CBS isn’t waiting for the May upfronts to announce most of their renewals. The network has decided to renew 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Elementary, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-0, The Millers, Mike & Molly, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, Two and a Half Men, and Undercover Boss. The Big Bang Theory was renewed for three seasons earlier this week.
The fates of The Crazy Ones, Hostages, Intelligence, and The Mentalist are still up in the air. Their absence from the renewals list certainly isn’t a good sign. You can see a full list of recent/current/upcoming CBS shows here.
CBS ANNOUNCES RENEWALS FOR 18 PRIMETIME SHOWS FOR NEXT SEASON
Combined With Two Previously Announced Renewals, Network Has Now Picked Up 20 Returning Series for 2014-2015
Returning Series Will Include the #1 Drama, #1 Comedy, #1 New Comedy and #1 News Program
CBS, America’s most-watched network, today announced pick-ups for 18 series for next season. Combined with its previously announced pick-ups, CBS has now renewed 20 returning series for the 2014-2015 season, encompassing 17 hours of primetime programming.
“The best way to launch new shows in the fall and throughout the season is to surround them with a strong and stable lineup of successful series,” said Nina Tassler, Chairman of CBS Entertainment. “The shows we’re picking up today cut across every night of the week and feature genre leaders, time-period winners and the most-watched shows on broadcast television.”
The 18 series renewed today comprise 15.5 hours of CBS’s weekly primetime schedule and include nine dramas, five comedies, two reality series and two news programs.
The nine dramas picked up are: NCIS, television’s #1 drama/scripted program for the fifth consecutive year; NCIS: LOS ANGELES, the #2 drama for the fourth straight year; time-period winners Person Of Interest, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods; as well as Criminal Minds, Elementary and the acclaimed drama The Good Wife.
The renewed comedies are 2 Broke Girls, THE MILLERS, which is the #1 freshman comedy of the 2013-2014 season, MIKE & MOLLY, MOM and the long-running hit Two and a Half Men.
In alternative programming, the Network announced pick-ups for its Emmy Award-winning reality series The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss.
Finally, in news, CBS will return 60 Minutes, television’s #1 news program for more than four decades, and 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports program.
In addition to these 18 series, CBS yesterday announced a three-year broadcast deal for The Big Bang Theory. Previously, the Network announced two more editions of the reality series SURVIVOR for next season.
Season-to-date, CBS is television’s #1 network in viewers for the 11th time in 12 years, averaging 10.84 million viewers.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear these shows have been renewed? Which do you watch?
keep Intelligence great show man !!!!!!!!
Love the mentalist…..red john almost lost me.
Person Of Interest is not only my number one favourite show right now, it is probably one of my all-time favs! Please don’t even consider giving up on this one! Mr. Reese is my kind of hero…Jim Caviezel is such an excellent actor! I have even come to like root (a little :-}
Please renew the Mentalist. The season finale was one of the best shows this season. Love all the stars and finally its taking a different turn with Jane and Lisbon. I love how week after week he solves every case. All the stars gel well together. Love the boss of the FBI. Its a great show I hope they renew it for another season. I want to see where their relationship will go. Just when the viewers started getting into the show after Red John now they want to cancel it. Put it back on Thursday nights.
Wonderful to see Criminal Minds renewed! This is a true thinking person’s dramatic story-not mindless drivel that so often permeates the medium. Thank you!
Person of Interest is my all time favorite! Great show, great suspense, and different from every thing else. Glad to see it is renewed!
Elementary is a great show! I love the writing and the actors. It deserves to be renewed.Hopefully more people will watch.
So glad to hear Person of Interest has been renewed — was worried after seeing the finale — confusing to say the least!
They just renewed The Mentalist! Since taken over to the FBI and with the hint of a relationship between Jane and Lisbon and Red John behind them, this show is finally starting to heat up. I used to watch it when I was bored, now a friend and I watch The Good Wife and Mentalist every week On Demand (timing so iffy and all) and she just picked it up with me. We are both actually enjoying the new, invigorated shows with Cho still Cho. The schedule looks good. They actually renewed all the scripted dramas I watch for the… Read more »
Keep the Mentalist!!! We need to have shows that depict good guys catching bad guys while getting some good laughs and chuckles from Jane and Cho!! Mischievous and dry humor – great combination!
Keep the Mentalist. I wait for each new episode.
The Mentalist is my favorite show. Move it to Wednesday with Criminal Minds. Move Survivor to Sunday with The Amazing Race. Cancel Mike and Molly and Two and a Half Men.
Please keep the Mentalist on as it is a good show and you helped any drop in viewing by moving the day it aired and I really could care less about whether the wife is good or bad. I am glad Red John is dead but the show is even better without him.
Did i read that the Mentalist has been renewed ? if so please move to another night.
Please keep the mentalist and intelligence. They may not have the highest
ratings but they are great entertainment. They hold your attention and
even though they probably aren’t watch as much by the younger generation
they are a good watch. Remember, no one wants to grow older it’s
a fact of life that we have no choice in. So please, how about leaving a couple
of shows for us older folks.nAfter all, we were once the younger generation
that contributed to your ratings.
Thanks for your time, and have a great day!
I hope you keep The Mentalist. I’m glad Red John is finally over! Was getting old! Like the new format even better!