New Comedy B POSITIVE Airs Thursday at 8:30
PM, Out of YOUNG SHELDON and New Drama THE EQUALIZER Follows 60
MINUTES on Sunday at 8:00 PM
CLARICE to Premiere Mid-Season
Network’s Fall Schedule Features Perennial
Strength and Stability with Big New Show Launches on Thursday and
Sunday
CBS Lineup Includes the Return of #1 Series
NCIS, #1 Comedy YOUNG SHELDON, #1 New Comedy BOB ♥ ABISHOLA, #1 New
Series FBI: MOST WANTED and #1 News Program 60 MINUTES
Five Freshman Series Return for a Second
Season
CBS today unveiled its new 2020-2021 primetime programming
lineup featuring one new comedy, two new dramas and 23 returning
series. Additional new series will be announced at a later date.
For 2019-2020, the Network finished #1 for the 12th straight
season, winning 17 of the past 18 seasons.
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The two new shows for fall include the comedy B POSITIVE, from
award-winning executive producer, writer and creator Chuck Lorre
and Marco Pennette, starring Emmy Award nominee Thomas Middleditch
and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford, and the drama THE
EQUALIZER, starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen
Latifah.
The shows debuting later in the season include the new drama
CLARICE from acclaimed executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny
Lumet, starring Rebecca Breeds in the title role, and returning
favorites S.W.A.T. and UNDERCOVER BOSS.
In addition, CBS will broadcast SUPER BOWL LV on Feb. 7,
2021.
“We’re excited to come off another season as America’s Most
Watched Network and, despite the obvious challenges around us, put
together another winning lineup,” said Kelly Kahl, President, CBS
Entertainment. “Next season, we’ll have five breakout returning
freshman series and three compelling new shows placed into a
schedule with the incredible stability for which CBS is so well
known. Couple that with our broadcast of SUPER BOWL LV next
February, and CBS is simply loaded with a lineup that will clearly
appeal to both our advertising partners and our loyal viewers.”
CBS’ new fall schedule features perennial strength and
stability, plus big new show additions on Thursday and Sunday.
MONDAYS – Monday’s lineup
returns intact. The one-hour comedy block of THE NEIGHBORHOOD
followed by #1 new comedy BOB ♥ ABISHOLA opens the night from
8:00-9:00 PM, where both shows rank among the top comedies on
television, with larger audiences than every comedy on all other
networks. At 9:00 PM, one of the top-rated freshman dramas on
television ALL RISE returns starring Simone Missick, followed by
BULL, Monday’s #1 entertainment program, at 10:00 PM, averaging
over 10.5 million viewers.
TUESDAYS – Tuesday’s
dominant lineup remains intact, with the three returning dramas
delivering +13 million viewers for the night. NCIS, the #1 series
on television that averages over 15.33 million viewers, opens the
night at 8:00 PM when it returns for its 18th season. At 9:00 PM,
FBI, which averages 12.55 million viewers, returns for its third
season, followed by #1 new series FBI: MOST WANTED with 10.2
million viewers at 10:00 PM.
WEDNESDAYS – Wednesday’s
solid schedule adds more reality and adventure. SURVIVOR hosted by
Jeff Probst, again starts off the night at 8:00 PM, where it was
watched this season by nearly 10 million viewers and is CBS’ #1
broadcast in key demos. At 9:00 PM, a fall edition of the multiple
Emmy Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE hosted by Phil Keoghan begins
another trek around the world. Then at 10:00 PM, the fourth season
of military drama SEAL TEAM, starring David Boreanaz, returns to
close out the night.
THURSDAYS – Thursday’s
schedule adds one new notable comedy. YOUNG SHELDON, television’s
#1 comedy, again anchors the night and is the lead-in for the new
comedy B POSITIVE at 8:30 PM. Next, at 9:00 PM is television’s #2
comedy MOM, starring Anna Faris and Emmy and Academy Award winner
Allison Janney, followed by the #2 new comedy, THE UNICORN,
starring Walton Goggins at 9:30 PM. At 10:00 PM, award-winning
producers Michelle and Robert King continue to examine the origins
of evil in the critically acclaimed drama EVIL.
