God Friended Me, Magnum PI, The Neighborhood: CBS Gives New Shows Full Season Orders

Despite some less-than-impressive ratings, CBS has given full-season orders to three more new shows — God Friended Me, The Neighborhood, and the reboot of Magnum PI. The network previously gave Tuesday’s FBI series a full season order.

CBS has yet to order any additional installments of the Murphy Brown revival or the Happy Together sitcom. While neither is doing great in the ratings, they are drawing similar numbers to Magnum PI.

Here’s the CBS press release:

CBS GIVES FULL-SEASON ORDERS TO “GOD FRIENDED ME,” “MAGNUM P.I.” AND “THE NEIGHBORHOOD” FOR THE 2018-2019 BROADCAST SEASON

CBS has given full-season orders to the new dramas GOD FRIENDED ME and MAGNUM P.I. and the freshman comedy THE NEIGHBORHOOD for the 2018-2019 broadcast season.

GOD FRIENDED ME is Sunday’s #1 scripted series, averaging over 10 million viewers and improving its time period +8% in viewers over last season. GOD FRIENDED ME stars Brandon Micheal Hall, Violett Beane, Suraj Sharma, Javicia Leslie and Joe Morton. Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Marcos Siega are executive producers for Warner Bros. Television. It airs Sundays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

MAGNUM P.I. reaches over nine million viewers each week, improving the Monday 9:00-10:00 PM hour by +50% over last season. MAGNUM P.I. stars Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Tim Kang and Amy Hill. Peter Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim, Justin Lin, John Davis, John Fox and Danielle Woodrow are executive producers for CBS Television Studios in association with Universal Television. It airs Mondays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD is averaging over eight million viewers each week, and improves the 8:00-8:30 PM time period by +14% over last season’s “Kevin Can Wait.” THE NEIGHBORHOOD stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Tichina Arnold, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan. Jim Reynolds, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor Wendi Trilling, Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone are executive producers for CBS Television Studios. It airs Mondays (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

These series join the previously announced FBI as freshman shows receiving full-season orders for 2018-2019 on CBS.

Source: Nielsen NTI “most current” ratings (as of 10/17/18)

What do you think? Are you glad that CBS has given full season orders to these three shows? Do you have a favorite?