#fall lineup

The Rainbow/Shadow high Fall 2022 Lineups (via rainbowhighinsider)

It's been almost a week since CBS announced it's renewals and cancellations of their 2019-2020 shows and on Tuesday they announced their fall lineup with the only expectation that they haven't got a date yet. Like The CW and Fox, CBS is not saying when it's the new season will launch, the fact that its very stable new schedule is being billed as a "fall" lineup that's been suggested by the execs, who are somewhat optimistic. 

Along with the news, The Amazing Race will follow Survivor on Wednesday, which bumps S.W.A.T. to midseason. Chuck Lorre's new sitcom B Positive has scored the Thursday's post-Young Sheldon perch, sending The Unicorn to 9:30 pm. 

Also, The Queen Latifah-lead Equalizer reboot will follow 60 Minutes on Sunday, replacing the called God Friended Me. And the new Silence of the Lambs sequel series Clarice is being held for midseason. And the network is looking into a second spinoff in the FBI series.

Here's the fall schedule: 

Monday

8/7c: The Neighborhood

8:30/7:30c: Bob Hearts Abishola

9/8c: All Rise

10/9c: Bull

Tuesday:

8/7c: NCIS

9/8c: FBI

10/9c: FBI: Most Wanted

Wednesday

8/7c: Survivor

9/8c: The Amazing Race

10/9c: SEAL Team

Thursday:

8/7c: Young Sheldon

8:30/7:30c: B Positive (New)

9/8c: Mom

9:30/8:30c: The Unicorn 

10/9c: Evil

Friday

8/7c: MacGyver

9/8c: Magnum P.I.

10/9c: Blue Bloods

Saturday: 

8/7c: Crimetime Saturday (drama encores)

9/8c: Crimetime Saturday (drama encores)

10/9c: 48 Hours

Sunday

7/6c: 60 Minutes

8/7c: The Equalizer (New)

9/8c: NCIS: Los Angeles 

10/9c: NCIS: New Orleans

Midseason: Clarice, S.W.A.T., and Undercover Boss

Canceled: Broke, Carol's Second Act, God Friended Me, Man with a Plan and Tommy. 

Looks like CBS is playing close to the vest in hopes that they can get their new season starting on schedule. We’ll just have to wait and see what will come in the next week or month since June is when production begins for the new seasons.

The way TV networks market their shows is incredibly transparent.

I know we have all been diligently waiting on s9 promo, and it is so exciting that we are FINALLY getting the full length trailer tomorrow. . .

a week before the premiere.

Why would they not release the trailer of all returning shows in the fall lineup around the same time?

Well. . .

911 is a broadcast cash cow. It is number 27 in Nielsen’s 35-day, cross-platform ratings for the latest TV season. Amongst all TV shows, including those on streaming platforms. 11.15 million viewers.

It's because 911 is the 3rd most watched show on ABC, behind High Potential (at #6) and Will Trent (at #26).

Which, given this is a 35-day metric, one would think that Will Trent and 911 go toe-to-toe every week.

As for High Potential, networks work really hard to boost ratings for new shows, and as a general matter, shows get a viewership bump in their first seasons. Unless it's an absolute flop.

Even if 911 ranks third amongst all ABC shows, they get a shitton of viewers, and as the senior series (Will Trent's 4th season will begin in the winter block, High Potential is currently in its 2nd season, which is airing now) of the bunch, have a dedicated audience (us loons) who they know will tune in next week.

They also stagger release dates for their lineup. I think that next week ABC will be premiering the last group of shows that will be airing this fall.

High Potential's promo stuff started a month and a half ago at the latest because they've been airing for almost a month now.

Will Trent starts in 2026.

911 is the biggest show coming back next week. As such, ABC has spent the bulk of the fall lineup marketing swing to highlight new shows (911: Nashville), and all of the returning shows that do lower numbers and aired a bit earlier:

Shifting Gears (#32): Which premieres tonight. Thank Tim Allen and Kat Dennings for those solid numbers in season 1.

Abbott Elementary (#48): Which also premieres tonight. You would think that an Emmy winning show whose constantly being nominated would do a bit better than 8.78 million. I thought people loved Quinta?

Dancing with the Stars (#74): Until Ryan Guzman gets a spot on the show, Idgaf. It's because they don't want to crown him the winner on night 1. Can't make a whole season of TV that way.

Grey's Anatomy (#79 tied): I get it's a legacy show. I get it's Shonda Rhimes. But viewership is concerning for a show who has to be paying millions of dollars to cast members who have been top of the call sheet for 20 years. Lbffr, the FireFam have been filling Ellen's and Chandra's pockets for two years.

The Golden Bachelor (#110): It was cute the first time around. . ..

This list only counts shows that received over 5 million views within the time frame. There are only 112 shows on the list if that tells you anything.

Something interesting I found for those of you who were fans: Dr. Odyssey ranked 64th. Which is better than the last three shows above, but also considering it was its debut season, and the rest of the shows are returning, the network probably cut their losses. I also think that this number was highly inflated due to it airing right after a top performing show in 911. Taking all of that and more into consideration, I get why they aren't giving Dr. Odyssey a second season.

