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The 8 Best Harlan Coben Books, Ranked
Sometimes, thriller books are much more psychologically haunting than films or TV shows. There's no eerie lighting, suspenseful background music, or even jump scares to rely on. Instead, writers only have words and secrets to play with, weaving in plotlines and foreshadowing twists that still leave us gasping when we turn the page. One of the most prolific authors in this genre is Harlan Coben, who has published dozens of mysteries and thrillers that continue to captivate readers around the world. Plus, he's even had various novels adapted for the small screen after signing a multi-year deal with Netflix. So, if you're searching for a new thriller author to fall in love with, Harlan Coben is a safe bet. Ahead, we've ranked his top eight books to dive into. Published in 2013, Six Years follows Jake Fisher, a man forced to watch the love of his life, Natalie, tie the knot with another guy named Todd. In the six years that followed, he tried to focus on his work and stay away from Natalie, all the while having nightmares about her and Todd's life. But then, Jake sees Todd's obituary, realizes Natalie's husband has died, and attends the funeral. And there, he realizes that late Todd's wife isn't Natalie, but actually another woman who'd supposedly been married to Todd for nearly 20 years. "With that fact, everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life–a time he has never gotten over–is turned completely inside out," per the synopsis. Soon, Jake realizes that he and Natalie's previous mutual friends either don't remember him or are nowhere to be found. Natalie is gone, too, and his quest for the truth starts to unravel his life. In this 2015 thriller, Adam Price has a cushy life with a solid job, a large home, a beautiful wife named Corinne, and two sons. However, a stranger approaches him out of the blue one day and claims Corinne had lied about her first pregnancy, as well as the miscarriage that he believed ended it. "And the mirage of perfection disappears as if it never existed at all. Soon, Adam finds himself tangled in something far darker than even Corinne's deception and realizes that if he doesn't make exactly the right moves, the conspiracy he's stumbled into will not only ruin lives–it will end them," the book's synopsis reads. The Stranger was nominated for Readers' Favorite Mystery & Thriller in 2015 on Goodreads. In Tell No One, character David Beck lost his wife, Elizabeth, after she was murdered by a man who called himself KillRoy. Yet, eight years later, while the killer is serving out a life sentence, two more dead bodies are found, and David gets a message on his computer with a phrase that could only come from his late wife. "Suddenly, Beck is taunted with the impossible–that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive," per the synopsis. He's told not to share the message with anyone, and he abides. Moreover, David starts searching for the mysterious messenger. Maya Burkett is a widow grappling with the death of her husband in Central Park, and following the tragedy, she's also concerned about the safety of her 2-year-old daughter. That's why she sets up nanny cams in her home. While she's at work one day, Maya realizes the nanny cam captured something unbelievable: her supposedly dead husband, Joe, playing with their daughter in their home. And when Maya confronts her nanny, the nanny claims she didn't see anything before stealing the camera's memory card and disappearing. "The provocative question at the heart of the mystery: Can you believe everything you see with your own eyes, even when you desperately want to? To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband—and herself," the book's synopsis reads. Caught chronicles the mysterious disappearance of Haley McWaid, a 17-year-old "good girl." She's the captain of the lacrosse team at her New Jersey school and plans to attend college following graduation. Nonetheless, after Haley doesn't return home one night, no one hears from her for three long months. Meanwhile, journalist Wendy Tynes is working to take down sexual predators with the help of sting operations when she comes across a social worker with a reputation for being friendly with teenagers, including Haley. "Working with local police on her news program, Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team have publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined," per the synopsis. Deal Breaker is considered one of Harlan Coben's most iconic works. It centers on a sports agent named Myron Bolitar and his prized client, Christian Steel, who's a rookie quarterback. They're on the brink of scoring a massive contract when Christian's former girlfriend, who everyone believed was dead, gives him a call and threatens the deal. "Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret, and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed," the synopsis reads. Deal Breaker is the first novel in Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series. In , the couple David and Cheryl Burroughs had it all. They got married, had a beautiful home in the suburbs, and were the parents of a 3-year-old named Matthew. That's until David wakes up covered in his son's blood and winds up behind bars, even though he knows he didn't commit murder. After spending five years in prison with no memory of the evening that landed him there, David's former sister-in-law, Rachel, visits him and brings a shocking photo to the jail. In the image, taken by a friend on vacation at a theme park, there's a boy who David believes is Matthew, still alive. "David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible–save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night," per the synopsis. Read this before the and -lead show comes to Netflix! Will Klein always looked up to his older brother, Ken, throughout his childhood. But that all changes after a young woman whom Will once loved is found murdered in her family's basement, and Ken is the main suspect. The evidence was so overwhelming that it even pushed Ken to disappear, leaving cracks in the Klein family and the overall community. Over a decade later, though, Will uncovers proof that Ken is actually alive. "And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother—and himself. As a violent mystery unwinds around him, Will knows he must press his search all the way to the end. Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come," the synopsis reads. Looking for more & news? Follow us on so you never miss a thing! Brit + Co may at times use affiliate links to promote products sold by others, but always offers genuine editorial recommendations.
