Rueben's Ramblings

The following is the proposed CBS line-up for the new fall 2017-2018 TV season:

Monday:

8 PM – The Big Bang Theory
8:30 PM – Young Sheldon [Special One-Time Preview on Sept. 25]
8:30 PM – 9JKL (Premieres Oct. 2)
9 PM – Kevin Can Wait
9:30 PM – Me, Myself & I
10 PM – Scorpion

Monday [Starting on October 30]:

8 PM – Kevin Can Wait
8:30 PM – 9JKL
9 PM – Me, Myself & I
9:30 PM – Superior Donuts
10 PM – Scorpion

Tuesday:

8 PM – NCIS
9 PM – Bull
10 PM – NCIS: New Orleans

Wednesday:

8 PM – Survivor
9 PM – Seal Team [NEW]
10 PM – Criminal Minds (New Time)

SEAL TEAM – David Boreanaz (Angel and Bones) stars in this military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.

The cast includes Max Thieriot (Bates Motel), Neil Brown Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), A.J. Buckley (CSI: NY and Supernatural), Toni Trucks (Franklin & Bash) and Jessica Pare (Mad Men).

TRAILER:

Thursday:

8 PM – NFL Thursday Night Football

Thursday [Starting on November 2]:

8 PM – The Big Bang Theory
8:30 PM – Young Sheldon
9 PM – Mom
9:30 PM – Life in Pieces
10 PM – S.W.A.T. [NEW]

S.W.A.T. – Inspired by the TV series and feature film, the series will star Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) as a locally born S.W.A.T. sergeant newly tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles.

The cast includes Stephanie Sigman (Narcos), Kenny Johnson (The Shield and Saving Grace), Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted), Lina Esco (Kingdom) and Peter Onorati (Civil Wars).

TRAILER:

Friday:

8 PM – MacGyver
9 PM – Hawaii Five-0
10 PM – Blue Bloods

Saturday:

8 PM – Crimetime Saturday
9 PM – Crimetime Saturday
10 PM – 48 Hours

Sunday:

7 PM – 60 Minutes
8 PM – Wisdom of the Crowd [NEW]
9 PM – NCIS: Los Angeles (New Time)
10 PM – Madam Secretary (New Time)

Wisdom of the Crowd – Jeremy Piven (Entourage and Mr. Selfridge) stars as a visionary tech innovator who creates a cutting-edge crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder, and revolutionizes crime solving in the process.

The cast includes Richard T. Jones (Judging Amy), Monica Potter (Parenthood) and Natalia Tena (the Harry Potter franchise and Game of Thrones).

TRAILER:

NOTE: Code Black and Elementary will return at a later time in the season.

The new drama that will debut later in the season is:

Instinct – Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) stars as Dr. Dylan Reinhart a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. Reinhart is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behavior to packed classes of adoring students. But when top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic from Shameless) appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylan’s first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case, comes out of retirement and taps into his old skill set.

The cast also includes Naveen Andrews (Lost) and Khandi Alexander (CSI: Miami and Scandal).

Also, Star Trek: Discovery will premiere this fall on CBS All Access. The show revolves around the USS Discovery, introducing new characters seeking new worlds and civilizations while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers. The cast includes Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead), Rain Wilson (The Office), Doug Jones (Falling Skies), James Frain (Orphan Black and Gotham) and Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter franchise). Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) will recur.

You can watch the official trailer via The Hollywood Reporter at this link.