Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Fall TV Schedules (CBS)

Next up on the fall schedule announcement is CBS (All new shows are denoted in all CAPS).

MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:00-9:30 PM Two and a Half Men
9:30-10:00 PM Mike & Molly
10:00-11:00 PM Hawaii Five-0

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00-11:00 PM UNFORGETTABLE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Survivor: South Pacific
9:00-10:00 PM Criminal Minds
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 PM The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9:00 PM HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN
9:00-10:00 PM PERSON OF INTEREST
10:00-11:00 PM The Mentalist

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM A GIFTED MAN
9:00-10:00 PM CSI: NY
10:00-11:00 PM Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM Rules of Engagement
8:30-9:00 PM Comedytime Saturday
9:00-10:00 PM Crimetime Saturday
10:00-11:00 PM 48 Hours Mystery

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM 60 Minutes
8:00-9:00 PM The Amazing Race
9:00-10:00 PM The Good Wife
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Miami

Leave it to CBS to finally bring some intrigue to these fall TV announcements. Once again, they've gone and made some major changes to the timeslots of their existing hit shows. The original CSI gets bumped to Wednesdays at 10. Given its waning ratings, the move isn't totally surprising, but it still has to hurt for those involved with that show. For CBS to make that move, they must have felt like they had something solid to replace it with. On the surface it appears they do. A new show called Person of Interest that stars Michael Emerson (Ben from Lost) as an eccentric billionaire who helps solve crimes with Jim Caveziel. Color me intrigued. The other moves CBS made don't have a great impact on me, but are still noteworthy. Breakout hit The Good Wife moves from Tuesdays to Sundays. And then CBS attempts to air new programming on Saturdays by having Rules of Engagement air there. When you're #1, you're able to make these riskier moves. This isn't the first time they've done these experiments, but unlike their counterparts, everyone move they make seems to be the right one. I have no doubt the same will hold true again this year.

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