‘Watson’ & ‘DMV’ Canceled By CBS, Series Finales Set
C.B.S. has finalized its 2026-27 lineup of returning scripted sequence, canceling the 2 exhibits on the bubble, sophomore drama Watsonheadlined by Morris Chestnut, and freshman comedy DMVled by Harriet Dyer. Their season — now sequence — finales will air May 3 and May 11, respectively. The information comes every 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 have been telegraphed again in January when, after a blitz of early renewals, they have been the only CBS on-air scripted series left in limbo. Among the community’s lowest rated exhibits, their survival confronted lengthy odds and relied on how CBS’ then-upcoming midseason dramas Marshals and INC would carry out and the way the community’s comedy pilots Eternally Yours and Tillbrooks (fka Regency) would are available.
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 INC adopted with a Season 2 pickup of its own earlier this weekshutting the door for Watson. Overall, CBS renewed 12 dramas for subsequent season, together with all 4 freshmen, Marshals, CIA, Sheriff Country and Boston Bluewith two new sequence beforehand picked up for 2026-27, Robert and Michelle King’s Cupertino and Einsteinheadlined by Matthew Gray Gubler, set to affix them.
Since veteran CBS comedy sequence 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 Yoursfrom Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, and the multi-camera Tillbrooksa historic spin on the traditional multi-cam household sitcom.
The indisputable 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 beneath the identical showrunners, Eternally Yours had been thought of a robust sequence contender for the reason that 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 sequence however, with each The Neighborhood and DMV departing, that isn’t out of the query.
In an attention-grabbing wrinkle, the everyday owned vs. non-owned argument that usually comes into play in selections on sequence pickups of pilots is getting a twist right here. Eternally Yours is produced by CBS sibling CBS Studios whereas Tillbrooks comes from an out of doors studio, Warner Bros. TV. The two are poised to develop into company siblings following Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros., with the latter additionally behind CBS’ different returning comedy sequence subsequent season apart from Ghosts, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
Departing The Neighborhood and Watson are CBS’ two remaining scripted sequence with Black leads. The community has one new sequence with a Black lead arising subsequent season, drama Cupertinoheadlined 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 sequence was initially held again for an additional midseason run on Sundays earlier than being summoned to the autumn schedule to fill in for the delayed INCtouchdown behind FBI on Mondays. Watson noticed its scores decline within the new Monday berth. It was ultimately despatched again to Sundays this spring.
Single-camera office comedy DMVwhose ensemble solid contains Tim Meadows, additionally acquired off to a strong begin. It ranked No.9 amongst all broadcast sequence 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 sequence the community has renewed for subsequent season. While DMV‘s Live+Same Day linear scores have remained comparatively regular, its delayed multi-platform viewing has declined.
DMV star Dyer stays in enterprise with CBS Studios, which produces the freshman sequence in addition to Watson. She can also be star, co-creator and government producer of the studio’s Paramount+ comedy Colin From Accounts, which is filming its third season in Australia.
