CBS announced today the renewals of 11 more primetime series for the 2018-2019 season. Combined with previously announced pickups, CBS has now renewed 17 series for next year, including its entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups.
NOTE: Scorpion, the series starring American Idol season 5 alum Katharine McPhee, has not been renewed yet. For what it’s worth, the TV Grim Reaper (who started TVByTheNumbers) predicts the show will be renewed for a 5th season.
TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- BLUE BLOODS
- BULL
- HAWAII FIVE-0
- MADAM SECRETARY
- MACGYVER
- NCIS: LOS ANGELES
- NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
- SURVIVOR
- THE AMAZING RACE
- 48 HOURS
- 60 MINUTES
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PICKUPS:
- THE BIG BANG THEORY
- YOUNG SHELDON
- MOM
- NCIS
- SEAL TEAM
- S.W.A.T.
To date, the Network has renewed 12 of the top 20 scripted series; 12 series with 10+ million viewers (more than the other networks combined); and three of the top six most-watched freshman series (YOUNG SHELDON, SEAL TEAM and S.W.A.T.).
