rule out other contingencies. on july 13, cbs moved up s.w.a.t. to a fall premiere to replace survivor, which was unable to resume production in time. on august 26, cbs announced that it would air reruns of series from sister properties, such as the fourth season of one day at a time (pop) and the first season of star trek: discovery (cbs all access, which would double as promotion for the upcoming third season). its filming was completed in february, with post-production done remotely. the acquired series manhunt: deadly games (acquired from cable provider charter communications) was set to round out cbs's late-summer/early-fall schedule. cbs announced on september 17 that sunday night movies (which cbs introduced in may as a limited run to fill timeslots held by suspended programming) would air for six weeks through october and november, to fill timeslots until its scripted lineup resumed production. as before, they drew from the library of corporate sibling paramount pictures. on october 13, fall premiere dates were announced for cbs's scripted lineup, which began with its chuck lorre sitcoms of mom, young sheldon, and the new series b positive on november 5, ncis: los angeles and new orleans on november 8 (with the 10 p.m. hour being filled by "fan favorite" episodes of ncis), s.w.a.t. on november 11, the neighborhood, bob hearts abishola, and all rise on november 16, and ncis on november 17. ahead of their return to daytime, cbs scheduled several primetime episodes of its daytime game shows the price is right and let's make a deal, beginning with episodes of both featuring essential workers on october 27. cbs scheduled clarice, the equalizer, and a new season of tough as nails for its february lineup, with the equalizer premiering after super bowl lv. after not airing in the fall of 2020 or spring of 2021, survivor returned to the air as part of the network's 2021–22 season. fox fox announced plans for its fall lineup in may 2020, having deferred most of its scripted live-action programs to midseason (animated series such as the simpsons can be readily produced on a remote basis). the new summer dramas filthy rich and next were pushed back to fall premieres. the fourth season of the masked singer was to initially be joined on wednesday nights by a new season of masterchef junior, while fox also acquired network premieres of l.a.'s finest (a series originally picked up by charter after being turned down by nbc) and cosmos: possible worlds (from former sister network national geographic, which premiered on that channel earlier in the year) for the fall lineup and thursdays and fridays would be filled by thursday night football (notwithstanding postponements due to nfl covid-19 protocols) and wwe smackdown. in august 2020, fox pushed back masterchef junior in favor of i can see your voice, a new music game show that was able to resume production in august. for its winter lineup, fox acquired a revival of name that tune to accompany the masked singer spin-off the masked dancer, which was filmed in australia (a country that had significantly stronger management of the pandemic than the united states at the time of filming) with contestants of american descent. the new season of masterchef junior eventually premiered on march 17, 2022. nbc on may 14, 2020, nbc announced that it had acquired the canadian medical drama transplant. in canada, where the series aired at midseason on ctv, transplant was the most-watched domestic production of the television season. in june, a provisional fall schedule was unveiled, with only one new series premiere originally planned (the law & order: special victims unit spin-off law & order: organized crime), and no specific premiere dates announced. in august, nbc replaced new amsterdam with transplant for a september 1 premiere, and announced that the 12th season of american ninja warrior (which filmed at the dome in st. louis from late june to mid-july) would premiere on september 7. on august 27, nbc announced premiere dates for several fall series, including a revival of the quiz show weakest link hosted by jane lynch on september 28, the new videoconference-based sitcom connecting on october 1, the fourth season of ellen's game of games on october 6, season 19 of the voice on october 19, superstore on october 22, and the blacklist, the chicago franchise, law & order svu, and this is us, all during the week of november 9. the network deferred its remaining fall series (including brooklyn nine-nine, law & order: organized crime, manifest, and new amsterdam, among others) to midseason. on september 9, nbc bumped weakest link to tuesday nights with a september 29 premiere, in favor of a second new episode of dateline on monday nights from september 21 to october 12 (with the weakest link moving to mondays to accompany the voice beginning october 19). on september 23, nbc moved up the season premiere of this is us to october 27, with series creator dan fogelman later stating that the decision came from his desire for its first two episodes to air before election day. the next day, connecting would be pushed back to october 8, and superstore to october 29. in november, nbc canceled connecting and pulled it from its schedule, with the three remaining episodes burned off on peacock. on november 10, 2020, nbc acquired another canadian medical drama, nurses. midseason premieres included the new series mr. mayor and returning series the wall and zoey's extraordinary playlist in january 2021, the new series kenan and young rock in february, and new amsterdam, season 20 of the voice, and new series debris in march. the cw the cw deferred most of its fall scripted premieres to january 2021. the second half of the final season of supernatural (which had been deferred to fall 2020 due to the pandemic, with two episodes left to film) would be joined by a lineup of acquisitions, non-scripted series, and delayed summer series for the network's late-summer and fall lineups, such as new seasons of the outpost, pandora, penn & teller: fool us, two sentence horror stories, whose line is it anyway?, and the new series world's funniest animals. it also acquired linear premieres of series from cbs and warnermedia's streaming services cbs all access (tell me a story) and dc universe (swamp thing), and imported series from the uk and canada such as being rueben, coroner, dead pixels, devils, fridge wars, killer camp, and taskmaster (although taskmaster would be pulled after its premiere due to low viewership). many of the cw's scripted programs are typically filmed in canada, which had relatively better management of the pandemic than the united states. in march 2021, the cw ordered a second season of killer camp as an original series for the next season, but the series was cancelled after two episodes due to low ratings. news