Monday, March 28, 2016

CBS Renews 11 More Series for the 2016-2017 Season; Fox Picks Up Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Last Man on Earth for the 2016-2017 Season

CBS

CBS has announced renewals of the following returning series for the 2016-2017 season:

Blue Bloods
Elementary
Hawaii Five-0
Madam Secretary
Mom
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans
Scorpion
2 Broke Girls
Survivor
The Amazing Race

The Big Bang Theory was renewed through the 2016-2017 season in March 2014. NCIS was renewed for two additional seasons through the 2017-2018 season in February. Top-rated new comedy Life in Pieces has yet to be renewed. Fellow rookie series Supergirl, Limitless and Code Black are also awaiting word. Renewals for veteran series Criminal Minds and CSI: Cyber have yet to be announced.

CBS will finish this season as America’s most-watched network for the 13th time in 14 years. Season-to-date, CBS is also #1 in adults 18-49 and 25-54. Stay with us for the latest renewal and schedule news.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Last Man on Earth

Fox has picked up comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Last Man on Earth for the 2016-2017 season. Golden Globe winner Brooklyn Nine-Nine was renewed for a fourth season and The Last Man on Earth received a third-season order.

In the next all-new Brooklyn Nine-Nine, airing Tuesday, March 29 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT), Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) enlists Jake (Andy Samberg) to help change Terry’s (Terry Crews) disapproving opinion about her fast-moving relationship with Adrian Pimento (guest star Jason Mantzoukas). All-new episodes of The Last Man on Earth return Sunday, April 3 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), when Carol (Kristen Schaal) is back on the campaign for repopulation with Phil (Will Forte).


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Saturday, April 18

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 13)

Friday, April 17

  • Minnie Driver (Emily in Paris/Speechless/About a Boy) - Watch Minnie on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Dustin Ybarra (Ghosts/Us & Them) - Dustin is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Jim Parsons (Young Sheldon/The Big Bang Theory) - Jim talks about Broadway's Titaníque with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • John Lithgow (Trial & Error/Twenty Good Years/3rd Rock from the Sun) - NBC's Today catches up with John in the 9am hour.
  • Lena Dunahm (Girls) - Lena joins Drew to talk about her new memoir Famesick on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD) St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
09/30 - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)

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