The writers on CBS's scripted shows struck for 148 days from early May to late September, with official approval coming on the day of writing. The actors are still striking, and thus haven't produced new episodes to air. This upended much of the network's fall schedule as previously covered. The studios caused this by holding out negotiations and not giving the actors their fair deal and waiting this long to give the writers theirs. However, Paramount+ doesn't have the complete streaming rights to every CBS show. There's a good handful that would normally just be their current seasons as they air, but being that the fall season has already started, last season has already shifted into "library" and it felt right to go over that. Heck, the fact that Max had some of these shows for library streaming might be another reason why CBS All Access became Paramount+ in the first place.
Currently, Sunday only has two pre-existing series to worry about, because 60 Minutes was unaffected, Matlock was supposed to launch here, and reruns were going to be present in the 10 PM hour slot to offset football delays pushing it too late into the night. The two programs? The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah, and the newest CSI series, CSI: Vegas. Luckily, Paramount+ is the streaming home for both series, and all episodes from their 3 and 2 respective seasons are streaming.
Mondays however, have one hiccup. Sitcom The Neighborhood, NCIS, and NCIS Hawai'i are all streaming in full on Paramount+. However, Bob Hearts Abishola, starring Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku and now four seasons and 82 episodes in, streams on Max. Tuesdays FBIs are not in equal situations. All of FBI is streaming on Paramount+, but the International and Most Wanted spinoffs are not on any form of instant streaming. Apparently those rights haven't been hashed out yet. Moving onto Thursdays as Wednesdays were plugged in on some anticipation, Young Sheldon is of course streaming on Max. It being part of The Big Bang Theory makes it one of the streamer's highest-touted library titles. Ghosts and So Help Me Todd on the other hand are in full on Paramount+. Fridays are a bit in a 2 and 1 situation as well. Incoming sophomore series Fire Country still has its first season on Paramount+, as does all 13 seasons of Blue Bloods.
S.W.A.T. is a situation however we touched on when it was canceled and uncanceled in May. The first five seasons arrived on Netflix on May 17, about a week after the scare. It allowed seasons 4 and 5 to be streaming again when they hadn't for a while. Season six, the most recent season, arrived there on September 4. Some of these series that are in full on Paramount+ are non-exclusive to some extent, like NCIS's first fifteen seasons on Netflix or The Neighborhood being available on Prime Video. We hope you found this useful.
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