CBS has handed down early second season renewals for three of their freshman drama series — Madam Secretary, Scorpion, and NCIS: New Orleans.
Here’s the press release:
CBS RENEWS HIT FRESHMAN DRAMAS “NCIS: NEW ORLEANS,” “MADAM SECRETARY” AND “SCORPION” FOR THE 2015-2016 BROADCAST SEASON
The Dramas, All Produced by CBS Television Studios, Represent the #1, #2 and #3 Most-Watched New Programs This Season and Rank Among Network Television’s Top 10 Series
“NCIS: New Orleans” Is the Season’s #1 New Series and Broadcast Television’s #2 Drama
“Madam Secretary” Is the #2 New Series of the Season
“Scorpion” Is the #3 New Series of the Season
CBS announced today that the hit freshman dramas NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, MADAM SECRETARY and SCORPION have been renewed for the 2015-2016 broadcast season. The series represent the #1, #2 and #3 most-watched new programs on broadcast television this season: NCIS: NEW ORLEANS is the season’s #1 new series and broadcast television’s #2 drama (behind #1 NCIS), MADAM SECRETARY is the #2 new series of the season, and SCORPION is #3. All three rank among network television’s top 10 series, and are produced by CBS Television Studios.
“These freshman dramas have each made a big impact on key nights of the week,” said Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment. “Creatively distinctive, the series are backed by strong showrunners with amazingly talented casts, and have resonated with a big, broad audience.”
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS is the season’s most-watched new series and broadcast television’s #2 drama (“NCIS” is #1), averaging 18.1 million viewers. The series stars Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich and CCH Pounder. Gary Glasberg, Mark Harmon, Jeffrey Lieber and James Hayman are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.
MADAM SECRETARY is the #2 new series of the season, averaging 14.9 million viewers and ranking as Sunday’s most-watched scripted broadcast. It has improved the year-ago time period by +49% in viewers. Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, �eljko Ivanek, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Geoffrey Arend, Kathrine Herzer, Evan Roe and Wallis Currie-Wood star. Barbara Hall, Lori McCreary, Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman and David Semel are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios, in association with Revelations Entertainment.
SCORPION is the #3-ranked new series of the season, averaging 14.5 million viewers. It has been key to CBS’s Monday improvement, boosting the year-ago time period by +61% in viewers, +21% in adults 18-49 and +31% in adults 25-54. In addition, it is one of the top-streamed shows on cbs.com. Elyes Gabel, Robert Patrick, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong and Ari Stidham star. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Nick Santora, Nicholas Wootton, Justin Lin, Heather Kadin, Scooter Braun and Walter O’Brien are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.
Season-to-date, CBS remains America’s most-watched network, averaging 11.53 million viewers.
What do you think? Are you happy to hear about these early renewals? Do you watch any or all of these shows?
Yay, Madame Secretary!! So glad it’s been renewed!!
My husband and I finally have 2 programs in a row on Sundays that we like a lot and find
interesting too … MADAM SECRETARY and THE GOOD WIFE. Where are they now???
Certainly every show doesn’t have to be dedicated to youngsters. There are a few of us “over the hill” folks who would enjoy entertaining programming as well.
I loved Madam Secretary!!!!!!! please bring it back!
Love Madame Secretary. So glad it has been renewed for Season 2!
We are so delighted that Madame Secretary will be returning. An absolute “must” for my husband and myself. Great acting, terrific plots, wonderful writing with the switch between her job and her family life. Please, please, how do we find out when it returns?
I’m so glad to hear that Madame Secretary, Scorpion, & NCIS: New Orleans has not been canceled. My favorite is Madame Secretary. I wonder when I will see it on cbs.com again? It’s been a while.
Madame Secretary is just the best show. I should be on every Sunday night. I really miss it, because it’s been a long time since it aired. It’s intelligent, well written. I like the way their personal family life is depicted – pretty normal!!
We love Madame Secretary! So glad to hear it is being renewed.. Is this first season over already? seemed a bit short.. other series are still going.. hope this one will too. Like the believable characters, mixing family, politics, business, professionalism.. But not overly realistic with how she is saving the day and ALWAYS coming out on top…
when will the season begin?
Wish Madam Secretary was on every week. Really miss it.
For some reason, we are not getting Madam Secretary on Sundays anymore. It seemed as if there were more episodes to be viewed, but all of a sudden – no more MS on Sundays.
Where are the other episodes being shown?
If Madam Secretary is a top show for CBS, CBS would do well to air it regularly instead of having huge gaps between episodes, unless of course their intent is to have their audience look for something else to watch.
Absolutely AGREED. I am VERY disappointed at the irregularity of Madam Secretary!
Madam Secretary is a show that finally mixes intelligence with tremendous acting. I continue to watch the first season over and over because the writing is straightforward, brings you into the storyline, and then makes you want to become each of the characters throughout the series. All the actors appear to put their strength behind their character versus their heart and soul which I find interesting and humble. Like life, their characters hunger for and question ” day-to-day life” at times, and then they reach out and ” lean on”. People can relate to Madam Secretary. Keep it running. Boost… Read more »
No Sunday evening for me without Madame Secretary.It is brilliant and very much up to date. Keep it going.
All three of these shows are excellent. The story lines are excellent and I look forward to watching all three each week. I miss Madame right now and hope it returns before the Fall. Now if only Taxi Brooklyn would be renewed I would have 4 favorite shows.