Most shows premiere in the new season kick-off week of September 20-26. Survivor: Nicaragua gets an early start on Wednesday September 15, and The Good Wife bows on Tuesday September 28.
via press release:
CBS ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 PREMIERE DATES
Network to Roll Out Nearly All of its New and Returning Series During Official Premiere Week
CBS Officially Opens the Season on Sept. 20 with its Monday Comedy Block and New "Hawaii Five-0"
CBS Launches its New Thursday Comedy Block of "The Big Bang Theory" and "$#*! My Dad Says" on Sept. 23
"NCIS: Los Angeles" Returns with a Two-Hour Premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 21
"The Amazing Race" Leaves the Starting Gate with a 90-Minute Premiere on Sunday, Sept. 26
"Survivor: Nicaragua" Opens in its New Wednesday Time Period on Sept. 15
Emmy Award-Nominated "The Good Wife" Returns for its Sophomore Season on Tuesday, Sept. 28
"CSI: Miami," in its New Sunday Time Period, Premieres Oct. 3
CBS announced today that most of its new and returning series will premiere during the week of Sept. 20, the official start of the 2010-2011 season. The exceptions are SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA, which launches a week earlier, and THE Good Wife and CSI: MIAMI, which both debut a week later.
CBS will get an early start on the season with the premiere of SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA, the 21st edition of the hit reality series, which launches in its new time period on Wednesday, Sept. 15 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).
CBS's new season rollout officially begins on Monday, Sept. 20 with the season six debut of How I Met Your Mother (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT), followed by the fifth season premiere of Rules of Engagement (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT), the eighth season premiere of television's #1 comedy, Two and a Half Men (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT), the series premiere of MIKE & Molly (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) and the series debut of Hawaii Five-0 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
NCIS, television's #1 drama, returns for its eighth season on Tuesday, Sept. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), followed by the two-hour second season premiere of NCIS: LOS ANGELES (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), last season's #1 new scripted series.
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, Criminal Minds (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) returns for its sixth season followed by the series debut of The Defenders (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
On Thursday, Sept. 23, CBS opens its new one-hour comedy block on television's biggest night with the fourth season premiere of The Big Bang Theory (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) -the fastest-growing series on television and the #1 scripted program in adults 18-49 - heading into the irreverent new comedy, $#*! My Dad Says (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT). CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION returns for its 11th season (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), followed by the third season premiere of THE Mentalist (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
The Network's new Friday lineup premieres Sept. 24 with MEDIUM's second season on CBS (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), followed by a new two-hour block of New York-based crime dramas featuring the seventh season premiere of CSI: NY in its new (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) time period and the series debut of the new police drama Blue Bloods (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
48 Hours Mystery, Saturday's most-watched program, returns on Sept. 25 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
Premiering on Sunday, Sept. 26 is the 43rd season of 60 Minutes, television's longest- running and highest-rated newsmagazine (7:30-8:30 PM, ET/PT, time approximate following late-running football), followed by a 90-minute premiere of the multi-Emmy Award-winning THE Amazing Race (8:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) and the Emmy Award-nominated Undercover Boss, last season's #1 new program (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
The Emmy Award-nominated THE Good Wife returns for its sophomore season on Tuesday, Sept. 28 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
On Sunday, Oct. 3, CSI: MIAMI makes its ninth season premiere in its new time period (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
CBS's 2010-2011 Premiere Dates
Wednesday, Sept. 15
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA (21st Edition Premiere)
Monday, Sept. 20
8:00-8:30 PM How I Met Your Mother (6th Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM Rules of Engagement (5th Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM Two and a Half Men (8th Season Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM MIKE & Molly (Series Debut)
10:00-11:00 PM Hawaii Five-0 (Series Debut)
Tuesday, Sept. 21
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS (8th Season Premiere)
9:00-11:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (2nd Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 22
9:00-10:00 PM Criminal Minds (6th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM The Defenders (Series Debut)
Thursday, Sept. 23
8:00-8:30 PM The Big Bang Theory (4th Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM $#*! My Dad Says (Series Debut)
9:00-10:00 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (11th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM THE Mentalist (3rd Season Premiere)
Friday, Sept. 24
8:00-9:00 PM MEDIUM (2nd Season Premiere on CBS)
9:00-10:00 PM CSI: NY (7th Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM Blue Bloods (Series Debut)
Saturday, Sept. 25
8:00-9:00 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 PM 48 Hours Mystery (Season Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 26
7:30-8:30 PM 60 Minutes (43rd Season Premiere)
8:30-10:00 PM THE Amazing Race (17th Edition Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM Undercover Boss (2nd Season Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 28
10:00-11:00 PM THE Good Wife (2nd Season Premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 3
8:00-9:00 PM THE Amazing Race (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM Undercover Boss (Time Period Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: MIAMI (9th Season Premiere)
So on September 23, it will be Betty White V.S. Sheldon Cooper
That's amazing! For the first time ever CBS has done me a favor and not put Survivor on Thursdays. Thursdays just got infinitely easier to schedule. Also it's nice that Hawaii 5-O is on Mondays.
