CBS Renews ‘Scorpion ‘, ‘Elementary’ and Nine Other Shows

Joel Keller March 25, 2016, 1:00 pm

Scorpion - Satellite of Love — Monty Brinton/CBS

"Satellite of Love" -- The new Director of Homeland Security reunites the team when a nuclear powered Russian satellite is knocked out of orbit and must be diverted before it detonates over Southern California. Also, Paige and Walter must face their feelings for each other after hospital footage reveals Paige kissed him, on the second season premiere of SCORPION, Monday, Sept. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Alana De La Garza guest stars as the new head of Homeland Security and KISS front man Gene Simmons makes a cameo appearance as himself. Scorpion stars Elyes Gabel as Walter O'Brien, Robert Patrick as Agent Cabe Gallo, Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen, Eddie Kaye Thomasas Toby Curtis, Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn, Ari Stidham as Sylvester Dodd, and guest stars Alana De La Garza as Adriana Molina. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Today, CBS announced a boatload of renewals—11 to be exact, joining NCIS and The Big Bang Theory on the list of the Eye network’s returning shows.

A few of the shows being renewed today, like Elementary and 2 Broke Girls, were bubble shows due to declining ratings. But it seems that CBS has enough faith in them, and veteran reality shows like Survivor (back for seasons 33 and 34) and The Amazing Race (back for its 29th and 30th seasons), to bring them all back.

No news yet on whether fall premieres Limitless, Life in Pieces, Supergirl have been renewed, though all three have logged steady ratings since their premieres. The new spring series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and its original, Criminal Minds, are still up in the air also.

The list of renewed shows include: