FBI Season 9 and CIA Season 2 Premiere October 5 — CBS Times, Watch Order and Streaming

FBI Season 9 premieres Monday, October 5, 2026, at 8 PM ET/PT on CBS, followed by CIA Season 2 at 9 PM ET/PT. The premieres share crossover guests but are separate episodes. In the United States, Paramount+ Premium provides a live CBS feed where available; both Premium and Essential offer the episodes on demand the next day.

What order should you watch FBI and CIA?

Follow CBS’s broadcast order: FBI first, then CIA. The network’s current banners list FBI at 8/7C and CIA at 9/8C. Both series are scheduled to air weekly on Mondays.

These are U.S. broadcast slots. ET/PT refers to the respective Eastern and Pacific schedules, rather than a single simultaneous worldwide release. Check your local CBS listing for affiliate changes.

How the crossover works

CIA Deputy Chief of Station Nikki Reynard appears in the FBI premiere. FBI Special Agent Stuart Scola visits CIA’s season opener, “The Deep.” Paramount+‘s FBI guide explicitly describes linked guest appearances in separate episodes, rather than one two-hour story.

Watching the shows in broadcast order follows the announced lineup. CBS has not presented these premieres as “Part 1” and “Part 2,” so that order should not be mistaken for a confirmed two-part plot.

CBS and Paramount+: live versus next day

For the October 5 premieres, the announced next-day route means October 6. The guides do not give an exact on-demand drop time, so a broadcast start time is not a promise that the episode will already be in the streaming library.

Paramount+‘s current CBS streaming explainer directs Premium subscribers to the Live TV hub. Essential does not include the live local CBS station. Availability of that feed depends on location.

What changes in FBI Season 9?

FBI moves into the 8 PM Monday slot, an hour earlier than its previous slot. Maggie Bell, played by Missy Peregrym, gets a new partner: Isaiah Green, played by Roland Buck III.

Zeeko Zaki remains in the series as OA. The official guide says OA begins Season 9 in a changed role following Season 8’s ending. The premiere pairs Maggie with Green while OA adjusts.

CIA Season 2 has a larger planned order

Paramount+ lists 22 episodes planned, compared with Season 1’s 12. That is the announced order, rather than a guarantee that every episode will air without breaks or that a finale date is already fixed.

Tom Ellis returns as CIA agent Colin Glass, alongside Nick Gehlfuss as FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman. The returning core cast also includes Necar Zadegan as Nikki Reynard and Natalee Linez as analyst Gina Gosian. The series follows a joint CIA-FBI task force; the premiere guest visit brings Scola into that team’s orbit.

Does this apply outside the United States?

The CBS times and Paramount+ plan access above describe the U.S. rollout. These announcements do not establish a Swedish premiere, a worldwide Paramount+ release or identical plan benefits in other countries. Outside the U.S., check the local rights holder and series listing before subscribing or expecting next-day access.

The two U.S. season premieres are listed in our release calendar. For more current series announcements, browse TV & Streaming.

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