Friday, April 01, 2022
NBC Announces Partial Summer 2022 Schedule; CBS Renews NCIS Franchise for 2022-23
NBC has announced some of its summer line-up with mega summer premieres. Big stars, high-stakes competition and an Emmy Award-winning series make NBC the must-watch destination for the whole family. Summer staple America's Got Talent and newbie Dancing with Myself will launch NBC's summer season with back-to-back premieres on Tuesday, May 31 from 8-11pm. The veteran American Ninja Warrior premieres Monday, June 6 from 8-10pm and the anticipated return of Emmy Award-winning documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? premieres Sunday, July 10 from 7-8pm. Weakest Link will return for more episodes on Wednesday, August 10 from 9-10pm through mid-September. All programs will stream on Peacock the day following their NBC telecast.
America's Got Talent kicks off six weeks of live shows at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium beginning Tuesday, Aug. 9 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) on NBC. Results shows will air Wednesday nights (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) starting Aug. 10 with the season finale airs Wedneday, September 15 from 9-11pm. NBC has not announced what will air following Ninja Warrior all summer along with what will air following AGT on Tuesdays starting in August when Dancing with Myself concludes. NBC has a few new series still waiting in the wings such as The Wheel and Password, along with returning game show Family Game Fight. Stay tuned for the rest of the NBC summer line-up.
CBS has renewed all three current dramas in the NCIS franchise for the 2022-2023 broadcast season. The returning CBS Original series are the parent series NCIS, new freshman drama NCIS: Hawai'i and veteran NCIS: Los Angeles. Additional CBS renewals will be announced in the coming weeks. Right now 2 of the 3 air on the same night, but will all 3 air on the same night in 2022-23 season to create an NCIS night like FBI has? These three dramas join the previously announced renewals of The Amazing Race, Bob ♥ Abishola, CSI: Vegas, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Secret Celebrity Renovation, Survivor, Tough as Nails and Young Sheldon.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Wednesday, January 22
Shifting Gears - "Job" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Riley, desperate for work, reluctantly takes a job at Matt’s shop. Meanwhile, Gabriel and Stitch secretly stray from Matt’s vision on a high-stakes restomod project.
Abbott Elementary - "Strike" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
City buses have stopped running due to a strike, resulting in many students being absent from school. The teachers at Abbott try to find creative solutions and adapt to hybrid learning. Meanwhile, Gregory and O’Shon strike up a friendship.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 20)
Wednesday, January 22
- Lucy Liu (Joey/Pearl) - Watch Lucy on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts/White Famous), Betsy Sodaro (Ghosts/Duncanville/Disjointed/Animal Practice) and Punam Patel (Ghosts/Return of the Mac/Kevin from Work) - Utkarsh, Betsy and Punam are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris talks about Watson on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am, on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour, and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Andrew Rannells (Girls/The New Normal) and Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) - Andrew, Nick and Lin-Manuel Miranda are chatting with Drew about their Broadway show All In: Comedy About Love on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. They're also talking to Drew about parenting advice, how they were raised and how comedy brings people together.
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