TRAILER AND GUEST JUDGES REVEALED FOR RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON 11 PREMIERING MAY 8 ON PARAMOUNT+
Brian Tyree Henry, Bronwyn Newport, Christina Ricci, Cooper Koch, Evan Mulrooney, Gina Gershon, Jamal Sims, Janelle James, Juno Temple, Kate Hudson, La Toya Jackson, Law Roach, and Reneé Rapp to serve as guest judges
April 29, 2026 –The guest judges have entered the werk room — and they did not come to play. Brian Tyree Henry, Bronwyn Newport, Christina Ricci, Cooper Koch, Evan Mulrooney, Gina Gershon, Jamal Sims, Janelle James, Juno Temple, Kate Hudson, La Toya Jackson, Law Roach and Reneé Rapp will serve as celebrity guest judges for the eleventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. The star-studded lineup joins Emmy® Award-winning host RuPaul alongside fan-favorite panelists Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison.
The trailer for the new season is here, teasing fierce competition, shocking twists, and Grammy® Award-winning icon LaToya Jackson as the premiere guest judge. The new season premieres exclusively with two all-new episodes on Paramount+ Friday, May 8. Get started at ParamountPlus.com.
The previously announced 18 queens vying for a grand prize of $200,000 and a place in the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame include A'keria C. Davenport, April Carrión, Aura Mayari, Crystal Methyd, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Jasmine Kennedie, Joey Jay, Kennedy Davenport, Lucky Starzzz, Dawn, Morphine Love Dion, Morgan McMichaels, Mystique Summers, Salina EsTitties, Sam Star, Shuga Cain, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, and Vivacious.
In the preliminary round, the queens will be divided into three brackets of six, each competing in their own bracket across three episodes. At the end of each bracket, the top two queens with the highest point totals will advance to the semi-finals and go head-to-head with the top queens from the other groups in another round of fierce competition. The tournament will culminate in an epic Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown grand finale episode, where the finalists will battle it out for a grand prize of $200,000, an official makeup collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills, and a place in the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame.
Additionally, new episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Untucked – available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ on May 8 – take viewers behind the scenes to the backstage drama as the queens anxiously await their fate each week.
For more information on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and up-to-date news, go here. Join the conversation by using #DragRace and #AllStars11, and follow the official accounts on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
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World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 33 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. SVOD WOW Presents Plus, the exclusive home to the global Drag Race franchise and hundreds of WOW Original series, saw 35M hours of content watched in 2023 with 77% subscriber growth in the same year. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces groundbreaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network, and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report and Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful Producers in Unscripted. Honors for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list, Banff’s Impact Award, and the OUT 100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.
Developer Wonder Works Studio and Paramount have announced on Friday, April 24 the launch of a major rework update to their officially licensed SpongeBob SquarePants Roblox title, SpongeBob Tower Defense. The revamp comes amid the increasing popularity of the title, which currently sits as the highest-earning game based on existing IP on Roblox.
Update (4/30) - Following user feedback, Wonder Works Studio will be rolling outan update to SpongeBob Tower Defense 2.0 on Friday, May 1, which will include several improvements and bug fixes.
Set in the world of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob Tower Defense sees players collect and deploy beloved SpongeBob characters as towers to fend off waves of enemies — earning upgrades, unlocking skins, and progressing through content updated every Friday.
The 2.0 launch is almost twice the size of the 1.0 launch, making the game feel completely brand-new. In SpongeBob Tower Defense 2.0, players will experience an entirely new meta with new characters, including Cool Bob, a SpongeBob variant, and Robo Plankton! The update also includes more than 50 new assets to collect (units, mounts, pets), new maps based on iconic SpongeBob settings, new rewards, new economy, and more. The 2.0 release will also see all 296 in-game units updated and rebalanced.
Per SpongeBob Tower Defense developer Wonder Works’ description for the title, “the game blends deep strategic gameplay with the colorful charm of the SpongeBob IP, creating an experience that’s accessible to newcomers and compelling to long-time fans alike.”
Robo Plankton | Made with Google AI
Here's a rundown of SBTD 2.0, "The Rework of a Lifetime!":
Description
Welcome to SpongeBob Tower Defense 2! 🌊🍍
🧽 Suit up with SpongeBob, Patrick, and the whole crew in this action-packed tower defense game where the stakes have never been higher! Legendary heroes and fierce foes face off as you unleash epic powers to defend Bikini Bottom!
