CBS Sets Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows After Strike Delays
Variety
“Young Sheldon” isn’t getting any younger, so scripted originals are coming back just in time. CBS will take advantage of this year’s Super Bowl to launch its truncated 2023-2024 primetime lineup the week of February 12. That’s the week that most of its major series will return with new episodes, including the “NCIS” and “FBI” franchises, as well as the network’s returning comedies like the Not-As-Young-As-He-Used-To-Be “Sheldon.”
That makes for a shortened three-and-a-half month TV season, which means that most of CBS’ series this season are expected to be capped at between 10 to 13 episodes, airing from mid-February to May. CBS’ February 2024 lineup is nearly identical to the one the network announced in May for September 2023 (back when it was still optimistic that it might have original episodes in the fall), with two notable exceptions: New legal drama “Matlock,” starring Kathy Bates, and comedy “Poppa’s House,” starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., have been pushed to the 2024-2025 TV season.
Meanwhile, the plan to premiere new Justin Hartley drama “Tracker” behind the Super Bowl on Feb. 11 continues to stand. That episode will get an encore run on Thursday, Feb. 15, followed by episode 2 in its regular time period on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m. ET.
CBS’ only other new scripted series this season, “The Good Wife”/”The Good Fight” spinoff “Elsbeth,” starring Carrie Preston, will premiere Thursday, Feb. 29, at 10 p.m. ET, after two weeks of “Tracker” repeats in that slot.
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