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CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles will be in new, good hands come Season 8.

Having served as showrunner since siring the NCIS spinoff back in 2009, Shane Brennan (photo, left) is stepping down to focus on developing new projects as part of a two-year extension of his deal with CBS TV Studios.

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Among the shows Brennan has been developing is a TV adaptation of the movie franchise The Expendables, currently being shopped around.

Taking over as NCIS: La showrunner, our sister site Deadline reports, is R. Scott Gemmill,...

CBS has placed a 13-episode, straight-to-series order for Ransom, a dramatic thriller from X-Files/Man in the High Castle Ep Frank Spotnitz starring Black Sails‘ Luke Roberts.

The pickup comes just weeks after Spotnitz abruptly parted ways with Man in the High Castle in the middle of production on Season 2.

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Ransom follows crisis and hostage negotiator Eric Beaumont (Roberts), whose team is brought in to save lives when no one else can. Eric understands criminals better than they do, and uses his insight into human...

The doctors are out.

Season 2 of CBS’ Code Black is excising both NYPD Blue vet Bonnie Somerville and Smash alum Raza Jaffrey from its cast, where they played Christa Lorenson and Neal Hudson, THR reports.

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Meanwhile, Boris Kodjoe — who joined the freshman medical drama midseason — has been promoted to a series regular, as Will Campbell, as has Jillian Murray‘s Heather Pinkney, says Deadline. Other cast additions, including a male co-lead for Marcia Gay Harden, are expected, as the show rejiggers itself to reach a broader audience.

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This week, the major TV networks announced their upcoming fall and midseason shows. Here are the top 17 series People's own TV team is most excited to watch in coming months.

This Is Us

Stars: Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia

Why we're excited: Grab your tissues! Moore is about to bring the feels (again), now the small screen. NBC's new dramedy pulls together an ensemble of characters that initially share the same birthday but ultimately connect on deeper levels. Each one has a story to tell that is bound to make you both laugh and cry. The trailer...

Right on cue with the rest of the big four, CBS announced its new series and lineup switch-ups for the 2016–17 season earlier this week. With this season’s crop, audiences will see familiar primetime faces like Kevin James, Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, and Katherine Heigl across three new comedies and three new dramas for the fall along with two dramas to premiere later in the season. Catch a quick roundup of what’s to come below. Series For Fall 2016 “Bull”Inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, this CBS drama stars Michael Weatherly as the “brilliant, brash, and charming” Dr. Jason Bull, founder of Trial Analysis Corporation, a trial consulting firm. Bull and his team of formidable colleagues masterfully work together to put some bias behind the scales of justice. “Kevin Can Wait”Kevin James changes his Ups uniform to that of a police officer in this new...

Michael Weatherly met Dr. Phil McGraw a few years before he signed onto play a character based on him in CBS' new fall drama Bull.

"He is a really fascinating character," Weatherly told People at the CBS Primetime 2016-17 Upfront held Wednesday evening at Carnegie Hall in New York. "He is part Machiavelli, part P.T. Barnum."

At the time of their meeting, Weatherly says he asked the daytime talk show host if he had a moment of insecurity.

"He just stared at me and said, 'No!'" says Weatherly.

Bull is inspired by Dr. Phil's life before he became...

Michael Weatherly met Dr. Phil McGraw a few years before he signed onto play a character based on him in CBS' new fall drama Bull. "He is a really fascinating character," Weatherly told People at the CBS Primetime 2016-17 Upfront held Wednesday evening at Carnegie Hall in New York. "He is part Machiavelli, part P.T. Barnum." At the time of their meeting, Weatherly says he asked the daytime talk show host if he had a moment of insecurity. "He just stared at me and said, 'No!'" says Weatherly. Bull is inspired by Dr. Phil's life before he became...

CBS is sticking with familiar formulas, familiar faces, and familiar brands for its new lineup this fall. Its new series include a reboot of "MacGyver" and a TV sequel to the movie "Training Day," as well as a reboot of "Star Trek" and a spinoff of "The Good Wife" for its CBS All-Access streaming service.