Irish Examiner
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Gareth O'Callaghan: Cool in 1976, crushed in 2024 — where did teen joy go?
American fiction writer Harlan Coben once said: 'Make no mistake. Adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.' Truer words were never spoken, I was reminded last week while reading the UN report from Unicef which finds that Irish teenagers are among the least happy in high-income countries despite leading the world in academic skills. Why is one in every three 15-year-olds reporting low-life satisfaction, while our youth suicide rate is now above the international average? In order to answer the question, I spent a couple of hours during the week rowing back the years, trying to recall the 15-year-old I once was half a century ago. What surprised me as I jotted down random memories, despite the hormonal challenges everyone faces at that time in life, was that 1976 felt like the happiest of all my teenage years. It was a scorching hot summer, with temperatures reaching 32 degrees at the end of June. I had just completed my first big exam — the Inter Cert, as it was known then — and I felt not just relief, but also a sense of independence and identity for the first time in my life. Everything about me was changing — a weird sensation I had no control over. It was the summer I smoked my first cigarette, and promptly got violently sick. I kissed a girl for the first time, and instantly fell in love with her — or so I thought. I listened to Radio Luxembourg into the early hours of the morning. I learned the words of every song on the Eagles Their Greatest Hits album, and — to paraphrase one of them — there were moments I felt that peaceful easy feeling. Life was 'cool'. They were different times that bear no comparison to my world today, or, for that matter, the world of a modern 15-year-old Technology back then consisted of a landline telephone, a radio and a television, a portable cassette player, and the kitchen fridge — let's not forget antibiotics; each one a seismic shift that changed life for the better. I had no idea that the world was on the cusp of a technological explosion. If something didn't exist, then you didn't miss it. And perhaps that's what made the life of this 15-year-old so incompatible with how I imagine life would be if I were that age again today. The world's first mobile phone. In 1976, the world's first mobile phone, Motorola's DynaTAC 8000X, was three years old. Elon Musk was five, Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even born. Bruce Jenner, who won gold and broke the decathlon world record in the Montreal Olympics, was a man. Concorde crossed the Atlantic in three hours, while the Space Shuttle was within months of launching. Amazon was an endangered rainforest in South America, and a scientist called David Wong was busy inventing an important drug he would call Prozac 12 years later. Technology had two new visionaries — both 21 years old. Steve Jobs had just invented the world's first personal computer, while Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft. I knew little about these people or their stories 49 years ago. Life for a 15-year-old in 1976 was uncluttered. From the time you left home every morning until you arrived back, you were out of contact. It was all about a newfound sense of freedom, and a realisation that a more satisfying life was in your own making, at your own pace. We read books and newspapers. We wrote using biros or fountain pens. We made do with what we needed, never questioning why we couldn't have what we wanted. Life's luxuries came with a price, namely hard work, as my parents taught me. I got my first job that summer, stacking shelves in a busy grocery shop. It wasn't very exciting, but as a teenager there was nothing to beat being handed your wages in cash on a Friday. Was I suffering from low-life satisfaction when I was 15? Not that I recall. My memories tell me those were mostly good days. So what has changed? Low-life satisfaction focuses on an individual's overall rating of how they value life connections such as relationships, work, and personal