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The 2015-2016

season will also

feature a lineup of 

big events, includ-

ing the premiere of THE LATE SHOW

with STEPHEN

COLBERT

(Tuesday, Sept. 8),

and the two-hour 

series finale

farewell of CSI:

CRIME SCENE

INVESTIGATION

on Sunday, Sept.

27, reuniting origi-

nal cast members, including William Petersen and Marg

Helgenberger .

In addition to the new shows and 22 established series,

NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, which gives CBS a

strong platform to launch the new season, returns to

CBS’s #1 primetime on Sept. 17 with Denver at Kansas

City. Plus, CBS will feature the exclusive presentation of 

SUPER BOWL 50 on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, when the

event celebrates its golden anniversary at Levi’s Stadiumin Santa Clara, CA. This will mark the Network’s 19th

Super Bowl telecast, the most by any broadcaster.

The Dramas

SUPERGIRL, based on the DC

Comics’ superhero, stars

Melissa Benoist in the title role

of Superman’s cousin who, after 

12 years of keeping her powers

a secret on Earth, decides to

finally embrace her superhuman

abilities and be the hero she was

always meant to be. The series

also stars Chyler Leigh, Golden

Globe Award winner Calista

Flockhart, Mehcad Brooks and David Harewood. The

pilot was directed by Glen Winter (“Arrow”).

CODE BLACK,

based on the

award-winning

documentary by

Ryan McGarry,

is a medical

drama that takes

place in the

busiest, most

notorious ER in

the nation. The series stars  Academy Aw ard winner 

Marcia Gay Harden, along with Bonnie Somerville,

Melanie Kannokada, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Harry

M. Ford, Luis Guzman, Raza Jaffrey and William Allen

 Young. The show is produced by ABC Studios in associ-

ation with CBS Television Studios. The pilot was directed

by David Semel (“Madam Secretary”).

LIMITLESS, based on the feature film with Bradley

Cooper , stars Jake McDorman as an average guy who

can suddenly access 100% of his brain capacity with a

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FIRST LOOK AT NEW FALL SHOWS

Here are the CBS.com links to the First Look pieces

of the new Fall shows.

SUPERGIRL

http://www.cbs.com/shows/supergirl/

CODE BLACK

http://www.cbs.com/shows/code-black/

LIMITLESS

http://www.cbs.com/shows/limitless/

LIFE IN PIECES

http://www.cbs.com/shows/life-in-pieces/

ANGEL FROM HELL

http://www.cbs.com/shows/angel-from-hell/

“This is a schedule well- positioned to build on thefoundation of  last year whenwe introduced five successful  new series and increased our audience by 5%. With‘Thursday 

 Night Football,’ many of the biggest hits on primetime televi- sion and huge events throughout the year, all of our exciting new  shows have the best possibleenvironment to succeed, and to help deliver another winning sea- son for CBS.”

-- Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBSEntertainment

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Bornheimer . ANGEL FROM HELL is produced by

CBS Television Studios. The pilot was directed by

Don Scardino.

New Series For Later This Season

CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS

(Spinoff) stars Golden Globe and Emmy Award win-

ner Gary Sinise in a drama about the specialized

International Division of the FBI tasked with solving

crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans whofind themselves in danger while abroad. The cast

also features Daniel Henney and Tyler James

Williams. The series is produced by ABC Studios in

association with CBS Television Studios and The

Mark Gordon Company. The pilot episode was direct-

ed by Glen Kershaw (“Criminal Minds”).

RUSH HOUR is a buddy-cop series about a

maverick LAPD detective and a by-the-book detec-

tive from Hong Kong who knock heads when they

are forced to partner together. The series -- a

reimagining of the hit feature film franchise from the

team that produced it -- stars Jon Foo, Justin Hires,

Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Wendie

Malick and Aimee Garcia. The pilot was directed by

Jon Turteltaub.

CBS Television Studios had

the most number of freshman

series return for a second sea-

son, and is producing and co-producing four of the Network’s new series: CODE

BLACK, LIMITLESS, ANGEL FROM HELL and

CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS, as well as

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND for The CW.

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mysterious pill.

The series also

stars Jennifer 

Carpenter, Hill

Harper and

Mary Elizabeth

Mastrantonio,

with Academy 

 Award nominee

Cooper in a recurring role. The show is produced by

CBS Television Studios in association with K/O Paper 

Products and Relativity Television. The pilot was direct-

ed by Marc Webb (“The Amazing Spider-Man” 1 and 2

Feature Films).

