When Will Your Favorite CBS Show Premiere This Winter?
By Movieguide® Contributor
CBS JUST released its program scheduling for January, February and March.
Many new and returning series made their way onto the network’s primetime schedule for the beginning of 2025. CBS has unscripted TV returning early with THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT and RAID THE CAGE starting up on Jan. 8 at 8-9 p.m. and 9-10 p.m. respectively. The next night, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES will make its debut at 8 p.m., a timeslot it will stay in before moving to Wednesdays at 10-11 p.m. starting Jan. 29.
Fans of CBS’s unscripted shows will have to wait until the end of January before new episodes start up again.
On Sunday, Jan. 26, the new series, WATSON, will make its premiere after the AFC championship game, moving to its normal timeslot the following week (Sundays from 9-10 p.m.).
The next night, Monday, Jan. 27, sees the return of THE NEIGHBORHOOD (8-8:30 p.m.), POPPA’S HOUSE (8:30-9 p.m.), NCIS (9-10 p.m.) and NCIS: ORIGINS (10-11 p.m.).
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Tuesdays will continue to be FBI night with new episodes of FBI (8-9 p.m.), FBI: INTERNATIONAL (9-10 p.m.) and FBI: MOST WANTED (10-11 p.m.).
Thursdays will follow the same schedule as the fall with GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE (8-8:30 p.m.) beginning the night, followed by GHOSTS (8:30-9 p.m.), MATLOCK (9-10 p.m.) and ELSBETH (10-11 p.m.). Fridays will round out with week with NCIS: SYDNEY (8-9 p.m.), FIRE COUNTRY (9-10 p.m.) and S.W.A.T. (10-11 p.m.).
Starting on Feb. 16, Sundays will comprise of 60 MINUTES (7-8 p.m.), TRACKER (8-9 p.m.), WATSON (9-10 p.m.) and THE EQUALIZER (10-11 p.m.). SURVIVOR will return starting Feb. 26, and a new season of THE AMAZING RACE will begin on March 5.
Other special events airing on CBS during the first quarter of the year are the AFC Championship Game (Jan. 26 starting at 6:30 p.m.) and THE GRAMMY AWARDS (Feb. 2 starting at 8 p.m.).
“In many ways, the schedule maintains the same time slots these shows have already enjoyed, demonstrating the strength of CBS’ lineup and its desire to keep things steady. 2025 will be a year that is very similar to what viewers have already enjoyed,” Screen Rant speculated.