CBS Finally Announces Fall 2006 Premiere Dates; Sci-Fi Renews 'Twilight Zone', Gets More!

As all the other networks announced their fall premiere dates during the TCA tour (well Fox announced it well before), CBS has now finally announced its premiere dates. There are no surprises here as mainly everything will start during the official fall premiere week (Sept. 18-24) and no special two-hour or one-hour premieres besides the 90-minute Amazing Race premiere. Without further talk, here are their premiere dates:

Thursday, September 14
8:00 p.m. Survivor: Cook Islands

Sunday, September 17
8:30 p.m. The Amazing Race 10 (90-minute premiere)

Monday, September 18
8:00 p.m. The Class
8:30 p.m. How I Met Your Mother
9:00 p.m. Two and a Half Men
9:30 p.m. The New Adventures of Old Christine
10:00 p.m. CSI: Miami

Tuesday, September 19
8:00 p.m. Navy NCIS
9:00 p.m. The Unit
10:00 p.m. Smith

Wednesday, September 20
8:00 p.m. Jericho
9:00 p.m. Criminal Minds
10:00 p.m. CSI: NY

Thursday, September 21
9:00 p.m. CSI
10:00 p.m. Shark

Friday, September 22
8:00 p.m. Ghost Whisperer
9:00 p.m. Close to Home
10:00 p.m. NUMB3RS

Saturday, September 23
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Crime Repeats
10:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery

Sunday, September 24
7:00 p.m. 60 Minutes
8:00 p.m. The Amazing Race 10 (time period premiere)
9:00 p.m. Cold Case
10:00 p.m. Without a Trace

The Sci-Fi Channel announced a major deal with CBS Paramount to acquire a number of series. They have renewed their rights to the classic Twilight Zone and Sci-Fi will continue to have exclusive rights! Other series they have acquired: Star Trek: Enterprise, the Star Trek prequel series starring Scott Bakula and Jolene Blalock; the series Tales from the Darkside; two Stephen King miniseries and another mini-series; five made-for-TV movies, including Primal Force" and Trilogy of Terror II; and eight other TV series: Wolf Lake, Kindred the Embraced, All Souls, Level 9, Special Unit 2, Haunted, Jake 2.0 and last fall's Threshold. Haunted stars a pre-Lost Matthew Fox. It is likely the short lived stuff will get daytime rotation marathons. Daytime rotation marathons airs weekdays from 8am-4pm ET. Series such as Kingdom Hospital have gotten that treatment.