By the end of next month, CBS will have most of its fall line-up in place.
The network has just announced five more season-openers – “The Unicorn” on Nov. 12, “Bull” on Nov. 16, “FBI” and “FBI: Most Wanted” on Nov. 17 and “SEAL Team” (shown here) on Nov. 25.
Previously, it announced 10 November starts, ranging from three comedies Nov. 5 to “NCIS” on Nov. 17.
That leaves only five shows in limbo – all three Friday ones (“MacGyver,” “Magnum” and “Blue Bloods”), plus “Evil” and CBS’ only new drama this fall, Queen Latifah in “The Equalizer.”
While waiting, the network has a patchwork of temporary shows. The latest addition involves primetime specials for “The Price Is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal.” They’ll be back-to-back on Tuesday (Oct. 27); “Price” will be Nov. 2 and “Deal” will be Dec. 21, with one pending date for each.
Other shows temporarily fill in for missing shows. CBS has “The Greatest #AtHome Videos” and “Undercover Boss” on Fridays. The 10 p.m. Thursday spot (waiting for “Evil”) airs transplanted episodes of “Star Trek: Discovery”; Sundays (waiting for “Equalizer”) next month will fill the vacant hour with reruns of “fan favorites” from past “NCIS” seasons.
ABC and NBC have also been scrambling to get most of their shows back by November or sooner. (NBC has moved “This Is Us” up to Oct. 27.) Fox and CW created complete, temporary schedules for the fall, allowing most of their shows to wait until January.