Here are the trailers for their new shows:

"Star Trek":

"MacGyver," starring Lucas Till as the problem-solving, jet-setting hero:

"Bull," starring recently departed "NCIS" star Michael Weatherly:

"Pure Genius," a hospital drama starring Dermot Mulroney:

"Kevin Can Wait," a comedy with Kevin James as a retired police officer:

"Man With a Plan," a family comedy starring Matt LeBlanc:

"The Great Indoors," starring Joel McHale as the boss of a bunch of millennials:

"Training Day," a TV sequel based on the movie, likely to debut in midseason:

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Britta Perry might have been the At&T of people, but 8-year-old Gillian Jacobs was just the best.

RelatedFall TV: Watch Trailer for Joel McHale’s The Great Indoors on CBS

The Community star arrived for an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Wednesday with a very important document: the last will and testament she wrote at her great aunt’s funeral when she was just a kid.

This comprehensive draft, which Colbert claimed was one of his favorite things composed by a child ever, included 11 clauses such as “I shall be cremated by monks in France” and...

"You're a con man, but you haven't conned me." CBS has released the first trailer for their new series Bull.

Based on the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the drama stars NCIS' Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, a charming psychological expert and trial consultant. Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Chris Jackson, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Annabelle Attanasio also star.

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"Kevin Can Wait" - Grade: C Synopsis (per CBS): "A newly retired police officer looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets. Kevin James stars in 'Kevin Can Wait,' this Fall on CBS." Trailer Critique: Kevin James making unsolicited prostitute jokes, fat jokes and hating on hipsters? Yup, this is what we expected. No, that is not a good thing. "Bull." - Grade: C Synopsis: "Inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, Michael Weatherly stars as Dr. Jason Bull. Brilliant, brash and charming, he's the ultimate puppet master combining psychology, intuition and high tech data to learn what makes jurors and the accused tick. 'Bull.' Coming this Fall to CBS." Trailer Critique: His name is Dr. Bull. He hates lawyers. He thinks...

CBS on Wednesday boldly went where no Upfront has gone before recently.

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The network unveiled the first video — though not the first footage, unfortunately — from Bryan Fuller’s upcoming Star Trek reboot, which will air on CBS All Access in early 2017 after premiering on CBS; what you see in the video is the series’ official logo.

“You didn’t think we were going to show you the cast, did you?” CBS president Les Moonves teased the eager audience. “It’s too early for that.

Along with its fall 2016 schedule, CBS on Wednesday revealed first looks at its new series, including Michael Weatherly’s post-NCIS venture Bull, Matt LeBlanc vehicle Man With a Plan and Joel McHale’s Community follow-up The Great Indoors.

A trailer was also released for the Eye Network’s TV adaptation of Training Day. (The promo for this fall’s MacGyver reboot can be found here.)

Watch the trailers in their entirety below, preceded by the logline for each series:

PhotosFall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New

Bull (Tuesdays, 9/8c)

A drama inspired by the early career of...

Though you probably know Lucas Till best as Havok in the X-Men film franchise, he’s showing off an entirely different set of superpowers in the trailer for CBS’ MacGyver.

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In the Eye Network’s reimagining of the 1985 series, Till stars as a 20-something MacGyver, who creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

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MacGyver will air Fridays this fall at 8/7c. Press...

CBS has announced its 2016-2017 primetime programming line up. New comedies coming in fall 2016 include: Kevin Can Wait, Man with a Plan, and The Great Indoors. The Tiffany Network's new dramas are: Bull, MacGyver, and Pure Genius. Coming later in the 2016-2017 television season are new dramas Training Day and Doubt. The Network’s new series will feature stars in comedy and drama such as Kevin James, Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, Michael Weatherly, Katherine Heigl, Dermot Mulroney, Laverne Cox, Dulé Hill, and Bill Paxton.

TV series returning to CBS during the upcoming 2016-2017 television season include: NCIS, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Code Black, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Life in Pieces, Mom, The Odd Couple, 2 Broke Girls, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Undercover Boss, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, and NFL...

Unveiling its new primetime plans this morning at its traditional Upfront day press breakfast, CBS took some heat for lack of diversity. First, one reporter noted almost all the new shows star men: Kevin James in sitcom Kevin Can Wait, Matt LcBlanc in sitcom Man with a Plan, Joel McHale in sitcom The Great Indoors, Michael Weatherly migrated from NCIS to drama Bull, Lucas Till playing Angus “Mac” MacGyver in the remake of MacGyver, Augustus Prew as a young Silicon Valley…...

