Monday, January 12, 2015

CBS Renews 'Madam Secretary,' 'NCIS: New Orleans' & 'Scorpion'

In the footsteps of The CW yesterday, CBS used its presentation at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour to announced second season renewals for dramas Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans and Scorpion. All three rank among network television's top 10 series (in viewers), and are produced by CBS Television Studios.




"These freshman dramas have each made a big impact on key nights of the week," said Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment. "Creatively distinctive, the series are backed by strong showrunners with amazingly talented casts, and have resonated with a big, broad audience."

NCIS: New Orleans is the season's most-watched new series and broadcast television's #2 drama (behind only the original NCIS), averaging 18.1 million viewers. The drama stars Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich and CCH Pounder. Gary Glasberg, Mark Harmon, Jeffrey Lieber and James Hayman are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

Madam Secretary is the #2 new series of the season, averaging 14.9 million viewers and rankings as Sunday's most-watched scripted broadcast. It has improved the year-ago time period by +49% in viewers. Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Zeljko Ivanek, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Geoffrey Arend, Kathrine Herzer, Evan Roe and Wallis Currie-Wood star. Barbara Hall, Lori McCreary, Morgan Freeman and David Semel are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios, in association with Revelations Entertainment.

Scorpion is the #3-ranked new series of the season, averaging 14.5 million viewers. It has been key to CBS' Monday improvement, boosting the year-ago time period by +61% in viewers, +21% in adults 18-49 and +31% in adults 25-54. Elyes Gabl, Robert Patrick, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong and Ari Stidham star. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Nick Santora, Nicholas Wootton, Justin Lin, Heather Kadin, Scooter Braun and Walter O'Brien are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.