CBS ANNOUNCES PREMIERE DATES FOR DRAMA SERIES AIRING THIS SUMMER

The New Action-Adventure Series BLOOD & TREASURE Debuts with a Special Two-Hour Episode Tuesday, May 21, 9:00-11:00 PM, Following the 16th Season Finale of "NCIS," 8:00-9:00 PM

The Seventh and Final Season of "Elementary" Premieres Thursday, May 23, 10:00-11:00 PM

"Instinct," Starring Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic, Returns for Its Second Season Sunday, June 16, 9:00-10:00 PM

CBS today announced premiere dates for drama series airing this summer, including the new action-adventure series BLOOD & TREASURE; the seventh and final season of the modern day Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson drama, ELEMENTARY; and the second season of INSTINCT, starring Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic.

The new action-adventure series BLOOD & TREASURE premieres with a special two-hour episode Tuesday, May 21 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), following the season finale of NCIS (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). The NCIS: NEW ORLEANS season finale moves up one week to Tuesday, May 14 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). BLOOD & TREASURE airs in its regular time period beginning Tuesday, May 28 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). The serialized drama stars Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas as a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief, respectively, who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. As they crisscross the globe hunting their target, they unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle of civilization.

ELEMENTARY begins its farewell season Thursday, May 23 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). In season seven, Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson's (Lucy Liu) new careers as consultants for Scotland Yard are disrupted by news that a member of their inner circle has been gravely wounded in the United States. As Holmes' stateside legal trouble - the result of a confession to a murder he didn't commit - threatens to keep them from returning to New York, their greatest foe to date, tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach (James Frain), waits on the horizon to test their limits.

INSTINCT returns for its second season Sunday, June 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). In season two, NYPD consultant Dylan Reinhart (Alan Cumming) is reinstated after being put on leave, just in time to join his partner, NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic), on their new case, the "Sleeping Beauty Killer." During its freshman season, INSTINCT reached nearly 9 million viewers each week.

Additional summer premiere dates will be announced shortly.

About BLOOD & TREASURE

BLOOD & TREASURE stars Matt Barr, Sofia Pernas, Michael James Shaw, Katia Winter, James Callis, Oded Fehr, Alicia Coppola and Mark Gagliardi. Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia, Taylor Elmore, Ben Silverman, Marc Webb, Mark Vlasic, Howard T. Owens and Michael Dinner (episode 1 only) are executive producers for CBS Television Studios in association with Propagate Content.

About ELEMENTARY

ELEMENTARY stars Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill. Rob Doherty, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman, Jason Tracey, Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Robert Goodman are executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

About INSTINCT

INSTINCT stars Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal. Michael Rauch, Marc Webb, Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin (Secret Hideout), James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout and Alan Cumming are executive producers for CBS Television Studios. INSTINCT is based on the novel by #1 bestselling author James Patterson.

CBS' SUMMER 2019 DRAMA SERIES PREMIERE DATES

Tuesday, May 21

9:00-11:00 PM BLOOD & TREASURE (Two-Hour Series Premiere)

Thursday, May 23

10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY (7th Season Premiere)

Tuesday, May 28

10:00-11:00 PM BLOOD & TREASURE (RTP)

Sunday, June 16

9:00-10:00 PM INSTINCT (2nd Season Premiere)