CBS has overhauled its 2025-26 broadcast calendar, advancing second-year medical procedural “Watson” to the fall while pushing the “FBI” offshoot “CIA” to midseason. The network said Season 2 of “Watson” will air Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT starting 13 Oct., directly after the eighth-season premiere of flagship “FBI.” The delay for “CIA” comes with a creative reset. Warren Leight, best known for running “Law & Order: SVU,” has replaced David Hudgins as showrunner, and filming is now expected to begin in early fall. The series, ordered straight-to-series in April and led by Tom Ellis, will bow in the second half of the 2025-26 season. CBS’ slate launches with sneak peeks of “Matlock” and “Elsbeth” on 12 Oct., an all-“NCIS” lineup on Tuesdays starting 14 Oct., and returning unscripted staples “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” in late September. Other new dramas including “Sheriff Country” and “Boston Blue” debut on 17 Oct., while reality competition “The Road” arrives 19 Oct.
CBS today unveiled its fall schedule, with premiere dates for 'Watson' Season 2, which has moved to a fall slot after 'FBI' offshoot 'CIA' was pushed to midseason https://t.co/tgGFWO5ZJX
CBS Sets Fall Premiere Dates for #NCIS, #Matlock and More — Tom Ellis’ #CIACBS Bumped to Midseason With New Showrunner https://t.co/RC3s5Wdxrm
Watson Moves onto CBS’ Fall Lineup, ‘FBI’ Spinoff ‘CIA’ Pushed to Midseason https://t.co/jm4VFVQ3Un