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?
I love blue bloods I’m so glad they made it.
It will be a great disappointment if Dish Network & CBS will not be able to negotiate a mutually agreeable settlement so that most of our favorite shows will continue to be shown on Dish Network! If we must change cable providers in order to receive CBS programming a bitter feeling will remain about our current choice of Dish Network!
I love Hawaii Five-O. I was so happy to see it has been renewed. I am happy about the entire list. I agree they are all great shows. I do however miss Ziva on NCIS.
Love, love, love Mike & Molly. I love the entire cast. Funniest sitcom on CBS. With Mom and Two and a Half Men!! Just watched season premiere of Two and a Half Men, and now watching the pilot The McCarthy’s. Can’t wait for the new season of Mike & Mike!! When’s it coming back? I have my DVR ready to record it!
I have been holding my breath,wondering where Mike and Molly are? Please add them to the great comedy line up, you offered us last years,TV season. Swoozie Kurtz has been a favorite and of course we adore, Billy and Melissa and wonderful rest of cast. Please don’t loose this gem in the shuffle. Thanks and HappyHalloThanksMas!
Mike and Molly – two morbidly obese people who are idiots.
Great example to all the fat, unhealthy kids and young adults in the USA today.
70% of those eligible to serve in the military can’t pass the physical requirements!!
Maybe they could have some episodes where they both go and have their lips stapled closed and eventually lose about 200 pounds each?
So VERY very VERY HAPPY that MIKE and MOLLY will return sometime….. Love the actors,writing and plot line. Both are great comedians and this is a show we hope to continue to enjoy. Thank you.
All the shows are great , but we want to know about
Mike and Molly, and when it is going to be on.we watch all of your shows and we
enjoy watching then , We want to see
mike and Molly.that is the pnly show that is missing.
thank you for all awesome shows
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Come on I think it is time to axe SURVIVOR
This show sucks get a better show on like Intelligence I am so tired of this show
We need to get rid of Survivor like many seasons ago.
Why is it you cancel shows that I like and keep a lot of these game shows that should have been canceled a long time ago.
So let’s replace Survivor with Intelligence or with some other action show
I would like to see 2 Broke Girls and Mom and Mike and Molly come back this season! If I couldn’t laugh, life would be horrible…these shows are really funny and I need for them to come back! Thank you
Elementary is my new FAVORITE show, Thank You for renewing it!! I have the TV save it for me, so that I can watch it again and again. Very well written and the Actors are Great!!
I hope they renew the Mentalist, one of my favorites; along with NCIS LA, Criminal Minds, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Hawaii 50. I do not care for any of the comedy programs, a bunch of nonsense.
THESE ARE THE CBS SHOWS I LIKE ALL CSI SHOWS, THE GOOD WIFE, PERSON OF INTEREST, BLUE BLOODS,60 MIN. . I DONT CARE FOR COMEDY, THEY ARE WRITTEN SO BAD NON INTERESTING DULL. ANY REALITY SHOW MAKES ME WANT OT PUK. MAYBE THE HISTORY CHANEL WITH THE AMERICAN PICKERS. WHERE IT IS INFORMORMITIVE AND THE OWNERS ARE INTERESTING. BUT ALL THAT BACHLORET AND SOMEBODIES HOUSEWIFES AND SOME STUPID RACE . IS A JOKE BOREING.IT WOULD REALLY BE FANTASTIC IF TV GOT BACK TO RAISEING THE BA ON INTELIGENT SHOWS LIKE WEST WING . YOUR CSI SHOWS ARE INTERESTING . THEY… Read more »
I love Ncis, Ncis Los Angeles, and Criminal Minds great shows
Keeping Broke Girls and dumping Rules of Engagement last year was DUMB!!!
A blond straight woman and a female “Henny Youngman” with big boobs. Lame!!!
I think Criminal Minds is the best TV show ever. Please keep it going. All these crazy comedies are not my style.
Please keep the Mentalist. It is my favorite show