz, and Edwin Hodge as Malcolm A. Kingsley.
UNSCRIPTED SERIES
In COME DANCE WITH ME, exceptionally talented young
dancers from across the country invite one inspirational, untrained
family member or other adult who has supported their dance dreams,
to become their dance partner for a chance to strut their stuff for
a grand prize. The series is hosted by Philip Lawrence with judges
Jenna Dewan, Tricia Miranda and Dexter Mayfield. Each week, these
aspiring kids will share their love of dance with their mother,
father, grandparent or other hero on an uplifting and emotional
journey to learn and perform challenging routines, with the
assistance of professional choreographers, in a competition with
other duos. COME DANCE WITH ME is produced by CBS Studios and 3
Ball Productions. LL COOL J, Chris O’Donnell, Reinout Oerlemans,
Ross Weintraub and Jeff Altrock, Jeff Thacker, Nick Florez and RJ
Durell are executive producers.
SPECIAL EVENT
PROGRAMMING
THE ACTIVIST is a competition series featuring six
inspiring activists teamed with three high-profile public figures
working together to bring meaningful change to one of three vitally
important world causes: health, education and environment.
Activists go head-to-head in challenges to promote their causes,
with their success measured via online engagement, social metrics
and hosts’ input. The three teams have one ultimate goal: to create
impactful movements that amplify their message, drive action, and
advance them to the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy. There, they will
meet with world leaders in the hope of securing funding and
awareness for their causes. The team that receives the largest
commitment is celebrated as the overall winner at the finale, which
will also feature musical performances by some of the world’s most
passionate artists. The series is produced by Global Citizen (“Vax
Live: A Concert to Reunite the World”), and Deviant Media, Inc.
A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL A down-on-her-luck chef who dreams
of starting her own line of food trucks agrees to pose as the
girlfriend of a hotshot Seattle attorney visiting his family for
Christmas. Working together, they try to prove he’s the ideal
candidate to take over the family firm, but their business
arrangement is complicated by the magic of the season as real
sparks begin to fly. The movie is produced by Motion Picture
Corporation of America. Adam Rodriguez (“CSI: Miami,” “Criminal
Minds”) and Jessica Camacho (“All Rise”) star.
CHRISTMAS TAKES FLIGHT When a handsome but frugal CEO
takes over a family-owned regional airline and plans to cut their
annual Christmas charity event, the original owner’s daughter, who
is a pilot for the airline, rallies the community to save the
event, and finds unexpected love in the process. The movie is
produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America.
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CBS TELEVISION NETWORK 2021-2022 PRIMETIME
SCHEDULE
(N=New, NTP=New Time Period)
All Times ET/PT
MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:30-9:00 PM
BOB ♥ ABISHOLA
9:00-10:00 PM
NCIS (NTP)
10:00-11:00 PM
NCIS: HAWAI ' I (N)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM
FBI (NTP)
9:00-10:00 PM
FBI: INTERNATIONAL (N)
10:00-11:00 PM
FBI: MOST WANTED
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM
SURVIVOR
9:00-10:00 PM
TOUGH AS NAILS (NTP)
10:00-11:00 PM
CSI: VEGAS (N)
THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 PM
YOUNG SHELDON
8:30-9:00 PM
UNITED STATES OF AL
9:00-9:30 PM
GHOSTS (N)
9:30-10:00 PM
B POSITIVE
10:00-11:00 PM
BULL (NTP)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM
S.W.A.T. (NTP)
9:00-10:00 PM
MAGNUM P.I.
10:00-11:00 PM
BLUE BLOODS
SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 PM
SATURDAY ENCORES
9:00-10:00 PM
SATURDAY ENCORES
10:00-11:00 PM
48 HOURS
SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM
60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM
THE EQUALIZER
9:00-10:00 PM
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10:00-11:00 PM
SEAL TEAM (NTP)
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