CBS announces fall premiere dates, including JonBenet Ramsey docuseries, Kevin James sitcom

On Tuesday, CBS announced premiere dates for new and returning shows for the upcoming fall season.

One of the most anticipated shows of the fall, “Case Closed,” begins Sept. 18. The six-hour limited documentary series will re-examine the 1996 killing of JonBenet Ramsey and joins a spate of true-crime projects on the small screen.

Also on the horizon are the family sitcoms “Kevin Can Wait” and “Man With a Plan” starring Kevin James and Matt LeBlanc, respectively, a remake of the ‘80s action series “MacGyver” and the medical drama “Pure Genius.”

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Complete premiere dates are listed below:

Sept. 18

8:30 p.m. “Case Closed” (series premiere)

Sept. 19

8 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (season premiere)

8:30 p.m. “Kevin Can Wait” (series premiere)

Sept. 20

8 p.m. “NCIS” (season premiere)

9 p.m. “Bull” (series premiere)

10 p.m. “NCIS: New Orleans” (season premiere)

Sept. 21

8 p.m. “Survivor” (season premiere)

Sept. 23

8 p.m. “MacGyver”

9 p.m. “Hawaii Five-O”

10 p.m. “Blue Bloods”

Sept. 24

10 p.m. “48 Hours” (season premiere)

Sept. 25

7:30 p.m. “60 Minutes” (season premiere)

Sept. 28

8 p.m. “Survivor” (season premiere)

9 p.m. “Criminal Minds” (season premiere)

10 p.m. “Code Black “ (season premiere)

Oct. 2

8 p.m. “NCIS: Los Angeles” (season premiere)

9 p.m. “Madam Secretary” (season premiere)

10 p.m. “Elementary” (season premiere)

Oct. 3

9 p.m. “Scorpion” (season premiere)

Oct. 10

9 p.m. “2 Broke Girls” (season premiere)

10 p.m “Scorpion” (regular time period)

Oct. 17

9 p.m. “2 Broke Girls” (regular time period)

9:30 p.m. “The Odd Couple” (season premiere)

Oct. 24

8 p.m. “Kevin Can Wait” (new time period)

8 p.m. “Man With a Plan” (series premiere)

Oct. 27

8 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (regular time period)

8:30 p.m. “The Great Indoors” (series premiere)

9 p.m. “Mom” (season premiere)

9:30 p.m. “Life in Pieces” (season premiere)

10 p.m. “Pure Genius” (series premiere)

meredith.blake@latimes.com

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