⚔️ Summon unstoppable characters to obliterate waves of invaders!
⚡️ Power up, evolve, and unleash insane attacks as you level up your squad to dominate every round!
🌌 Battle through explosive story mode or face relentless waves in endless mode to prove you've got what it takes to defend the deep!
🎉 New Updates EVERY Other Friday!
📱💻 Play on PC, Mobile, Tablet & Console – squad up with friends and show the sea who’s boss!
🔥 Like and join the community for exclusive codes, rare rewards, and FREE VIP Servers!
SpongeBob Tower Defense 2.0 is coming! A complete rework that will make the game feel brand new!
What's Changing?
- All Player Currencies and Crafting Materials are Being Reset to Zero
- All Units, Pets, Traits, Relics, and Fusions are Being Rebalanced
- All Maps and Modes are Being Rebalanced
- Many Robux Items have Been Made WAY Cheaper
- Completely New Economy for Earnings and Pricing on Items
- You will NOT Lose Your Units, Pets, Mounts, or Inventory Items
What's New?
- 31 New Units
- 11 New Mounts
- 3 New Pets
- All New Quests
- All New Achievements
- All New Shops with New Offers
- All New Rewards and Pricing of Items
This is a COMPLETELY new meta that prepares SBTD for the future, and the future is bright!
What's Coming?
- Pro Mode Releases in May
- PVP Mode Releases in June
- New Monthly Themed Events
- IP Collabs with Nickelodeon IP and More
- Tournaments with Robux Rewards
This isn't a rework, it's a fresh start! We're excited to go on this journey with you!
OG: Awarded to players who were here from the beginning!
Newbie: Awarded to players just starting their journey!
Monster Island | Made with Google AI
SpongeBob Tower Defense is the #1 highest-earning IP game on Roblox. Since launching in December 2024, the game, made in collaboration with Nickelodeon and Paramount, has received 633M+ total visits, 9.6M+ peak monthly active users, 198 min avg. monthly playtime per player, and a 97.96% approval rating (valued through 1.5M+ upvotes!). On Saturday, February 14, the title reached 191,984 peak concurrent users.
SpongeBob Tower Defense also has thriving “Krabby Krew” communities on Discord (206K members) and YouTube (191K subscribers).
Talking to DayOne about the experience of developing a wildly successful Roblox title for the team, Wonder Works Studio founder Zach Letter had this to say:
It’s been incredibly rewarding, but also intense in all the right ways.
Developing SpongeBob Tower Defense has been one of the most validating experiences of my career because it proved that licensed games on Roblox can be much bigger than a quick promotional beat. If you pair the right IP with the right genre and actually treat it like a real live service game, it can become something massive.
What made it special was that we didn’t approach it like, “Let’s slap SpongeBob on a game and hope it works.” We approached it like, “How do we build a great tower defense game first, and then make it feel undeniably SpongeBob?” That meant respecting the brand, the characters, the humor, the world, while also making sure the core loop was strong enough to keep players coming back every week.
The biggest lesson is that success with a licensed experience doesn’t come from the license alone. The IP gives you a huge advantage with awareness and emotional connection, but you still have to execute at a very high level. For us, that meant moving fast, listening to the community, and committing to a relentless live ops cadence. That consistency is a huge part of why SpongeBob Tower Defense broke through the way it did.
It’s also been rewarding because it’s shown what’s possible when an IP holder really lets a studio cook. Roblox moves fast. The audience responds fast. So, when you can combine a globally loved brand like SpongeBob with a team that understands the platform, you can build something that feels bigger than a game launch. It becomes an ecosystem.
Overall, it’s been exciting, humbling, and honestly a little surreal. SpongeBob is one of the most iconic brands in the world, so getting the chance to build in that universe and see millions of players connect with it has been amazing. But more than anything, it’s reinforced my belief that licensed experiences on Roblox can be category-defining when they’re built with real care, real speed, and real ambition.”
You can view the game page for yourself right over here. Roblox is available across PC, mobile, and consoles as a free-to-play platform.
Kelp City
Varietyspoke with Wonder Works CEO Zach Letter to break down the success of SpongeBob Tower Defense and plans to expand the partnership with Paramount.
How did the Wonder Works-Paramount partnership first come about? Did they come up with the concept for the “SpongeBob” game and ask you to execute it, or did you pitch ideas and “Tower Defense” was selected?