Michael Weatherly’s final NCIS episode on Tuesday drew 17.6 million total viewers and a 2.5 demo rating, up sharply week-to-week as well as improving on its previous season finale by 17 and 25 percent, with its best numbers since Jan. 5.

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Leading out of that, NCIS: New Orleans (13.2 mil/1.8) ticked up a tenth to edge out its freshman finale, while Person of Interest (7.1 mil/1.1) was steady week-to-week.

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Comedy is coming back to CBS. A year after the network downsized to just two total hours of sitcoms in the fall — and went without comedies on Mondays for the first time since the earliest days of television — the network is doubling up its sitcom presence, with four-comedy blocs on both Mondays and Thursdays (once the network's NFL commitment is done) in the fall. The new Monday bloc will be filled with recognizable faces, including Kevin James and Matt LeBlanc (reuniting on the night with Matthew Perry, whose Odd Couple was renewed), while Joel McHale's The Great Indoors is the one new Thursday comedy. The network is, like everyone else in the network TV business, also loading up on recognizable brands. As new CBS entertainment president Glenn Geller put it about the MacGyver remake — which is undergoing significant retooling from the original pilot episode — "When you have an IP like MacGyver,...

In the newly unveiled CBS fall schedule, new drama “Bull” starring Michael Weatherly will air between “NCIS” and “NCIS: New Orleans” on Tuesday nights. Weatherly, an alum of “NCIS,” will play a Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw. “Training Day,” the new drama starring Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell based on the Antoine Fuqua film of the same name, will premiere midseason along with the Laverne Cox legal drama “Doubt.” CBS is also kicking off a new Monday night comedy block with a little help from “Big Bang Theory,” which will again shift to Mondays.

CBS on Wednesday revealed its primetime schedule for the 2016-17 TV season, following similar announcements from NBC, Fox and ABC. The major headlines: The network is bringing comedy back to Monday nights; Michael Weatherly’s new drama Bull will be paired with his former series NCIS on Tuesdays; NCIS: La will shift to Sundays-at-8; and Joel McHale’s new sitcom The Great Indoors has landed the coveted post-Big Bang Theory slot on Thursday’s (after football).

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MacGyver, meanwhile, replaces The Amazing Race on Fridays-at 8, with the venerable reality...

Michael Weatherly would like you to know about the “great joy, great sadness, great dislocation” and “confusion” that occurred during his 13 years on NCIS.

RelatedNCIS Season 13 Finale Recap: ‘An Obviously Very Fond Farewell’

Following his final episode, CBS on Tuesday released a video in which Weatherly thanked fans for making the long-running drama the No. 1 show in the world.

“I want to say that wherever I go, whatever men’s room or restaurant or airport I find myself in, you’re there, too… you’re with me,” he said. “Sometimes it’s appropriate, sometimes it’s not appropriate at all,...

CBS' all-new schedule for Fall 2016 is bringing the comedy back to Monday night TV. Meanwhile, NCIS fans who are missing Michael Weatherly can still catch him on Tuesdays immediately after NCIS on his new drama Bull. Bull will be replacing the time-slot where NCIS: La once was, which will move to Sunday night. Additionally, a new Joel McHale comedy has won the highly-coveted time slot following The Big Bang Theory and Saturday nights will be "Crimetime Saturday," which will air encores of CBS drama series.

As Michael Weatherly’s final episode of NCIS came to an end tonight with the Season 13 finale, the actor, along with co-stars and showrunner/executive producer Gary Glasberg, tweeted their thoughts to fans. The CBS series returns next season without Weatherly, who’s off to star in another CBS show, Bull, in which he’ll play a jury consultant loosely based on, yes, Dr. Phil. For Deadline’s spoiler-filled recap of tonight’s NCIS season finale, go here. I love you all…...

So long, Special Agent Tony Dinozzo. You will be missed – more than you might know.

On Tuesday, fans of the hit show NCIS said goodbye to Michael Weatherly and his character Tony Dinozzo.

Prior to his exit, Weatherly spoke with reporters about his departure and weighed in on whom he will missed most.

"I may have a surprise answer. Well, unless you've never seen the show in which case you'll be like, 'Wow, I had no idea that that would be a surprise answer,' " he said. "I think I will on one level miss the schedule, which is an inanimate kind of thing,...

