ABC may have gotten some backlash over their cancellations, but CBS is taking serious heat for their pilot orders on the newly announced schedule. The lineup is filled with male-led comedies and procedurals. President Glenn Geller defended their choices reminding their audience at upfronts that there is “balance,” with Madam Secretary, 2 Broke Girls, and Mom being the female-led standouts on the schedule.
Much like the other networks, CBS focused their upfront presentation on the strength of television advertising over digital. CBS ad sales president Jo Ann Ross said, “Out of respect for your time and your intellect, we’re going to give you only one acronym: CBS… The C stands for ‘cut’ and the BS is for all the ‘bullshit’ you’ve already heart this week.”
The network also wasn’t shy with the jabs at their competition. Les Moonves called out Jimmy Kimmel for making an “old” joke at CBS adding, “it would be funny if we hadn’t beat ABC in the (18-49) demo for the last nine years.”
CBS didn’t forget about their digital world by any means. Amongst the first looks of their new series they included the video and new logo for the CBS All Access series Star Trek. The reboot will initially air on CBS before moving permanently to All Access where it will be joined by The Good Wife spinoff starring Christine Baranski.
Check out the full fall schedule below or head over here to catch a first look at Star Trek.
To see all the pilot orders and renewals for the major networks, click here.
CBS SCHEDULE 2016
Monday
8PM THE BIG BANG THEORY / KEVIN CAN WAIT (starting in October)
830PM KEVIN CAN WAIT / MAN WITH A PLAN (staring in October)
9PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
930PM THE ODD COUPLE
10PM SCORPION
Tuesday
8PM NCIS
9PM BULL
10PM NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
Wednesday
8PM SURVIVOR
9PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10PM CODE BLACK
Thursday
8PM THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL / BIG BANG THEORY (staring in October)
830PM THE GREAT INDOORS (starting in October)
9PM MOM (starting in October)
10PM PURE GENIUS (starting in October)
Friday
8PM MACGYVER
9PM HAWAII FIVE-0
10PM BLUE BLOODS
Saturday
8PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10PM 48 HOURS
Sunday
7PM 60 MINUTES
8PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES
9PM MADAM SECRETARY
10PM ELEMENTARY