achievements. It's a subjective measure of contentment, fulfilment, and happiness that a person experiences. If low-life satisfaction goes unchecked, it leads to depression. Some 12,801 prescriptions for antidepressants were issued for children aged 12 to 15 years old in 2022, according to HSE figures, with the gender divide between boys and girls almost equally split. While the psychological effects of covid played a considerable role in this huge rise in psychiatric medication, it can't have been the only governing factor. Something had to give, and the pandemic became the catalyst. Perhaps the strongest indicator of life satisfaction in those mid-teen years is the relationships we have with family and friends, and how fulfilling they are. When I was 15, I had five great friends, all male. That summer, a day never passed without the six of us getting together. Looking back, it was just how life was. My parents' authority was never questioned. Respect was expected in all aspects of life. In turn, it became a two-way street. Life satisfaction's most important indicator is no different today for 15-year-olds to what it was 50 years ago, namely quality and quantity of social connections. So what has changed? Simple — it's how we connect these days, and the monster we connect to Young teenagers are now spending up to nine hours online every day — about the same time it takes to fly from Dublin to San Francisco. It's longer than most people sleep every night. That works out at 137 days every year achieving little or nothing. Personal achievement is also a major indicator of life satisfaction. If you spend nine hours a day boozing in a pub or placing bets on horses, there aren't many people who wouldn't say you have a chronic problem. So why don't parents whose teenagers spend nine hours online feel the same? Two reasons. Adults spend on average seven hours per day on screens connected to the internet, so it's fair to assume they're not even aware their own children are doing the same. Then there's the toxic concept of over-accommodating parenting. If you always give in or accommodate the demands and needs of others, including your children, over your own, then you're what's known as an over-accommodating scapegoat. It comes from a combination of avoiding conflict and a need to feel accepted that enables others to use you as a doormat. Anyone who says 'anything for peace' is over-accommodating. A family that collectively spends the equivalent of days at a time endlessly scrolling on Google, Instagram, Facebook, X — whatever you're having — is dysfunctional; which means there are no equals. It's a power-hierarchy household struggle, a pecking order of winners and losers, the strong versus the weak. Some 12,801 prescriptions for antidepressants were issued for children aged 12 to 15 years old in 2022. While they won't admit it, most parents know their teenage sons are watching porn online; but have they any idea the effects it's having on them? 'Ah, sure it's part of growing up, isn't it?' a father said to me. It's not. Parents who don't make rules shouldn't expect respect from teenagers — who, by the way, are not adults, much as they might like to think they are. Parents who feel they are no longer important in the lives of their teenage children will quickly discover they're right. It's worrying that a third of all 15-year-olds experience low-life satisfaction; but that's just an open-ended statistic if the mental health backdrop of the combined family is not taken into account. If parents can't acknowledge or deal with their own low-life satisfaction, then what hope does their 15-year-old son or daughter have? My tried-and-tested advice to anyone who's experiencing low-life satisfaction right now is to realise that your life doesn't get better by chance, it gets better by change. As Oscar Wilde once said: 'Be yourself; everyone else is already taken'. Read More Colman Noctor: Preteens too young to manage smartphone responsibility
The Review Geek
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
‘Nobody's Fool' Book Recap & Ending Explained – What happened to Victoria that night?
