CBS 48 Hours airs Wednesdays, expands digital reach with new episodes

CBS is keeping 48 Hours in a familiar primetime lane on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. while also pushing the long-running true-crime series far beyond live television. Full episodes are posted on CBS News video pages and available on Paramount+, giving the franchise a second life after broadcast and making it easier for viewers to catch up on demand.

That dual strategy matters because 48 Hours has become one of CBS’s most durable pieces of programming. The network describes it as television’s most popular true-crime series, built around shocking cases and real-life dramas told with a journalistic edge. On a schedule page that can change week to week, CBS still keeps the brand visible in fixed primetime slots, a sign that the franchise remains valuable both as appointment viewing and as an always-available digital title.

The current run of season 38 shows how heavily CBS continues to lean on the format. Recent episodes have included The Killing of Theresa Fusco on April 25, 2026, Jade Colvin is Missing on April 18, 2026, Kimberly Langwell’s Hidden Grave on April 11, 2026, and a pair of April 4 installments, The Root Beer Float Murder and The “No Body” Case of Dee Warner. Earlier in March, the series aired Denise and Aaron Quinn Get the Last Word, What the Neighbors Saw, and Jocelyn Peters and the Notebook. The case-by-case rollout gives the show a steady cadence of new material that works across broadcast and streaming.

CBS News also listed a new episode, The Love Bombing of Gloria Choi, on its schedule page at 10/9c, underscoring how the franchise continues to cycle fresh stories into the lineup. At the same time, the network’s episode page noted that the Saturday, April 25 broadcast was preempted in the East and Central time zones because of live coverage of shots fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C.

That disruption is part of the reality of broadcast news programming, but the wider availability of 48 Hours cushions the impact. When a scheduled airing gets bumped, the episode can still live on through CBS News and Paramount+, extending the show’s shelf life and reinforcing the economics of crime storytelling that can travel from linear TV to streaming without losing its audience.