'NCIS' fans have hope

CBS Reveals Fall 2020 TV Schedule and Update On Scripted Series

On Aug. 26, CBS unveiled the schedule for its Fall 2020 TV line-up. The network will enter the new season without favourites such as NCIS, as scripted series and some reality programs (like Survivor) have yet to enter production amid the pandemic. But CBS still has a bevy of new reality TV on the way as well as some new acquisitions. Read on to see the schedule and the new update on scripted series.

Come September, CBS will enter the 2020-21 TV season without many of its most popular series.

Virtually all of the network's scripted series will not make early-fall premieres, as the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the majority of TV productions in the U.S. off sets or behind schedule. But fans of CBS favourites including NCIS and its spin-offs, Blue Bloods, and Young Sheldon, can remain hopeful for a return in 2020.

CBS says scripted series will likely arrive "in November"

Among the shows that will debut by late October are Big Brother, Love Island, The Amazing Race, 48 Hours, and 60 Minutes. New CBS additions Star Trek: Discovery and Manhunt: Deadly Games are set for early-fall premieres as well.

"This is hardly a traditional fall season, but we are prepared with a strong slate of original content while our regular scripted series begin production," Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement.

"Based on our current timeline, we hope to start rolling out our previously announced fall series as they become available in November," he added. NCIS and its Los Angeles spin-off will resume production next month, for example.

Survivor, likewise, was unable to begin production on its new season in Fiji, creating another gap in the fall line-up, though a new season of The Amazing Race was completed prior to the pandemic.