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54 Pilots in Archive
140 Scripted Shows
22 Scripts Available

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CBS

Traditional, plot-driven, reassuring. Character consistency over transformation. Favors competent protagonists over flawed ones.

Pilots in the Archive 54 scripts available to read

DMV
DMV Dana Klein Read Script →
Elsbeth
Elsbeth Robert King, Michelle King Read Script →
Ghosts
Ghosts Joe Port, Joe Wiseman Read Script →
CSI: Vegas
CSI: Vegas Anthony Zuiker, Ann Donahue, Jason Tracey Read Script →
United States of Al
United States of Al Maria Ferrari, David Goetsch Read Script →
Clarice
Clarice Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman Read Script →
Broke
Broke Alex Herschlag Read Script →
Tommy
Tommy Paul Attanasio Read Script →
Evil
Evil Robert King, Michelle King Read Script →
Carol's Second Act
Carol's Second Act Sarah Haskins, Emily Halpern Read Script →
Bob Hearts Abishola
Bob Hearts Abishola Alan J. Higgins, Chuck Lorre, Gina Yashere, Eddie Gorodetsky Read Script →
All Rise
All Rise Greg Spottiswood Read Script →
Fam
Fam Corinne Kingsbury Read Script →
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood Jim Reynolds Read Script →
Happy Together
Happy Together Tim McAuliffe, Austen Earl Read Script →
Instinct
Instinct Michael Rauch Read Script →
Living Biblically
Living Biblically Patrick Walsh Read Script →
Wisdom of the Crowd
Wisdom of the Crowd Ted Humphrey Read Script →
Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon Steven Molaro, Chuck Lorre Read Script →
The Great Indoors
The Great Indoors Mike Gibbons Read Script →
MacGyver
MacGyver Peter M. Lenkov Read Script →
Supergirl
Supergirl Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler Read Script →
Code Black
Code Black Michael Seitzman Read Script →
Limitless
Limitless Craig Sweeny Read Script →
Battle Creek
Battle Creek Vince Gilligan, David Shore Read Script →
Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary Barbara Hall Read Script →
The Millers
The Millers Greg Garcia Read Script →
The Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones David E. Kelley Read Script →
Mom
Mom Chuck Lorre, Gemma Baker, Eddie Gorodetsky Read Script →
Under the Dome
Under the Dome Brian K. Vaughan Read Script →
Made in Jersey
Made in Jersey Dana Calvo Read Script →
Person of Interest
Person of Interest Jonathan Nolan Read Script →
2 Broke Girls
2 Broke Girls Whitney Cummings, Michael Patrick King Read Script →
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess Read Script →
Mike & Molly
Mike & Molly Mark Roberts Read Script →
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Peter M. Lenkov Read Script →
The Good Wife
The Good Wife Robert King, Michelle King Read Script →
Accidentally on Purpose
Accidentally on Purpose Claudia Lonow Read Script →
Harper's Island
Harper's Island Ari Schlossberg Read Script →
Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour Stephen Gallagher Read Script →
The Mentalist
The Mentalist Bruno Heller Read Script →
Swingtown
Swingtown Mike Kelley Read Script →
Cane
Cane Cynthia Cidre Read Script →
Jericho
Jericho Jon Turteltaub, Stephen Chbosky, Jonathan E. Steinberg Read Script →
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother Craig Thomas, Carter Bays Read Script →
Threshold
Threshold Bragi Schut Read Script →
Century City
Century City Ed Zuckerman Read Script →
Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia Barbara Hall Read Script →
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn Read Script →
American Gothic
American Gothic Corinne Brinkerhoff Read Script →
Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure Joshua Brand, John Falsey Read Script →
One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time Mike Royce, Gloria Calderón Kellett Read Script →
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H Larry Gelbart Read Script →
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Rod Serling Read Script →

Full Scripted Catalog 140 scripted originals

Every scripted drama and comedy this network has produced. Gold border = pilot in our archive.