Nobody's Fool Plot Summary Rejoice because Harlan Coben has finally released the sequel to Fool Me Once almost a decade later. Released in March 2025, Nobody's Fool happens to be the second book in the Detective Sami Kierce series and this time it focuses wholly on Kierce as his past comes back to haunt him. Following the events of the Burkett case, former cop Kierce is now in a good place, teaching a criminology class to wannabe detectives. However, his past catches up with him, literally, when his first love, Anna, who was murdered 22 years ago in Spain, walks into his class. At the same time, Tad Grayson, the killer of his ex, Nicole, walks free over a technicality. Kierce decides to take back control of his life as much as he can, even if it means chasing a dead girl who completely derailed his life. With more twists than the driveway of the Belmond family, we have decided to do a recap and ending explained of Harlan Coben's Nobody's Fool. Quick Recap Sami Kierce's marriage is in a good place; he has a one-year-old son whom he dotes on and a good job, even if it isn't enough to pay off his debts. But when Dead Anna walks into his class and runs off on seeing him, he decides to get to the bottom of the case and follows her all the way to the Belmonds' house. As a former cop, Kierce knows all about the disappearance of Victoria Belmond, a young girl who vanished on 1st January 2000 and was returned to her parents 11 years later, beaten up and traumatised. She doesn't remember a thing and has been living as a recluse. After Kierce makes the news 14 years later for the acquittal of Tad Grayson, Victoria recognises him and decides to visit him, leading to a messy chain of events. Kierce enlists his class to help investigate as he realises that he just may be the missing piece that may help figure out what happened to Victoria. Given that he knew her when she was called Anna during her kidnapped years. Our protagonist is a busy bee as Grayson also insists that he is innocent and wants to work with Kierce to catch Nicole's real killer. With a stalker harassing Kierce's wife, Molly, the Belmond security working overtime to keep him away from Victoria and Grayson emotionally blackmailing him, Kierce has a lot on his plate. How is Anna alive? 22 years ago, Anna and her handler, Buzz, target Kierce who is partying with his friends in Spain. Anna falls for Kierce and tries to delay the trap but ends up sticking to the plan. 5 days later, Kierce wakes up with a knife in his hand and blood all over a 'dead' Anna. Buzz barges in and tells Kierce to run as he may be arrested for Anna's 'murder.' Once he leaves, Buzz and Anna steal his money. Kierce does go to the cops but his father makes him come home as he may become a scapegoat. Remember, Kierce is a brown man while Anna is white. At present, as Kierce digs into Anna, he uncovers the truth with the Spanish cops revealing that there are several such scammers who target tourists. We then learn that Anna and Buzz are victims of Radiant Allure, a modelling agency and a child trafficking ring. During their final con, the mark was a thug who beat up Anna and tortured Buzz after he realised that the duo had tried to con him. Anna takes a flight to USA and goes to the Belmond NGO, Vic's Place, for help. That is how she comes into contact with the Belmonds. 14 years later, she sees Kierce on the news and feels guilty that his life is a mess, as he believes that he killed her. Wanting to set things right, she decides to show her face to him so that he can let go of that burden. Are Victoria and Anna the same person? No, Victoria and Anna are not the same person. Victoria's brother, Thomas, accidentally kills her and to protect his family, their dad, Archi,e concocts a story that Victoria has been kidnapped. However, her mother, Thalia, is not able to move on. 11 years later, when she spots Anna in Vic's Place, she believes that her daughter has returned. To end Thalia's pain and false hope, Archie decides to turn Anna into Victoria. Anna agrees and she pretends to get a DNA test from Belmond Labs which 'confirms' that she is Victoria. Over the 14 years, the Belmonds come to love Anna as their own. But except for Archie, Thomas and Kierce, no one knows that Victoria and Anna are two different people. What happened to Victoria that night? On 31st December, 1999, Thalia considers ending her marriage and flies to Chicago to see her ex. Archie sulks and stays home while a drunk Thomas drives Victoria and her girlfriend, Caroline Burkett, to their party. Thomas has just broken up with his girlfriend, Lacey and finds solace with alcohol and drugs. Victoria refuses to let him drive home and takes the car keys. This has Thomas drinking in a bar nearby. At the party, Victoria keeps checking on a drunk Thomas while Caroline hangs out with her 'boyfriend', Buff. Caroline later confesses to Kierce that she was using Buff to keep her secret. Before midnight, Buff is all over Caroline and having had enough, she kisses Victoria. The partygoers mock them and