CBS 2021 Fall Schedule: FBI Tuesdays; NCIS Moves to Mondays

On Wednesday, CBS becomes the third broadcast network to announced their fall 2021 schedule and it looks like a big move is coming for NCIS. 

After 18 years as CBS's Tuesday night lead-off, NCIS will be relocating to Mondays at 9pm, where it will lead into new spinoff NCIS: Hawai'i. The move allows CBS to rebrand Tuesday nights as an all FBI night. This will give the #OneChicago and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf three nights of primetime next season. 

As for CBS's Monday night shake-up, Bull will be relocating to Thursdays at 10 pm. While The CSI revival will close out CBS' reality dominated Wednesdays at 10pm and the long-delayed second season of Blood and Treasure has been delayed until 2022. 

SEAL Team will air its first four Season 5 episodes on Sundays at 10pm before jumping to CBS sibling streaming outlet, Paramount+. Meanwhile the former Wednesday occupants S.W.A.T. will then take over that Sunday slot following a brief run on Fridays at 8pm (the former MacGyver's timeslot will eventually be filled with an unscripted series soon to be announced).

Here's a look at the fall schedule:

MONDAY

8/7c The Neighborhood

8:30/7:30c Bob Hearts Abishola

9/8c NCIS

10/9c NCIS: Hawai'i (NEW)

TUESDAY

8/7c FBI

9/8c FBI: International (NEW)

10/9c FBI: Most Wanted

WEDNESDAY

8/7c Survivor

9/8c Tough as Nails

10/9c CSI: Vega (NEW)

THURSDAY

8/7c Young Sheldon

8:30/7:30c United States of Al

9/8c Ghosts (NEW)

9:30/8:30c B Positive

10/9c Bull

FRIDAY

8/7c S.W.A.T./reailty series TBA

9/8c Magnum P.I.

10/9c Blue Bloods

SATURDAY

8/7c Crimetiem Saturday (drama series encores)

9/8c Crimetime Saturday (drama series encores)

10/9c 48 Hours

SUNDAY

7/6c 60 Minutes

8/7c The Equalizer

9/8c NCIS: Los Angeles

10/9c SEAL Team/S.W.A.T.

MIDSEASON:

The Amazing Race, Blood and Treasure Come Dance with Me (NEW), Good Sam (NEW), Smallwood (NEW), Undercover Boss.

CANCELLED:

All Rise, MacGyver, Mom, NCIS: New Orleans, The Unicorn. 

SIDE NOTE: Evil and most likely Clarice will be airing new episodes on Paramount+.

I'm liking the new moves that CBS has made for this fall. I'm so looking forward to Tuesday nights with the FBI fam! Monday nights look good with NCIS and NCIS Hawai'i. Bull moving to Thursdays isn't that bad, it's been a nice rating sample for the network on Monday nights. 

What are your thoughts on the new CBS fall schedule? Looking forward? Leave a comment!

ABC Fall 2021 Schedule: Big Sky Moves, black-ish Final Season Held for 2022

 

On Tuesday, ABC becomes the latest broadcasting network to unveil its 2021 Fall TV schedule (after NBC and Fox) and it looks pretty much the same as usual. But there are some big moves: Big Sky relocates to Thursdays while the final season of black-ish will be delayed. 

Here's a look at the Fall Schedule:

MONDAY

8/7c Dancing with the Stars

10/9c The Good Doctor

TUESDAY

8/7c The Bachelorette 

10/9c Queens (NEW)

WEDNESDAY

8/7c The Goldbergs

8:30/7:30c The Wonder Years (NEW)

9/8c The Conners

9:30/8:30c Home Economics

10/9c A Million Little Things

THURSDAY

8/7c Station 19

9/8c Grey's Anatomy 

10/9c Big Sky

FRIDAY

8/7c Shark Tank

9/8c 20/20

SATURDAY

8/7c Saturday Night Football

SUNDAY

7/6c America's Funniest Videos

8/7c Celerity heel of Fortune

9/8c Supermarket Sweep

10/9c The Rookie

MIDSEASON:

Abbott Elementary (NEW), American Idol, black-ish, Maggie (NEW), and any other renewed game shows. 

CANCELLED:

American Housewife, Call Your Mother, Don't, For Life, mixed-ish, Rebel

What are your thoughts on the fall schedule? Looking forward to some of the new series? Leave a comment below.

FOX Fall 2021-2022 Schedule: 9-1-1 Splits Up; Lee Daniel's Drama Takes Prodigal Son's Tuesday Slot

On Monday, Fox becomes the second broadcasting network to released their 2021-2022 fall schedule. There are a few changes with The Big Leap taking Monday nights after 9-1-1 (with 9-1-1 Lonestar set for Midseason) and Lee Daniels' new series taking on Prodigal Son's Tuesday slot. 

Expect to see both 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lonestar to be separated this fall as Lonestar will premiere in midseason. The Big Leap, the Scott Foley-fronted ance dramedy, will take over Lonestar's timeslot. 