FRIDAYS – CBS’ most dominant
night, where the Network is beating all others this season by +3.5
million viewers, returns intact. MACGYVER opens the night at 8:00
PM, leading into MAGNUM P.I. at 9:00 PM. Television’s #3 drama BLUE
BLOODS returns at 10:00 PM, to cap one of television’s strongest
nights.
SATURDAYS – CBS’ Saturday
night lineup features CRIMETIME SATURDAY, encore broadcasts of the
Network’s popular dramas at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, followed by the
law and justice program 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports
primetime series, at 10:00 PM.
SUNDAYS – CBS’ winning night
adds a new high-profile drama. 60 MINUTES, television’s acclaimed
#1 news program, returns for its 53rd season at 7:00 PM, providing
a dominant lead-in for the new drama THE EQUALIZER, a reimagining
of the classic series, at 8:00 PM. Next, the two most-watched
entertainment programs on Sunday air back to back: NCIS: LOS
ANGELES at 9:00 PM, followed by NCIS: NEW ORLEANS at 10:00 PM.
THE NEW FALL COMEDY:
B POSITIVE (Thursday, 8:30-9:00
PM)
B POSITIVE is from award-winning executive producer,
writer and creator Chuck Lorre and Marco Pennette, and stars Emmy
Award nominee Thomas Middleditch (“Silicon Valley”) and Tony Award
winner Annaleigh Ashford (“Masters of Sex”). The comedy revolves
around Drew (Middleditch), a therapist and newly divorced dad who
is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into Gina
(Ashford), a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who
volunteers her own. Together, they form an unlikely and
life-affirming friendship as they begin a journey that will forever
impact both of their lives. Chuck Lorre and Marco Pennette are
executive producers for Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre
Productions, Inc. James Burrows directed the pilot from a script by
Pennette.
B POSITIVE stars Thomas Middleditch as Drew, Annaleigh
Ashford as Gina, Kether Donohue as Leanne, Sara Rue as Julia and
Kamryn Kunody as Maddie.
THE NEW FALL DRAMA:
THE EQUALIZER (Sunday, 8:00-9:00
PM)
THE EQUALIZER is a reimagining of the classic series
starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah
(“Chicago,” “Bessie”) as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a
mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those
with nowhere else to turn. McCall presents to most as an average
single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a
trusted few, she is The Equalizer – an anonymous guardian angel and
defender of the downtrodden, who’s also dogged in her pursuit of
personal redemption. Andrew Marlowe, Terri Miller, Dana Owens
(Queen Latifah), John Davis, John Fox, Debra Martin Chase, Richard
Lindheim (co-creator of the original “Equalizer” TV series that ran
on CBS for four seasons), Shakim Compere and Liz Friedlander (pilot
only) are executive producers for Universal Television, a division
of NBCUniversal Content Studios, in association with CBS Television
Studios. Friedlander will direct the pilot episode from a script by
Marlowe and Miller.
THE EQUALIZER stars Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, Chris
Noth as William Bishop, Lorraine Toussaint as Viola “Aunt Vi”
Lascombe, Tory Kittles as Marcus Dante, Liza Lapira as Melody Zhao
and Laya DeLeon Hayes as Delilah.
NEW DRAMA FOR
MID-SEASON:
CLARICE, from acclaimed executive producers Alex Kurtzman
and Jenny Lumet, and starring Rebecca Breeds (“Pretty Little
Liars”) in the title role, is a deep dive into the untold personal
story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in
1993, six months after the events of “The Silence of the Lambs.”
Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice’s bravery gives her an inner
light that draws monsters and madmen to her. However, her complex
psychological makeup that comes from a challenging childhood
empowers her to begin to find her voice while working in a man’s
world, as well as escape the family secrets that have haunted her
throughout her life. Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, Elizabeth J.B.
Klaviter and Heather Kadin are executive producers for MGM
Television and CBS Television Studios in association with Secret
Hideout. Aaron Baiers is a co-executive producer. Maja Vrvilo will
direct the pilot episode from a script by Lumet and Kurtzman.
CLARICE stars Rebecca Breeds as Clarice Starling, Kal
Penn as Emin Grigoriyan, Nick Sandow as Murray Clarke, Lucca de
Oliveira as Tomas Esquivel, Michael Cudlitz as Paul Krendler and
Devyn A. Tyler as Ardelia Mapp.
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Lorraine Toussaint
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Liza Lapira
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