Victoria runs out. Caroline goes after her and Victoria assures her that they are fine. However, Thomas is in a bad shape and Victoria leaves Caroline to check on her brother. She drives Thomas home and wishes her father Happy New Year. Lacey calls and takes Thomas back. Excited, he loses control of the car and hits Victoria who is walking their dog. She dies on the spot. A scared Thomas is about to call for help but Archie decides against it. He doesn't want to lose his remaining child and reasons that justice won't bring Victoria back. They bury her and rush out to get alibis. Thomas visits Lacey while Archie flies to Chicago to see Thalia. Archie uses Victoria's phone to send texts and waylay everyone. Later, they burn the woods where her body is buried, get rid of her phone and the car. How does Kierce find out about the Belmonds using Anna? The first clue is when an 'amnesiac' Victoria insists that she visited Kierce to right a wrong. He has a feeling that she is feigning memory loss. The second clue is when Buzz believes that Anna is playing a long con by pretending to be Victoria. While Kierce doesn't believe him, the idea is planted in his head. Next, Victoria almost comes clean in the park by sharing that she has her memories and that Kierce must protect the Belmonds no matter the truth. On top of that, there aren't any photos of Victoria before her reappearance. When she reappears, she looks different but the world chalks it up to torture and trauma. Kierce then finds it odd that, as her best friend and lover, Caroline wasn't allowed to visit Victoria when she returned. The Belmonds claimed that she needed to recover and no one was allowed to meet her. The final clue is Thomas' alibi. Caroline testifies that Thomas is the last person to see Victoria. As for Lacey, she tells Kierce that Thomas met her hours after their phone call. And as confirmation, Kierce surreptitiously gets a DNA test done which reveals that Thomas and Victoria aren't siblings. In the end, he confronts Archie and Thomas who come clean about Anna pretending to be Victoria. Why does Archie hire Kierce? Archie realises that Kierce will never let go of the case when he follows Anna that first day all the way home. While it is not illegal to have Anna pretend to be Victoria, Archie doesn't want Thalia to know the truth, as it will break her heart. He decides to hire Kierce with an iron-clad NDA so that even if the former cop learns the truth, he cannot tell anyone except Archie. And that is exactly how it goes down. Who is Scraggly Dude and why does he stalk Molly? In the middle of the Victoria case, an ex-convict, dubbed Scraggly Dude, stalks Kierce's wife, Molly. He sends threatening texts to Kierce and mocks him. With the help of Kierce's former partner, Marty, he learns that Scraggly Dude aka Brian Powell is Tad Grayson's cellmate. Initially, the team believes that it is too obvious and so someone has hired Powell to frame Grayson as Kierce's harasser. However, it is Grayson who hires Powell to harass Kierce. When Powell finds out that Grayson killed Victoria, Grayson kills him. Kierce finds out via Raymond, one of his homeless students who follows Grayson. Is Tad Grayson innocent? No. Tad Grayson gets out of prison on a technicality. He fools his mother and his lawyer into thinking that someone has framed him and that he is innocent. His only argument is that he bought an untraceable gun and so, someone ensured that it could be traced back to him and was the murder weapon. Unfortunately, it was just his bad luck that the gun was traced back to him. He harasses and toys with Kierce because he blames the former cop for ruining his life. As revenge, he tries to kill Kierce when he is meeting Anna at the park. However, the bullet hits Anna. In the end, we learn that while he didn't care if he killed Anna or not, he is glad that he did, as it will torture Kierce to know that the girl died because of him. Had Kierce not contacted Anna, she would not have been in the line of fire. How is Nobody's Fool connected to Fool Me Once? In both books, Kierce is a pivotal character. Nobody's Fool is also set in the same universe and brings back several characters like the Burketts. Caroline and Judith Burkett make an appearance and there is a mention of Joe and Lilly. However, it is worth noting that in the Fool Me Once book, he is a white cop called Roger Kierce. In the 2024 TV adaptation of Fool Me Once, Roger is changed into Sami, a brown cop with Pakistani roots. It seems that Coben is sticking to this change as the protagonist of Nobody's Fool is the same Sami from the TV show. Marty, Nicole and Molly are all original characters of the show. Kierce's storyline in the show is also mentioned and how his choices led to his current status in Nobody's Fool. And while reading the prequel and watching the show can help in pointing out easter eggs, it is not necessary. Nobody's Fool also works as a standalone novel. But there just might be a third book, given that Kierce believes that Anna gave birth to his child.