Wonder Works was operating as work-for-hire for multiple years, but I really believed in the team and talent that we had and wanted to move into long-term relationships and experiences. I took a look at the Roblox platform for signals of underserviced genres and players and found something interesting in the tower defense genre: there were only 5 of them in the top 25 earning experiences. While some may see that as oversaturation already, I saw it as an opportunity to come in and do something polished, special, and head-turning. Once I knew I wanted to make a tower defense game, I began thinking about the best IP to pair it with. Most IPs were paying to be on Roblox in one way or another, so I wanted to offer a partner the chance to have a presence on the platform at no cost to them. Instead, they would share in the profit with us.
I had this idea in August 2024, and a month later at RDC I had two people in mind that I really wanted to approach. I knew that, for this to work, the partner would have to be able to operate quickly, have an interest in experimenting, and be willing to trust us as experts. One of the people I approached was named Jennifer Sharp, and she had just joined Paramount from Activision. I imagined she’d be interested in making changes and showing fast success in her new role, and her being at RDC was a great sign that she would probably be interested in what we do.
She was kind enough to give me 30 minutes, and I used that time to pitch my grand vision for SpongeBob Tower Defense. SpongeBob was my goal because it’s a brand with immense staying power, and it speaks to people across generations, whether you’re a millennial or Gen Alpha. Thankfully, Jennifer saw the vision, she loved the idea, and she gave me the handshake to do it. So the idea was born in August, the meeting occurred in September, we signed in October, and the game was made six weeks later. Fast forward to today and we’re Roblox’s number one branded experience of all time. It’s honestly incredible to look back on! I don’t think I reflect about this often enough.
What differentiating factors do you see that have made “SpongeBob Tower Defense” the highest-earning branded game on Roblox? What makes the game so appealing, beyond just the “SpongeBob” IP?
We took a multi-prong approach with this experience. It wasn’t just about making a great game, which I’m proud to say we achieved, but we also wanted to make sure this game reached the right people, because making a great game isn’t enough. I spent over a decade in full-time content creation, so I always think about content first. How many users can we get in front of? Across how many platforms? So we immediately created a YouTube channel, Discord, and TikTok channel to leak and tease content. That built buzz and community from day one, and it was essential to our success.
We didn’t wait to promote the game later with hired streamers; we didn’t guess at how to make an impactful social media campaign. A lot of studios in the space are still trying to figure this out, but we have the background in content creation, and we make content that is appealing to players and fans, creating an influencer and building our audience. As the game grew, the influencer grew, and it created this flywheel that just kept feeding each other by design. We also established a robust star creator content program right from the get-go. On day one we had two tiers where smaller creators could receive rewards and items for making content, and larger creators would get early access to updates and exclusive information. That evolved into a star creator program today, where creators have a code that players can enter in the shop to receive a percentage of sales.
So, this influencer program – that isn’t actually a program – is as core to our game as the gameplay itself. It succeeded in creating an ecosystem across multiple platforms that feeds one’s success into another. We’re really passionate about this at Wonder Works, and it’s one of our biggest advantages. Our goal is to feed influencers. We’ll only feel successful if influencers that cover our experiences can become millionaires from doing so.
What can we expect in the 2.0 launch? How many of the updates and changes are based on player feedback, and did Paramount have suggestions?
Our 2.0 launch is almost twice the size of our 1.0 launch. We’ve been working on this release longer than the original game. The original was created in six weeks, and 2.0 has been in development for three months while we maintained weekly support and updates for 1.0, so we’ve been busy. In SpongeBob Tower Defense 2.0, players will experience an entirely new meta. We’re introducing new characters like Cool Bob, a SpongeBob variant, and Robo Plankton. There are 31 new units, and nearly 300 units in the game have been completely rebalanced, and we’ve changed how we approach synergies, status effects, and abilities to make the game feel new and challenging. Players will be experimenting to figure out the most effective tactics available for weeks, if not months.
We’re also grateful to be making it past a year and topping revenue month over month, so with this rework we’re also saying we’re committed to the next year, and we’re already looking at the year after that. We’re also introducing 11 new mounts, which are like vehicles, plus 3 new pets, which are sidekicks to your loadout. Players will also experience new maps, including New Kelp City, which is our take on New York in an evolving map that changes every 25 waves. Then we’re readying the Pro Mode for May, which will test all your knowledge about tower defense and reward you for your expertise, and the player-versus-player mode in June, where you’re sending towers at your enemies and they are sending defense against your towers, and there’s a lot of strategy and in-game economic complexities that come with that. I could keep going, because there’s more, like an energy system that levels the playing field for our most dedicated players across mobile and PC, but I’ll stop there. 2.0 is truly a rebirth and relaunch.
