CBS Bets On Laughs with their 2013 Fall Schedule

Apparently CBS is ready to make Thursday night “Must See TV” again as they attempt to conquer the night NBC owned with hit comedies for decades with their first two-hour comedy block this fall. Joining hits The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men on the night will be the new Robin Williams/Sarah Michelle Gellar comedy The Crazy Ones and the Wil Arnett-starrer The Millers. Those comedies will lead into Elementary for a fun night of TV. It’s the biggest move for the network which is pretty darn stable throughout the rest of its schedule… However, they will have their first split season serialized dramas on Monday nights with Hostages and Intelligence sharing the 10pm slot and displacing Hawaii Five-O to Fridays…. Other news was the cancellation of long-running utility player Rules of Engagement and holding Mike & Molly for midseason…. For more on the new CBS schedule head here or to Deadline.com and check out the new schedule below.

CBS 2013 Fall Schedule~

MONDAY
8-8:30 PM – How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9 PM – WE ARE MEN (new buddy comedy about divorced guys with Jerry O’Connell, Kal Penn and Tony Shaloub)
9-9:30 PM – 2 Broke Girls
9:30-10 PM – MOM (new comedy with Anna Farris as a recovering addict working in Napa Valley co-starring Allison Janney)
10-11 PM – HOSTAGES (a new thriller about a family taken hostage starring Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott) / INTELLIGENCE (Midseason~ A new drama thriller with Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger)

TUESDAY
8-9 PM – NCIS
9-10 PM – NCIS: Los Angeles
10-11 PM – Person Of Interest (NT)

WEDNESDAY
8-9 PM – Survivor
9-10 PM – Criminal Minds
10-11 – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

THURSDAY
8-8:30 PM – The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9 PM – THE MILLERS (new family comedy with Wil Arnett, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges)
9-9:30 PM – THE CRAZY ONES (new single camera workplace comedy with Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as high-powered Ad Exec Partners who are also father and daughter)
9:30-10 PM – Two And A Half Men (NT)
10-11 PM – Elementary

FRIDAY
8-9 PM – Undercover Boss
9-10 PM – Hawaii Five-0 (NT)
10-11 PM – Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8-8:30 PM – COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
8:30-9 PM – COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
9-10 PM – Crimetime Saturday
10-11 PM – 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7-8 PM – 60 Minutes
8-9 PM – The Amazing Race
9-10 PM – The Good Wife
10-11 PM – The Mentalist

Returning midseason: Mike & Molly, Reckless (a new legal drama), and Friends with Better Lives (a new ensemble comedy with James Van Der Beek and Brooklyn Decker).

Cancelled: Rules of Engagement, Partners, The Golden Boy, Vegas, CSI: NY

Stability is the Name of the Game on CBS’s Fall 2012 Schedule

CBS has been the network with the biggest overall audience for like a decade or so and it is likely to stay that way with a very stable new fall slate for 2012. The question is can they get the younger viewers that all the networks covet? With the addition of a new comedy called Partners from the Will & Grace creators starring Michael Urie and David Krumholtz as business partners and best friends, one gay and one straight, they could hit pay dirt. The show is joining the Monday comedy lineup which will now be anchored by last year’s breakout hit 2 Broke Girls as Two and a Half Men moves to Thursday…. The other big move is The Mentalist heading to Sundays following CBS’s best show The Good Wife… New dramas include Elementary with Johnny Lee Miller as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as his Watson, Vegas starring Dennis Quaid in the city’s 60′s heyday, and a law drama called Made in Jersey with Kyle MacLachlan and Janet Montgomery... Midseason brings the cop drama Golden Boy, the comedy Friend Me with Christopher Mintz-Plasse and the reality show The Job…. Making room for these new contenders meant it was cancellation time for A Gifted Man, Unforgettable, Rob, and CSI Miami after 10 seasons… Also, there’s no official word on the return of Rules of Engagement, but the veteran comedy is rumored to be returning for one final 13 episode season later in the year. For more on all of CBS’s shows and their lineup, head to Deadline Hollywood here and check out the schedule below.

MONDAY

8 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30 PM PARTNERS (N)
9 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS (NT)
9:30 PM MIKE & MOLLY
10 PM HAWAII FIVE-0

TUESDAY

8 PM NCIS
9 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10 PM VEGAS (N)

WEDNESDAY

8 PM SURVIVOR
9 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

THURSDAY

8 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN (NT)
9 PM PERSON OF INTEREST
10 PM ELEMENTARY (N)

FRIDAY

8 PM CSI: NY (NT)
9 PM MADE IN JERSEY (N)
10 PM BLUE BLOODS

SATURDAY

8 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10 PM 48 HOURS MYSTERY

SUNDAY

7 PM 60 MINUTES
8 PM THE AMAZING RACE
9 PM THE GOOD WIFE
10 PM THE MENTALIST (NT)

CBS’s New Fall Schedule

The ratings leader and most stable network over the past decade, CBS, released its new fall schedule today. There were actually several surprises including 6 new shows, a couple of time slot shifts and some big cancellations. The biggest news is Survivor moving to Wednesdays after 10 years in the Thursday slot and The Big Bang Theory moving to Thursdays at 8pm. Also on the move is CSI Miami relocating to Sundays and CSI NY heading to Fridays.  Let’s take a look.

The Good:  Medium makes it back

The Bad: The cancellation of The New Adventures of Old Christine. BOO!!!

The Eh: Cancellations of Cold Case (it was time), Numbers, Accidentally on Purpose, Miami Medical

CBS Fall Schedule:

MONDAY
8 p.m . How I Met Your Mother
8:30 Rules of Engagement
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 Mike and Molly * (new comedy from the The Big Bang Theory creators starring the delightful Melissa McCarthy)
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 * (new reinvention of the classic series starring Alex O’Laughlin and Daniel Dae Kim)

TUESDAY
8 p.m. NCIS
9:00 NCIS LA
10:00 The Good Wife

WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. Survivor: Nicaragua
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 The Defenders * (new drama about brother lawyers set in Vegas)

THURSDAY
8 p.m. The Big Bang Theory
8:30 $#*! My Dad Says * (a new comedy based on the twitter feed of the same name starring William Shatner)
9:00 CSI
10:00 The Mentalist

FRIDAY
8 p.m. Medium
9:00 CSI: NY
10:00 Blue Bloods * (new cop drama starring Tom Selleck)

SATURDAY
8 p.m. Crimetime Saturday
9:00 Crimetime Saturday
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7 p.m 60 Minutes.
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Undercover Boss
10:00 CSI: Miami

Also watch for the Criminal Minds spinoff starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker to debut at midseason.