CBS is tweaking its summer schedule. BrainDead is moving to Sundays at 10:00pm on July 24, 2016, replacing Elementary TV series reruns. A new political comic-thriller, BrainDead stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James, Johnny Ray Gill, Charlie Semine, and Jan Maxwell. The first season of BrainDead premiered on June 13th of this year.
Also note, season two reruns of Scorpion will air Monday July 18 and July 25 at 9:00pm, leading into news coverage of the Republican National Convention. Beginning August 1, Scorpion will move to 10:00pm.
Here’s the CBS summer schedule press release:
07.15.2016
CBS PROGRAMMING ADVISORY FOR MONDAYS AND SUNDAYS, BEGINNING JULY 18
Please note the following updates to the CBS primetime schedule:
BRAINDEAD moves to Sundays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) with original episodes beginning July 24, replacing rebroadcasts of ELEMENTARY.
SCORPION will air Monday (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on July 18 and July 25, leading into CBS News coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
Effective Monday, August 1, SCORPION shifts to 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT, following a two-hour comedy block from 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT.
Monday, July 18
8:00-8:30 PM MOM
8:30-9:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:00-10:00 PM SCORPION
10:00-11:00 PM CAMPAIGN 2016: REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Sunday, Effective July 24
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER
9:00-10:00 PM MADAM SECRETARY
10:00-11:00 PM BRAINDEAD (New Time Period)
Monday, July 25
8:00-8:30 PM MOM
8:30-9:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:00-10:00 PM SCORPION
10:00-11:00 PM CAMPAIGN 2016: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Monday, Effective Aug. 1
8:00-8:30 PM MOM
8:30-9:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:00-9:30 PM MOM
9:30-10:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE
10:00-11:00 PM SCORPION (New Time Period)
What do you think? Have you been watching the first season of the BrainDead TV series on CBS?
I LOVE this show!! It’s the only show I make sure to watch every week. Please renew it!!
I love the series. Very creative way to depict some of the dysfunction in Washington, that is now reflected in the presidential campaign. I hope there is a second season.
I also really enjoy this show. It’s so different from anything I’ve seen before and it really seems relevant to the insanity going on in Washington DC these days. I even enjoy the singing recap of the show the week before
Love this show! Thought it was a weird idea at first, but I was sucked in and wish I could binge-watch. I’ll be very disappointed if it’s cancelled.
I love BrainDead! It’s the best thing on television right now. Good writing, intelligent, and funny! And yes, you have to pay attention, a novelty. Please keep it going! Most of what’s on TV these days is not worth watching…and I don’t.
An inventive, funny, relevant show with just the right amount of creepiness. It seemed after about episode 5 that the plot and topicality might be finite, but then episode 6 demonstrated the show’s capability for freshness and range. The acting and writing are super and the cast of seasoned and fresh faces is delightful. It’s a great model for a scripted network show. I hope the network sees this too and renews it!
Great review of show! Love this show and look forward to Sunday night to watch it!
I love this show. I usually do not get hooked on watching a TV show but this show is really funny. Love the actors and where the story is going. I am definitely hooked on it.
I love it but prefer the Monday slot. Clever script likeable lead characters.
Love it!!! Explains DC so well. Now I get it. Fun and zany. Trying to get everyone I know to watch. Almost makes me not miss The Good Wife so much. Almost. But darn if it doesn’t suffer from the same time shifts when sports run late, now that it’s been moved to Sunday’s. I work nights, so must tape it. Tonight, (7/31) my DVR only taped 20 min. of it. I don’t want to wait to see the rest till it’s on On Demand. But I must….
Gripping and well done! It’s like a documentary that I can’t stop watching.
Enjoy watching actors and actress are very GOOD! It like Washington D C is BRAINDEAD!
Intelligent and hysterically funnyl! Both the script writing and the actors are really very good.
Nothing worth watching on CBS on Monday now. At least Braindead was unique in its treatment of DC politics. Or is DC politics mimicking Braindead?
Like most shows that require actual thought, nobody is interested. Don’t worry “brain dead” America, there will be another 2 and a half men soon.
The ratings for this show aren’t good. I thought that having Mary Elizabeth Wislett and Danny Pino could get me to keep watching the show, even if it was awful. I was wrong. Will the show get renewed? How low is CBS willing to stoop?