With increased concerns about child safety on Roblox, what do you see as the biggest reason why Hollywood and entertainment brands should continue their efforts to make experiences for Roblox? Why take the risk?
I believe Roblox is taking the proper steps to strengthen safety across the platform and implement new policies and features. They have new safeguards and settings like Roblox Kids and Roblox Select, which modify the features you can access based on your age, and that definitely helps keep users protected. I believe Roblox will continue to release features like these to make Roblox a safe platform. And that’s good news, because Roblox is one of the only ways to reach an unreachable generation of consumers in Gen Alpha and Gen Z.
They are probably the most sought-after demographic, and they are on Roblox for hours a day, for two and a half hours or more in SpongeBob Tower Defense alone, and this is engagement you can’t buy somewhere else. That’s why we’re passionate about what we do and why we want to work with studios who want to be successful on Roblox, licensing their IP and moving fast. These demographics aren’t watching television like we did; they’re frankly watching UGC on social media and then playing that UGC on Roblox themselves. That’s why SpongeBob Tower Defense is so successful and why we believe our model is the best approach. If an entertainment brand isn’t on Roblox, they’re behind. And if they’re on Roblox but they’re not making the right experience with the right partner, then essentially, they are still not on Roblox. It’s science, art, and passion, and we are truly passionate about it at Wonder Works.
What is Wonder Works’ long-term strategy, and what other revenue streams are you exploring?
We’re a boutique studio with a focus on partnering with the right IP. It’s not about quantity; it’s about quality, so we’re going to select a handful of IPs over the next couple of years to enter a long-term, multi-year partnership with. With SpongeBob Tower Defense, the Roblox experience is at the center, and then we have our Krabby Krew YouTube channel, Discord, and social media presence. We use that name for all of our SpongeBob product IP, and we want to make more games and then go into consumer merchandise. We kicked this off last year with Paramount, and we will have many different collections in a major retailer this year.
We want to reach people in as many ways as we can, which is why we’ll have multiple SKUs in a major retailer – more on that soon – and why we’ve partnered with Overwolf to make a desktop launcher for Krabby Krew, and it will house all of our SpongeBob games. Players will use it to connect, communicate, play, earn rewards, and get notifications on our experiences. We’ll have a mobile app with Overwolf that’ll deliver similar functionality. So we’re treating SpongeBob as a true business within our business, and we’re figuring out how many channels of revenue we can have and how we can expand that revenue and be an extremely valuable partner. Moving forward, our strategy is to find more partners who are willing to move as fast as Roblox moves and build more experiences like SpongeBob Tower Defense, because this model truly works and players are hungry for these transformative, transmedia experiences. And we’re hungry to make more of them!
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CBS ANNOUNCES ITS 2026-2027 FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
New Series Order: NCIS: NEW YORK with LL COOL J reprising his role as Special Agent Sam Hanna and also starring Scott Caan
Previously Announced New Series:
CUPERTINO from Emmy Award-nominated executive producers Robert and Michelle King and starring Mike Colter
EINSTEIN, a new drama starring Matthew Gray Gubler and Melissa Fumero
ETERNALLY YOURS from the executive producers of GHOSTS
19 Returning Series, including broadcast television’s top three series, top four new series and 13 of the top 20 most-watched series. (Source: Nielsen Season-to-date “Most Current” data 9/22/25-4/5/26)
CBS Specials:
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS returns to simulcast on CBS and MTV, live from Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 27
NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS will simulcast live on CBS and Nickelodeon for the first time Saturday, Nov. 14
THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE debuts a primetime Christmas special in December, the first live show in its historic 54-year run
CBS, which is on track to deliver this season’s top three primetime series – #1 TRACKER, #2 MARSHALS, #3 60 MINUTES – along with the top four new primetime series – #1 MARSHALS, #2 SHERIFF COUNTRY, #3 BOSTON BLUE, #4 CIA – the top two comedies – #1 GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE and #2 GHOSTS – and 13 of the top 20 most-watched series – today unveiled its 2026-2027 fall primetime programming lineup. The slate of CBS Originals features new series orders including an action-packed drama from the NCIS universe, a new comedy and 19 returning series, complemented by sports and special event programming.
