CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates

NEW YORK, June 27: CBS has
scheduled the fall premieres for its new and returning series, with a preseason
debut for Survivor: Gabon.

The 17th installment of
the hit Survivor franchise will
debut a week prior to the formal start of the season, returning to the network
on September 18 at 8 p.m.

CBS’s new season rollout
officially begins on Monday, September 22, with the return of The Big Bang
Theory at 8 p.m., followed by the
premiere episode of How I Met Your Mother’s fourth season, Two and a Half Men’s sixth season and the seventh-season premiere of CSI:
Miami.

NCIS launches its sixth season on Tuesday, September 23,
at 8 p.m. The freshman drama The Mentalist kicks off at 9 p.m., followed by Without a Trace, which is in its seventh season, at 10 p.m.

The Wednesday night comedy
block rolls out September 24 with the fourth season of The New Adventures of
Old Christine. The new series Project
Gary debuts at 8:30 p.m., followed
by the return of Criminal Minds,
entering its fourth season, and CSI: NY, launching its fifth-season premiere at 10 p.m.

The long-running
newsmagazine 60 Minutes enters
its 41st season on Sunday, September 28, at 7 p.m., followed by The
Amazing Race, in its 13th season.
The sixth season of Cold Case launches
at 9 p.m., with The Unit heading
into its fourth season at 10 p.m.

October 3 marks the return
of Ghost Whisperer, with its
season-four premiere at 8 p.m., while the new drama The Ex List debuts at 9 p.m. Numb3rs enters its fifth season at 10 p.m.

The ninth season of CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation kicks
off on Thursday, October 9, at 9 p.m., followed by the launch of the freshman
drama Eleventh Hour.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski