CBS has also passed on all of its remaining pilots, including Patrick Dempsey’s political drama Ways and Means, Sarah Cooper’s How to Succeed and Hannah Simone’s Welcome to Georgia.
The comedy revolves around an ordinary guy who turns to pro bowling to support his family after being laid off from his assembly line job at the GM factory.
Good Sam, meanwhile, was a holdover from last year’s pilot season after the drama from Jame the Virgin trio Katie Wech, Jennie Snyder Urman and Joanna Klein was unable to film amid the pandemic.
CBS has also been aggressive in greenlighting new spinoffs of some of its most valued franchises with CSI: Vegas, FBI: International and NCIS: Hawai’i also joining the schedule.
CBS has made the bulk of its renewal decisions already, with Blue Bloods, Bob Hearts Abishiola, Bull, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, Magnum PI, NCIS, NCIS: L.A., The Neighborhood, SWAT, Young Sheldon and rookie The Equalizer all returning.