The 2026-2027 Fall Schedule Programming Highlights:
Mondays – Compelling drama block FBI and CIA moves up an hour to 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, respectively, followed by HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST at 10:00 PM.
Tuesdays – The world’s #1 global franchise powers an all‑NCIS night from 8:00-11:00 PM, anchored by flagship NCIS (8:00 PM) and joined by the newest addition, NCIS: NEW YORK (9:00 PM), followed by NCIS: ORIGINS moving to 10:00 PM.
Wednesdays – Two reality television titans return with 90-minute episodes of SURVIVOR at 8:00 PM followed by THE AMAZING RACE at 9:30 PM.
Thursdays – Two new shows join the night. GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE at 8:00 PM followed by new comedy ETERNALLY YOURS at 8:30 PM, then ELSBETH at 9:00 PM in a new time period and new series CUPERTINO at 10:00 PM.
Fridays – The winning action-packed lineup remains unchanged with three Jerry Bruckheimer Television‑produced dramas: SHERIFF COUNTRY at 8:00 PM, FIRE COUNTRY at 9:00 PM and BOSTON BLUE at 10:00 PM.
Sundays – CBS continues its winning Sunday lineup with 60 MINUTES at 7:00 PM, MARSHALS at 8:00 PM, TRACKER at 9:00 PM and drama encores at 10:00 PM during the fall.
“CBS broadcasts the most-watched entertainment shows in the country and continues to launch more every season,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “We’ll build on that this fall by expanding the powerful NCIS franchise, introducing a new original drama from the creators of THE GOOD WIFE and ELSBETH and a new comedy from the acclaimed duo behind GHOSTS. This all adds up to another schedule built for launching new hits, scaling audiences and growing content value.”
NEW 2026-2027 FALL SERIES:
NCIS: NEW YORK – The newest NCIS universe expansion follows Senior Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) as he returns to his hometown, New York City, and partners with a roguish special agent (Scott Caan).
CUPERTINO – A wronged lawyer (Mike Colter) partners with a promising young attorney (Rachel Keller) to stand up against the giants of Silicon Valley in a David vs. Goliath battle.
ETERNALLY YOURS – An eternal love story about two vampires who have been married for 500 years and their struggles to accept the human who is dating their daughter.
NEW FALL 2026-2027 SPECIALS:
NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS– For the first time, after nearly four decades of slime‑filled fan‑favorite fun, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards will simulcast on the CBS Television Network and Nickelodeon.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE – For the first time in its 54-year history on CBS, THE PRICE IS RIGHT will air live, transforming television’s longest-running game show into a must-watch holiday primetime television event.
2026-2027 MIDSEASON SERIES:
EINSTEIN (NEW!) – Matthew Gray Gubler stars as the brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein, who is forced to put his reckless antics behind him, utilizing his genius to help solve crimes with a local police detective (Melissa Fumero).
MATLOCK
GHOSTS
One-hour Halloween and Ghostmas special episodes to air this fall.
NCIS: SYDNEY
RETURNING SERIES:
TRACKER – #1 broadcast series starring Justin Hartley
MARSHALS – #1 new broadcast series from the YELLOWSTONE universe
NCIS – the world’s #1 television franchise
GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE – #1 broadcast comedy
60 MINUTES – #1 primetime news program
BOSTON BLUE
CIA
ELSBETH
FBI
FIRE COUNTRY
GHOSTS
HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST
MATLOCK
NCIS: ORIGINS
NCIS: SYDNEY
SHERIFF COUNTRY
SURVIVOR
THE AMAZING RACE
48 HOURS
RETURNING EVENT PROGRAMMING:
52ND AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (AMAs) hosted by Queen Latifah
Monday, May 25 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT)
THE 79TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS hosted by P!NK
Sunday, June 7 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT)
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (VMAs) – LIVE from Los Angeles simulcast on CBS and MTV
CBS remains the #1 network in daytime and is projected to claim its 40th consecutive winning season. The drama BEYOND THE GATES has been renewed for two additional seasons, extending through the 2027-2028 season, and will continue as part of CBS’ #1 daytime lineup alongside #1 THE PRICE IS RIGHT, #2 THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, #3 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and LET’S MAKE A DEAL.