So long, Special Agent Tony Dinozzo. You will be missed - more than you might know. On Tuesday, fans of the hit show NCIS said goodbye to Michael Weatherly and his character Tony Dinozzo. Prior to his exit, Weatherly spoke with reporters about his departure and weighed in on whom he will missed most. "I may have a surprise answer. Well, unless you've never seen the show in which case you'll be like, 'Wow, I had no idea that that would be a surprise answer,' " he said. "I think I will on one level miss the schedule, which is an inanimate kind of thing,...

So long, Special Agent Tony Dinozzo. You will be missed - more than you might know. On Tuesday, fans of the hit show NCIS said goodbye to Michael Weatherly and his character Tony Dinozzo. Prior to his exit, Weatherly spoke with reporters about his departure and weighed in on whom he will missed most. "I may have a surprise answer. Well, unless you've never seen the show in which case you'll be like, 'Wow, I had no idea that that would be a surprise answer,' " he said. "I think I will on one level miss the schedule, which is an inanimate kind of thing,...

In Michael Weatherly‘s final NCIS episode, Special Agent Tony Dinozzo followed his heart, and then his head, setting the stage for the original cast member’s exit.

RelatedNCIS Boss Talks Dinozzo’s ‘Enormously Significant’ Reason for Leaving, Ziva’s (Alive?) Fate and More Burning Qs

No sooner had the news broken about the bombing of the Davids’ farmhouse in Israel, Tony was making tracks for the airport when Abby and McGee intercepted him at his home, to relay the very bad news from Vance: Ziva indeed was killed in the attack. (Sorry, 84 percent of TVLine poll respondents.) “Life...

You know how the mother of the bride is never supposed to steal the spotlight from her daughter on her wedding day? Yeah, there’s going to be no way to keep that from happening if The Big Bang Theory finally introduces us to Penny’s often-mentioned-but-never-before-seen mom in the fall.

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“It’s a little early to say for sure” whether or not it’s actually going to be possible, showrunner Steven Molaro recently told TVLine, “but we would very much like to meet Penny...

Special Agent Tony Dinozzo will make his exit on Tuesday after a 13-year run taking down criminals - but is the agent's badge hung up for good? Michael Weatherly spoke with reporters recently about his upcoming exit from NCIS and giving closure to his beloved character. Putting many at ease, he made sure to address the possibility that he might make a special appearance in the future. "Yes, well, I believe in the franchise of NCIS very much, and it's why I went and did NCIS L.A last year and NCIS New Orleans," said Weatherly, 47. "In fact, last year...

Special Agent Tony Dinozzo will make his exit on Tuesday after a 13-year run taking down criminals – but is the agent's badge hung up for good?

Michael Weatherly spoke with reporters recently about his upcoming exit from NCIS and giving closure to his beloved character.

Putting many at ease, he made sure to address the possibility that he might make a special appearance in the future.

"Yes, well, I believe in the franchise of NCIS very much, and it's why I went and did NCIS L.A last year and NCIS New Orleans," said Weatherly, 47. "In fact, last year I...

Special Agent Tony Dinozzo will make his exit on Tuesday after a 13-year run taking down criminals - but is the agent's badge hung up for good? Michael Weatherly spoke with reporters recently about his upcoming exit from NCIS and giving closure to his beloved character. Putting many at ease, he made sure to address the possibility that he might make a special appearance in the future. "Yes, well, I believe in the franchise of NCIS very much, and it's why I went and did NCIS L.A last year and NCIS New Orleans," said Weatherly, 47. "In fact, last year...

Warning: Stop right there if you have yet to watch the Mike & Molly series finale. This is your one and only warning.

Mike & Molly came to an end on Monday as the eponymous duo welcomed their first child, William Michael Biggs, via adoption — and discovered that their second child was already on the way.

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In “Curse of the Bambino,” Mike and Molly’s eagerness to hear back from the adoption agency prompted them to do whatever was necessary to sway the odds of getting a baby in their favor. While Mike...

Three social media-friendly teams remained atop Friday’s season finale of The Amazing Race, but only one will get to vlog about winning the $1 million grand prize.

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Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl were the favorites to win going into the CBS competition’s final hour — not only have they snagged the most first-place wins, but they also manage not to be jerks about it — with Dana Borriello and Matt Steffanina projected to come in second. (Real talk: Given all the bickering between them,...

