CBS Sets ‘Artemis II Return To Earth’ Live Special; Tweaks Friday West Coast Primetime Schedule

CBS News has set Artemis II Return To Earth, a live one-hour special, which will follow the crew’s return back to earth following a 10-day trip around the moon and back.

The CBS News Special Report will air Friday, April 10 (7:30-8:30 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network, CBS News 24/7 and CBSNews.com.

To accommodate the special CBS has slightly shiftedthe night’s primetime schedule for Sheriff Country, Fire Country and Blue Blood pushing their start times up a half hour.

Sheriff Country will air from 8:30-9:30 pm, followed by Fire Country at 9:30 pm and Boston Blue at 10:30 pm.

Jericka Duncan will anchor the special, joined by astronaut Suni Williams and Lt. Col Dave Mahan in New York, CBS News’ Mark Strassmann and Bill Harwood in Houston, astronaut Nick Hague in Washington, D.C., and CBS News’ Carter Evans in San Diego.

During re-entry the capsule will shed its service module and dive toward Earth at 24,000 miles per hour. Starting a 12,000 feet, a series of 11 parachutes will unfurl to slow the capsule from several hundred miles to a gradual 17–20 mph for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego.

Here is the revised primetime lineup, except on the West Coast: