CBS kept the status quo for the most part, which is fine by me. If it aint broke, don't fix it. The only change to any of their returning shows was that Without a Trace and Shark swapped timeslots, which I think is a better move, since Trace floundered on Sundays.
The best news was that How I Met Your Mother did get renewed (Hooray!!). It kicks off Monday nights, followed by The Big Bang Theory (new show), Two and Half Men, and Rules of Engagement.
New Adventures of Old Christine and The Amazing Race were renewed but won't return until midseason.
Shows cancelled included Jericho, The King of Queens, The Class, and Close to Home.
None of their new shows seemed particulary enticing, but I'll give them credit for thinking outside of the box as a lot of them don't seem like typical CBS shows. The one that was most interesting was a new reality show called Kid Nation, about a set of 8-15 year olds who are put are sent to a remote town in New Mexico to start a new world. There are no eliminations and the kids can leave whenever if they want. A cool concept that hopefully won't be tacky.
Full information on their schedule can be found here.
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R.O.E.
I'm very please Rules of Engagament will be making the rounds again. David Spade plays the perfect sex addict stuck in the days of his youth while he is clearly too old. The great thing about his character is that he plays it so oblivious to the fact that he's basically a loser, though he does manage to sleep with a number of hot women, so if that means you're not a loser...well, I guess I wouldn't call him a loser, but compared to Patrick and the others, he's a loser.
The one thing about it that might pose a problem would be the horizon of plots, but Everybody Loves Raymond wrote a lot with just interpersonal relationships. Comedy seems to work better that way than dramas. Jericho should teach everyone that lesson.
Shark
I stopped watching this. It seemed to repeat itself each week: cocky lawyer bends all the rules based on his past as a defense lawyer while trying to be a positive role model for daughter who always raises some parental dilemma for Woods. Law shows have to always produce the high rhetoric of the court room, and after all these years of Night Court and Law and Order, I'm almost done with court scenes.
Kid Nation
Sign me up. I'll watch. I can see this being just as raunchy as Big Brother, considering what idiots kids can be. Have you ever noticed how you see very little cursing on the Amazing Race? It'll probably be a situation where they've weeded out all the interesting people in favor of those who won't cause problems. I doubt any broadcast network wants to be labeled as child abusers.
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