CBS Announces Fall Schedule

CBS will open its fall schedule with a new season of Survivor. The network announced Thursday that the 21st season of the reality competition, dubbed Survivor: Nicaragua, will premiere on September 15th.

Most of CBS' series will begin the new season during the week of September 20th. CBS' Monday-night comedy lineup returns September 20th, joined by two new series: the comedy Mike & Molly, about a cop and teacher who fall for each other at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting, and the update of Hawaii Five-O. One of TV's most popular scripted shows, NCIS, will be back the following night. The Jim Belushi-Jerry O'Connell legal dramedy The Defenders debuts on September 22nd.

The Big Bang Theory moves to Thursday nights beginning September 23rd, serving as a lead-in to the new comedy $#*! My Dad Says, based on the Twitter account of the same name. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist also return on that night.

The new Tom Selleck police drama Blue Bloods airs its first episode on September 24th.

Here are CBS' fall premiere dates. All times Eastern:

Wednesday, September 15th
8:00 p.m. -- Survivor: Nicaragua 

Monday, September 20th
8:00 p.m. -- How I Met Your Mother
8:30 p.m. -- Rules of Engagement
9:00 p.m. -- Two and a Half Men
9:30 p.m. -- Mike & Molly
10:00 p.m. -- Hawaii Five-0 

Tuesday, September 21st
8:00 p.m. -- NCIS
9:00 p.m. -- NCIS: Los Angeles 

Wednesday, September 22nd
9:00 p.m. -- Criminal Minds
10:00 p.m. -- The Defenders 

Thursday, September 23rd
8:00 p.m. -- The Big Bang Theory
8:30 p.m. -- $#*! My Dad Says
9:00 p.m. -- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:00 p.m. -- The Mentalist 

Friday, September 24th
8:00 p.m. -- Medium
9:00 p.m. -- CSI: NY
10:00 p.m. -- Blue Bloods 

Saturday, September 25th
8:00 p.m. -- Crimetime Saturday
9:00 p.m. -- Crimetime Saturday
10:00 p.m. -- 48 Hours Mystery 

Sunday, September 26th
7:30 p.m. -- 60 Minutes
8:30 p.m. -- The Amazing Race
10:00 p.m. -- Undercover Boss 

Tuesday, September 28th
10:00 p.m. -- The Good Wife 

Sunday, October 3rd
8:00 p.m. -- The Amazing Race (time period premiere)
9:00 p.m. -- Undercover Boss (time period premiere)
10:00 p.m. -- CSI: Miami

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