CBS is ready to jumpstart its fall season with a paper clip, rubber band, and lighter.

The network has ordered six new shows, including a reboot of the 1980s action series "MacGyver" and an adaptation of the movie "Training Day." The new shows also include comedies with big names as headliners: Matt LeBlanc and Joel McHale.

CBS has a lot of holes to fill in its schedule this fall. "The Good Wife" ended, "CSI: Cyber" was canceled (leaving the network without a "CSI" series for the first time in 16 years), and "Supergirl" is moving to The CW.

Here's a rundown of all the new CBS shows:

Bull

​Cast: Michael Weatherly as 'Dr. Jason Bull', Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Chris Jackson, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Annabelle Attanasio

Synopsis: A drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw as the founder of one of the most prolific trial consulting firms of all time.

CBS is enlisting MacGyver to help fortify its 2016-2017 schedule.

The much-hyped reboot was one of four dramas the Eye network ordered to series on Friday, joining Jerry Bruckheimer’s Training Day remake, the Michael Weatherly-fronted Bull, and Jason Katims’ medical entry Pure Genius (fka Bunker Hill).

On the comedy side, CBS has Ok’d Joel McHale’s workplace sitcom The Great Indoors and Matt LeBlanc’s family satire Man With a Plan (fka I’m Not Your Friend). Speaking of the latter, The Office‘s Jenna Fischer — who was set to play LeBlanc’s wife — has exited the project for creative reasons.

CBS has given series orders to dramas Training Day, a sequel to the movie; the Dr. Phil-inspired Bull, starring NCIS‘ Michael Weatherly, Jason Katims’ Pure Genius (fka Bunker Hill) and MacGyver, a reboot of the classic series. On the comedy side, the network has picked up the Matt LeBlanc starrer, now titled Man with a Plan and workplace half-hour The Great Indoors starring Joel McHale. Both are multi-camera as is the newly picked up Kevin James comedy Kevin Can Wait,…...

CBS further solidified its 2016-17 broadcast schedule Friday, handing out five series orders for comedies and dramas with proven stars, formats and genres. Ordered to series are Bull, starring Michael Weatherly; Jason Katims' medical drama Pure Genius; MacGyver; Training Day; Matt LeBlanc's Man With a Plan; and Joel McHale's The Great Indoors. Bull features the return of departing NCIS star Weatherly, who won't be away from the network and its sibling studio for too long. Weatherly, who ends his 13-season run on TV's No. 1 drama this month, stars in Bull as Dr. Phil McGraw (yes, that one) as

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If you're a fan of Michael Weatherly and you're wondering how long you'll have to wait to see him on your TV screens again after his final episode of NCIS next week, we've got good news for you. Your wait won't be long at all. E! News has learned that CBS has picked up Weatherly's new show, Bull, to series for the 2016-2017 TV season, meaning that the fan-favorite actor could be back on TV as early as this fall. (We'll have to wait until CBS' Upfronts presentation on Wednesday, May 18 in NYC to see exactly when the network plans to air the series.) So, what's Weatherly's new series all about? Inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw as the founder of one...

CBS is moving forward with both a TV series sequel to "Training Day" and the reboot of "MacGyver". Both have scored series orders ahead of premieres this Fall.

Bill Paxton will star in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced 'Training, which picks up fifteen years after the events of the original film. He'll play a morally grey detective who gets partnered up with a young officer (Justin Cromwell). Julie Benz and Katrina Law also star.

Lucas Till stars in "MacGyver" which follows the twenty-something detective as he creates a clandestine organization to prevent disasters. George Eads is also onboard as a government employee with a love of eccentric conspiracies.

Those are just two of several shows CBS has picked up to series, the others being the Michael Weatherly-led "Bull" based on the early career of Dr. Phil, the medical technology drama "Pure Genius," the Matt LeBlanc-led multi-camera comedy "Man with a Plan,...

Make sure your seatbelts are fastened and your tray tables are stowed away, because a whole lotta turbulence is ahead in the Hawaii Five-0 Season 6 finale, as seen in this extended, exclusive sneak peek.

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In the first half of tonight’s two-hour season ender (starting at 9/8c on CBS), Five-0 must protect a wounded Gabriel and plan their escape from a dilapidated building in Oahu’s Chinatown when enemy gunmen storm the building looking to kill their nemesis.

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Then at 10 pm,...