SPORTS PROGRAMMING:
CBS Sports’ portfolio of marquee properties and championships features the NFL, with a schedule highlighted by TV’s most-watched window at 4:25 PM, ET on Sundays along with a full playoff slate capped off by the AFC Championship; college football, including the Big Ten on Saturdays at 3:30 PM, ET, Army-Navy and the Pac-12 Championship; college basketball, led by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament with the Final Four and National Championship; golf, including the PGA Tour, the Masters and the PGA Championship; select UFC events; 20 WNBA games on broadcast TV, the most ever for the Network; as well as soccer with the UEFA Champions League final and the NWSL Championship game, which will air in primetime for the fifth consecutive year.
2027-2028 SEASON:
New Development Room Order:
As part of CBS’ year‑round long-term development strategy, the Network has ordered a development room to start writing scripts for FLINT (working title), a drama from Evan Katz (showrunner of “24”), developed in partnership with Matt LeBlanc, who would also star and executive produce pending a series order for broadcast. The project is from CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television.
FLINT tells the story of a burnt-out LAPD detective who, on the verge of retirement, is blindsided when the city extends his service by five years. Determined to get fired, he breaks rules and disobeys orders, which, to his dismay, makes him an even better cop.
Below Is the New CBS 2026-2027 Schedule:
FALL 2026-2027 NEW SERIES INFO:
NCIS: NEW YORK (Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT)
Legendary NCIS Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) returns to his hometown of New York City to their field office, partnering with a roguish agent (Scott Caan) and helping lead a new team as they are tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world.
NCIS: NEW YORK is produced by CBS Studios. R. Scott Gemmill, Byron Balasco, LL COOL J and Jason Barrett serve as executive producers, with Balasco serving as showrunner.
ETERNALLY YOURS (Thursdays, 8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT)
ETERNALLY YOURS is a family comedy centered around Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards) – a vampire couple whose once-passionate romance has devolved into a pulseless marriage after 500 years together. Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut – until their daughter’s earnest human boyfriend unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence.
ETERNALLY YOURS is produced by CBS Studios. Joe Port, Joe Wiseman, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang serve as executive producers. The pilot was executive produced and directed by Trent O’Donnell.
CUPERTINO (Thursdays, 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)
CUPERTINO is a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in the heart of Silicon Valley that follows a lawyer (Mike Colter) who is being cheated out of his stock options by his former employer, a tech startup. Refusing to back down, he joins forces with another recently fired attorney (Rachel Keller) to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite and help them fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths controlling Silicon Valley.
CUPERTINO is produced by CBS Studios. Robert and Michelle King will serve as executive producers and co-showrunners under their King Size Productions banner, with Robert directing the premiere episode. Liz Glotzer and Sam Hoffman also serve as executive producers.
2026-2027 MIDSEASON SERIES
EINSTEIN
EINSTEIN stars Matthew Gray Gubler as Lewis Einstein, the brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein. He spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his reckless antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective (Melissa Fumero) solve her most puzzling cases.
EINSTEIN is produced by CBS Studios. Andy Breckman serves as showrunner, with Breckman, Randy Zisk, Michael Rauch, Tariq Jalil, Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia and Laura Beetz serving as executive producers. Matthew Gray Gubler also serves as a producer.
NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS (KCAs) will air on the CBS Television Network, marking the Network’s debut telecast in its nearly 40‑year history. The event will celebrate fans’ favorites from across the worlds of film, television, music, sports and more. The special will simulcast live from Los Angeles, on CBS and Nickelodeon.
NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS is produced by Done and Dusted.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE (December)
For the first time in its 54-year history on CBS, television’s longest-running game show will air live with THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE. This high-stakes, must‑watch primetime Christmas television event unfolds in real time, raising the pressure with every passing second. Viewers gain unprecedented behind-the-scenes access alongside host Drew Carey, announcer George Gray, the models and the production team as they race to keep the show on track-resetting games, transforming the stage and beating the clock. Lucky contestants will “Come on down!” to play fan-favorite games Plinko, Cliffhangers and Lucky Seven, before spinning The Big Wheel for a shot at a luxury showcase – all played out live.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT is produced by Fremantle. John Quinn is executive producer.
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NCIS: New York Teaser (HD) LL Cool J NCIS spinoff series
Legendary NCIS Agent Sam Hanna returns to his hometown of New York City to their field office and helps lead a new team as they are tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world. Also starring Scott Caan.