Lee Daniel's new soapy drama, Out Kind of People, starring Yaya DaCosta (Chicago Med) and Morris Chestnut (The Resident), will take over the Tuesday night at 9/8c slot that was currently occupied by the just canceled Prodigal Son.

There will be a new singing competition series Alter Ego, which will follow Masked Singer on Wednesdays.

Here's a look at the Fox Fall Schedule:

MONDAY

8/7c 9-1-1

9/8c The Big Leap (NEW)

TUESDAY

8/7c The Resident

9/8c Our Kind of People (NEW)

WEDNESDAY

8/7c Masked Singer

9/8c Alter Ego (NEW)

THURSDAY

8/7c Thursday Night Football

FRIDAY

8/7c WWE's SmackDown LIVE

SATURDAY

8/7c Fox Sports Saturday

SUNDAY

8/7c The Simpsons

8:30/7:30c The Great North

9/8c Bob's Burgers

9:30/8:30c Family Guy

MIDSEASON:

911:Lonestar, Call Me Kat, The Cleaning Lady, Domino Masters, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, Krapopolis, Monarch, New Level Cheif, Pivoting, Welcome to Flatch.

CANCELED:

Filthy Rich, Last Man Standing, NEXT, Prodigal Son.

What do you think of Fox's new fall schedule? Leave a comment below!

Being There: This Is Us "I've Got This"/"One Small Step"

 

"I've Got This"

As Kevin and Madison take on parenting twins at home, later on, Kevin invites Kate and Toby to have a get-together dinner. But for Toby he's waiting on word about the job interview that turned out unsuccessful. 

Soon, when Kevin learns about Toby's job situation, he tries to offer financial assistance but rejects the offer. But after the tensions cool down, Toby apologizes to Kevin. On the other hand, later on, Kate called Rebecca, thanking her and asking her how she did it raising three kids while Jack wasn't making much. 

We learn in a flashback when Jack was at a dinner about a promotion; he had to cover the expensive spread. Later on, Rebecca decides to manage the family finances. 

After their conversation, Kate talks to Toby and thanks him for being a great provider and a wonderful father. She tells him that she will be working to help with the finances.

Meanwhile, tensions grew at Randall's house. As Carol has been staying for a while, Beth tries to make a goodbye family dinner before she goes. That is until things took a turn from Tess's romantic relationship with her friend Alex to Malik's baby mama wanting to come back to their child's life. 

Beth talks to Carol about how she judges her with how things she is to her. Beth realizes that her mother misses the domestic activity of a family and invites her to stay. Sorry, Randall!

Randall talks to Deja about what's been going on with Malik, who knows about the situation. And soon, the two bonded and tried to stalk Malik's baby mama on Instagram. 

The episode ends with Kevin and Madison getting a surprise visit from Uncle Nicky.

"I've Got This" was an excellent episode. Kevin and Toby were good but, at times, anxious when finances were discussed between Kevin and Toby. The Beth and Carol storyline was terrific, and Beth took her mother in after Randall had brought his family in the past. And I couldn't get enough of Deja and Randall's chat. 

Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

"One Small Step"

Picking up where the previous episode left off, we see Nicky at Kevin's front door, coming to see the twins. Soon after, we go back to 1969 when Nicky, Jack, and their family watched the first moon landing. In that time frame, we see Nicky falling in love with a colleague, Sally, and soon, the two bonded while observing the moon.

Later on, Sally invites Nicky to go to Woodstock and soon move to California. As he accepts her offer, he stands her up because of not being there to protect his mother from his father. 

After the war, Nicky gets invited to celebrate a war buddy's engagement at a bar in Erie, Indiana. While Jack is there, getting marriage advice, Nicky sees him but never enters or approaches him. 

Coming back to the present, just as Nicky gets an invite to Nick and Franny's baptism, he gets Cassidy's help to prepare for his first flight since the war. Nicky makes handcrafted snow globals but gets destroyed at the airport security. But as he arrives, Nicky gets second thoughts and calls Cassidy, who tells him that if Jack had still been alive, she believes he would have forgiven Nicky. 

As Nicky is at Kevin's home, Nicky sneaks in to see the twins and talks to them about the second gift from the airport he had brought and even talks a bit about his past. Later on the following day, Kevin walks in to see Nicky with a photo of him and Jack taken by Sally after a family dinner. 

"One Small Step"  is a brilliant episode and one of my favorites of the season. This episode just made me love Uncle Nicky a lot more, even though I had already loved him before. Watching this character get the courage to take his first flight in 50 years and confront his nephew and niece was heartwarming. 

Man, I was heartbroken when those two snow globals got destroyed. I do blame the airport security for that. And even Nicky's first love and what he did to her. It might have been for the right reason. Like Cassidy told Nicky, I do believe that Jack would be proud of him and forgive him.

Excellent writing, along with the performance from  Giffin Dunne. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

What did you think of these episodes? Leave a comment!

This Is Us airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

This Is Us "Jerry 2.0" Episode Preview

Here's a preview of this Tuesday's episode of This Is Us.

The 

"Jerry 2.0"

Kevin and Madison partake in their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties. 

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It's hard to believe that we only have the final two episodes of the season. For this week's episode, I'm looking forward to the bachelor and bachelorette parties for the bride and groom. I mainly want to see what Randall and Kevin will do ( I love some brother time with these two, good or bad (mostly good)). 

Are we about to see Madison and Kevin's first love in this episode? While Sophie returns and gets Kevin to rethink if Madison could be the one. 

They have been pulling my strings this season. Yes, while I'm a big Kevin and Sophie fan, I've kept thinking they will end up together. But after seeing both Madison and Kevin this season, they've made me love these two. 

Looking forward to this week's episode of This Is Us? Leave a comment!

This Is Us airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on NBC.

One Chicago Preview: Chicago Med "Stories, Secrets, Half Turths and Lies"/Chicago Fire "A White-Knuckle Panic"/Chicago PD "The Right Thing"

Here's a preview of the upcoming new One Chicago! 

Chicago Med

"Stories, Secrets, Half Truths and Lies"

Crockett worries he made a surgical error when a recent transplant patient comes in with complications. Carol is once again in distress. Will and Natalie must take action to right their wrong. 

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Chicago Fire

"A White-Knuckle Panic"

Severide and Casey try to find the best fit for Kidd. Ritter, Gallo, and Violet help plan an event for Mouch. 

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Chicago PD 

"The Right Thing"

Voight and the team pursue a ruthless crime ring whose business has hit close to home. As they dig deeper, the extent of danger becomes more apparent. Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller second-guesses her decisions. 

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It's hard to believe that we're just two episodes left this season and I feel that these last two episodes for both shows like riding a freight train going high speed. 

Could Manning's mother take a turn for the worst after what the drug trial medication has been doing? I'm excited to see how this will end now that we know that Dr. Manning and April Sexton won't be back for season seven. 

For Fire, I can't wait to see what's next for Stella after SPOILER ALERT....passed her test! Where will she be going? Looking forward to Mouch's award ceremony. Plus more Stella and Severide moments, and why he wants to back away from proposing to her. And why Casey isn't talking to Brett about what Granger told him about. 

PD looks to be very good as could we see Deputy Superintendent being push to the limit? Will Ruzek be part of an undercover? I can't wait!

Are you looking forward to all-new One Chicago? Leave a comment below!

You can catch One Chicago Wednesdays beginning at 8/7c on NBC and new episodes airing next day on PeacockTV.

Virtual World: Chicago Med "What A Tangled Web We Weave"/"A Red Pill, A Blue Pill"

"What A Tangled Web We Weave"

Oh my god! What an episode this turned out to be! 

We see Goodwin entering the ED after an accident involving a young boy riding his bike at night. Goodwin tries to get information about the boy. However, the situation soon turns when she confronts the boy's mother and tries to explain why she did not perform the surgery. 

But it turns out that after the surgery, Goodwin gets word about DCFS coming; she does one more thing to help the mother: giving her a job and a place for her boys to stay while she's working. 

Manning gets worried after her mother has developed a cough after taking the trial drugs. As soon she asks Will about it, Will searches for those pills that Kinder did not pick up. It even gets Will and Marcel to bump heads with one another with a patient who doesn't want surgery. 

Meanwhile, Maggie tries to meet her long-lost daughter, who is in the medical field. When April signs up for a nurse practitioner position, Dr. Archer forces her to perform a procedure that puts her in an uncomfortable situation. 

"What a Tangled Web We Weave" was such a good episode. Even though she broke the rules, I couldn't get enough of Goodwin's storyline. Goodwin being Goodwin. Manning also plays with Halstead and Marcel about her mother. It's wild, but I loved their argument in this episode. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

"A Red Pill, A Blue Pill"

Are we living in a Matrix simulation? 

Dr. Archer, Dr. Charles, and April tend to a patient with abdominal pain who refuses treatment because he believes he's in a computer simulation. The patient pushes Archer, which worries April because he seems to overdose on the patient to get surgery. 

Natalie rushed to the ED with her mother as her health declined. Will soon suspected Natalie was the person who took the trial medication. After hearing that Natalie's mother's heart is improving, Will decides to give more of the trial drug, slowly move her out of the LVAD, and get her on the transplant. 

Marcel tends to a patient who came in with a gunshot but couldn't find the bullet until it was in his child's body. Marcel saves the child just in time. Maggie gets to watch her daughter work in the ED but gets in trouble with Ethan. 

"A Red Pill, A Blue Pill" was a good episode that kept me on my toes for the whole hour. It's from an excellent #Manstead storyline. Of course, I ate that up. Plus, the Archer storyline is getting good, and Maggie and Vanessa were also as good. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

What did you think of these episodes? Leave a comment below!

Chicago Med airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC; all seasons are streaming on PeacockTV.