Forbes
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
CBS In Fall 2025: Five New Series; Changes On Four Nights
CBS will launch five new primetime series this fall, with five more slated for midseason in 2025-26. CBS The password is: spinoff. CBS, the most-watched broadcast network for 17 straight years, has announced its primetime line-up for next fall. Five new series will be featured - comedy DMV; spinoff dramas CIA , Sheriff Country and Boston Blue; and singing competition The Road . Four nights of the schedule will house programming changes (excluding Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday). And at least five new series - dramas Harlan Coben's Final Twist, Y: Marshalls, Einstein and Cupertino; and food competition America's Culinary Cup - will launch in midseason. Flipping the NCIS and FBI franchises, mothership FBI will move to Monday at 9 p.m. ET into new spinoff CIA at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening, the eighth, and final, season of The Neighborhood leads in new comedy DMV at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday is now an evening of NCIS beginning with the granddaddy of the franchise followed by NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney . While Wednesday is unchanged with 90-minute installments of the competition series Survivor and The Amazing Race , midseason will shift to game shows Hollywood Squares and The Price Is Right at Night from 8-10 p.m. ET, followed by the one-hour mystery anthology Harlan Coben's Final Twist at 10 p.m. ET. Wednesday in the spring on CBS will feature the 50th edition of granddaddy Survivor followed by new food competition series America's Culinary Cup at 9:30 p.m. and a half-hour edition of Hollywood Squares at 10:30 p.m. As expected, Friday on CBS will consist of spinoffs Sheriff Country and Boston Blue surrounding Fire Country at 9 p.m. And singing competition entry The Road airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET following returnees 60 Minutes and Tracker (and into drama repeats at 10 p.m. ET). Yellowstone spinoff Y: Marshalls , meanwhile, will move into the Sunday 9 p.m. ET hour in midseason into sophomore Watson . The bottom line: CBS in 2025-26 will extend its total viewing streak to 18 years. That's a given. Utilizing the strength of its core programs with the new entries, the immediate advantage for the Eye network is the built-in familiarity of dramas CSI , Sheriff Country and Boston Blue . Unlike the streaming services, which dares to different with many of their program entries, CBS recognizes the value of sticking with the tried and true with its older skewing audience. While The Road and Sunday is an unprecedented move, it is also an interesting counter-programming strategy opposite Sunday Night Football on NBC. And it is the one bold move on its new primetime line-up. My one gripe: As for a comedy set at the DMV. Do you really want to spend a weekly half-hour in that environment? Here is the fall primetime schedule on CBS followed by the new program descriptions. Monday 8:00 p.m.: The Neighborhood 8:30 p.m.: DMV 9:00 p.m.: FBI 10:00 p.m.: CIA Tuesday 8:00 p.m.: NCIS 9:00 p.m.: NCIS: Origins (new day and time) 10:00 p.m.: NCIS: Sydney (new day and time) Wednesday 8:00 p.m.: Survivor 9:30 p.m.: The Amazing Race (Starting in January) 8:00 p.m.: Hollywood Squares 9:00 p.m.: The Price Is Right at Night 10:00 p.m.: Harlan Coben's Final Twist (Starting in spring) 8:00 p.m.: Survivor 50 9:30 p.m.: America's Culinary Cup 10:30 p.m.: Hollywood Squares Thursday 8:00 p.m.: Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage 8:30 p.m.: Ghosts 9:00 p.m.: Matlock 10:00 p.m.: Elsbeth Friday 8:00 p.m.: Sheriff Country 9:00 p.m.: Fire Country 10:00 p.m.: Boston Blue Saturday 8:00 p.m.: Encore telecasts 9:00 p.m.: Encore telecasts 10:00 p.m.: 48 Hours Sunday 7:00 p.m.: 60 Minutes 8:00 p.m.: Tracker 9:00 p.m.: The Road (two hours) New Program Descriptions Drama CIA CIA , starring Tom Ellis, is a one-hour crime drama centered on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA's New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength. Sheriff Country Morena Baccarin stars as this Fire Country spinoff as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire's division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country ). