CBS next season: lots of shifts and a Dutton spin-off

CBS will put some familiar shows in unfamiliar places next season.
It will also try two new reality shows and four spin-offs, one of them with strong potential to be a hit: Kayce Dutton (the honest one on “Yellowstone,” played by Luke Grimes, shown here) gets his own series, as a U.S. marshal.
That series — tentatively called “Y: Marshals” — won’t arrive until mid-season. In the fall, viewers have some schedule shifts to worry about:
— The three “NCIS” shows will be back — now stacked together on Tuesdays.
— That disrupts the FBI shows that have been filling Tuesdays. Two will be gone; the third — the original “FBI” — moves to Mondays (the old “NCIS” night), followed by a new spin-off.
— Some nights — Wednesday, Thursdays and Saturdays — remain the same.
— Fridays will keep “Fire Country,” but surround it with spin-offs — one of its own, the other from the now-departed “Blue Bloods.”
–And Sundays bring the biggest change.
Yes, “60 Minutes” and “Tracker” — both ratings powerhouses — will stay at 7 and 8 p.m. Sundays. But this fall, they won’t be followed by dramas.
Instead, the 9 p.m. Sunday spot goes to “The Road,” a different sort of music competition: Contestants will tour with Keith Urban, with Blake Shelton and Gretchen Wilson also showing up.
That will be during football season, offering a show that (like “Tracker”) should be easy to promote to football fans. At mid-season, the Sunday spots go to “Y: Marshals” and “Watson.
The plan shows confidence in Taylor Sheridan, the “Yellowstone” creator who has shown a touch for terse, taut blue-collar drama. He’s producing both the “Road” reality show and “Y: Marshals” … plus other shows (including more “Yellowstone” spin-offs) for the Paramount+ streamer.
The schedule:
— MONDAYS: “Neighborhood” stays at 8 p.m. for its final season, with “DMV” — a comedy set at the Department of Motor Vehicles, with Tim Meadows, Molly Kearney and more — at 8:30. “FBI” moves to 9, followed at 10 by “CIA,” which is from the “FBI” producers and stars Tom Ellis, the former “Lucifer” star./
— TUESDAYS: It’s the “NCIS” night. This will be the 23rd season of “NCIS” (8 p.m.) and the second for its prequel, “NCIS: Origins” (9). It’s the third for “NCIS: Sydney” (10), but the first two were only short, mid-season turns.
— WEDNESDAYS: “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” again fill the night, at 8 and 9:30. But for the second half of the season, “America’s Culinary Cup” — produced and hosted by Padma Lakshmi, will follow the 50th edition of “Survivor.” In between, there’s an interim schedule with “Hollywood Squares,” “The Price is Right at Night” and a true-crime show, “Harlan Coben’s Final Twist.”
— THURSDAYS: Some things stay the same. It’s “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” “Ghosts,” “Matlock” and “Elsbeth.”
— FRIDAYS: “Fire Country” stays at 9 p.m., surrounded by new shows. At 8 p.m., “Sheriff Country” has Morena Baccarin as the local sheriff, a character she’s played in two “Fire Country” episodes. At 10, “Boston Blue” sees Danny Reagan become a police detective in Boston (the home town of Donnie Wahlberg, who plays him); Sonequa Martin-Green, the “Star Trek: Discovery” star, plays his police partner.
— SATURDAYS: The usual blend of reruns, sports and “48 Hours.”
— SUNDAYS: “60 Minutes” at 7, “Tracker” at 8, “The Road” at 9 and reruns at 10 … all of them frequently pushed back by football overruns. At mid-season, “Y: Marshals” and “Watson” take over at 9 and 10.
— MUCH LATER: In a burst of confidence and/or stability, CBS isn’t announcing anything else for back-up duty. Instead, it is preparing “Einstein” for the 2026-27 season.
Matthew Gray Gubler again plays a genius, as he did in “Criminal Minds.” This time, he’s Albert Einstein’s great-grandson, helping solve crimes after losing his job as a professor.
Also a possibility for that season is “Cupertino,” a legal drama set in Silicon Valley. It’s from the producers of “Elsbeth,” “Good Wife” and “Good Fight”; so far, it has an order for 12 scripts.