Also, if it wasn't patiently obvious to you, Nashville is definitely filling the Dr. Odyssey void. I would even go as far as to say that ABC has already decided that Dr. Odyssey wasn't looking good and decided to replace it with another Ryan Murphy production which has brand recognition and would be able to ride the coattails of 911 more effectively. Since it's a spinoff.

Which, we'll see if their estimation is correct soon. . ..

In summation

911 is a cash cow.

911 is one of the last shows to premiere this fall.

We are waiting with baited breath.

And we've gotten a decent amount of promo, but we are gluttonous about this show so we want MORE!

We knew this was bound to happen.

On Wednesday, CBS has announced that they're juggling of the fall lineup with shows like Star Trek: Discovery and others that had been acquired to buy time unit NCIS and Young Sheldon return with new episodes. 

CBS Entertainment chief Kelly Kahl said in a statement, "This is hardly a traditional fall season, but we are prepared with a strong slate of original content while our regular scripted series begin production. (We) hope to start rolling out our previously announced fall series as they become available in November."

Along with the beaming of Discovery's Season One voyage premiering on Thursday night lineup, CBS will use Season four of the acclaimed Netflix turned PopTV sitcom One Day at a Time to occupy some of the Monday lineups. Along with Manhunt: Deadly Games, a Spectrum's true crime anthology, will close out Mondays starting September 21st.

Here's a look at the premiere dates for the fall season lineup at CBS

Wednesday, September 9th: 

10/9c 48 Hours: Suspicion (special Wednesday edition)

Saturday, September 12th: 

9/8c Love Island: More to Love (weekly recap with never before seen footage)

10/9c 48 Hours Season 34 premiere

Sunday, September 20:

7:30/6:30c 60 Minutes Season 53 premiere

8:30/7:30c Big Brother

9:30/8:30c Love Island

Monday, September 21

10/9c Manhunt: Deadly Games (acquired Spectrum series)

Thursday, September 24

10/9c Star Trek: Discovery Season 1

Friday, September 25

8/7c The Greatest #AtHome Videos (new episodes)

Tuesday, September 29

8/7c Love Island Season 2 finale

Friday, October 2

9/8c Undercover Boss Season 10 premiere

Monday, October 12, 19 and 26

9/8c One Day at a Time Season 4 (two episodes per week)

Tuesday, October 13

10/9c The FBI Declassified (CBS News series premiere)

Wednesday, October 14

9/8c The Amazing Race SEason 32 premiere

Wednesday, October 28

8/7c The Amazing Race (regular time slot premiere)

9/8c Big Brother Season 22 finale

Premiering in November

All Rise, Blue Bloods, Bob Hearts Abishola, B Positive, Bull, The Equalizer, Evil, BI, FBI Most Wanted, 

MacGyver, Magnum P.I., Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, The Neighborhood, SEAL Team, The Unicorn, and Young Sheldon

Midseason

Clarice, Survivor and Undercover Boss

With shows looking to begin production the end of August to sometime in September; this is what was expected to come with networks acquiring other shows from streaming services and other broadcasting networks to fulfill the network with fresh content. 

The lineup for the beginning of the fall looks okay (in my opinion). The one thing I'm really looking forward to seeing One Day at a Time return to the original series' network. And maybe, just maybe I might check out Star Trek Discovery that people are so divided about. 

What do you think of the new CBS fall lineup? Will you be tuning in to some of the new shows that the network has acquired? Leave a comment below and let us know your thoughts.

On Thursday, The CW becomes the second network in this wacky unconventional for the May Upfronts with its fall schedule. But the thing is that they're planned fall schedule will have an asterisk because their series won't premiere till January 2021.  

With the acquirements of series, the network will be airing those along with unscripted programs and the reaming episodes of the final season of Supernatural. In 2021, the new rebooted Walker Texas Ranger series Walker will take Supernatural's timeslot. With that in mind, Supergirl will be pushed back to midseason sometime around spring or summer due to accommodate Melissa Bonnet's real-life pregnancy. Charmed will take Supergirl's Sunday timeslot. Superman and Lois, the new series, will get the 9pm slot following The Flash in 2021. And still no word on Katy Kane's renewal status yet.

Fall 2020 Schedule

Monday: 

8/7c Whose Line Is It Anyway

8:30/7:30c Whose Line Is It Anyway

9/8c Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Tuesday

8/7c Swamp Thing

9/8c Tell Me a Story

Wednesday

8/7c Two Sentence Horror Stories

8:30/7:30c Dead Pixels

9/8c Coroner

Thursday

8/7c Supernatural (final episodes)

9/8c The Outpost

Friday

8/7c World's Funniest Animals

9/8c Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Sunday

8/7c Masters of Illusion

9/8c Pandora

January 2021 Schedule

Sunday

8/7c Batwoman

9/8c Charmed

Monday

8/7c All American 

9/8c Black Lightening

Tuesday

8/7c The Flash 

9/8c Superman and Lois 

Wednesday

8/7c Riverdale

9/8c Nancy Drew

Thursday

8/7c Walker (NEW)

9/8c Legacies

Friday

8/7c Penn and Teller: Fool Us

9/8c Whose Line Is It Anyway

Midseason: DC"s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, In The Dark, Kung Fu (New), The Republic of Sarah (New), Rosewell, New Mexico, Supergirl. 

Canceled: The 100 and Arrow

What do you think of this ideal schedule for The CW? Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts.