CBS Confirms Return Dates for Popular Shows, Including 'NCIS' and 'Young Sheldon'
CBS has announced that new episodes of scripted series will return in mid-February, making it the first network to lay out scheduling plans since a tentative agreement was reached last week to end the Hollywood strikes. The network will use the Super Bowl broadcast on February 11 to launch its new lineup, with a new series called "Tracker" immediately following the game. Several returning series, including "Young Sheldon," "NCIS," "Ghosts," "Blue Bloods," and "FBI," will premiere later that week. The premieres will arrive about five months later than usual due to the strikes, which severely disrupted Hollywood scripted production since May. CBS has suffered the most without its stable of scripted programming, with viewership averages down more than 30 percent since mid-September.