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter. Boston Blue Donnie Wahlberg as he reprises his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a job with Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with detective Lena Peters (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. Harlan Coben's Final Twist - midseason In each one-hour episode, bestselling authour Harlan will guide audiences through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies. With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, the series will provide an in-depth look at stories where nothing is as it seems. Y: Marshalls (working title) - midseason Luke Grimes stars as Kayce Dutton from Yellowstone , who joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence. Comedy DMV This single-camera workplace comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the DMV. The logline: Our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Good thing they have each other. Non-Scripted The Road With access to behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams. From executive producers Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton, David C. Glasser, Lee Metzger and Keith Urban, the docu-follow format trails Keith Urban on his journey to discover the next big artist alongside Gretchen Wilson, who acts as the 'tour manager.' Singers will join the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the country. They will compete to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour. America's Culinary Cup - midseason Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi serves as creator and host of this new culinary showdown featuring a cast of the nation's most decorated chefs as they embark on a one-of-a-kind, high-stakes competition designed to challenge their creativity, endurance, presentation, leadership and more.
Economic Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
CBS 2025-2026 Primetime Lineup: All you may want to know
CBS has shared its primetime schedule for the 2025-2026 season. The lineup includes 16 returning shows and 8 new series. Changes affect nearly every night of the week, with new dramas and reality shows joining the slate. FILE PHOTO: The CBS television network logo is seen outside their offices on 6th avenue in New York, U.S., May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Monday Tuesday Wednesday Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Thursday Friday Weekend FAQs CBS has released its complete schedule for the 2025-2026 primetime television season. The announcement came during a press event in Los Angeles. The lineup includes returning favorites and several new nights will begin with The Neighborhood at 8:00 p.m. It will be followed by DMV, a new comedy series at 8:30 p.m. At 9:00 p.m., FBI returns for another season. At 10:00 p.m., a new drama titled CIA will make its nights will be fully focused on the NCIS franchise. NCIS airs at 8:00 p.m., followed by NCIS: Origins at 9:00 p.m. At 10:00 p.m., NCIS: Sydney will continue its the fall, Wednesday will feature Survivor at 8:00 p.m. and The Amazing Race at 9:30 p.m. Starting in January, the schedule will shift. Hollywood Squares begins at 8:00 p.m., The Price Is Right follows at 9:00 p.m., and new drama Harlan Coben's Final Twist airs at 10:00 p.m. In spring, America's Culinary Cup, a new competition show, will take the 9:30 p.m. night programming starts with Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage at 8:00 p.m., followed by Ghosts at 8:30 p.m. At 9:00 p.m., Matlock continues, and Elsbeth airs at 10:00 p.m. This schedule remains unchanged for both fall and begin with Sheriff Country, a new series at 8:00 p.m. Fire Country returns at 9:00 p.m. At 10:00 p.m., Boston Blue, another new drama, takes the final slot of the nights include CBS Encores at 8:00 p.m., followed by 48 Hours at 10:00 Sundays in the fall, the lineup features 60 Minutes at 7:00 p.m., Tracker at 8:00 p.m., and new series The Road at 9:00 p.m. In the spring, Y: Marshals will replace The Road at 9:00 p.m., and Watson will follow at 10:00 will introduce eight new series including CIA, DMV, Sheriff Country, Boston Blue, The Road, Y: Marshals, Watson, and America's Culinary the NCIS franchise will air every Tuesday night with NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney remaining part of the lineup.
