CBS has finalized its 2026-27 lineup of returning scripted collection, canceling the 2 exhibits on the bubble, sophomore drama Watson, headlined by Morris Chestnut, and freshman comedy DMV, led by Harriet Dyer. Their season — now collection — finales will air May 3 and May 11, respectively. The information comes per week and a half earlier than the community is slated to unveil its 2026-27 schedule on April 15.
Watson and DMV‘s pending cancellations were telegraphed back in January when, after a blitz of early renewals, they were the only CBS on-air scripted series left in limbo. Among the network’s lowest rated exhibits, their survival confronted lengthy odds and trusted how CBS’ then-upcoming midseason dramas Marshals and CIA would carry out and the way the community’s comedy pilots Eternally Yours and Tillbrooks (fka Regency) would are available in.
Yellowstone spinoff Marshals, driving excessive with a Season 2 writers room commissioned previous to launch, landed one of the quickest renewals ever after solely two episodes. FBI offshoot CIA adopted with a Season 2 pickup of its own earlier this week, shutting the door for Watson. Overall, CBS renewed 12 dramas for subsequent season, together with all 4 freshmen, Marshals, CIA, Sheriff Country and Boston Blue, with two new collection beforehand picked up for 2026-27, Robert and Michelle King’s Cupertino and Einstein, headlined by Matthew Gray Gubler, set to affix them.
Since veteran CBS comedy collection The Neighborhood is ending its run with the present eighth season, there was a glimmer of hope for DMV contingent on the community’s two pilots, single-camera vampire comedy Eternally Yours, from Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, and the multi-camera Tillbrooks, a historic spin on the traditional multi-cam household sitcom.
The incontrovertible fact that CBS has pulled the set off on DMV‘s cancellation signifies that its executives be ok with the pilots.
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I hear Eternally Yours has been delivered to the community and has acquired an enthusiastic early response. Eyed as a companion to Ghosts, filming in the identical Montreal location below the identical showrunners, Eternally Yours had been a thought of a robust collection contender because the script stage, with its frontrunner standing now solidified.
Meanwhile, I hear the taping for Tillbrooks went properly, with that pilot getting delivered to the studio this weekend. It is unclear whether or not CBS may decide up each to collection however, with each The Neighborhood and DMV departing, that isn’t out of the query.
In an attention-grabbing wrinkle, the standard owned vs. non-owned argument that usually comes into play in choices on collection pickups of pilots is getting a twist right here. Eternally Yours is produced by CBS sibling CBS Studios whereas Tillbrooks comes from an outdoor studio, Warner Bros. TV. The two are poised to grow to be company siblings following Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros., with the latter additionally behind CBS’ different returning comedy collection subsequent season moreover Ghosts, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
Departing The Neighborhood and Watson are CBS’ two remaining scripted collection with Black leads. The community has one new collection with a Black lead developing subsequent season, drama Cupertino, headlined by Mike Colter. Additionally, renewed rookie Boston Blue has Sonequa Martin-Green as a feminine lead reverse top-billed Donnie Wahlberg.
Watson, a medical thriller drama set within the Sherlock Holmes universe, did respectable enterprise in its midseason launch final season on Sundays behind Tracker, incomes a Season 2 renewal. The collection was initially held again for one more midseason run on Sundays earlier than being summoned to the autumn schedule to fill in for the delayed CIA, touchdown behind FBI on Mondays. Watson noticed its rankings decline within the new Monday berth. It was ultimately despatched again to Sundays this spring.
Single-camera office comedy DMV, whose ensemble solid contains Tim Meadows, additionally obtained off to a stable begin. It ranked No.9 amongst all broadcast collection for CBS’ Oct. 12-19 premiere week with 10.1M Live+35 Day multi-platform viewers. That is above its lead-in, The Neighborhood, and half of the collection the community has renewed for subsequent season. While DMV‘s Live+Same Day linear rankings have remained comparatively regular, its delayed multi-platform viewing has declined.
DMV star Dyer stays in enterprise with CBS Studios, which produces the freshman collection in addition to Watson. She is also star, co-creator and govt producer of the studio’s Paramount+ comedy Colin From Accounts, which is filming its third season in Australia.
