CBS Renews 10 More Shows For 2026–2027 Season

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CBS has continued to firm up its 2026–2027 broadcast schedule, renewing ten more series and bringing the total number of confirmed shows for the upcoming season to sixteen.

The latest renewals focus heavily on the network’s biggest performers, spanning crime dramas, long-running franchises, and established reality hits. Several of the returning shows already have confirmed UK broadcasters or streamers, while others remain unassigned as CBS continues to shape its line-up on both sides of the Atlantic.

The newly confirmed renewals span the full breadth of CBS’s current line-up. That includes ratings juggernaut ‘Tracker’, which remains the network’s most-watched series, alongside comedy hit ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ and Thursday night staple ‘Matlock’. Crime and procedural drama are also strongly represented, with ‘Elsbeth’, ‘Fire Country’, and the ever-reliable ‘NCIS’ all returning, joined by newer franchise entries ‘NCIS: Origins’ and ‘NCIS: Sydney’. Long-running unscripted favourites ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Amazing Race’ round out the latest wave of renewals.

From a UK perspective, several of these returning shows already have established broadcast or streaming homes. ‘Tracker’ and the flagship ‘NCIS’ air on Disney+ in the UK, while Sky Witness is home to ‘Matlock’, ‘Elsbeth’, ‘Fire Country’, and long-running procedural ‘FBI’. Paramount+ UK carries the newer ‘NCIS’ spin-offs, including both ‘NCIS: Origins’ and ‘NCIS: Sydney’. Comedy is also well represented, with ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ recently launching in the UK on the revamped TLC channel. Neither ‘Survivor’ nor ‘The Amazing Race’ currently airs in the UK.

These renewals join a group of shows that had already secured their place in the 2026–2027 season earlier in the year. That includes spin-offs ‘Boston Blue’ and ‘Sheriff Country’, both of which do not yet have confirmed UK broadcasters. Given Sky’s long-running relationship with ‘Blue Bloods’ and its current home for ‘Fire Country’, it would not be surprising to see at least one of those projects land on Sky Witness once deals are finalised.

The previously announced slate also includes hit comedy ‘Ghosts’, which airs in the UK on BBC iPlayer.

CBS has also already ordered two brand-new scripted series, ‘Cupertino’ and ‘Einstein’, for the 2026–2027 season. Neither show has yet secured a UK broadcaster, which is not unexpected given that both are still awaiting their US debuts.

Once again, CBS has opted for a blitz of early renewals rather than waiting until later in the season. With most of its drama and comedy slate now locked in, there are only two scripted CBS series currently on the air whose futures remain undecided. Those are sophomore drama ‘Watson’ and freshman workplace comedy ‘DMV’, both of which now find themselves on the bubble.

Space on the drama side is particularly tight. CBS already has ten hour-long scripted dramas renewed for next season, with ‘Cupertino’ and ‘Einstein’ waiting in the wings and ‘Marshals’ still to premiere. That leaves limited room for ‘Watson’ on the schedule.

The medical drama, set in the Sherlock Holmes universe, performed respectably during its midseason launch last year on Sundays behind ‘Tracker’, which was enough to earn it a second season. However, a move to Mondays behind ‘FBI’ saw ratings decline, and the series currently ranks as CBS’s lowest-rated scripted show. It is due to return to Sundays following its winter break, once again airing behind ‘Tracker’, with CBS expected to reassess its performance after that run.

The situation surrounding ‘DMV’ is less clear-cut. The single-camera workplace comedy launched strongly, pulling in over ten million multi-platform viewers during its premiere week and outperforming its lead-in, veteran sitcom ‘The Neighborhood’. With ‘The Neighborhood’ ending after eight seasons, CBS will soon have a comedy vacancy to fill, but the network is also weighing ‘DMV’ against ‘Eternally Yours’, a vampire comedy pilot from the executive producers of ‘Ghosts’.

Historically, missing out on one of CBS’s early renewal waves is rarely a positive sign. Last season, only ‘The Neighborhood’ managed to secure a final-season renewal after being left on the bubble, while several other dramas and comedies were ultimately cancelled. That precedent does not bode particularly well for either ‘Watson’ or ‘DMV’ as decisions loom.

CBS says the latest renewals are based on Nielsen season-to-date figures covering late September through mid-January, during which the network claims five of the top ten and eleven of the top twenty most-watched entertainment series in the US. Additional renewals and new series orders are expected to be announced as the 2026–2027 schedule continues to take shape.

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