Check Out CBS’s new 2011 Fall Schedule

For a network on top, CBS made some bold moves with its new fall schedule. Looking to maintain stability and grow some new hits, the network will be moving two of its signature shows. Long running hit CSI moves to Wed night at 10pm while the best drama on network TV, The Good Wife, moves to Sundays at 9pm for a battle with ABC’s Desperate Housewives. Also of note, CBS is doing some original programming on Saturday nights with the return of the comedy Rules of Engagement becoming the first sitcom to run new episodes on that night in ages… Fall also brings the revamped Two and a Half Men which says buh bye to crazy pants Charlie Sheen and hello to “no longer a movie star” Ashton Kutcher. Will it keep the ratings up? Will people care? Will the show ever be funny? Stay tuned… And check out the whole new schedule plus descriptions of the new shows below. For more on CBS, head here.

MONDAY
8/7c How I Met Your Mother
8:30 pm: 2 BROKE GIRLS: a comedy from Sex and the City’s Michael Patrick King about two poor waitresses played by Beth Behrs and the hilarious Kat Dennings (Thor) who try to create their own successful business.
9 pm: Two and a Half Men
9:30 pm: Mike & Molly
10 pm Hawaii Five-0

TUESDAY
8 pm NCIS
9 pm NCIS: LA
10 pm UNFORGETTABLE: a drama starring Poppy Montogomery (Without a Trace) as a former police detective with a rare condition that makes her remember everything, an especially helpful quality as she works with a new homicide squad.

WEDNESDAY
8 pm Survivor
9 pm Criminal Minds
10 pm CSI [new time slot]

THURSDAY
8 pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30 pm HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN: a new odd couple sitcom about a refined writer (David Hornsby) and his messy loud personal trainer (Entourage’s Kevin Dillon). The show also stars comedy vets Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall) and Mary Lynn Raskub (24).
9 pm PERSON OF INTEREST: a crime thriller starring Jim Cavezial as a former CIA agent who teams up with an eccentric billionaire (Lost Emmy winner Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes. The show also features Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).
10 pm The Mentalist

FRIDAY
8 pm A GIFTED MAN: a new drama starring Patrick Wilson (Little Children) as a surgeon whose dead ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle) starts appearing to him in visions to help guide his life.
9 pm CSI: NY
10 pm Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8 pm Rules of Engagement [new time slot]
8:30 pm Comedy Encores
9 pm Drama Encores
10 pm 48 Hours Mystery

SUNDAY
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm The Amazing Race
9 pm The Good Wife [new time slot]
10 pm CSI: Miami

NOT RETURNING NEXT SEASON: Mad Love, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, $#*! My Dad Says and The Defenders

And coming at midseason is The 2-2, a new drama from Robert DeNiro about rookie NYPD detectives starring Leelee Sobieski, Adam Goldberg and Stark Sands.

And here’s my quick take on their new schedule:

The Good: they picked up The Good Wife!! Plus, it’s smart to make some big moves on Thursday night with their most promising new show Person of Interest.

The Bad: shouldn’t they have just dumped Two and a Half Men instead? … And I’m not too big on the move for The Good Wife.

The Blah: pretty much the rest of the schedule… Oh and Undercover Boss is coming back at midseason…

A Little Advice for Hollywood…

With news that Hollywood is amping up remakes of Conan the Barbarian starring a random from Baywatch, a 5th Fast & Furious movie, a new Hawaii Five-O series and another go round with Alvin and the Chipmunks, it’s become abundantly clear that the entertainment world is in need of some serious new ideas. Now, for every reboot that works like Star Trek, there’s a massive failure like Land of the Lost. So, I think La La Land needs to be a little more selective in its projects and the stars they throw together hoping for a hit. With that said, here’s a couple tidbits of advice that might help you out, Hollywood…

~Stop trying to make these people movie stars: Jessica Biel, Dane Cook, and sad as I am to say it Jennifer Aniston. Jen, I love ya, but it’s time to return to the small screen like your other best friends. I don’t think any of us will be able to suffer through The Bounty Hunter…

~ Don’t let the success of one Jersey Shore lead to mass production of more reality spinoffs with its “stars”. It’s hard enough to handle Snookie, The Situation, etc. once a week…  Seriously, MTV, you are to blame for Speidi, Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge. ‘Nuff Said.

~Speaking of spinoffs, stop with all the crime procedurals spinoffs. We have 3 CSI’s, 3 Law & Orders, 2 NCIS‘s and now a second Criminal Minds is on the way… enough is enough.

~Don’t re-release Avatar in the summer. Hasn’t this cash cow Pocahontas in space rip off sucked the public’s bank account dry already? Is the 12 minutes of extra footage really gonna be that amazing?

~Stop with the corporate cookie cutter committee movie making already. It only produces results like The Wolfman, The Ugly Truth and Cop Out.

~Don’t go forward with the proposed Gilligan’s Island movie? I mean really? How on Earth can that work?

~Cast Betty White in everything. She rescued The Proposal, is a national treasure and will be the oldest host of SNL in May! The kids even love her.

~ Find the original and daring ideas for new TV shows that push the envelope like Glee, Damages, Nurse Jackie, and Lost.

~ Enough with Kristen Stewart. Not only is she a bad actress (have you seen the god awful Twilight films?), but she is a just a pill on talk shows and the red carpet. She seems ungrateful for her success and I just don’t get the appeal. Also, she clearly has no box office weight outside of the Twilight series (witness her box office duds The Yellow Hankerchief and Adventureland, etc.)

And there you have it, just a few suggestions for the future of Hollywood. Do you agree? What else would you recommend? Sound off below.