CBS Announced Its Winter 2018 Primetime Schedule

CBS has announced its winter 2018 primetime lineup which includes the series debuts of Living Biblically and Instinct. The January through March schedule the network just unveiled also includes the premiere dates for Big Brother‘s celebrity edition, season 30 of The Amazing Race, and season 36 of Survivor.

The network has not confirmed the premiere dates for returning shows Code Black, Elementary, and Undercover Boss.

In addition to announcing the premiere dates and schedule for their winter programs, CBS released details on the upcoming seasons of new and returning shows:


The Amazing Race: The Amazing Race is a multi-Emmy Award-winning reality series hosted by Emmy Award-nominated host Phil Keoghan, where teams of two embark on a trek around the world. At every destination, each team must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical, and only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning The Amazing Race and the $1 million prize.

Big Brother: The Network will launch its first celebrity edition of reality hit Big Brother on Wednesday, Feb. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). As previously announced, the special winter edition will feature multiple episodes per week during a concentrated run, and include the series’ signature Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions and live evictions. Julie Chen will return to host.

Living Biblically TV Series
‘Living Biblically’ (Photo
© 2017 CBS Broadcasting)

Living Biblically: CBS will premiere the new comedy Living Biblically (f.k.a. “By the Book”) on Monday, Feb. 26 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) after 9JKL completes its season order. Living Biblically stars Jay R. Ferguson as Chip Curry, a modern-day man at a crossroads in his life who decides to live strictly in accordance with the Bible. As he begins his sincere spiritual journey toward a more moral life with the help of his wife and friends, Chip wonders if he’ll be able to take a page – or every page – out of the Good Book, and if the effect will be of Biblical proportions. Lindsey Kraft, Ian Gomez, David Krumholtz, Tony Rock and Camryn Manheim also star.

Instinct: Instinct will premiere Sunday, March 11 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), two weeks after the season finale of Big Brother. The new drama stars Alan Cumming as Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a gifted author, university professor and former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life by NYPD Detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic) to help her stop a serial killer who is using Dylan’s first book as a tutorial. Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal also star.

Survivor: Survivor is a multi-Emmy Award-winning reality-competition series that features castaways separated into groups and forced to compete against each other with the same ultimate goal: to outwit, outplay and outlast one another. Ultimately, one will be crowned the Sole Survivor and win the $1 million prize. Emmy Award winner Jeff Probst is the host.

CBS’ WINTER 2018 SCHEDULE

    Wednesday, Jan. 3
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT
    THE AMAZING RACE (30th Season Premiere)
    9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT SEAL TEAM
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT CRIMINAL MINDS

    Wednesday, Jan. 24
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT THE AMAZING RACE (2-Hour Episode)
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT CRIMINAL MINDS

    Wednesday, Feb. 7
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER (Celebrity Edition Premiere)
    9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT THE AMAZING RACE (2-Hour Episode)

    Thursday, Feb. 8
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Friday, Feb. 9
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER (2-Hour Episode)

    Sunday, Feb. 11
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Monday, Feb. 12
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Wednesday, Feb. 14
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER
    9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT THE AMAZING RACE (2-Hour Episode)

    Friday, Feb. 16
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER (2-Hour Episode)

    Sunday, Feb. 18
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Monday, Feb. 19
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Wednesday, Feb. 21
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER
    9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT THE AMAZING RACE (Season Finale)

    Friday, Feb. 23
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER (2-Hour Episode)

    Saturday, Feb. 24
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER

    Sunday, Feb. 25
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT BIG BROTHER (Celebrity Edition Finale)

    Monday, Feb. 26
    8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT KEVIN CAN WAIT
    8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT MAN WITH A PLAN
    9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT SUPERIOR DONUTS
    9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT LIVING BIBLICALLY (Series Premiere)
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT SCORPION

    Wednesday, Feb. 28
    8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT SURVIVOR (2-Hour Season Premiere)
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT SEAL TEAM

    Wednesday, March 7
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT SURVIVOR (Time Period Premiere)
    9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT SEAL TEAM
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT CRIMINAL MINDS

    Sunday, Effective March 11
    8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT INSTINCT (Series Premiere)
    9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT NCIS: LOS ANGELES
    10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT MADAM SECRETARY

CBS Winter Schedule Includes Instinct
Alan Cumming as Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Bojana Novakovic as Det. Lizzie Needham on ‘Instinct’ (Photo: Jeff Neumann ©CBS Broadcasting Inc)