48 Hours Schedule: Find CBS Episodes Live, on DVR and On Demand

Premiere and weekly broadcast

“48 Hours” investigates true-crime cases through reporting and suspense, with its 39th season set to premiere on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. The program airs Saturdays at 10/9c on CBS and streams on Paramount+.

The listed new episode, “The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting,” follows a detective who used a stick of gum to catch an elusive killer. Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

Upcoming cases and encores

An encore of “The Gaslighting of Hannah Pettey” examines a poisoning investigation in which authorities focus on two people the young woman trusted. Correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports. Other featured cases include “My Uncle Joe’s Murder,” in which a young woman questions whether the convicted killer acted alone, and “Facing a Monster,” about a survivor confronting an ex-boyfriend in court years after his attack.

Clues and calls for justice

The schedule also highlights an Indiana wife’s effort to prove she did not murder her husband, and a South Carolina investigation that shifted after an oil trail emerged in a suspected hit-and-run case. In Oregon, security video helped detectives pursue a masked killer. Other stories follow a Minneapolis murder investigation centered on bloody footprints, a California family’s fight for victims’ rights after a teenager was killed, and Justine’s family working to keep her convicted killers in prison.

Broadcast timing notices

The July 18, 2026, broadcast began after the WNBA game between the New York Liberty and Indiana Fever, though its listed start time is incomplete in the schedule. On June 27, the program began at 10:22 p.m. ET after the Los Angeles Sparks played the Indiana Fever.

“48 Hours” did not air on July 4, 2026, because of holiday programming on CBS. A July 11, 2026, two-part broadcast, “My Mother’s Murder Trials,” was listed for 9–11 p.m. ET/PT.