CBS Renews 11 Series, Including 'Madam Secretary'

Madam Secretary has been renewed for the 2016-2017 season

CBS has issued pick-up orders for the following series for the 2016-2017 season: BLUE BLOODS, ELEMENTARY, HAWAII FIVE-0, MADAM SECRETARY, MOM, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, SCORPION, 2 BROKE GIRLS, SURVIVOR, and THE AMAZING RACE.

Renewals for THE BIG BANG THEORY and NCIS were previously announced.

Production Begins on 'Hawaii Five-0' Season Six with a Traditional Hawaiian Blessing in Honolulu

Top left photo (L-R):  Kahu (Officiant) Kordell Kekoa, Alex O'Loughlin, Co-Executive Producer Jeff Downer, Co-Executive Producer Bryan Spicer, Executive Producer Peter Lenkov; Top right photo (L-R): Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park; Bottom left photo (L-R): Co-Executive Producer Jeff Downer, Chi McBride, Executive Producer Peter Lenkov; Bottom right photo (L-R): Ian Anthony Dale, Jorge Garcia, Dennis Chun

Hawaii Five-0 kicked off production of its sixth season in Honolulu on July 8 with a traditional Hawaiian blessing in honor of the islands’ culture. Series stars Alex O’Loughlin, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Chi McBride, Jorge Garcia, Teilor Grubbs, Dennis Chun, Ian Anthony Dale, Shawn Garnett and Christopher Sean (Days of our Lives), as well as the producers and the entire Hawaii Five-0 crew, participated. Kahu (Officiant) Kordell Kekoa officiated over the ceremony, which included traditional royal maile leis, Oli Aloha (welcoming chant) and Pule Ho’oku’u (closing prayer).

In honor of the show's sixth season, the ceremony centered around the Hawaiian word “‘eono,” which translates to “six,” but also refers to things that are delicious and tantalizing.

The sixth season of Hawaii Five-0 premieres Friday, September 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

33 'Hawaii Five-0' Hidden Nods to the Original CBS Series

Through the past five years, Hawaii Five-0 has often honored the original series, which ran on CBS from 1968-1980, with references to its predecessor hidden within the episodes. In celebration of the 100th episode that airs Friday, November 7 (9 p.m. ET/PT), below is a list of those nods to the legendary original series hidden within the current one.

1. Pilot – McGarrett’s 1974 Mercury Marquis is the actual car from the original series. It was owned by Jack Lord himself and is seen several times throughout the series.
2. Pilot – "Book’em Danno" - The most famous line from the original series was said for the first time in the pilot and often repeated throughout the series.
3. Pilot – Danny (Scott Caan) is the only member of Five-0 to wear a shirt and tie – similar to how the original Five-O team always wore suits to the office.