It's interesting that we already have a premiere date, and filming of season 26 hasn't begun yet. I can't recall that happening in a long time (TAR 6, IIRC).
I am surprised that we're having the season 25 finale less than a week before Christmas Day. It's been a long time since CBS did that, too.
And it's been about the same amount of time (TAR 6?) since a premiere episode and a regular episode aired in the same week.
But this all does confirm what I mentioned in another thread earlier. Undercover Boss is the connecting show between the 2 seasons of TAR this broadcast year; and it's likely to stay that way.