The Mentalist
The Mentalist 2008 In Archive
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 2010 In Archive
The Good Wife
The Good Wife 2009 In Archive
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men 2003 In Archive
Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon 2017 In Archive
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods 2010 In Archive
Person of Interest
Person of Interest 2011 In Archive
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother 2005 In Archive
Supergirl
Supergirl 2015 In Archive
Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure 1990 In Archive
Ghosts
Ghosts 2021 In Archive
Elsbeth
Elsbeth 2024 In Archive
Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary 2014 In Archive
Mom
Mom 2013 In Archive
2 Broke Girls
2 Broke Girls 2011 In Archive
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H 1972 In Archive
Magnum P.I.
Magnum P.I. 2018 In Archive
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone 1959 In Archive
Evil
Evil 2019 In Archive
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood 2018 In Archive
One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time 1975 In Archive
CSI: Vegas
CSI: Vegas 2021 In Archive
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
NCIS
NCIS 2003
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds 2005
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman 1993
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. 2017
FBI
FBI 2018
Perry Mason
Perry Mason 1957
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami 2002
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles 2009
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D. 1979
The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys 1957
Dallas
Dallas 1978
Without a Trace
Without a Trace 2002
Elementary
Elementary 2012
JAG
JAG 1995
Hee Haw
Hee Haw 1969
Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer 2005
Tracker
Tracker 2024
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope 1994
Dave's World
Dave's World 1993
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O 1968
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show 1960
The Nanny
The Nanny 1993
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970
Medium
Medium 2005
Cold Case
Cold Case 2003
Lassie
Lassie 1954
Knots Landing
Knots Landing 1979
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes 1965
CSI: NY
CSI: NY 2004
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. 1980
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder 1993
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans 2014
Numb3rs
Numb3rs 2005
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory 2007
FBI: Most Wanted
FBI: Most Wanted 2020
What's My Line?
What's My Line? 1950
Scorpion
Scorpion 2014
The King of Queens
The King of Queens 1998
Father Knows Best
Father Knows Best 1954
The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show 1951
SEAL Team
SEAL Team 2017
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible 1966
Alice
Alice 1976
After Midnight
After Midnight 2024
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest 1981
Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown 1988
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
MacGyver
MacGyver 2016
Get Smart
Get Smart 1965
Mannix
Mannix 1967
Close to Home
Close to Home 2005
My Three Sons
My Three Sons 1960
Rawhide
Rawhide 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Climax!
Climax! 1954
Unforgettable
Unforgettable 2011
Bull
Bull 2016
T. J. Hooker
T. J. Hooker 1982
The Waltons
The Waltons 1972
The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show 1962
Judging Amy
Judging Amy 1999
Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon 1981
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West 1965
Marshals
Marshals 2026
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
Garfield and Friends
Garfield and Friends 1988
The Equalizer
The Equalizer 2021
Fire Country
Fire Country 2022
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond 1996
Family Matters
Family Matters 1989
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
48 Hours
48 Hours 1988
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel 1994
Newhart
Newhart 1982
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show 1967
Full Circle
Full Circle 1960
Maude
Maude 1972
Studio One
Studio One 1948
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage 2024
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse 1952
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy 1951
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction 1963
B Positive
B Positive 2020
The Equalizer
The Equalizer 1985
The Unit
The Unit 2006
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges 1996
Airwolf
Airwolf 1984
FBI: International
FBI: International 2021
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone 1985
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey 1982
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman 1987
Hack
Hack 2002
Lou Grant
Lou Grant 1977
Hazel
Hazel 1961
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver 1957
Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates 2025
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger 1993
The Guardian
The Guardian 2001
The District
The District 2000
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful 1987
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke 1955
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
Mister Ed
Mister Ed 1961
Cannon
Cannon 1971
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement 2007
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless 1973
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1957
Timon and Pumbaa
Timon and Pumbaa 1995
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones 1973
Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries 1988