The Comedies

LIFE IN PIECES

is a single-camera

comedy about

one big happy

family and their 

sometimes

awkward, often

hilarious and ulti-

mately beautiful

milestone moments as told by its various members. The

ensemble cast is made up of Thomas Sadoski,

Angelique Cabral, Golden Globe and Emmy Award 

nominee Colin Hanks, Zoe Lister Jones, along with

Betsy Brandt, Dan Bakkedahl, Academy and Golden

Globe and Emmy Award winner Dianne Wiest and

Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner James Brolin.

Emmy Award winner Jason Winer (“Modern Family”)

directed the pilot.

ANGEL FROM HELLstars Golden Globe and

Emmy Award winner Jane

Lynch as a loud, colorful,

often inappropriate woman

who claims to be a guardian

angel. The series also stars

Maggie Lawson, Kevin

Pollak and Kyle

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UPDATE is published by CBS Communications Group.Gil Schwartz, Senior Executive Vice President

Richard Wien, Editor, x5607 (NY)

THE 2015-2016 NIGHT-BY-NIGHT SCHEDULE:

MONDAYS – With NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

premiering Sept. 17, the Network will once again move THE

BIG BANG THEORY to 8:00 PM to start the season, provid-

ing a lead-in to LIFE IN PIECES. Both move to their regular 

Thursday time periods after football, when SUPERGIRL will

open the night at 8:00, followed by SCORPION (9:00 PM)

and NCIS: LOS ANGELES (10:00 PM).

  TUESDAYS – TV’s #1 drama for six years, NCIS (8:00

PM) will be followed by television’s #1 new show of the sea-

son, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (9:00 PM). The two-hour block

provides a powerful lead-in for LIMITLESS at 10:00 PM.

WEDNESDAYS – Ratings winner SURVIVOR (8:00 PM)

will be followed by CBS’s highest-rated 18-49 drama

CRIMINAL MINDS (9:00 PM), which is the perfect lead-in

for CODE BLACK (10:00 PM).

THURSDAYS – The Network’s entertainment schedule

returns in November following NFL THURSDAY NIGHT

FOOTBALL. THE BIG BANG THEORY (8:00 PM) followed

by LIFE IN PIECES (8:30 PM); MOM, the fastest-growing

returning series on television (9:00 PM) will be paired with

the new comedy ANGEL FROM HELL (9:30 PM). Capping

the night at 10:00 PM, ELEMENTARY returns as a proven

time period performer that also adds four million viewers in

DVR playback every week.

FRIDAYS – The Emmy Award -winning THE AMAZING

RACE (8:00 PM), followed by the two-hour crime-solving

block of HAWAII FIVE-0 (9:00 PM) and BLUE BLOODS,

Friday’s most-watched show (10:00 PM).

SATURDAYS – CRIMETIME SATURDAY, encore broad-

casts of CBS’s popular dramas (8:00 -- 10:00 PM) will be

followed by 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports program.

SUNDAYS – The #1 news program for more than four 

decades, 60 MINUTES (7:00 PM) will be followed by

Sunday’s top-rated broadcast MADAM SECRETARY (8:00

PM) and the most acclaimed series on network television,

THE GOOD WIFE, (9:00 PM). To start the season, CSI:

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION will have a special two-

hour series finale. Then, CSI: CYBER will move in at 10:00

PM with Emmy Award winner Ted Danson joining Academy 

 Award winner Patricia Arquette on the cast.

CBS POSTS 1st QUARTER 2015 EARNINGS

On Thursday, May 7, CBS

Corporation reported results for the

first quarter of 2015, including its

highest-ever net earnings from continuing operations per 

diluted share (“EPS”) of .78 cents. This is the 21st consecu-tive quarter of EPS growth.

Noted CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves: “CBS

turned in another quarter of record EPS, and our investment 

in world-class content will lay the foundation to drive future

 profits. We are set to close the season with four of the top

five new scripted series, all of which we have ownership in

and can monetize in a growing number of ways. We will also

win the season as the most-watched network in America, with

a solid performance across all demographics at a time when

others are facing ratings erosion. Looking ahead, we will con-

tinue to build upon our position of great strength with a new 

 primetime lineup that we will announce next week, and we

expect to be #1 in the Upfront marketplace as well. At the

same time, our premium content is also driving growth in

our nonadvertising revenue sources. We had terrific first-

quarter results in streaming, both internationally and 

domestically, as well as retransmission consent and reverse

compensation, which are steadily making their way toward 

$2 billion in revenue by 2020 if not before. In addition, our 

online news channel, CBSN, and our over-the-top service,CBS All Access, are exceeding expectations. We have

already expanded CBS All Access to more than half of the

country, and we expect it to be offered to 75% of all house-

holds by year’s end. As we continue to find new ways to

monetize our content, our investment in programming will pay 

off well into the future, and we remain as committed as

ever to returning value t o our shareholders.” 

For more information, go to: www.cbscorporation.com