I'm looking forward to Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods. Big fan of Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg and I hope it finds an audience on Friday's at 10pm. But, I have a feeling that it's going to skew really old in the 18-49 demos. CBS also has 2 more procedurals for midseason. Chaos with Freddy Rodriguez and Eric Close and Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior with Forest Whitaker.
I think it's overkill, but I have a gut feeling that The Defenders will either get canned or only get 13 episodes and CBS will pair both Criminal Minds shows together on Wednesday's.
Woohoo, 90-minute TAR premiere!
Looks like CBS is expecting two casualties this fall with mid-deason replacements Chaos and CM2. I guess, one of them would be The Defenders (replaced by CM2). The second one not sure, maybe either Medium or Blue Bloods. I wonder what CBS would do with the replacements if all their shows succeeded.
Hello everybody
Does someone know if Melina Kanakaredes returns in the 7th season premiere of CSI NY ?
I read she didn't but something might have changed.
sorry, i don't feel like looking back in the archives, but can anyone tell me if ABC has released their premiere schedule yet? even though i can imagine exactly what it will look like I'd still like to know. link to the article please.
No, she isn't returnng according to Ausiello. Sad but at least we have Sela Ward!
Jimmy Johnson makes Survivor a must watch
I can't believe they still called it “$#*! MY DAD SAYS” – how are they going to pronounce it in the promos?
Surely “STUFF MY DAD SAYS” would have been more appropriate. It does sadden me that the moral standards of television networks are dropping – it's not so much the increase in violence or sex on TV, as those that care enough can self censor what programs they watch. But when you have such a strong implication of offensive language in the title of a show – well that doesn't rest so well with me.
One example that irked me was here in Australia there is a show called The Gruen Transfer which airs on ABC (the public broadcaster, like PBS in the states). It was on at 8:30 Thursday night and throughout the show the hosts swore (“F*** and S***”) multiple times. At 8:30! In fairness, that show is about advertising and can deal with some very diverse topics so it is probably not suitable for young children. But swearing on free-to-air TV at that timeslot, well I thought we hadn't sunk that low yet. Unfortunately I was mistaken.
They use “bleep”–not a bleep sound, they actually say “bleep”
Looks like CBS is expecting two casualties this fall with mid-season replacements Chaos and CM2.
Not necessarily, it's just better to be prepared. If nothing fails, they'll shorten one of the shows with OK ratings like they have the last two years, use them instead of repeats, or use them after AR finishes.
There's a lovely little search box in the upper right corner of the site. Try that.
What date Survivor:Samoa premiered again?
Thanks !
What a pity she doesn't return -_-
I know this is gonna make me look like one of “those” fans but I'd like to point out that CBS scheduling The Good Wife one week after the debut of Parenthood will diminish its chances of beating PH. Also, them scheduling Undercover Boss against the premiere of Brothers & Sisters will damage the ABC show.
Back to the schedule – I'm a little surprised they picked up Chaos for mid-season. I guess it's either going to replace Medium or CSI: NY, which will now undoubtedly fail in the absence of the lead actress.
Very limited choices for me this year on CBS – I'll only be watching Good Wife, HIMYM and TBBT – 2 hours total.
I see few shows here to convince me not to tune to a cable station.
I know this is gonna make me look like one of “those” fans…
Yep ;P
But seriously, I think it's more likely that CBS is trying to hurt the premieres of Parenthood and ….Detroit 187(?). NCIS gets higher ratings (probably even among women) than The Good Wife and the 2-hour premiere will keep people tuned in. So, more people will miss the premieres on NBC and ABC, making them less likely to tune into week 2.
wooohohoo 10-11 for CSI Miami. k so first they move it back a day then more it up for time???? Some people have school then next day and can't stay up til 11. !!!!
I'm assuming you're in Central or Mountain(?) time where primetime runs from 7-10 instead of 8-11 like it does in Eastern and Pacific time zones. If so, for you CSI: Miami will air from 9-10 (except when it is pushed back because of football over-run) just like it did on Mondays.