CBS Gives ‘The Great Indoors’ and ‘Man With A Plan’ Full Season Orders

Jim Halterman November 14, 2016, 1:02 pm

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The Great Indoors - Christine Ko, Shaun Brown, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Joel McHale, Susannah Fielding — Cliff Lipson/CBS

THE GREAT INDOORS stars Joel McHale (second from right) in a comedy about a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who must adapt to the times when he becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of millennials (far left to right, Christine Ko, Shaun Brown and Christopher Mintz-Plasse) in the magazine's digital department. In his new role, Jack reports to the Roland's daughter, Brooke (Susannah Fielding, far right). This fall, THE GREAT INDOORS will be broadcast Thursdays (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ÃÂ©2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. fall preview

Freshman sitcoms The Great Indoors and Man With A Plan, both of which premiered late last month, have been given full season orders by CBS. Each series was given six additional episodes.

The Great Indoors, benefitting in the ratings from its The Big Bang Theory lead-in on Thursdays, stars Joel McHale as a globetrotting magazine writer who is benched from travel and forced to work in an office with a group of millennials. Man With A Plan brings Friends star Matt LeBlanc to CBS’s Monday night schedule as a married man who decides to stay home with the kids while his wife (Liza Snyder) reenters the work force.

In addition to the sitcom news, medical drama Code Black, starring Marcia Gay Harden and new addition Rob Lowe, was given three more episodes for its sophomore season. Today’s news comes after previously announced full season episode orders for Michael Weatherly’s Bull, Kevin James’s return to CBS in Kevin Can Wait and the reimagining of MacGyver.

The Great Indoors, Thursdays, 8:30/7:30c, CBS. Man With A Plan, Mondays, 8:30/7:30c, CBS