New series will feature stars in comedy and drama such as Kevin James, Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, Michael Weatherly, Katherine Heigl, Dermot Mulroney, Laverne Cox, Dulé Hill and Bill Paxton.
The new fall comedies are:
- Kevin Can Wait: This comedy stars Kevin James as a newly retired police officer who faces tougher challenges at home with his wife and three kids than he ever did on the streets.
- Man with a Plan: Golden Globe Award winner Matt LeBlanc is a contractor who starts spending more time with his kids when his wife goes back to work and discovers the truth every parent eventually realizes: his little angels are maniacs.
- The Great Indoors: Joel McHale stars as a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of eager millennials in the publication's digital edition.
The new fall dramas are:
- Bull: Michael Weatherly is a brilliant and charming trial consultant.
- MacGyver: This is an origin story of the classic series starring Lucas Till and George Eads.
- Pure Genius: Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew star in a medical drama about a Silicon Valley billionaire superstar who enlists the world's best medical minds to work in his state-of-the-art hospital
Two more series to premiere in 2016-2017:
- Training Day: This show is a crime drama that begins 15 years after the events of the successful feature film, starring Bill Paxton as a hardened, morally ambiguous detective for the LAPD, and Justin Cornwell as a young, idealistic officer tapped to go undercover as his trainee to spy on him.
- Doubt: This legal drama, which stars Katherine Heigl, Steven Pasquale, Dulé Hill and Laverne Cox, is about an attorney who begins to fall for her charismatic client accused of murdering his girlfriend.
The 21 shows that are returning for the 2016-2017 season include: NCIS, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Code Black, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Life in Pieces, Mom, The Odd Couple and 2 Broke Girls.
Returning reality shows include: Survivor, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss. In news, 60 Minutes and 48 Hours will return.
In addition to the new shows and 21 established series, NFL Thursday Night Football returns to CBS’s No. 1 primetime lineup for the third consecutive year with five early-season games. The Thursday broadcasts kick off on Sept. 15 with New York Jets at Buffalo Bills.
“One of our goals this development season was to expand our lineup of top-rated comedies, and these new shows and big stars give us the opportunity to do so in a big way,” said Glenn Geller, President, CBS Entertainment. “With the Network’s returning roster of hits and time-period winners, we’re able to strategically schedule all of our exciting new comedies and dramas with the best possible launch pads to succeed.”
CBS Television Netword 2016-2017 primetime schedule night-by-night:
MONDAYS – Comedy is back on Monday! With Thursday Night Football premiering Sept. 15, the Network will again move The Big Bang Theory to Mondays at 8 p.m. to start the season, giving the best lead-in on television to the new family comedy Kevin Can Wait. starring Kevin James. Following football, The Big Bang Theory will move to its regular Thursday time period, and Kevin Can Wait will shift to 8 p.m. to anchor the night and lead in to the new comedy Man with a Plan starring Matt LeBlanc. The expanded night of comedy will continue with Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls at 9 p.m., paired with Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon in The Odd Couple at 9:30 p.m., creating a two-hour comedy block. Moving to 10 p.m. to wrap up the night is Scorpion, Monday night's top-rated scripted series.
TUESDAYS – NCIS, television's No. 1 drama for seven years with over 20 million viewers, returns at 8 p.m., providing the perfect lead-in for former NCIS star Michael Weatherly in his new legal drama, Bull, at 9 p.m.. This highly compatible and powerful night of television continues with the top three drama NCIS: New Orleans at 10 p.m., to cap the evening.
WEDNESDAYS – Survivor once again opens the night at 8 p.m., where it continues to win in viewers and demographics. Criminal Minds, a top 10 drama, returns at 9 p.m., leading in to the fast–paced medical drama Code Black at 10 p.m., Wednesday's No. 1 new series in viewers in its freshman season.
THURSDAYS – NFL Thursday Night Football kicks off on Sept. 15, giving CBS big ratings in the middle of the week and a strong promotional platform to launch the new season. The network's top-rated entertainment schedule returns Oct. 27 with The Big Bang Theory in its regular 8 p.m. slot, providing a potent lead-in for the new comedy The Great Indoors, starring Joel McHale as the boss to a group of millennials in his magazine's digital department, at 8:30 p.m. Anna Faris and seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney star in the critically-acclaimed Momat 9 p.m., followed by this season's No. 1 new comedy, Life in Pieces, at 9:30 p.m. Then, after opening the night with a group of geniuses, the evening closes with another group in Pure Genius, the medical drama about an Internet billionaire and his brilliant team of doctors, starring Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew, at 10 p.m.
FRIDAYS – Kicking off the night at 8 p.m. will be the new action-adventure drama MacGyver, a reimagining of the classic series, followed by another classic franchise, time-period winner Hawaii Five-0 at 9 p.m.. Blue Bloods, Friday's most-watched show, anchors CBS's winning Friday night at 10 p.m..
SATURDAYS – CBS's Saturday lineup features crimetime Saturday, encore broadcasts of the Network's popular dramas at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., followed by 48 Hoursat 10 p.m., Saturday's most-watched program.
SUNDAYS – The renowned 60 Minutes, television's No. 1 news program for nearly five decades, returns at 7 p.m.. At 8 p.m., Monday hit NCIS: Los Angeles moves to its new home, leading into Madam Secretary, Sunday's most-watched broadcast drama, which shifts to 9 p.m. At 10 p.m., Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case in Elementary, capping a night of three strong dramas from 8-11 p.m.
In addition to Training Day and Doubt, CBS will once again present year-round programming, rolling out new and established series throughout the season, including Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, which is winning its Wednesday (10-11 p.m.) time period in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54; the award-winning reality series The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss; and the new one-hour alternative series, Hunted, which was previously announced.