Overview
- Industry reports say CBS cut 2026–27 orders to 13 for Fire Country, 10 each for NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney, and 13 for Matlock, and the network declined comment.
- Fire Country stays in the 9 p.m. Friday slot but will leave the night earlier than this season as CBS keeps its long-standing Friday trio in place.
- NCIS: Origins will air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. in the fall after NCIS and the new NCIS: New York, with NCIS: Sydney taking over the hour at midseason to share a single slot.
- CBS is adding NCIS: New York and Cupertino with 20-episode freshman runs, plus Einstein at 13 episodes and the new comedy Eternally Yours at 20.
- Matlock shifts to midseason with 13 episodes for a creative reset, with showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman saying the extra time helps launch a new arc.