Wednesday, February 22, 2023
CBS Renews 9 More Series for 2023-24; Not Dead Yet Scores Big in Delayed 7-Day MP Viewing

CBS announced that it has renewed nine additional series for the 2023-2024 season. The renewed CBS Original series are NCIS, 60 Minutes, CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawai'i, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Tough as Nails, Lingo and the true crime docuseries 48 Hours, Saturday's #1 non-sports primetime series for 17 consecutive seasons. To date, CBS has renewed 19 series, including the previously announced #1 new series/drama Fire Country, #1 comedy Young Sheldon, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, So Help Me Todd, The Equalizer, FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted. In addition, The Never Game, a new drama starring Justin Hartley, received an early series order for the 2023-2024 season.

After seven days of viewing across linear and digital platforms, the series debut of Not Dead Yet (on 2/8 at 8:30pm) soared to 7.6 million Total Viewers, marking ABC's most-watched multiplatform comedy debut in nearly 4 years - since Bless This Mess on 4/16/19. Quadrupling its Live+Same Day Adult 18-49 rating with a delayed-viewing increase of +300% (0.44 rating to 1.76 rating), Not Dead Yet delivered the biggest growth ever for an ABC comedy debut. In addition, with a lift of +4.0 million viewers from its Live+Same Day average to its Multiplatform+7 Day average (3.6 million to 7.6 million), Not Dead Yet posted the largest delayed-viewing increase for an ABC comedy debut in over 4 years in Total Viewers - since The Conners on 10/16/18.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, March 19
Animal Control - "Dragons and Dognappers" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Rob Gronkowski returns and asks the team for help rehoming a zebra; Emily and Shred's first date goes awry when they unexpectedly run into Daisy and Patel on their night out; Frank must defend Templeton when Templeton is accused of dognapping.
Going Dutch - "Farmer's Mark-tet Offensive" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
After a messy breakup, the Colonel and Katja find themselves going to war between the town and the base; Capt. Maggie tries to de-escalate the tension between the two ex-lovers and negotiate a truce.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 16)
Thursday, March 19
- Sarah Shahi (Teachers) - Catch Sarah on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Michelle Pfeiffer (Delta House) - Michelle appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Matt Braunger (Up All Night) - Matt is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Crazy Ones) - Andy Cohen interviews Sarah on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
- Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kerry chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. She can also be heard on the Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.
- Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me/Guys Like Us) - Linda talks about DTF St. Louis on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Riz Ahmed (Bait) - Riz tells Sherri about his new comedy series Bait on Prime Video on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Ryan Michelle Bathe (First Wives Club/Retired at 35) - Ryan Michelle talks about Hulu's Paradise on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and 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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